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ITI students bag job offers from foreign firms

Mumbai: Job offers from foreign countries to IIT students are common, but for the first time, Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students from rural Maharashtra have secured offers from Japan and Germany

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Published on Feb 08, 2023 12:43 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

IIT Bombay students oppose cameras in hostel corridors

A students’ group at IIT Bombay has strongly objected to the institute’s decision to install cameras in the hostel corridors and link the identity card with the mess facility (Mess-I system), calling it a violation of privacy and an increase in surveillance

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Published on Feb 07, 2023 12:38 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit, Mumbai

Education allocation drops even as school enrolments go up

SLUG: BMC BUDGETMumbai: The BMC has reduced its allocation towards education from ₹3,370 crore last year to ₹3,347 crore in its budget for 2023–24

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Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:33 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

BMC school student points out error in science text book

Gaurav Shukla received a congratulatory email from Balbharati for pointing out the error and informed him that the mistake will be corrected in the textbook’s next edition. On Friday, his school and the civic body felicitated Shukla in its Currey Road office

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Published on Feb 04, 2023 12:47 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

March 31 deadline for colleges to start NAAC process

Mumbai: The state higher education department has issued a circular that colleges without the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) rating should start the accreditation process by March 31 or face action

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Published on Feb 03, 2023 12:40 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

State gets its song in ‘Jai jai Maharashtra majha’ celebrating its spirit

Mumbai The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday designated ‘Jai jai Maharashtra majha’ as the state song

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Published on Feb 01, 2023 01:18 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha and Niraj Pandit

New MPSC rules could knock most candidates out at prelim stage

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has announced its largest-ever recruitment drive, but certain changes in the eligibility criteria could dash the hopes of unemployed youth looking for government jobs

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Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:59 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Despite protests, TISS students screen BBC documentary on campus

Mumbai : Despite a warning by the administration and a BJP Yuva Morcha protest, a mass viewing of the BBC documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’, was held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Saturday in the presence of the institute’s security and police officials

The saffron party’s youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, staged a protest outside the campus at 5.45 pm with around 50 activists. After TISS and the police assured the Yuva Morcha that the documentary would not be screened, Yuva Morcha Mumbai chief Tajindar Singh Tiwana called off the protest at around 6.45 pm. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 29, 2023 12:11 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Poor safety and fractured limbs at firemen recruitment drive in Mumbai

The physical includes running 800 m under three minutes, doing 20 pull ups, shimmying down a 20 ft rope and jumping from a height of 19 feet, which is nearly two storey-high. It’s during this manoeuvre that things have been getting hairy for the participants

Tushar Kumbhare, 30, from Nagpur is one of those who jumped and the canvas safety gave way. He fractured his left leg. The number of injuries at the recruitment centre are so high that by the time Kumbhare fell, the on-site doctor had even run out of any analgesic spray. (HT Photos)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2023 12:42 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru & Niraj Pandit

Kids asked to draw on PM’s pet projects for contest

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Education Commissionerate has announced Season 6 of Priksha pe Charcha, inviting students between Classes IX and XII to participate in a painting competition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with students of this demographic every year, just before they take their respective board exams. This year, the PM will speak to them on January 27. However, before he does so, various activities are organised across the states. On Saturday, the commissionerate announced the painting contest to be held on January 25, where the participants will be allowed to take a pick from ten subjects. (PTI)

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Published on Jan 24, 2023 12:38 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

How citizens are using kattas to reflect afresh on the Constitution

At Panvel’s Khanda Colony, 42-year-old IT professional Pravin Jathar has been organising the Samvidhan Katta since August 15 last year, with the help of local anti-caste campaigners, who are organised under Babasaheb Ambedkar Samajik aur Sanskrutik Mandal

The katta, conducted in Marathi and inaugurated on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, has drawn in over 450 participants. At least half are regulars, and about a third so far have been women. (Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 24, 2023 12:38 AM IST

ByPrayag Arora-Desai and Niraj Pandit

Hard landing for fire service hopefuls as poor safety net leads to 100+ injuries

About a hundred men have ended up with fractured limbs owing to poor safety nets provided by the Mumbai fire brigade in the course of its ongoing recruitment drive

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Updated on Jan 24, 2023 12:21 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru & Niraj Pandit, Mumbai

Action against 674 unrecognised schools under RTE

Taking a serious note of 674 unrecognised schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act across the state, director of secondary and higher secondary schools, Krishnakumar Patil, has ordered the officials concerned to initiate action against these schools

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Updated on Jan 23, 2023 12:49 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Pollution causes huge rise in swollen adenoids and tonsillitis in children

Across the city and suburbs, the abysmal Air Quality Index (AQI) has been very hard on children who have been routinely falling sick not just with the standard winter ailments but more serious infections like tonsillitis and swollen adenoids

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Published on Jan 21, 2023 12:40 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit and Somita Pal

