John Brumfield

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Panjab university hiked its fee by 5% from new semester

Two months after senate’s approval to the fee hike, Panjab University decided to revise the examination fee and fee structure by 5% for various PG and UG courses. Professor Parvinder Singh, Controller ofExaminations, PU, informed that rates have been revised for exam fees and other examination-related application forms and fee structure for undergraduate courses (semester and annual systems), for postgraduate (semester/annual system) examinations, for professional courses (semester system examinations) for miscellaneous, fee (all applicable w.e.f. November/December 2018 examinations onwards) and for other exam-related application forms and fee (applicable from the date of issue of circular). He further informed that all the rates related exam application have been increased by the 5 percent of the old fees. In May, the senate had approved 10 percent fee hike for the new admissions and 5 percent for the ongoing students. In addition to this, a 5% fee hike was also approved in all the constituent colleges of PU to help them enhance their resources. In this process, the exam fees was however reduced to INR 75 from INR 200.Also, the tuition fee of the University Institute of Applied Management Sciences will be enhanced by Rs 6,000 per annum instead of the recommended Rs 7,500 per annum.

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Fake degrees | Students were issued fake degrees in the name of the IGNOU University

On June 30, crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have exposed a major scam in which 4000 students were offered bogus degrees in the name of the IGNOU university without appearing in the exams. Crime branch spokes person said “The scam at the Indira Gandhi National Open University centrer was unearthed after the police received an input that a person identified as Prashant Bandari and his associates were involved in fraudulently conducting examinations and giving admissions to students at the center established in Billawar town in 2014-15.” “About 4,000 students have been shown taken admission through the centre and till date no examination has been conducted by this centre. The students enrolled through the centre have been shown appeared in examinations and degrees issued to them,” he said. Quoting some details of the preliminary investigations, the spokesman said that center used to submit bogus attendance and answer sheets using the codes of Katra, Kishtwar, Chartroo and Paddar. Thousands of rupees collected from the students were embezzled through bank accounts opened in the name of chairman and a non-existent coordinator. “In this scandal, officials ofIGNOU and post offices are involved in preparing fake answer sheetsat regional centres,” the spokesman said. The case has been registered but no arrest has been made so far.

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Lucknow University shut down | Students attacked on teacher and proctor

The admission process of the Lucknow university was suspended until further notice after some students assaulted the proctor, a dozen teachers and staff of the university on Wednesday afternoon. Three attackers were arrested by the police and a case was lodges against others at the Hasanganj Police Station. The teachers and staff were attacked by the students who were on the hunger strike because they were denied the admission into University’s PG courses. The attack took place near Vice-Chancellor S P Singh’s office who said that the attackers were outsiders and belonged to Samajwadi Party. As of now police has arrested 15 protesters including the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha leader Pooja Shukla and are probing the fact whether the fact was linked to the protest. SP (Trans-Gomti) Harendra Kumar said, “Around 1.30 pm, a few teachers and the proctor were standing around 500 metres from the dharna when a group of youths arrived and attacked them. The group tried to intercept the V-C’s car, but the driver somehow managed to take the car out. The youths assaulted the teachers and proctor and hit them with stones.” “Policemen on campus rushed to the spot and caught two of the youths — identified as Ayush Kumar and Ankit Singh — while they were trying to escape. The two are former students of the university. Ashish Mishra alias Boxer, another ex-student, was also arrested later,” he said. The FIR was lodged against four named and 15-20 unidentified youths.

