BHOPAL: The state economic offences wing (EOW) has registered FIR against eight people including the director of a Rewa-based college in connection with misappropriation of scholarship funds meant for students. An offence has been registered against authorities of IPS College, Rewa, for allegedly defrauding scholarship amount to the tune of Rs 14 lakh during academic session of 2013-14. Investigations have revealed that many withdrawals were made allegedly using fake documents. The amount was credited to the account of college director, said sources. Download The Times of India News App for Latest City News. [“Source-timesofindia.indiatimes”]
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MP backs distance learning at TAFE
There’s to be an increase in the number of courses available at the TAFE in Glen Innes in the upcoming term and into the new year. What’s called a Connected Learning Centre means colleges in Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Quirindi and Coonabarabran will be able to share specialist resources like a particular teacher who is expert in a particular field. Local MP, Adam Marshall, said the introduction of distance learning via video links and other technological improvements was an “absolute game-changer” for the way people in this area were educated. He added: “By…
Read MoreMP: Colleges asked to link Aadhaar with scholarship account
Department of higher education (DHE) in Madhya Pradesh has asked universities and colleges across the state to link Aadhaar numbers of students with their scholarship accounts. DHE wrote to the institutes after the Ministry of human resource development forwarded the letter to the department. Sources say the HRD ministry had instructed the UGC that from 2016-17 financial year, Aadhaar has been made mandatory for direct disbursement of all government subsidies, scholarships and fellowships to beneficiaries’ accounts. DHE additional director RS Verma said, “We had implemented this since 2013-14 to avoid…
Read MoreMP demands jail for officials rejecting education loans
Bank officials should be “punished with imprisonment” if they reject education loan, says a member of parliament belonging to the DMK. “Bank officials should be punished with imprisonment if they reject education loan or charge higher rate of interest than what is prescribed. In many cases, rural students are denied even an application for education loan,” R Thamaraiselvan, the DMK MP from Dharmapuri, told IANS Sunday. He said that some malpractices adopted by officials of nationalised banks include demanding applicants to deposit money in a specified account or asking them…
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