Ifrah Mufti

Keep calm and put your best effort: Advisory for AIIMS entrance exam tomorrow

AIIMS exam is scheduled on May 28. The advisory has advised students to relax and put up their best effort during the paper.

Quota for poor students does not apply to us, say minority schools in Chandigarh

Most schools have claimed that their land allotment letters do not have any clause of reservation for admission under EWS category, thus cannot fill up any seat under 15% land allotment scheme.

Why are Chandigarh schools running after minority status?

Here’s why there’s such a scramble to seek minority status.

Fee regulatory panel for medical colleges in Punjab defunct for 6 years: Expert

This came after the city-based NEET trainer, Dr Arvind Goyal, wrote to the PMO once again seeking directions to regulate the fee structure in private colleges.

Chandigarh rights panel asks schools to form child-friendly committees

It has been stated that a child-friendly school committee should be set up to serve as a complaint redressal body. This committee shall consist of the principal, vice-principal along with members, including one male teacher, one female teacher, a school counsellor and two members of the school management committee (SMC).

More Chandigarh women than men have assaulted cops on duty in 4 years

Of 107 people who have been arrested for the crime in the city in the past four years, 56 are women.

Jet Airways offloads bags ‘due to heat’, gives stranded passengers Rs 1,000 each as compensation

Twenty-three baggages were offloaded in Jaipur. Passengers were told that due to excessive heat, some luggage was offloaded.

3 questions in NEET biology section have more than one correct answer, says expert

Subject expert writes to CBSE to get these questions reviewed and resolve the issue in the answer key, which is yet to be released

Now, facial recognition attendance for Chandigarh govt college staff

A teachers seeking anonymity said, “There are days when our lectures get over early or we are on an exam duty. But we cannot leave the premises without marking attendance. It makes no sense at times to wait for five hours.”

Use of mobile phones banned for teachers too in govt schools of Chandigarh

School heads have been asked to prohibit carrying of mobiles by students to schools and teachers to classrooms, laboratories and other academic areas

Flogging case: Child rights body asks Vivek High to allow child continue his education

National commission for protection of child rights (NCPCR) says before any allegation about conduct of a child is made the school must support it with counsellor’s report

In these seven Chandigarh MC schools, infrastructure woes impede studies

Chandigarh schools oppose move to cap fee hike at 8%

The judgment had said there can be no fixing of a rigid fee structure by the government and each institute must have the freedom to fix its own fee structure as required and must generate surplus funds that must be used for the benefit of the students.

Bannet Dosanjh, winner of ‘Rising Star’ singing contest, is doing a PhD on reality shows!

For a youngster who struggled to finish education due to lack of money to now a singing sensation who has just won Rs 20 lakh in a reality show, Brinder or Bannet Dosanjh is personification of what talent and determination can achieve.

Video | Kids studying in Kajheri govt school have no classrooms

The students enrolled in this school can be seen attending their classes sitting on a dusty rug spread in a small corridor, sans fan.

Chandigarh: 23% students fail in Class 9 exam despite grace marks

Of the total 14,607 government school students who had appeared for Class 9 exam this year, 3,420 have failed in the exams, the results of which were declared on Friday afternoon.

Parents jittery as private school fees soar in Chandigarh

The new academic session is going to begin from April 1 onwards, but yet again, almost doubled fee of UT private schools is giving the parents jitters.

After senate nod to fee hike, Panjab University no longer cheapest varsity in region

With Panjab University (PU) senate approving the fee hike by 12.5% on Sunday, the PU is no more a cheapest university in terms of most courses in the region.

Chandigarh: Panjab University hikes fee by up to Rs 82,000 a year

 A year after hiking the fee by 5%, Panjab University (PU) senate on Sunday approved 12.5% fee hike for all courses of university departments and its regional centres for the session 2017-18, on Sunday.

Class 12 exams: School gets notice for turning students away from exam

A week after 15 students of Class 12 were denied to take their first board exam due to irregularities in their admission process, UT’s education department issued a show-cause notice on Friday.

Audit flags irregularities: Panjab University leased kiosk for a song

The office of the principal director and audit has found irregularities in the lease of a kiosk awarded to an eatery on the Panjab University campus without following proper bidding process, causing a loss of Rs 5.78 lakh to the varsity exchequer.

Panjab University yet to settle accounts dating back to 1988, says audit report

Panjab University’s audit and inspection note for 2015-16 has pointed out that the varsity has failed to settle accounts of expenditure dating back to 1987-88. It also adds that no action has been taken on previous audit reports.

No salaries to pay: Panjab Varsity moves court against UGC

After failing to pay salaries to teachers for February, Panjab University (PU) on Thursday moved the Punjab and Haryana high court, seeking contempt proceedings against the University Grants Commission (UGC) for its failure to release pending grant worth Rs 30 crore. On January 19, the HC had ordered the UGC to release the grant within four weeks.

Competitive exams: At PU centre, prelims is the main aim

Since the inception of the centre for Indian administrative services (IAS) and other competitive examinations at Panjab University in 1996, the focus has been entirely on the preliminary exam.

NCERT books full of errors, say Chandigarh schools

Although Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all the affiliated schools to use NCERT books from the academic session 2017-18, the city private schools believe that the council’s books are outdated.

Chandigarh nursery admissions: EWS applicants may get time till March to fill forms

The UT education department is planning to extend the date of form submission for nursery schools for another two weeks. As per the plan, parents who come under economically weaker section (EWS) category will be able to submit applications of their wards till the second week of March, following which the draw of lot will be held around March 15. 

To check forgery, PU to give degrees with bar codes

Waterproof, non-tearable, bar-coded and a sheet with security thread and micro printing. These are some of the features of the academic degrees, which will be given to the students at the Panjab University’s annual convocation in March.  

Three-bin system to be implemented in Panjab University

To deal with disposal, collection and removal of waste in hostels and other areas on the Punjab University (PU) campus, especially at the students centre, PU has decided to launch a three-bin system under which three separate bins will be installed for organic, recyclable and general waste.

Tricity: More Class­ 10 students opt for board-­based exams this year

As compared to last year when 60% of Class 10 students had opted for school-based exams, more students have opted for board-based examinations this year instead of school-based.

Panjab University to apply for HRD ministry’s world-class status

Panjab University (PU) plans to put up an application for the world-class university status to be initiated by the union ministry of human resource and development (MHRD).