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

UP government to introduce dress code for the Madrassa students

Only hours after Uttar Pradesh Minister of State Mohsin Raza claimed in a statement that UP government may soon introduce dress code for the students in the madrassa, his senior ministers rejected the statement saying that government has not formed any policy regarding the matter. Cabinet minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary tonight tweeted, “Madarso mein dress code ko lekar sarkar ne koi nayi niti nirdharit nahi ki hai. Iss vishay ko lekar vibhaag ka koi mat nahi hai (The government has not formed any new policy pertaining to the dress code of the madrassas. On this issue, there is no view of the department).” Earlier in the day, the Minister of State for Muslim Waqf and Haj, Mohsin Raza, said, “The aim of the UP government is to bring madrassas at par with other educational institutions in every sense. Till now, students in madrassas have been wearing ‘kurta-payjamasʼ but now this dress code will make it more formal… We might also try to meet the expenses,” said Raza. Chaudhary is the Cabinet Minister for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj. The minister said that only BJP-led governments have been doing justice with the minorities while other sees them only as a vote bank. Raza further said that the current dressing style of the students (madrassa) clearly reflects the demarcation between them and the students of the other schools. The government’s move evoked a mixed reaction from the community as some welcomed the move and other questioned by saying what is the need for the government to tinker with the traditional attire of the students going to madrassa. “We will welcome it, if it is good, but only after seeing what the changes are and with what intentions they are being brought,” said UP unit president of the Jamait Ulema-e-Hind, Ashhad Rashidi. The spokesperson for All India Shia Personal Law Board, Yasoob Abbas, questioned the government’s move. “Who has objected to the traditional attire… it is acceptable by all… we are not in favour of the government forcing a new dress for students,” Abbas said.

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Final merit list for the AP NEET 2018 exam released

Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh has released the final merit list of the students for the MBBS/BDS courses. All the candidates who were waiting for the same can now check the list by visiting the official website -- ntruhs.ap.nic.in. Before preparing the list, multiple rounds of the seat allotment were conducted and is based on the ranks secured by the candidates in the NEET 2018 exam. All the selected candidates will have to go through medical examination as prescribed by the head of the institution concerned. Once provisionally selected, candidates will not be allowed to cancel or withdraw from their respective seats after the MOP-UP counseling up to September 15, 2018. If one still wishes to cancel the his/her seat in the college then he/she will have to pay a fine of INR 3,00,000 for MBBS and INR 1,00,000 for the BDS to the university. The results of the NEET 2018 exam were released on June 4. This year, more than 7 lakh candidates have cleared the competitive exam, of which 6.3 lakh candidates are from the general category.

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Partha Chatterjee assured admissions only on the basis of the merit list

Following the reports of the student leaders extorting the money from the candidates in exchange for the seats in the city colleges, the state education department has decided to grant admissions only on the basis of the merit list. The government also issued a circular to the colleges in which asked the colleges to stop the counseling of the students. “We do not want any counseling to take place in colleges. The merit list in colleges will be created as per merit. The colleges will make public the total number of seats per subject and accordingly, the merit lists will be created. The authorities will notify students who feature in the list through SMS or mail. Those students will then deposit the admission fee online to college mentioned bank accounts within a given time. If they do not deposit the money within the given time, another merit list will be created to fill those vacant seats following the same process,” State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said. “Verification of certificates will be done when the students join classes. If at that point in time, the certificates are not found to be in order, the admission will be deemed as canceled. In this process, physical presence of students will not be required till they take admission,” he added. He said that new admission policy will curb the menace of the student leaders curbing the money from the candidates even when they failed to get the desired marks for the admission in a particular college. “The entire process will be online. We will ensure that all students who want to take admission in colleges go through a transparent process. We do not want anybody to take money from such students to suit their own interests. Strict action will be taken against those who are involved in irregularities,” he added.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

UGC vs HECI | Grants will be given based on the merit, says HRD

In order to contain the uproar regarding HECI replacing the UGC, HRD Ministry, yesterday, clarified its stance in the scene by releasing a press note. The major point of the uproar is that HECI gives the government the power to disperse the grants money to the universities. In the note, the HRD ministry clarifies that it has not taken any final decision pertaining to the grant-giving powers to the ministry. The letter reads, "The Ministry of HRD has clarified that no such final decision has yet been taken to shift the grant function to the Ministry...," and goes on to add that "the recommendation about separating the Regulator and grant-giving entity has been made by many an expert committee in the past, and is rooted in sound principles of Governance." The letter also affirms that the grant-giving process will be based on the merit and completely "unbiased and impartial". There is an uproar around the formation of HECI or Higher Education Commission of India Act, 2018 as it will replace the UGC Act of 1956. The government recently uploaded a draft on its official website regarding the same. Since the release of the news, there has been a great restlessness among the stakeholder, which will directly be affected by the move. One main issue with the scenario is that government has given barely 10 days to the stakeholders to review and respond to the draft, which many says in an unfair move on the behalf of the government. DUTA had condemned the move in a press statement and said ”the new Act will only increase government’s interference in the academic institutes”.

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