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In a meeting addressed to the principals of the pharmacy colleges affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinda, Vice chancellor of JNTUK, Prof Allam Apparao, declared that these colleges have been permitted to open fresh new post graduate courses M.Sc Chemistry and M.Tech Bio-technology from the next academic year.

Also included in the declaration was the starting up of an integrated five years M.Pharma course. Apparao emphasized the improvements the pharmacy colleges must make in their managements and infrastructure.

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Radcliffe Foundation, a premier foundation with education as the primary goal, has decided to set up 150 new Radcliffe schools across India in the next five years. It has so far invested already Rs. 100 crores in setting up nursery schools(classes I-V)  in cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata and Raipur, is set to invest around Rs 300 crore more. Managing Trustee, Nymph Kaul told the media that the schools would be futuristic designed and will supplement cutting-edge technology and education under specially trained staff, uniformed curriculum and intends to target the middle classes.

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Just a day after Shahnawaz Alam, a B.Sc final year student of the Aligarh Muslim University got killed by miscreants, the students forced the authorities, in a fit of rage, to shut down the doors temporarily. Around 600 students had protested the murder and had blocked the Delhi-Howrah route for hours, demanding punishment for the culprits

Rahat Abrar, AMU spokesperson told the media that “The decision to close down the university and its maintained institutions was taken in a consultative meeting presided by AMU Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis.”

Matters will be reviewed and resolved shortly after meetings with both the police and the students, Abrar clarified.

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If you are a student who struggles hard to remember texts or write answers, but quite good in extracurricular activities or perhaps sports such as basketball or football, then there is, apparently, no need to worry much about passing the frightening annual exams. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to give pass grades to the weaker students of a class on the basis of other skills.

Several changes are to be made. For example, students getting low marks in written examinations, will be awarded grades on the basis of oral tests. The basic idea underlying is to examine a student to access his understanding of the important concepts in the syllabus.  In fact, after cancelling Class X Board exams from next year hence, CBSE has also requested schools to show the progress charts and answer sheets to students of Classes IX and XI individually and engage themselves actively with CBSE’s plannings.

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The Indira Gandhi Open University is set to start two more courses, that is designing apparel, garments and fashion which are focussed on mainly hand-skills. Signing a memorandum of understanding with the University, Chairman Rakesh Vaid of Apparel Export Promotion Council claimed the courses sub-categorized in certificates, diploma and degree programmes(currently only for the Undergraduate level ) will incorporate “industry specific training programmes”. He also added that emphasis will be given to garmenting as not many universities offer the same. ” Our curriculum would also improve with the varsity’s help,” Vaid added.

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If the value based CBSE curriculum was not enough, the board has decided to examine students on the basis of their interaction with the general world(read fellow students and teachers), an issue that has raised eyebrows nationwide.

While many have nodded their heads in support of the new gradation system citing examples of morality incorporation among youngsters as one of the main reasons behind such a decision, others have simply dismissed the whole theory stating that it may affect the general academic standards and performance of the students.

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