Page 4 - Students

Don't make kids instruments of fulfilling your dreams, says PM Modi

Parikasha Pe Charcha: 'Parents shouldn't pressurise students, life's long'

Time to push children's wellbeing into domains of learning: Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said it was time to push the overall wellbeing of children into domains of learning and mainstream educational subjects.

Want our students to be 'job providers, not job seekers': Sisodia

My dream for India is that the students who graduate from our universities should become entrepreneurs and create employment opportunities, Sisodia said

54 students at school hostel test coronavirus positive in Hayana's Karnal

Fifty four students of a school near here have tested COVID-19 positive leading to suspension of classes and other academic activities, an official said on Tuesday. Karnal Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Yogesh Sharma said three students of Sainik School Kunjpura had tested positive for the virus on Monday following which the health department took samples of 390 students and staff members of the school for testing. "The reports revealed that 54 students are COVID-19 positive," Sharma said. Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said the school building and its hostels have been declared as a containment zone. The Sainik Schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society under the Ministry of Defence and the students stay in hostels. The Haryana education department had reopened schools for classes 9-12 in December last year and classes 3-5 from February 24.

UP schools: Adityanath govt to give tablets to 'Abhyuday' students

The government will fix the eligibility parameters to shortlist the students and has made a provision of Rs 20 crore in the Budget for the purchase of tablets

Delhi govt to provide science scholarships to 1,000 Class 9 students

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday approved a science scholarship scheme for Class 9 students

School students owning smartphone in rural India up 61% in 2 yrs: Survey

The percentage of school students owning a smartphone in rural India has increased from over 36 per cent to 61 per cent in the last two years, the Economic Survey 2020-21 noted

Himachal Pradesh govt decides to partially open schools from next month

Industrial training institutes, polytechnics and engineering colleges will also open from February 1

Schools reopen for primary students in Assam on first day of new year

Over 50 per cent students who were full of enthusiasm attended schools wearing masks and they used sanitiser before entering classrooms, officials said

Union Cabinet approves Rs 59,048 crore scholarship for SC students

Cabinet committee approved a total investment of Rs 59,048 cr of which the Centre would spend Rs 35,534 cr, amounting to 60 per cent of the total scheme, and the balance would be spent by the states

IIT Madras shuts down all depts as more than 100 test Covid-19 positive

The infected include research scholars, staff and students. management's decision to run only one mess could be reason for spread

DU announces special cut-off list for admission to remaining UG seats

Over 68,000 out of 70,000 undergraduate seats have been filled in five cut-off lists announced by the university so far

Digital divide

ASER report has important pointers for online schooling

Sensitise students against bursting firecrackers, Delhi govt to schools

Since the schools continue to be closed, the authorities have been advised to use WhatsApp groups and other virtual mediums to motivate the students to "say no to crackers"

Noida: Students back to class after 7 months; 11% attendance in pvt schools

Students from Class 9 to 12 returned to classes on Monday as schools reopened in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar after a seven-month hiatus due to Covid-19 outbreak, officials said

Mask, hand sanitizer as Class 9-12 students return to schools in UP

"Students, whose parents gave written consent, were permitted entry today. We aren't allowing more than 20 students in a class," P S Ganesh, manager of a private school in Ghaziabad, told ANI

DU admissions: History, Pol Sc courses may be absent in 2nd cut-off list

The admission under the first cut-off list ended at 5 pm on Wednesday with colleges still in the process of approving admissions.

DU admission process under 1st cutoff closes; 22,186 applications approved

The first completely online admission process commenced on Monday and ended at 5 pm on Wednesday

DU online admission starts for UG courses, gets 19k applications on Day 1

Officials said they faced difficulties in verifying documents and it took time for them to get into the groove.

Students no need to spend dollars in foreign universities: Pokhriyal on NEP

The minister said the credit bank system in the National Education Policy is in accordance with global education programmes