The eighth regional office of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be inaugurated by Arjun Singh, Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) in Bhubaneswar on February 12.
The Bhubaneswar centre will benefit at least 120,000 students of about 650 schools in three states of Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal.
"We have decided to establish the eight regional centre of the CBSE in Orissa for the benefit of schools of three eastern states affiliated to the board," said a CBSE official.
"The centre will initially function from a rented building. The centre will be shifted to a permanent building though the site is yet to be finalized", the official added.
"With its office here, the CBSE will be able to keep a close eye on the schools in these states and thus improving the standard of education in these states," he said.
"It is a great relief for all of us," said K.C. Satpathy, principal of D.A.V. Public School here, adding they had to travel all the way to the Allahabad centre even for "small works".
As the board examinations will be conducted by the Bhubaneswar centre, the school principal said, it would help them a lot to sort out technical difficulties and errors quickly.
In addition to the inauguration of the eight centre of CBSE, the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar will also be laid down by Arjun Singh on the same day.
Earlier this programme was scheduled to be held on February 11. The foundation stone of the IIT will be laid down at the construction site situated few kilometers south of Bhubaneswar at KANSAPADA (Khudupur-Taraboi Road) near Jatni Block Office, Khordha.
This new IIT at Bhubaneswar is part of the 8 new IITs that have been established in the country by the MHRD during the XI Plan. The IIT-Bhubaneswar has already commenced its academic activities from 2008-2009 session from the campus of IIT Kharagpur.
The 7 other new IITs have been set up in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh (Indore) and Himachal Pradesh. An allocation of Rs.2,000 crores has been provided in the XI Plan and Rs.50 crores has been allocated for 2008-09 for new IITs.
Orissa is also to get a new Central University under the Central Universities Ordinance, 2009 which was promulgated by the President of India on January 15, 2009.
The Central Government has laid great emphasis on the advancement of Higher Education during the XI Plan for which the outlays have been increased by 10 times when compared to the X Plan outlays.
This higher allocation is being used for the creation of 30 Central Universities including 14 new National (World Class) universities; 8 new IITs; 7 new IIMs; 5 new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs); 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs); 2 new Schools of Planning & Architecture; 10 new NITs, Central assistance for establishing 1000 new polytechnics, including through PPP mode, strengthening of 500 existing polytechnics, etc.www.uniqueinstitutes.org
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
ragging
New Delhi: Terming ragging as "human rights abuse in essence", the Supreme Court Wednesday again directed all educational institutions to take stringent anti-ragging measures, including filing criminal cases against erring students.
A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Mukundakam Sharma ruled that the police would have to be "informed immediately and criminal law set into motion (against students ragging juniors)".
"If the authorities are prima facie satisfied about (the veracity of) the errant act of any student, they can in appropriate cases pending final decision, suspend the student from institution and hostel and give him an opportunity to have his say," said the bench, reiterating its earlier order of May 2007.
Rejecting lenient steps against student raggers, it said: "A question raised was regarding giving opportunity to the offender before taking stringent action like expulsion etc."
Brushing aside the question, the judges said: "Delay in taking action would frustrate the need for taking urgent action."
The court also ordered for a cut in financial aids to educational institutions found protecting students involved in ragging.
"If it comes to the notice of the university or the controlling authority that any educational institution is trying to shield an errant student, they shall be free to reduce the grant in aids and in serious cases deny grants in aids," the bench ruled.
It said the students would be apprised of the consequences of their acts of ragging their juniors at the time of admission, with the consequences detailed in the prospectus booklets.
In its ruling, the bench approved of almost all the recommendations made by the government-appointed committee, headed by former central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghvan.
The committee had recommended that the failure on the part of the institutions in filing the first information report should be construed as negligence on their part, for which the government can consider stopping financial aid to it.
The bench earlier said that if a victim or his guardian was not satisfied with the action taken against ragging, a criminal case must be lodged with the police by the institution. www.uniqueinstitutes.org
A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Mukundakam Sharma ruled that the police would have to be "informed immediately and criminal law set into motion (against students ragging juniors)".
"If the authorities are prima facie satisfied about (the veracity of) the errant act of any student, they can in appropriate cases pending final decision, suspend the student from institution and hostel and give him an opportunity to have his say," said the bench, reiterating its earlier order of May 2007.
Rejecting lenient steps against student raggers, it said: "A question raised was regarding giving opportunity to the offender before taking stringent action like expulsion etc."
Brushing aside the question, the judges said: "Delay in taking action would frustrate the need for taking urgent action."
The court also ordered for a cut in financial aids to educational institutions found protecting students involved in ragging.
"If it comes to the notice of the university or the controlling authority that any educational institution is trying to shield an errant student, they shall be free to reduce the grant in aids and in serious cases deny grants in aids," the bench ruled.
It said the students would be apprised of the consequences of their acts of ragging their juniors at the time of admission, with the consequences detailed in the prospectus booklets.
In its ruling, the bench approved of almost all the recommendations made by the government-appointed committee, headed by former central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghvan.
The committee had recommended that the failure on the part of the institutions in filing the first information report should be construed as negligence on their part, for which the government can consider stopping financial aid to it.
The bench earlier said that if a victim or his guardian was not satisfied with the action taken against ragging, a criminal case must be lodged with the police by the institution. www.uniqueinstitutes.org
IIT Bhubaneswar
Minister Arjun Singh laying the foundation stone Thursday.
The institute at Bhubaneswar is one among eight new IITs to be established in the country by the ministry of human resource during the Eleventh Plan period.
The IIT will come up at Aragul, 20 km from here, on 936 acres of land.
"The state government has already provided 516 acres of land free of cost," Deputy Secretary of Industry Department P.K. Panda told sources, adding that steps are being taken to provide rest of the land, water and electricity.
Parts of the campus, including class rooms, hostels and administrative buildings, expected to be ready in two years time, a faculty member of the IIT-Bhubaneswar said.
Around 120 students have already been admitted in three disciplines, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering in July last year.
"As the campus and building have not yet been built, the students are studying along with students of IIT Kharagpur," he said, adding that the student strength will increase to 240 in the next academy session (2009-2010).
IIT-Kharagpur has initiated measures to conduct classes in its Bhubaneswar centre from the next academic session.
"The centre will continue as the temporary campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar till its own campus comes up," Panda said. IANS
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The institute at Bhubaneswar is one among eight new IITs to be established in the country by the ministry of human resource during the Eleventh Plan period.
The IIT will come up at Aragul, 20 km from here, on 936 acres of land.
"The state government has already provided 516 acres of land free of cost," Deputy Secretary of Industry Department P.K. Panda told sources, adding that steps are being taken to provide rest of the land, water and electricity.
Parts of the campus, including class rooms, hostels and administrative buildings, expected to be ready in two years time, a faculty member of the IIT-Bhubaneswar said.
Around 120 students have already been admitted in three disciplines, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering in July last year.
"As the campus and building have not yet been built, the students are studying along with students of IIT Kharagpur," he said, adding that the student strength will increase to 240 in the next academy session (2009-2010).
IIT-Kharagpur has initiated measures to conduct classes in its Bhubaneswar centre from the next academic session.
"The centre will continue as the temporary campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar till its own campus comes up," Panda said. IANS
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