John Brumfield

Thursday, December 6, 2018

WCD ministry to come up with guidelines for the hostels for children

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is working on forming the guidelines for the hostels for children. The guidelines will provide a minimum standard of cars that children living in hostels should receive. An official statement from the ministry said “this comes in the wake of institutions, housing children on the request of parents who are unable to take care of them and their education or due to other circumstances which force parents to keep them at children's homes, not registering under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015”. Earlier, Supreme court had also directed the Union and the State Governments to enforce minimum standards at such hostels irrespective of whether these hostels are managed by the Government system or by the civil society organizations. In view of the directions issued by the Apex Court (Writ Petition - Criminal- No. 102 of 2007), the ministry is framing the guidelines for the hostels. "Children staying at hostels, including those attached to schools, are as vulnerable as children at any other facility like child-care institutions (CCIs) and day-care centers. Therefore, we decided to formulate a set of guidelines to ensure adequate safety, a minimum standard of livingconditions and periodic inspections at hostels" says Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development. "The Ministry has directed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to draft the guidelines in consultation with stakeholders concerned and we plan to have these guidelines notified under the Juvenile Justice Act or the JJ Rules," added the minister. A statement from the WCD also said “to ensure safety and well-being of children even at school hostels, Ministry WCD will be sharing the guidelines with the Ministry of Human Resource Development for dissemination among schools providing boarding facility”.

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Gen Rawat urged to Kashmir girls to work hard and enter Army’s Super 30 program

On Wednesday, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat urged all the girls from Jammu and Kashmir to work hard to enter Army’s Super 30 program and build a good career for themselves with a good education. He was interacting with the girls from various schools. "There is no other place like Kashmir when it comes to scenic beauty and a sublime environment. But, terrorism has vitiated the atmosphere," he said. "Unlike Kashmir, you do not see bunkers in Delhi or gun-toting security personnel everywhere. People roam here at night in peace. The Kashmir Valley also had peace and people in Srinagar even used to go for strolling in parks at night or for a movie, but it's not there anymore," he said. While addressing the girls he said that "infiltrators come from Pakistan to our side and create trouble. So, if you also want progress and development in the Valley, take this message from here, and tell the people there that guns are not good." During the interaction with the girls, he asked about them their dreams. Some said they wanted to become civil servant, others said police officers or doctors and only one student said that she wants to become a teacher. "Only way to do well in life is to work hard. Some people may be very sharp, but still (there is) no substitute for hard work. I want students like you to become engineers and doctors and teachers and then go back to your places and villages and serve the people there," he said. Rawat told the girls students about “Kashmir Super-30” program in which they provide students with free coaching for the exams such as JEE and NEET.” program in which they provide students with free coaching for the exams such as JEE and NEET. "We are working with NGOs to have a similar programme for medical examination aspirants. So, work hard, compete for 'Super 30' for an engineering career, and for NEET exam too, once we have it in place," he said. Earlier, Army had signed MoU with a state-run firm and the National Integrity Educational Development Organization (NIEDO) for medical exam coaching in which selected students are provided with free residential coaching for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Vigilance officers at the IIT Madras barged into hostel rooms and harassed the students

Several research scholars and hostel inmates of the IIT-Madras came forward and spoke about the harassment and violation of privacy caused to them by the institute’s vigilance officers however; Dean of students dismissed all such charges. The hostel residents (men and women) alleged that officers barged into their rooms, insulted them and clicked their pictures without their consent, which is clearly a violation of students’ right to privacy and dignity. The dean of students, MS Sivakumar, said “ they had received complaints from students and the vigilance officers have been apprised of the issues and told not to click photographs.” He further said that the charges do not reveal the complete picture and these drills are conducted by ex-servicemen who are trained to deal with such issues. “Vigilance officers are the ones tasked to enforce hostel rules and check for violations. We don’t know if we can call it harassment or enforcement,” he told PTI. A woman research scholar, on the condition of anonymity, said “vigilance officials barge into rooms, pull things out and call them names for their personal choices. We are all adults…it is really demeaning to experience all this. We might have a lot of stuff that we do not want others to see. It need not even be prohibited things. It is a clear violation of our right to privacy and dignity”. According to an informal report, which was initiated by the students last year brings into light the issue of rampant “moral policing” by the security personnel, non-academic staff, faculty and fellow students. The report also said that students were targeted for the kind of clothes they wore in public and including public display of affection, among others. A male-postgraduate students said “the fines imposed for violation of rules were “arbitrary” and ranged from Rs 2,000 to Rs 20,000. Students have no idea about the slabs and it has not been put up anywhere on the campus.” A woman Ph.D. scholar alleged that vigilance team takes special note of girl students visiting their male counterpart in their hostels and conduct checks even during the permitted hours. According to the hostel rules, girl students are permitted to visit boys hostel in their rooms only for the academic purposes and are required to deposit their ID cards with the security staff and sign the visitor’s notebook. “If a girl is found in a boyʼs room, the officers just check if she is an IIT-M student. Besides, guidelines on fines applicable for violations are available with wardens,” Sivakumar said. “It is tough to have one rule for undergraduates and another for Ph.D. scholars unless hostels are different. We are yet to be at that level to afford separate hostels for research scholars. When that happens, we will implement rules that are more targeted,” he added.

