BJP in Delhi seeks resumption of services of teachers

NEW DELHI: Opposition leader in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta on Monday met Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and sought resumption of services of 2500 contractual teachers who were recently terminated.

Gupta along with other BJP MLAs Om Prakash Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan, also participated in a teachers' protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind "These teachers were recruited years ago under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and were recently served termination notice. They were informed by the Delhi government that they were disengaged due to non-continuation of the posts by HRD Ministry," Gupta said during his address to the protesters."It is highly motivated and mischievous to say that the central government had done away with their services. Subsequent to termination of the services of contractual teachers under the schemem nearly 2.5 lakhs students are being denied education," he claimed. The opposition leaders submitted a memorandum to Jung, asking that he should impress upon the Delhi government to resume the services of 2,500 teachers under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan without any further delay.

"LG gave a patient hearing to the leaders and assured to look into the matter," Delhi BJP said in a statement.

Source:TOI

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IITs to double fee, JEE rule change soon

NEW DELHI: In two big decisions on IITs, the HRD ministry has decided to more than double the annual fee at the undergraduate level from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh per annum and do away with the 40% weightage to Class XII marks in calculating the rank in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Candidates, however, must score at least 75% marks in the board exam.

While the fee hike will be implemented from the new academic session this year, changes in JEE will be effective from 2017. As reported by TOI on Thursday, there will be full fee waiver for dalits, tribals, physically challenged and those from families with yearly income of up to Rs 1 lakh. Students whose family income is up to Rs 5 lakh, will pay one-third of the fee.

Source:- TOI

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‘Focus on 10 institutions will be a game changer’

Education Vijay, NEW DELHI: Claiming there has been a substantial hike in budget allocation for higher and school education, HRD ministry on Friday said proposals to establish Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) and turning 10 public and private institutions into world class educational institutions could be a game changer.

Education secretary Vinay Sheel Oberoi said the broad framework of how 10 institutions each from public and private would be selected will be worked out in the next few months. "The idea is to create enabling environment for these institutions. These institutions should be multi-disciplinary.

Also it should not only have foreign qualified faculty but even foreign faculty," he said, giving instance of how under Global Initiative of Academic Network (GIAN) more and more institutions are availing foreign teachers. HRD minister Smriti Irani said, "Framework for each institution will vary. We are not in favour of one-size-fits all policy." Identification of these institutions will take some time, Oberoi said.

As for Uchchatar Avishkar Abhiyan, additional secretary R Subramanyam said, "It has been very successful as 160 proposals have come. They are worth Rs 623 crore of which industry will contribute Rs 156 crore. In the first year only IITs were involved. This will give a big push to government's Make in India programme."

In school education, Irani said opening of 62 new Navodaya Vidyalayas — 11 in Chhattisgarh —will give a big push to taking quality education to rural India Asked about the discontinuation of highly successful Mahila Samakhya programme, school education secretary Subhash Khuntia said, "Mahila Samakhya will be taken over by the National Rural Livelihod Mission of Rural Development ministry." However, when told that rural development ministry has refused to make it a part, a senior official later said, "We will bring it back in HRD then."

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