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Kainat Sarfaraz

Kainat Sarfaraz covers education for Hindustan Times in Delhi. She also takes keen interest in reading and writing on the intersections of gender and other identities.

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No new admissions to primary classes in Schools of Excellence: Delhi govt

In 2018, the Delhi government started six Schools of Excellence across the city which are supposed to be model, resource-rich English-medium schools. Before the pandemic struck, the schools conducted admissions to classes 9 and 11 through entrance tests and conducted regular admissions for Nursery to Class 2.

Before the pandemic struck, the schools conducted admissions to classes 9 and 11 through entrance tests and conducted regular admissions for Nursery to Class 2.(Arun Sharma/HT file photo)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2021 05:19 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Mission Buniyaad programme: Parents to turn teachers, take classes at home

Mission Buniyaad, was launched by the Delhi government in April of 2018, as a scheme to help ensure that all children of Class 3 to Class 8 are able to at least read, write and do basic maths.

Content will be shared with parents in three ways – through WhatsApp groups, text messages along with automated calls, and via printed copies from school.(File Photo. Representative image)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2021 08:35 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz

Delhi: Scholars race against time to complete research work

In the last 12 months, MPhil and PhD scholars across universities were unable to conduct experiments in the university laboratories as they could not access library services, which is critical for completion of a thesis, or engage in field visits due to the lockdown.

For nearly a year, PhD and MPhil scholars were not able to access libraries and laboratories.(HT Archives. )

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Published on Apr 08, 2021 07:32 AM IST

ByFareeha Iftikhar, Kainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Delhi’s first Partition Museum likely to be ready by August this year

The museum will be set up at the Dara Shikoh Library Building in Kashmere Gate and will be managed by The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust (TACHT), which has the experience of having set up a similar museum in Amritsar.

The heritage site will also be developed as a cultural hub.

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Updated on Apr 06, 2021 02:12 PM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Row after Messi images painted over street art

Three such murals have come up in the neighbourhood in the past one month. At least two of the new artworks were painted over existing murals created by artists Okuda San Miguel and Mariusz Waras in 2014.

A view of a graffiti, at Hauz Khas village, in New Delhi.(HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 05, 2021 01:24 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Learning will be hit, say students who will take board exams next year

For government school students, the situation is more challenging as the final examinations of class 9 and 11 students are yet to take place — effectively meaning that they are yet to start their Class 10 and 12 lessons.

On Sunday, the city recorded over 4,033 cases with a positivity rate of 4.64%.(PTI)

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Updated on Apr 05, 2021 04:05 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Jailed DU professor GN Saibaba terminated by Ram Lal Anand College

Professor GN Saibaba's wife Vasantha Kumari confirmed receiving the letter and said that no reason was mentioned by the college for the termination.

Delhi University professor GN Saibaba.(Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2021 10:44 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

New academic session to be online for now, orders Delhi government

Schools in Delhi have been conducting online classes and exams for all students till class 8 since March last year, owing to restrictions put in place to check the spread of Covid-19.

A majority of Delhi schools, both government and private, started their new academic session virtually on Thursday.(Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 02, 2021 03:09 AM IST

ByFareeha Iftikhar and Kainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

What another academic session amid rising Covid cases means for Delhi’s students

Even though stakeholders sounded a note of caution over continuing online education for the second year, schools said that the situation is relatively better than last year

In January, the Delhi government had issued a directive allowing secondary and higher secondary students to return to school on a staggered basis to facilitate remedial classes and practicals while following all Covid-19 norms. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2021 06:40 PM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz and Fareeha Iftikhar

Empowering women at grassroots, via the anganwadi network

While children are currently away from anganwadis due to the pandemic, 21 of these hubs will be used for the SSK scheme.

Delhi has over 10,700 anganwadis and, of these, around 390 have been clubbed to form around 110 anganwadi hubs(HT Photo | Representational image)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2021 04:42 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Govt to provide means to 2,300 special kids to pursue their dreams

The Inclusive Education branch of the Directorate of Education has identified around 2,300 Children With Special Needs (CWSN) in government schools who will be encouraged to pursue extra-curricular activities as per their “skills, merits, and abilities”.

Ajay Kumar Singh, state-coordinator of Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS), said it was the first time that the department was working towards skills of disabled children.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 29, 2021 04:07 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Delhi Metro to ensure Covid-19 safety compliance, commute time may go up

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) also said that entry will be strictly regulated as per Covid-19 physical distancing protocols, especially at major stations like Rajiv Chowk, Barakhamba Road, Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk, ITO.

