Haryana govt initiates “Chalo Chale Phir Se School” to bring back students

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September 29, 2020

After the Centre allowed states to open schools from September 21, Haryana was one of them who allowed it. The schools are opened in many parts of the country for class 9 to 12. The schools are closed across the country from mid-March due to the Corona epidemic.

The schools were opened with Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs) issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Haryana Education Programme Officer Parmod Kumar took the social media to share the SOPs for the opening of schools in the state. The state govt started “Chalo Chale Phir Se School” to bring back students.

Also read: Haryana govt to start e-leaning for students

From last six months online teaching is being imparted by schools due to the COVID crisis.

Though the overall number of students who turned up in schools these days is less but the govt is expecting more to follow.

While students in Haryana said they were happy to be back in school, even if regular classes had not resumed yet, there were some parents who were apprehensive as coronavirus cases had surged in the state and elsewhere.

Meanwhile, teachers were instructed not to share books, dusters, chalks with either students or other teachers. The state govt schools had installed foot pedals to control water taps. Santizers are installed for students.

Only one student at a time was allowed to go to the toilet, which was regularly cleaned. It has also been made mandatory for teachers to download the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile phones.

Delhi education dept as school heads to engage guest teachers

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September 29, 2020

In a huge relief to guest teachers, the Delhi Education department ordered all heads of government schools to engage services of all guest teachers.

There has been uncertainty over the engagement of the 20,000 odd guest teachers who are paid per day of work across Delhi since May 8.

In July, Education Minister Manish Sisodia had said they would be re-engaged as part of the remote teaching-learning plan. On July 13, the Education department issued directions to all heads of schools to engage willing guest teachers and contract teachers, wherever required, for online teaching-learning activities.

However, even after that, many guest teachers were not engaged, especially librarians, art, music, P.E. and home science teachers — known as miscellaneous teachers — who were told by the heads of schools that they could not be engaged as they were not required for online classes.

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The order stated “all heads of government schools are hereby directed to engage all such guest teachers (except non-CTET) who were engaged during last academic session i.e. 2019-2020, subject to the availability of vacancy in their schools, within three days positively.”

It states that the guest teachers should be engaged because of the directions which have authorised all schools to call 50% of teaching and non-teaching staff from September 21.

UGC releases guidance document for researchers

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September 29, 2020

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has published a guidance document on Tuesday which delivers a framework on good research practices.

The document talks not only about the good practices but potential threats as well. This document gives details about various steps involved in conducting a research, namely — design, planning, execution, documentation and storage of data. The document also mentions the different misconducts which can happen while a research is being done.

Also read: UGC: Higher Education Institutions can apply for online courses till Oct 15

Research publications across the world have grown at a compounded annual growth rate of approximately three per cent over the past two centuries.

The document tells current researchers on how to check for problem points in their research paper, including issues such as plagiarism, falsification, fabrication and misinterpretation of data. The guidance document can prove helpful for researchers in selecting the right journal for publication of their research papers and for mentoring the coming generation of research enthusiasts.

The document envisions institutions to create an ORI as the organizational entity responsible for the implementation of these guidelines at each institution.

The UGC has also shared a list of documents for reference for further insights into good academic research practices and research integrity.

Bengaluru law student makes history in NLSUI Convocation

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September 29, 2020

A female student from Kerala set a record by bagging 18 of the 48 gold medals awarded to passouts of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU). While Yamuna Menon bagged 18 medals, 20 others who earned a BA LLB (Honours) degree shared the remaining 30.

Yamuna became the first student to win the highest number of medals (18) in the NLSIU history. Yamuna won medals for securing the first rank, best outgoing student, best undergraduate student, best outgoing female student, meritorious student, outstanding graduate student, and overall topper.

Hailing from Ernakulam near Kochi in the southern coastal state, Yamuna was one of the two students to get a scholarship for high ranking in the entrance test. Yamuna has since secured a seat in Trinity College at Cambridge University for postgraduation in law.

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As an IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to legal education) scholar from Kerala, Yamuna secured admission to the law school through the competitive Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) with 28th rank in 2015.

Yamuna’s paper on the Sumangali scheme in the Tamil Nadu textile sector was published in the Cambridge Law Review. She was also editor-in-chief of the Indian Journal of International Economic Law.

Pokhriyal to address students’ queries on NEP

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September 29, 2020

The Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will be holding a live session to resolve queries of students about the National Education Policy 2020. The session will held on 1st October 2020. College and School Students from across the country have sent their queries about the NEP 2020 to the minister earlier, which will be answered by him in a live session.

The live session to resolve students’ doubts, concerns and queries about the New Education Policy 2020 will be held online on the official Twitter handle of the Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and the official Facebook page of the ministry.

Students interested in putting forth their questions about the new National Education Policy 2020 can ask questions with #NEPTransformingIndia hashtag on Twitter.

Also read: Pokhriyal: UGC issues guidelines for universities

The new National Education Policy released will be replacing the 34-year-old education policy which will bring on major changes in the school and college level education along with the hiring of teachers. The major change introduced in the NEP includes the change in the 10+2 school system which has now been changed to 5+3+3+4 format. This in turn will change the board exams and the assessment system. The teaching mode has also been changed with the introduction of the mother tongue as a medium until class 5.

