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August 24, 2018 02:05 IST
Despite three years having passed since DU VC was appointed, more than 30 administrative positions in the university are either lying vacant or have been filled temporarily “till further orders”.
Fri, Aug 24, 2018August 22, 2018 02:22 IST
A total of 1,36,663 students had appeared for the Class X exams from Delhi government schools, of which 94,160 passed from a total of 990 schools. Close to 276 schools had a pass percentage below 60%.
Wed, Aug 22, 2018August 20, 2018 01:22 IST
The parents have filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, requesting that the children be allowed to attend classes. The school could not be reached for comment on the matter.
Mon, Aug 20, 2018August 19, 2018 03:12 IST
Student feedback will focus on understanding of the subject, awareness of the syllabus covered and writing assignment given by teachers. Principals also have the freedom to give feedback on how teachers can improve.
Sun, Aug 19, 2018August 17, 2018 00:46 IST
When DSSSB officials held a re-test for those students, the Sanskrit paper remained the same, leading to allegations that these candidates would have already known the questions.
Fri, Aug 17, 2018August 14, 2018 02:28 IST
On Monday, St Columba’s School constituted a fact-finding committee to look into the matter.
Tue, Aug 14, 2018August 13, 2018 03:47 IST
The issue of reservation for people with the five disabilities came to light when a person with Sickle Cell Disease from Chhattisgarh failed to get reservation and relaxation when he had applied for a job.
Mon, Aug 13, 2018August 13, 2018 01:47 IST
The Delhi University said the delay is not from their end, as they are waiting for clarification from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) on how to proceed in the matter.
Mon, Aug 13, 2018August 13, 2018 01:39 IST
However, teachers are sceptical if such selective teaching and assessment will help the children.
Mon, Aug 13, 2018August 12, 2018 02:23 IST
It made an appearance two weeks ago, when 15-year-old Arif Khan decided to set it up and earn some money for his family.
Sun, Aug 12, 2018August 11, 2018 03:02 IST
As news of the incident spread, parents staged a protest outside the school on Friday and raised allegations of safety and security lapses.
Sat, Aug 11, 2018August 10, 2018 02:46 IST
As per earlier UGC regulations, the time for PhD coursework is five years.
Fri, Aug 10, 2018August 10, 2018 02:16 IST
After attending classes for six days, the student was asked to surrender the seat as the medical board found that his disability is between 21-39% — making him ineligible for reservation under the People with Disability quota.
Fri, Aug 10, 2018August 09, 2018 02:32 IST
According to the 17-year-old’s father, he had mandatory eligibility certificate from the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), needed for admission into medical colleges after clearing NEET.
Thu, Aug 09, 2018August 08, 2018 04:36 IST
According to the family, the boy told his mother that the three boys had been touching his private parts in the bus. She alleged: “He told us he complained to the teacher but she did not take him seriously.”
Wed, Aug 08, 2018August 08, 2018 04:33 IST
"The boy alleged the first incident took place on July 27. Around 1.45 pm, the three students, his seniors, called him and asked him to sit on their lap. One of them allegedly molested him. He rushed back to his seat,” a senior police officer said.
Wed, Aug 08, 2018August 07, 2018 02:24 IST
“The DSW office forwarded the letter to the HoD, asking why there has been cancellation of admission. With no response from the department head, she was forced to move court,” said Tarun Narang, Madhu Joshi's lawyer.
Tue, Aug 07, 2018August 05, 2018 04:06 IST
This scheme has been in the pipeline since 2016. The aim is to help teachers record attendance digitally and tabulate exam marks. At the moment, attendance is manually recorded in registers and later uploaded on the system.
Sun, Aug 05, 2018August 05, 2018 01:00 IST
The Delhi government has introduced ‘Happiness Curriculum’ in its schools, for Classes Nursery to 8. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has said solutions to problems such as terrorism, corruption, pollution could come from these classrooms. Ashutosh studies at Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Ghitorni, South West Delhi
Sun, Aug 05, 2018August 04, 2018 05:15 IST
The first complaint relates to an alleged incident in 2013, and the second to an incident last year — the complaints in both the cases were registered in January this year. The probe report, along with the ICC’s recommendations, in the first case was submitted on June 29, and in the second case on July 25.
Sat, Aug 04, 2018August 03, 2018 01:21 IST
“There are some difficulties with the infrastructure, which we are looking into. In 15-20 days, everything will be sorted. As it is a very new department, we are still looking into things," Director J P Dubey said.
Fri, Aug 03, 2018August 02, 2018 02:54 IST
A 2016 UGC regulation made it mandatory for students to score atleast 50% in entrance exams to qualify for MPhil and PhD interviews. Following an uproar, the university postponed interviews for the courses, leaving students in a limbo.
Thu, Aug 02, 2018July 30, 2018 01:54 IST
As of 5 pm on Sunday, the water level was at 205.5 metres — higher than the danger level of 204.83 metres and the highest since 2013. With 6 lakh cusecs of water being released by Haryana on Saturday, the level is likely to rise to 206.6 metres.
Mon, Jul 30, 2018July 28, 2018 06:11 IST
On December 18, 2017, Ajitabh went to sell his car to a prospective OLX buyer in Bengaluru, but never returned.
Sat, Jul 28, 2018July 27, 2018 02:15 IST
‘Indianama2018: The street hustle’, has brought together 71 vendors along with artists. Each artist will be paired with a shop/business owner to “conceptualise, design and initiate an identity system for them”.
Fri, Jul 27, 2018