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“2 hostels for NE students in JNU, Delhi varsity soon”
New Delhi, Apr 18 ,2016: Two hostels for the students of the Northeast studying in the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University will soon be constructed, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said.
This was conveyed by Singh, Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, when a group of Northeast students from Delhi University called on him yesterday.
Singh told the students that in Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Ministry of DoNER has already acquired a piece of land in the campus and after some delay on account of forest clearance from Delhi administration, the land is now ready to be used for a Northeast hostel.
Similarly, he said, for the students of Delhi University, the Ministry of DoNER had written to the Vice-Chancellor to identify a piece of land where a hostel could be brought up to accommodate Northeast students studying in different colleges affiliated with the University.
The students, during the informal interaction, discussed a wide range of issues of their concern.
The students appreciated the Minister for his various initiatives taken for the Northeast students studying in Delhi.
Responding to a suggestion by students, Singh said he saw merit in the demand that in the guest houses in Delhi for eight states of the Northeast, a certain priority can be earmarked for accommodating the needy patients from these states or the poor students who come to Delhi to appear in different examinations.
He said this issue will be taken up with the Delhi based Resident Commissioners (RCs) of North Eastern states.
@ Agency report.
Zero enrolment in Telangana schools; SC seeks report
New Delhi, Apr 14 ,2016: Taking strong note of the fact that almost 400 government schools in the new state of Telangana have “zero enrolment”, the Supreme Court has sought a report from an experts’ panel on reasons for non- participation of children.
The apex court’s concern came after Telangana informed it that out of 18,139 primary schools, 398 schools have zero enrolment, 980 schools have between 1-10 students and 2333 schools have between 11-20 students in year 2015-16.
“An educational institution without having a pupil is like existence of an individual without health, or to put in a different manner, life without essence or purpose of living.
Right to education has been made a fundamental right. It is the obligation of the State to see that the children between 1 to 14 years of age are imparted education,” a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said.
The bench, also comprising Justice Shiva Kirti Singh, said the establishment of schools would come within the domain of infrastructure which would meet the partial commitment to carry out the provisions of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
“There has to be generation of enthusiasm, cultivation of spirit and interest for education and sustenance of culture to send the children to school. The parents do have the responsibility to send the children to school but the State has the primary duty to create an atmosphere of faith so that the people at large believe that their children are going to be properly educated,” the bench said.
It said that creation of awareness was imperative and it was “rather sad, nay unfortunate” that a situation has emerged where 398 schools have no enrolment.
“Therefore, we would like to know the reason for zero attendance/enrollment in these schools and, accordingly, we direct the Committee to go to the areas in question and verify with some of the members of the Telangana Parents Federation along with their counsel Sravan Kumar and submit a report to this Court within four weeks,” the bench said.
The direction of the bench, which posted the matter for further hearing on May 10, came on a plea filed by J K Raju and others, seeking direction for steps to be taken for filling up of vacancies of teachers in schools of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Child Rights Commission to discuss problems of drop-outs, non-enrolment
New Delhi, Apr 1 : Experts and officials from state and central governments will gather here to chalk out plan to deal with the problems of drop-outs, non-enrolment and low attendance of children in schools.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is organising a two-day review meeting in collaboration with Human Resource Ministry and NCERT here on April 4 and 5.
“The problem of Out of School Children (OoSC), non- enrolment of children in schools, low attendance and drop- outs require urgent intervention and devising of strategies to counter the issue. For this, we are organising a consultation to review and prepare an action plan for dealing with this issue,” said Priyank Kanoongo, NCPCR Member Education.
NCPCR Chairperson, Stuti Kacker said deliberations and presentations on the factual position of OoSC, gaps, challenges, best practices prevalent within states and UTs will be held during the consultation.
The recommendations will be forwarded to Central Advisory Board of Education for devising effective policies.
“The issues, challenges, gaps, best practices and recommendations emerging from this consultation will be presented to the CABE committee meeting for consideration,” she said.
The Commission said emphasis should be on understanding and strengthening the preventive strategies in this regard.
“All the programmes, policies and related interventions of the government should be in consonance with prevention of OoSC which could be a first step towards combating the problem of school drop outs, non-enrolment, low attendance,” Kacker added.
@ Agency report.
Road rage linked to brain parasite
New York: People infected with a common brain parasite transmitted through the faeces of infected cats, undercooked meat or contaminated water may be at increased risk of getting involved in road rage, new research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggests.
Studying 358 adults, the researchers found that toxoplasmosis, a relatively harmless parasitic infection carried by an estimated 30 per cent of all humans, is associated with intermittent explosive disorder and increased aggression.
“Our work suggests that latent infection with the toxoplasma gondii parasite may change brain chemistry in a fashion that increases the risk of aggressive behaviour,” said senior study author Emil Coccaro, professor at University of Chicago. “However, we do not know if this relationship is causal, and not everyone that tests positive for toxoplasmosis will have aggression issues,” Coccaro added.
“We don’t yet understand the mechanisms involved. It could be an increased inflammatory response, direct brain modulation by the parasite, or even reverse causation where aggressive individuals tend to have more cats or eat more undercooked meat,” Royce Lee, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience, University of Chicago, noted.
@ Agency report.