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What does a student do when two  examinations are on the same day? He or she has to choose between the two. While the date of one exam was declared nearly a month ago, the date of another exam is declared just a few days ago.

The date of the final examinations of the students of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) final year falls on the same date with the Common Entrance Test (CET) exams conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) on March 15. The students of BBA (Final) who are aspiring  to  appear for both the examination are in a dilemma, since the date of the exams of BBA and CET are clashing on the same date.

On March 15, 2014 BBA final year students have to appear for the Entrepreneurship Development paper. On the same date the CET exams for admission into various MBA colleges in Maharashtra will also be held.

DTE had issued the examination notification in the month of December 2013 itself. Whereas, the RTMNU approved the BBA examination schedule on January 28. The time table for the same was put on NU website on February 7, without keeping in mind that both the exams will be clashing on the same day.

There are number of students who have filled up the forms for appearing in the CET exam. Now, they are in a fix and don’t know what to do. Students BBA Final have demanded to shift the date of the university exam, so that they can appear for the CET exams. 

BBA Exam date, Nagpur University clashes with CET putting students in a fix

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has gone hi-tech as far as answer-papers of Class XII are concerned. From this year, the CBSE is starting Digital Marking System and thus students of Class XII will be distributed Digital answer-papers for Economy and English subjects initially. Thereafter, all the subjects would be regularized with Digital answer-papers.

According to information, the CBSE is starting Digital Marking System on an experimental basis for Class XII initially with Economy and English subjects. In this process, the answer-papers are changed into Digital format so that the answer-papers could be checked by many teachers easily. Moreover, the possibility of any mistakes occurring is considerably reduced as the answer-papers are checked by several teachers. Even otherwise, now-a-days, the students are being provided photo copies of the checked answer-papers.

The Digital answer-paper format would be a challenge for the CBSE as lakhs of students appear for examinations in its schools across the country. The Digital Marking System was introduced last year for Class X examinations.

CBSE to start Digital Marking System for Class XII answer-papers from this year

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That the Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) has turned a hub of “nasty state of affairs” has emerged a well-known fact. Not a single day passes without a controversy or the other raining its ugly head. The more you write on the working style of the RTMNU the less you know about it. Newer and newer problems crop up with every passing day. Although delay in declaring results is nothing new. What is new is that the RTMNU never initiated a single step to counter the delay in declaring results over the past years together. The situation does not differ this year, too.

The results of winter examinations have not yet been declared but the summer exams are starting in March. The results of a staggering 311 courses of winter examinations have not yet been announced and thus putting the students and their parents in the dock.

The RTMNU conducts examinations for a total of 780 courses out of which results of 311 courses have not been announced till today. The students and parents have been waiting anxiously for the announcement of the results in order to chalk out further plans. According to experts, the valuation of answer-papers in RTMNU is not done properly, and if the revaluation is carried out, then it could create enormous problems for the students. The RTMNU had and has been facing the wrath of the students repeatedly over the problems associated with valuation and revaluation. And this time also, the University would not be spared by the students.

NO FINAL SEAL:

It may be recalled, the Vice Chancellor Dr Vilas Sapkal, in the Senate meeting, had stressed upon examinations and checking of answer-papers online so that human errors could be curbed considerably. He had assured stern actions against valuators if the marks get highly increased in the revaluation. However, according to sources, the Examination Department has not been sanctioning the VC’s move. This is the reason the RTMNU has not been putting its final seal on the process.

Results of 311 courses of winter exams not declared yet by RTMNU; students in a fix

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The meetings of Academic Council and Management Council will soon be convened to fix the date for holding the 100^th Convocation Ceremony of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). The main agenda of both the meetings will be Convocation Ceremony.  “Organization of the 100^th Convocation is the responsibility of all the members of Academic and Management Councils” said Vice Chancellor Dr. Vilas Sapkal.

In the past few weeks, all the meetings of Academic and Management Councils focus only on a single issue of banned colleges. The members are alleging that the VC is not listening to them and not taking decisions on the issue of banned colleges. The infuriated members on February 5 had collectively skipped the Academic Council meeting on the same issue.