Heavy rush of commuters seen inside a Delhi Metro coach in clear violation of Covid-19 protocol, at Rajiv Chowk, in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna / Hindustan Times)

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Published on Mar 26, 2021 02:20 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Anvit Srivastava, New Delhi

Delhi Metro to increase checks to ensure Covid safety compliance, commute time may go up

New Delhi Travel time for passengers in Delhi Metro is likely to witness a rise, with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday announcing that they will intensify their drive to ensure Covid-19 appropriate behaviour inside the system in the wake of rising number of cases in the Capital

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Published on Mar 26, 2021 12:07 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz and Anvit Srivastava

Delhi Metro to tighten measures to check Covid-19 spread

This comes a couple of days after the Delhi government identified the Metro to be one of the super-spreader zones

To ensure travel guidelines are being followed, Delhi Metro Flying Squads conduct regular checks. (@OfficialDMRC)

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Published on Mar 25, 2021 08:00 PM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz

Ashoka University students begin class boycott, demand changes

While the students boycotted most of the classes during the day, nearly 900 students attended a scheduled class by Pratap Bhanu Mehta and discussed Karl Marx and his celebrated work Das Kapital.

News of Mehta’s exit broke on Thursday (he resigned on March 15) and caused a stir among students, faculty, and the larger academic community in India and overseas.(File photo)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2021 04:48 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Ashoka students begin class boycott

New Delhi: Students at Ashoka University began their two-day boycott of classes on Monday to demand changes in the university, including divesting of administrative powers from founders of the university to elected students, administrative, and faculty members

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Updated on Mar 23, 2021 12:08 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz

Delhi govt plans light and sound show, photo gallery at CP to mark Martyr’s Day

The events will be held at Connaught Place and will be a part of the “Freedom@75 celebrations”

On Thursday, officials visited Central Park at Connaught Place to discuss the arrangements. (HT archive)(HT_PRINT)

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Updated on Mar 19, 2021 04:30 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Revised promotion policy for Class 9, 11 to continue this year

Instead of giving weightage to annual exams, the revised promotion policy states that a student securing 33% marks in five subjects will be passed.

The revised promotion policy will have an impact on the board exams of 2021-22, principals believed. Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO

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Updated on Mar 19, 2021 04:25 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Sisodia orders probe in financial irregularities of 12 DU colleges

New Delhi Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday ordered a probe in the alleged irregularities in 12 Delhi University (DU) colleges which have not paid salaries to their teaching and non-teaching staff for months

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Published on Mar 13, 2021 12:04 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz

Plays, music, dance: Deshbhakti event kicks off

The government chose March 12 to kick off the celebrations as Mahatma Gandhi had led the Dandi March – the famous civil disobedience movement of our freedom struggle – on this day in 1930.

Artistes perform during the Freedom @ 75 event at Central Park in Connaught Place.(Raj K Raj)

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Updated on Mar 13, 2021 01:24 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Teachers of 12 DU colleges start indefinite university shutdown in DU

Teachers of Delhi University on Thursday started an indefinite “university shutdown”, suspending classes in some colleges and refraining from taking up administrative work in some others, to protest against the delayed salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff at 12 government-funded colleges

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Updated on Mar 12, 2021 11:54 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Education gets biggest share of Delhi Budget pie once again; allocation bumped up this year

New Delhi: The biggest share of the Delhi budget was allotted to the education sector once again, an area that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the Capital has made its highest priority since the party presented its first budget in 2015

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Published on Mar 10, 2021 12:05 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz

Suspended DU V-C Yogesh Tyagi relinquishes charge, acting V-C to continue till successor is found

Delhi University (DU) vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi, who was under suspension since last October, relinquished charge on Tuesday -- the day his term was scheduled to end

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Published on Mar 10, 2021 12:03 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz and Fareeha Iftikhar, New Delhi

Delhi Budget: Sisodia proposes virtual school, teachers’ training institute

The government has also proposed 100 new schools of excellence, a Sainik school, and an armed forces preparatory school in the Capital

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. (PTI)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2021 01:06 PM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz

JEE main result: two top scorers from capital

The two who managed perfect scores were Pravar Kataria, 17, a resident of Vikaspuri and Ranjim Prabal Das, 18, a resident of Janakpuri.

The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) of which was declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday.(MINT_PRINT)

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Published on Mar 09, 2021 02:53 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Teachers at 12 DU colleges threaten protest over non-payment of salaries

On Sunday, teachers from different colleges also alleged that they have not been paid regular salary since 2019 and said that nearly 1,200 teachers at these colleges were finding it difficult to make ends meet.

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Published on Mar 08, 2021 12:36 PM IST

ByFareeha Iftikhar, Kainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Scores of women from Punjab march to Delhi to mark 100 days of protest

Deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal in said that no such incident has happened in the area of Mandir Marg and that no person was detained in this context.

Thousands of farmers from states such as Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh are camped at Delhi’s borders since November 27 to protest against the three farm laws, which were passed in the Parliament in September.(ANI)

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Updated on Mar 06, 2021 12:27 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, New Delhi

Fighting disinformation with facts, movies and social media

While the printed copies are in Gurmukhi and Hindi, the founders are posting the content in English on their website as well.

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Updated on Mar 06, 2021 03:49 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Cardiologist all the way from New Jersey has his finger on pulse of protesters

Singh, who’s been living in the US for 24 years, and had volunteered as a doctor during the Black Lives Matter protest, says he has now left his fellowship programme at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center midway.