Seven lakh students register in class 10 and 12 in Mumbai division

With a decrease in the incidence of Covid cases, the exams will be held in examination centres as was the case before the pandemic. The board has clarified that the exam will be conducted on 100% of the syllabus this year and that no extra time will be given

Subhash Borse, Secretary, Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Mumbai Division, said, “Examination centres, meeting arrangements, and other complete preparations for the class 10 and 12 examinations are complete (HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 20, 2023 12:37 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Maha schoolkids poor in Mathematics

Mumbai: Apart from a sharp drop in children’s ability to read, the ASER survey also revealed that overall, the understanding of mathematics was found to be weaker as compared to 2018 when its last report was published

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Published on Jan 19, 2023 12:49 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

State plans to regulate fees of private universities

Since private universities are completely self-financed, this decision is opposed by the administration of private universities.

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Published on Jan 18, 2023 12:53 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

MU’s IDOL sees a dip in enrolment

Mumbai: University of Mumbai’s Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) has reported a decline in the number of admissions over the years

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Published on Jan 16, 2023 12:45 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Nanded girl gets National Bravery Award for saving brother’s life from electric shock

Mumbai: Laxmibai Ananda Yedlewar of Thadisawali village in Nanded district was conferred the ‘National Bravery Award’ by the Indian Child Welfare Council in New Delhi on Saturday for saving her younger brother Arun’s life from being electrocuted

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Published on Jan 14, 2023 10:41 PM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

KJ Somaiya prof forces students to strip; hits them with shoes

The professor was shouting, abusing and hitting the door with his hand and kicking,” said a student who was present in the camp. “No one dared to open the door. But as soon as a student took the initiative and opened the door, he gave the student a hard knock. The professor started kicking and beating all the students with slippers

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Updated on Jan 14, 2023 12:42 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

No fees, no exam, Sharadashram Class 2 student told

Shardashram, incidentally, is where Sachin Tendulkar schooled and from where he began his cricketing journey with classmate Vinod Kambli.

Mrigendra Rane, the child’s father who runs a small store in Dadar, enrolled her in the recently added International wing of Sharadashram, where the primary school fees are <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>77,000 per year, to give her an “excellent” education. He said the exam experience had traumatised her. “She feels awful because while her peers were sitting in one room writing their exams, she was sitting in another,” he said. “She can’t even comprehend why this happened to her. She was unable to sleep last night.” (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 13, 2023 12:57 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

JJ School of Art turns away kids from art competition due to huge crowd

Alumni of the JJ School of Art organise an open painting competition for school and college students every year.

Students came from as far away as Akola, Nashik, Amravati, Pune, Satara, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Nagpur districts of the state. Many returned disappointed. A parent of a Class 10 student from Pune said, “In the morning, there was a stampede-like situation at the entrance of the college. We waited till 10.45 to get inside. As the crowd did not reduce, we had to turn back. So many children were dejected. It’s unfortunate that they have to experience this at this age.” (Anshuman Poyrekar/ HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 09, 2023 12:48 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Unpaid bills: 9,278 schools sans electricity in Maharashtra

As per the official data, electricity bills worth ₹25 crore are pending from these schools. While the power supply to 6,752 schools has been cut off from the main line, the electricity meter in the remaining 2,526 schools was disconnected.

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Updated on Jan 08, 2023 05:43 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Experts can now teach as professors: State govt

Mumbai: To enable the students to learn from the experience of experts in professional fields, the state government has approved the implementation of ‘Professor of Practice’ policy, directed by the University Grants Commission’s (UGC)

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Published on Jan 07, 2023 12:29 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

500 aided teachers to teach in BMC schools

The process of adjusting surplus teachers in private aided schools in Mumbai to vacant posts in municipal schools has kicked off. As part of the drive, these vacant posts in the BMC-run schools will now be filled with the surplus teachers on a temporary basis.

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Published on Jan 05, 2023 12:18 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Around 60% colleges in state without NAAC rating

The NAAC is a national body for evaluating the quality of universities and colleges, and is considered important to identify the quality of education, infrastructure and other facilities provided by colleges.

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Published on Jan 04, 2023 12:26 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Govt to introduce vocational edu degrees, signs MoU with TISS

Mumbai: To encourage vocational education in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Maharashtra school education department under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has signed an MoU with the School of Vocational Education (SVE) at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to provide various Bachelor of Vocational (B

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Updated on Jan 01, 2023 12:02 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Hefty fines drive school bus operators to change stops

According to members of School Bus Owners’ Association (SBOA), in November alone, 950 school buses were fined. The bus owners have been facing the brunt from the traffic department since the last six months

Navi Mumbai, India - September 26, 2019: Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School, Vashi in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, September 26, 2019. (Photo by Bachchan Kumar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

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Published on Dec 30, 2022 12:57 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