Dear students, on 1st October I will be answering all your queries related to #NEP2020 that you shared earlier with me on my Twitter page. Save the Date and feel free to spread the word!#NEPTransformingIndia pic.twitter.com/nA018LrFGt

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) September 28, 2020

Teachers’ in Jharkhand convert village into classroom

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September 29, 2020

Due to Coronavirus epidemic, schools are closed due since March. Many new ideas are coming up from teachers to engage students during the lockdown. To impart lessons to students who do not have access to smartphones, government school teachers in Dumka’s Dumarthar village have found a new way to teach.

They created blackboards on the walls of students’ houses to teach them while maintaining social distancing in the view of coronavirus.

Teachers have started ‘shiksha aapke dwaar’ (education at your doorstep) to provide education to children while maintaining social distancing. More than 100 blackboards have been created on walls to teach students at their houses.

Also read: DU college teachers boycott online classes over payment issues

Dumka Deputy Commissioner Rajeshwar B lauded the initiative and said that she will motivate other teachers to adopt this method.

Students and parents are very happy with the initiative and hoping that schools will be reopened soon.

Schools and educational institutions in the country are closed in the country since March. However, in the Unlock 4 guidelines, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools, in areas outside the containment zones only, on a voluntary basis, for taking guidance from their teachers and this will be subject to the written consent of their parents or guardians.

Plea filed in Supreme Court over online classes

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September 28, 2020

A plea has been filed in Supreme Court to issue comprehensive guidelines for the conduct of online virtual classes through video conferencing. The plea has been filed keeping in view cyber attack threats to children and unequal access of the internet for poor students attending these classes.

Schools and colleges have been teaching through online due to Corona pandemic.

The petition has been filed by Dr. Nand Kishore Garg, through Advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi to discontinue online classes until guidelines are formed for hosting online classes in a completely encrypted and safeguarded manner.

Also read: Supreme Court nods for NLAT entrance exams

Moreover, the plea also states that appropriate guidelines should be given to the Central government and the HRD Minister along with CBSE to develop the pattern of the online exams to be conducted by various agencies with specified software, which will not allow any other cyber application or the possibility of pop-ups in any other window during the course of online examination.

The plea also urges the top court to direct the respondents, including the Centre, to evolve a proper mechanism to make sure that children of economically weaker sections of the society have access to these classes by ensuring computer devices for them.

CLAT 2020 counselling to start from Oct 6

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September 28, 2020

The CLAT 2020 Counselling Registrations is scheduled to commence from October 6, 2020. The National Law University of Study and Research in Law will commence the CLAT 2020 counselling procedure after the declaration of the CLAT 2020 results.

Candidates who qualify the CLAT 2020 cut off and are eligible for the counselling process for the 2020 admissions can visit the official website for further details.

The CLAT 2020 counselling applications will be made available on the official website of CLAT 2020. Students are required to complete the counselling process through the link provided online.

The counselling call letters for CLAT 2020 will be sent to the candidates to the individual students who qualify for the CLAT 2020 counselling process. The students who receive the call letters will have to register and complete the counselling fee payments along with selecting the NLUs in the order of preference and submit the NLU Admission fee.

Also read: CLAT 2018 Result announced

The first admission list for CLAT 2020 will be released on the official website on October 9, 2020. Students who are selected in the first counselling list are required to accept and lock the seats and apple for an upgrade or exit the CLAT 2020 admission process as per the preference.

CLAT 2020 seat allotment will be conducted based on the preference entered by the students during the registrations for CLAT 2020 counselling followed by the merit rank of the candidate in the CLA 2020 exams.

DU college teachers boycott online classes over payment issues

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September 28, 2020

To protest against delay in salaries, teachers from some Delhi University colleges on Monday boycotted online classes and official work. The 12 colleges are fully funded by the Delhi government.

The tussle between the Delhi govt and Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) has been going on from last few days over the non-payment of fees. There were allegations against the DU colleges over misusing the funds meant for salaries, which colleges refuted.

The DUTA started cluster-wise strike on Monday, under which teaching staff from some colleges like Gargi College, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College and some others boycotted official duties.

The cluster strike will go on till October 1. The university administration and the Delhi government have been locked in a tussle over non-formation of governing bodies in 28 colleges partially or fully funded by the government.

Also read: Delhi govt releases Rs 32.1 cr grant to six DU colleges

Among them, 12 colleges are fully-funded by the government and they have alleged that the grants released by the city dispensation have been inadequate and they have not been able to pay salaries to their employees since May.

West Bengal to commence UG and PG classes from Dec 1

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September 28, 2020

The West Bengal govt has decided to start the new academic session of both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in colleges and universities from December 1. The decision was taken after the meeting between Vice- Chancellors of state universities and West Bengal Higher Education Minister Partha Chatterjee.

Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told that in view of festivals like Lakshmi puja, Diwali, Chhat puja, Jagaddhatri puja lined up in the entire month of November, the meeting decided to start both UG and postgraduate academic sessions for 2020-2021 in colleges and universities respectively from December 1.

Chatterjee said, “As we need to sanitise the institution premises before starting the academic session in full course, we have to take into account the four-five festive days when no work will be possible.

Also read: UGC writes to Universities to commence admissions in UG, PG

So it will be in the fitness of things to start the new sessions from December.” He said since most universities have already adopted online teaching for the mid-semester courses and providing course materials to students who don’t have online facilities, starting the new session won’t be hopefully of many problems.

“Still whether the classes will be entirely online or there will also be the offline mode of teaching will depend on the situation at that time,” the minister added.

He said the decision taken at today’s meeting will be communicated to CM Mamata Banerjee.

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