Since late November, he has camped at the Tikri protest site, providing free medical assistance to thousands of farmers.

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Updated on Mar 06, 2021 05:45 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Abuse survivor who’s now the first legal port of call

She coordinates with 150 lawyers at the three farmer agitation spots – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.

For the last few months, Gill has been helping farmers, particularly women, who have gathered in the thousands at Delhi’s Singhu border to protest against three contentious farm laws that aim to liberalise the agrarian economy.

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Updated on Mar 06, 2021 01:03 AM IST

ByKainat Sarfaraz, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

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Kainat Sarfaraz

Kainat Sarfaraz covers education for Hindustan Times in Delhi. She also takes keen interest in reading and writing on the intersections of gender and other identities.

Mission Buniyaad, was launched by the Delhi government in April of 2018, as a scheme to help ensure that all children of Class 3 to Class 8 are able to at least read, write and do basic maths.

In the last 12 months, MPhil and PhD scholars across universities were unable to conduct experiments in the university laboratories as they could not access library services, which is critical for completion of a thesis, or engage in field visits due to the lockdown.

The museum will be set up at the Dara Shikoh Library Building in Kashmere Gate and will be managed by The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust (TACHT), which has the experience of having set up a similar museum in Amritsar.

Three such murals have come up in the neighbourhood in the past one month. At least two of the new artworks were painted over existing murals created by artists Okuda San Miguel and Mariusz Waras in 2014.

For government school students, the situation is more challenging as the final examinations of class 9 and 11 students are yet to take place — effectively meaning that they are yet to start their Class 10 and 12 lessons.

Professor GN Saibaba's wife Vasantha Kumari confirmed receiving the letter and said that no reason was mentioned by the college for the termination.

Schools in Delhi have been conducting online classes and exams for all students till class 8 since March last year, owing to restrictions put in place to check the spread of Covid-19.

Even though stakeholders sounded a note of caution over continuing online education for the second year, schools said that the situation is relatively better than last year

While children are currently away from anganwadis due to the pandemic, 21 of these hubs will be used for the SSK scheme.

The Inclusive Education branch of the Directorate of Education has identified around 2,300 Children With Special Needs (CWSN) in government schools who will be encouraged to pursue extra-curricular activities as per their “skills, merits, and abilities”.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) also said that entry will be strictly regulated as per Covid-19 physical distancing protocols, especially at major stations like Rajiv Chowk, Barakhamba Road, Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk, ITO.

New Delhi Travel time for passengers in Delhi Metro is likely to witness a rise, with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday announcing that they will intensify their drive to ensure Covid-19 appropriate behaviour inside the system in the wake of rising number of cases in the Capital

This comes a couple of days after the Delhi government identified the Metro to be one of the super-spreader zones

While the students boycotted most of the classes during the day, nearly 900 students attended a scheduled class by Pratap Bhanu Mehta and discussed Karl Marx and his celebrated work Das Kapital.

New Delhi: Students at Ashoka University began their two-day boycott of classes on Monday to demand changes in the university, including divesting of administrative powers from founders of the university to elected students, administrative, and faculty members

The events will be held at Connaught Place and will be a part of the “Freedom@75 celebrations”

Instead of giving weightage to annual exams, the revised promotion policy states that a student securing 33% marks in five subjects will be passed.

New Delhi Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday ordered a probe in the alleged irregularities in 12 Delhi University (DU) colleges which have not paid salaries to their teaching and non-teaching staff for months

The government chose March 12 to kick off the celebrations as Mahatma Gandhi had led the Dandi March – the famous civil disobedience movement of our freedom struggle – on this day in 1930.

Teachers of Delhi University on Thursday started an indefinite “university shutdown”, suspending classes in some colleges and refraining from taking up administrative work in some others, to protest against the delayed salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff at 12 government-funded colleges

New Delhi: The biggest share of the Delhi budget was allotted to the education sector once again, an area that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the Capital has made its highest priority since the party presented its first budget in 2015

Delhi University (DU) vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi, who was under suspension since last October, relinquished charge on Tuesday -- the day his term was scheduled to end

The government has also proposed 100 new schools of excellence, a Sainik school, and an armed forces preparatory school in the Capital

The two who managed perfect scores were Pravar Kataria, 17, a resident of Vikaspuri and Ranjim Prabal Das, 18, a resident of Janakpuri.

On Sunday, teachers from different colleges also alleged that they have not been paid regular salary since 2019 and said that nearly 1,200 teachers at these colleges were finding it difficult to make ends meet.

Deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal in said that no such incident has happened in the area of Mandir Marg and that no person was detained in this context.

While the printed copies are in Gurmukhi and Hindi, the founders are posting the content in English on their website as well.

Singh, who’s been living in the US for 24 years, and had volunteered as a doctor during the Black Lives Matter protest, says he has now left his fellowship programme at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center midway.

She coordinates with 150 lawyers at the three farmer agitation spots – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.

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