State owes private schools ₹1,200 crore towards RTE fees

Mumbai: A day after the state education minister announced in the ongoing assembly winter session about making a ₹200-crore provision from the budget for the Right to Education (RTE), private schools in Maharashtra have raised their concern about the non-payment of earlier RTE fees, amounting to a whopping ₹1,200 crore

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Updated on Dec 29, 2022 01:04 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Guinness cert for Pune-born researcher’s lithium-ion battery

Mumbai: A Pune-born researcher has made it to the Guinness World Records for building a lithium-ion battery (LIB) that can function at the extremely low temperature of minus 100°C

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Updated on Dec 28, 2022 01:42 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

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Mumbai: Job offers from foreign countries to IIT students are common, but for the first time, Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students from rural Maharashtra have secured offers from Japan and Germany

A students’ group at IIT Bombay has strongly objected to the institute’s decision to install cameras in the hostel corridors and link the identity card with the mess facility (Mess-I system), calling it a violation of privacy and an increase in surveillance

SLUG: BMC BUDGETMumbai: The BMC has reduced its allocation towards education from ₹3,370 crore last year to ₹3,347 crore in its budget for 2023–24

Gaurav Shukla received a congratulatory email from Balbharati for pointing out the error and informed him that the mistake will be corrected in the textbook’s next edition. On Friday, his school and the civic body felicitated Shukla in its Currey Road office

Mumbai: The state higher education department has issued a circular that colleges without the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) rating should start the accreditation process by March 31 or face action

Mumbai The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday designated ‘Jai jai Maharashtra majha’ as the state song

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has announced its largest-ever recruitment drive, but certain changes in the eligibility criteria could dash the hopes of unemployed youth looking for government jobs

Mumbai : Despite a warning by the administration and a BJP Yuva Morcha protest, a mass viewing of the BBC documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’, was held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Saturday in the presence of the institute’s security and police officials

The physical includes running 800 m under three minutes, doing 20 pull ups, shimmying down a 20 ft rope and jumping from a height of 19 feet, which is nearly two storey-high. It’s during this manoeuvre that things have been getting hairy for the participants

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Education Commissionerate has announced Season 6 of Priksha pe Charcha, inviting students between Classes IX and XII to participate in a painting competition

At Panvel’s Khanda Colony, 42-year-old IT professional Pravin Jathar has been organising the Samvidhan Katta since August 15 last year, with the help of local anti-caste campaigners, who are organised under Babasaheb Ambedkar Samajik aur Sanskrutik Mandal

About a hundred men have ended up with fractured limbs owing to poor safety nets provided by the Mumbai fire brigade in the course of its ongoing recruitment drive

Taking a serious note of 674 unrecognised schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act across the state, director of secondary and higher secondary schools, Krishnakumar Patil, has ordered the officials concerned to initiate action against these schools

Across the city and suburbs, the abysmal Air Quality Index (AQI) has been very hard on children who have been routinely falling sick not just with the standard winter ailments but more serious infections like tonsillitis and swollen adenoids

With a decrease in the incidence of Covid cases, the exams will be held in examination centres as was the case before the pandemic. The board has clarified that the exam will be conducted on 100% of the syllabus this year and that no extra time will be given

Mumbai: Apart from a sharp drop in children’s ability to read, the ASER survey also revealed that overall, the understanding of mathematics was found to be weaker as compared to 2018 when its last report was published

Since private universities are completely self-financed, this decision is opposed by the administration of private universities.

Mumbai: University of Mumbai’s Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) has reported a decline in the number of admissions over the years

Mumbai: Laxmibai Ananda Yedlewar of Thadisawali village in Nanded district was conferred the ‘National Bravery Award’ by the Indian Child Welfare Council in New Delhi on Saturday for saving her younger brother Arun’s life from being electrocuted

Shardashram, incidentally, is where Sachin Tendulkar schooled and from where he began his cricketing journey with classmate Vinod Kambli.

Alumni of the JJ School of Art organise an open painting competition for school and college students every year.

As per the official data, electricity bills worth ₹25 crore are pending from these schools. While the power supply to 6,752 schools has been cut off from the main line, the electricity meter in the remaining 2,526 schools was disconnected.

Mumbai: To enable the students to learn from the experience of experts in professional fields, the state government has approved the implementation of ‘Professor of Practice’ policy, directed by the University Grants Commission’s (UGC)

The process of adjusting surplus teachers in private aided schools in Mumbai to vacant posts in municipal schools has kicked off. As part of the drive, these vacant posts in the BMC-run schools will now be filled with the surplus teachers on a temporary basis.

The NAAC is a national body for evaluating the quality of universities and colleges, and is considered important to identify the quality of education, infrastructure and other facilities provided by colleges.

According to members of School Bus Owners’ Association (SBOA), in November alone, 950 school buses were fined. The bus owners have been facing the brunt from the traffic department since the last six months

Mumbai: A Pune-born researcher has made it to the Guinness World Records for building a lithium-ion battery (LIB) that can function at the extremely low temperature of minus 100°C

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