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Assam government admits scholarship distribution scam; CID to probe

February 1, 2019 Loknath Das

In a written reply to a query by AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, Welfare of Minorities Minister Ranjit Dutta said in Assembly that already five persons have been arrested for their involvement in the scam. Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal (File photo) | Photo Credit: PTI Guwahati: The Assam government Friday admitted that a scam has taken place in the distribution of pre-matric scholarships to minority students and the investigation has been handed over to the CID. In a written reply to a query by AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, Welfare of Minorities Minister Ranjit…

10% Poor Section Quota In Government Recruitment From February 1: Centre

January 25, 2019 Loknath Das

Instructions regarding reservation in admission to educational institutions will be issued by the HRD NEW DELHI: All central government posts will be filled after factoring in the recently approved 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections from February 1, according to an official order. The Ministry of Personnel in the order said that detailed instructions regarding the procedure for the implementation of the EWS quota will be issued separately. “It is hereby notified that 10 per cent reservation would be provided for economically weaker sections in central government posts…

Government Institutes Among 800 Sent Notice For Closure By AICTE

February 12, 2018 Loknath Das

AICTE had earlier said that institutes with less than 30 % seats filled will be closed down. NEW DELHI: As many as 800 technical institutes, including around 80 run by the government, may face closure if they do not find enough students to fill their seats as they have been served notice for poor performance, technical education regulator AICTE said on Monday. Faced with a large number of institutes which are not able to fill their seats, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) served notices to 800 technical institutions…

Government De-Affiliates 385 ITIs For Not Complying With Norms

January 16, 2018 Loknath Das

Government De-Affiliates 385 ITIs For Not Complying With Norms NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Training has de-affiliated 385 industrial training institutes (ITIs) during the last five years (2013-17) owing to their non-compliance with norms, Parliament was informed today. The Directorate General of Training is an arm of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. “These ITIs were found non-conforming to the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) norms and accordingly, processed for de-affiliation as per the prevailing de-affiliation procedure,” Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde said…

Recruitment Process For Government Jobs To Start In November: Goa Health Minister

October 30, 2017 Loknath Das

PANAJI: The process of recruitments for government jobs in various departments will begin from November, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said yesterday. “During the last one and half month each of the department is making presentation, listing out their manpower requirement before the Chief Minister,” Vishwajit Rane told reporters here. In Goa, the Manohar Parrikar-led BJP government came to power earlier this year. “The state government will initiate recruitment process from November end to January end, the advertisements for which would be released through newspapers,” added Vishwajit Rane. According to the minister,…

Government launches special course to train teachers

October 3, 2017 Loknath Das

he Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Tuesday launched a diploma course in Elementary Education to train teachers across the country for teaching students up to Class 8. The Ministry intends to train all such teachers with minimum qualifications by 2019, as per the amended Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017. The online or distance learning course, having a duration of one year and six months, has been designed with the help of National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS) and so far about 15,00,000 teachers…

Night Schools In Mumbai Left With No Teachers After Government Order

September 16, 2017 Loknath Das

Night Schools In Mumbai Left With No Teachers After Government Order Most students studying in Mumbai’s night schools are from underprivileged backgrounds. MUMBAI: For the last three months, classrooms at LBS Night School at Mumbai’s Chembur have functioned without a teacher. Students read their text books by themselves as there is no teacher to take classes. This academic year has brought bad news for night schools in Mumbai. Around 1,400 teachers and non-teaching staff of night schools have been asked to stop their part-time services for the night school as…

Ignou to train 11,884 Tripura government teachers

August 18, 2017 Loknath Das

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will train 11,884 elementary level teachers in Tripura under its two-year diploma programme in elementary education through the open and distance learning mode. Ignou’s School of Education (SOE) signed a memorandum of collaboration (MoC) with the government of Tripura to professionally train these teachers. The MoC, which will be renewed for three years, was signed by the director of Tripura’s State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) and Ignou’s registrar (admin) in New Delhi. Ignou will conduct the training for only those…

Delhi government launches ‘merit cum means’ scholarship scheme

July 19, 2017 Loknath Das

Delhi government on Tuesday launched ‘merit cum means’ scholarship scheme in the national capital, with an aim to benefit the students from poor and moderate means of income group.(HT file) Delhi government on Tuesday launched ‘merit cum means’ scholarship scheme in the national capital, with an aim to benefit the students from poor and moderate means of income group. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, while making the announcement in New Delhi, said the scholarship scheme would be a fee waiver scheme for the needy students who pursue higher studies…

Government mulls special scholarship program for Okinawan students

May 31, 2017 Loknath Das

The government is considering creating a scholarship program for Okinawa Prefecture, Yosuke Tsuruho, minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, said Wednesday. The government aims to increase the continuing education rate of Okinawan students as the proportion of children living in poverty in the prefecture is nearly double the national average. At a meeting of a Okinawa promotion council, Tsuruho said that the central government hopes to launch an exclusive scholarship program for the prefecture that is separate from the student grant program the education ministry started in April for…