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  • School Edu Deptt Kulgam orders closure of Pvt coaching institutes from 9:45 am to 4:15 pm

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    Srinagar, May 03: The School Education Department in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district Wednesday ordered private coaching institutes not to function during the schooling hours.

    Officials of the School Education Department of the district said the orders were issued to keep the academic going smoothly.

    According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kulgam said, “In the backdrop of complaint pouring public at large and in the interest of smooth functioning of the regular all the registered coaching centre owners are put under strict instructions to keep their coaching centres closed from 9:45 am to 4:15 pm excluding in holidays so that the class work of the students is not affected.”

    It also warned the government teachers of strict actions if found practising in the private coaching institutes.

    “The government employees of the Education Department are strictly advised to refrain from engaging in private coaching which is sheer violation of government orders and invites action as warranted under rules,” the CEO also.

    It also said that if any negligence in this behalf is found, the department will take serious and strict actions under rules without any further notice.

    Pertinently, the government in the previous academic session had announced prohibition on any activity or assignment including the private tuitions by teaching faculty of School Education Department.

    The government has said that it has observed that some members of teaching faculty of School Education Department are undertaking coaching assignments in private institutions and coaching centres even during school hours in violation of Rule 10 of the Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1971 as well as Chapter (IV) Section 28 of RTE Act, 2009.”

    The department in a circular issued in 2022 has also said that the Rule-10 of the Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1971 states, “No Government employee, whether on leave or active service, shall except with the previous sanction of the government engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business or undertake any other employment.”—(KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Govt looking at ‘wrong place’ to find ‘right’ person: Cong over vacancies in tech institutes

    Govt looking at ‘wrong place’ to find ‘right’ person: Cong over vacancies in tech institutes

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    New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said over 50 institutes of national importance including seven IITs and 22 NITs are without chairpersons and alleged that the government is looking at the “wrong place” to find the “right” person.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the government has not filled up the vacancies even after many of the institutes have written to it.

    He also reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi about claims made of providing world class futuristic education at these institutes even when basics were forgotten.

    “Narendra Modi ji, 50 institutes of national importance are without chairpersons.
    10 are vacant since the year your government came to power. Many institutes have written to government, but no avail. You speak about ‘world class futuristic education’ but forget the ‘basics’,” Kharge said.

    The Congress chief said this on Twitter while recalling that institutions without full-time chairpersons included seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), 22 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).

    Congress leader P Chidambaram also alleged that 10 such institutes are without chairpersons for the last eight to nine years.

    “The Modi government’s commitment to excellence in higher education has been exposed. IIT (7), NIT (22) and IIIT (20) are without a full-time chairperson of the Board. In 10 institutes, no chairperson has been appointed for the last eight-nine years,” he alleged.

    “In a country with a population of 140 crore, the government cannot find 50 persons who can serve as chairperson of such an institute. I suspect the government is looking at the wrong place to find the ‘right’ person,” Chidambaram said.

    Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had earlier told the Parliament in a written reply that 39 posts of chairman and directors are vacant at the IITs and the NITs.

    Admitting that several posts of chairman at IITs and NITs are lying vacant, Pradhan had told the Lok Sabha that “the nomination and selection of chairman and other posts is a continuous process”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Screened BBC documentary on institute’s campus: FTII students’ association

    Screened BBC documentary on institute’s campus: FTII students’ association

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    Pune: The students’ association of the Film and Television Institute of India screened the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots on the campus of the premier acting school here, said the student body on Saturday.

    “On 26/01/23, we screened the banned BBC documentary The Modi Question’ at FTII,” said a statement issued by the FTII Students’ Association.

    The Centre had last week directed social media platforms Twitter and YouTube to block links to the documentary “India: The Modi Question”. The Ministry of External Affairs has trashed the documentary as a “propaganda piece” that lacks objectivity and reflects a colonial mindset.

    Throughout history, the association’s statement said, the banning of literature, music, and in recent times, media, has been a sign of a crumbling society.

    “The act of scrutiny should be welcomed by our elected representatives. Instead, they quickly tag it as false propaganda and try to shove it under the rug. They should know that the sure-fire way for something to be watched is to ban it.

    “However, the BBC documentary barely scratches the surface of the kind of violence that has been perpetuated throughout the country for a dedicated, singular, vicious purpose. It would be startling to us if anyone in India was surprised by the happenings in this documentary,” said the students’ association.

    FTII Registrar Sayyid Rabeehashmi said, “It is being reported that a group of students screened the documentary. The matter will be looked into.”

    Over the past few days, students at many educational institutes, including the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and Ambedkar University in the national capital, have tried to screen the controversial BBC documentary.

    In Kerala, the Congress screened the programme on Thursday.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )