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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Jul 10, 2019

NCC Compulsory in Schools

Punjab would provide compulsory National Cadet Corps (NCC) training to students at all government schools and colleges in areas located close to the international border with Pakistan.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh took a decision in this regard at a high-level meeting, saying that it would help make the youth employable in the armed and paramilitary forces besides inculcating a strong sense of disciplinein in them.
Gradually, NCC training would be made compulsory at all the schools in the state.
Amarinder Singh announced a pilot project to provide compulsory NCC training to all students of Class IX and XI at government schools and first and second year students at all colleges in the border districts of Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and Amritsar.
There are 365 high schools and 365 senior secondary schools in these districts.

Panel to Review Contents of WB Text Books

Amid a controversy over history text book in state-run schools describing a section of the freedom fighters as "extremists", the West Bengal government Tuesday announced formation of a committee to review the contents of such books.
Headed by educationist Jiban Mukhopadhyay, the "textbook review committee" comprises headmasters and senior school teachers.
The panel was asked to submit its report to the education department within three months.

Jul 08, 2019

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

Following a directive by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, one of the three central institutes in the country promoting Sanskrit, adopted five villages across the country to ensure people are able to converse in the language.
The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RKS), Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha in Delhi and the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha in Tirupati are the three central institutes promoting the more than 3,500-year-old language.
The HRD Ministry directed the three institutes to adopt two villages and teach the language in a bid to boost Sanskrit as a spoken language.

Jul 03, 2019

UGC Launches STRIDE Scheme

University Grants Commission launched STRIDE scheme aimed at strengthening research culture and innovation in universities and colleges of the country.
Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy (STRIDE), aims to identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and support trans-disciplinary research for India's developing economy and national development.
The scheme also seeks to fund high impact research projects in Humanities and Social Sciences.
The scheme has three components:

The first is to identify young talent and providing research capacity building in diverse disciplines by mentoring, nurturing and supporting young talents to innovate solutions for local, regional, national and global problems. This component is open to all disciplines for a grant up to Rs. 1 crore.
The second component of the scheme is to enhance problem-solving skills with the help of social innovation and action research to improve well being of people and contribute to India's developing economy. Collaborations between universities, government, voluntary organisations, and industries are encouraged under this scheme. This component is also open to all disciplines for grant up to 50 lakh -1 crore.
The final component involves funding high impact research projects in the field of identified thrust areas in humanities and human sciences through a national network of eminent scientists from leading institutions. This component is only open to specific disciplines with a possible grant of up to Rs. 2 lakhs to developing a proposal.

Jun 27, 2019

UT Health Index

According to the NITI Aayog's Health Index Report 2019, Delhi fell by two positions to be ranked fifth among the seven Union territories on overall healthcare performance.
The score is calculated on 23 parameters, including key health issues such as sex ratio, neonatal mortality, immunisation coverage, and data captured, infrastructure and availability of human resources.
Among the seven Union Territories, Chandigarh topped the index.

Jun 26, 2019

Karnataka's Health Index Score Improves

As per NITI Aayog Health Index rankings released for all States and Union Territories in the country, Karnataka's health index ranking improved marginally taking the state to the eighth position in 2017-18 from ninth in 2018.
The state's overall score on various parameters rose from 58.70 in 2015-16 to 61.14 in 2017-18.
As per NITI Aayog's categorisation, the State was ranked among 21 large States. The states were ranked on parameters including neonatal mortality rate (NMR), under-five mortality rate (U5MR) and full immunisation coverage.

Liberal Arts at Galgotias University

The School of Liberal Arts (SLA), a flagship of Galgotias University, over the years, established itself as an institution of repute and a Centre of Excellence. The University was awarded five out of five stars in the internationally recognised QS rankings.
Renowned academicians and illustrious minds from around the world share their extensive experience in research and teaching with students at the SLA.
The School has six departments - Economics, English, Foreign Languages, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. It offers a range of programmes through its departments, offering students undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in their areas of specialisation.

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