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UPTET results 2018: UPBEB released the UPTET 2018 exam results

The final results of the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2018 exams have been released by the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB). Candidates who have appeared for the exams, can now visit the official website -- upbasiceduboard.gov.in -- and check their respective results. The results will remain available on the website until January 7, 2019. According to the reports, around 33 percent of candidates have cleared the exam this year. A total of 11 lakh candidates (approx) appeared for the exam this year of which 3,66,285 candidates successfully cleared the UPTET 2018 exam. For the primary level exam, 1,01,710 ( 94.1 per cent) candidates out of 11,70,786 appeared for the exam and for the upper primary level 5,71,416 out of 6,12,930 candidates appeared for the exam. The successful candidates will now prepare for the teachers' recruitment examination which is scheduled in the month of January 2019. Earlier, the board had released the revised and updates answer keys on its website but the candidates are still not satisfied with the answer keys and plan to move to the High Court. Steps to check the UPTET 2018 results Visit the official website of the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board as mentioned aboveClick on the link that says “UPTET 2018 results for upper primary and primary teachers”A new page will appear on the screen. On the new page enter your registration number, date of birth and security code in the fields providedClick on the submit buttonThe result will be displayed on the screenDownload the result and take the print out of the same for future references.

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UPSC CDS (I) 2019: Candidates can withdraw their application forms if, they want to

Recently UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) has introduced the facility of application form withdrawal. In an official statement, the premier recruitment agency said “this facility has enabled the Commission to work with genuine and serious candidates, who can be provided better facilities as also enhancing the efficiency of the Commission's examination system”. The window for the withdrawal of the applications under Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2019 is now open and will remain available until December 10. 2018, 6:00 PM. The service is available on the official website of the UPSC -- upsconline.nic.in. Once the candidate has withdrawn his/her application, an e-mail and SMS regarding the successful withdrawal of the application will be sent to the candidate on the registered e-mail address and mobile number. According to a statement, once the candidate has withdrawn its application, it cannot be revived under any circumstances. The exam is scheduled to be held on February 3, 2019, and applications for the same were accepted until November 26, 2018, on the official website of the UPSC. The Commission aims to fill a total 417 vacancies through the CDS (1) 2019 exam.

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BSE Telangana is accepting the fee for the D.El.Ed 2nd Year Exam

Fee deposit schedule for the Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) 2nd-year exams for the 2017-19 batch has been released by the Director of Government Examinations, Telangana. The D.El.Ed 2nd year exams for the 2017-19 batch are scheduled in April 2019. The failed candidates from 2015 and 2017 batches, who have studied the revised syllabus are also eligible to appear in the exams as failed candidates. Candidates who are interested in appearing for the exam can submit the fee according to the schedule given below: Last date to submit the examination fee without late fee: December 17, 2018 Last date to submit the examination fee with late fee of Rs. 50: December 24, 2018 The principals of the respective institutes are required to submit the fee in the Government treasury by December 18, 2018, and in case of late candidates, they must do the same latest by December 27, 2018. The fee for the exams is INR 250 and in case of failed candidates, the fee structure is as follows: For four and above subjects - Rs. 250 For three subjects - Rs. 175 For two subjects - Rs. 150 For one subject - Rs. 125 The web-link to fill the form and deposit the exam will be available from December 10, 2018, and the exam schedule will be released in due time on the official website of BSE, Telangana.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Students of RTU developed an APP to help save the paper

With the aim of saving paper and helping the environment, three students of Rajasthan Technical University has developed an app through which students of the university will be able to receive all the notices instantly. With this students will never have to miss any important notices again. The app is developed under the ‘Digital India’ program and has been named as ‘UD Notice-- Never miss any notice again’. The app is developed by Mukul Priya (Electronics branch), Kapil Arora (Computer Science), and Abhishek Bagariya (Information Technology) under the expert guidance of Professor NP Kaushik. Talking about the app, Kapil said that this app will provide alert notifications whenever any notice is released by the university. The app also has an option through which students can deposit their fees of the university and will not have to wait and stand in queue for the same. Students of the university can download this app from the Google play store. The university has granted the permission to distribute all the notices through the app. Another important feature of the app is that students will also be able to register for the events directly from the apps. More options will be added to the app in due time. Students will receive all notices regarding their departments, placements, and semester results through the app.

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