The members also alleged that the Vice Chancellor  is not serious about holding Convocation Ceremony as soon as possible. Dr.Sapkal, making his point said, “Discussion on Convocation Ceremony was certainly to be held in the earlier meetings. We had made it a table item to be discussed. Now, Convocation Ceremony will be main agenda to be discussed in the Management Council meeting to be held on February 15 and Academic Council meeting as well.

Management Council meeting crucial:

Many issues of the previously held Management Council meetings have not been finalized as yet. University Budget, Annual Vision, Finanacial Vision and many other important issues are still pending.  Now, it is important that the Management Council meeting continues without any hindrance.

There is also suspense over the Senate meeting expected to be held in March. Whether it will be held or not, is the question mark. A notification of the same has to be issued 45 days prior to the meeting. Governor’s assent is a also required for the Senate meeting.

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Academic, Management Council meetings to be held soon to fix Convocation function date

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The Department of Physical Education/Sports & Department of Law of Dr.Ambedkar  college have Organized the National Conference on Sports Law on 15th and 16th February 2014 at Dr.Ambedkar College Nagpur in association with High Court Bar Association, Nagpur.

About 400 Lawyers, Law Graduates, Directors of Physical Education, Lecturers, Teachers working in Universities & Colleges, Coaches, Psychologist, Research scholars & students from all over India are expected to attend the conference.

The conference focuses on the legal aspects of care and supervision in sports activities at all places of sports coaching and sporting competitions like schools, colleges, sports clubs, sports associations etc. and on the allied laws like Competition Law, The International and Legal framework of Sports Law and also the Implication of the Sports Bill, 2013 and the Prevention of Sporting Fraud Bill.

The Conference thus aims to provide an outlet for disseminating new research findings, practices and techniques in the emerging field of Sports Law. In addition to this, it will also provide an opportunity to the delegates to share in detail ideas pertaining to future challenges in Sports Law.

The Conference will be formally inaugurated at 10:00 a.m. on the February 15, 2014

by Vice Chancellor of RTMNU, Dr.Vilas Sapkal. Vice Chancellor, National Law School University of India, Bangalore Prof. Dr. Venkat Rao, will deliver the key note address.

Former Indian Captain Sanjay Manjrekar, Woman Grand Master and Arjuna Awardee Bhagyashree Thipsay, Member of Management Council of RTM Nagpur University Dr.Babanrao Taywade, Vice Chairman of Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa Adv. Anil Gowardipe and Secretary S.J.Fulzele, P.P.Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti will be the guests of honour.

The inaugural programme will be presided over by  Former Governor of Kerala and Bihar R.S.Gavai and President of P.P. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti, Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur.

On February 15, 2014, the technical Sessions will commence at 11:30 am. Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, Haryana, India Weatherly Schwab will deliver a lecture on “Law of negligence and duty of care with respect to sports and sporting activities”.

At 02.00 pm, Deputy Director (Legal), Competition Commission of India, N.Delhi on Competition Law & Sports Administration Dr.Vijaykumar Singh followed by Paper Presentation at from 4.00 pm.

On February 16, 2014, The Technical Session will commence at 9:30 am by the Guest Lecture of Consulting Sports Editor, India Today Group Boria Majumdar on “Legal & Ethical Responsibilities of a Coach”. President of School Games Federation of India Padma Shree Mahabali Satpalji will Chair this Session.

At 11.15 am Sports Lawyer, Supreme Court of India, N.Delhi Adv.Vidushpat Singhania will deliver lecture on the topic International & National Legal framework of Sports Law followed by Open House, Panel Discussion on “Sports Bill, 2013”. The panelists of the Panel Discussion would be Padma Mahabali Satpalji, Boria Majumdar, Adv.Vidushpat Singhania and Former Indian Cricketer Prashant Vaidya.

The following Awards shall be awarded amongst the papers presented at the Conference: Best Research Paper (Sports – Male and Female) I Best Research Paper (Law – Male and Female) Best Student Researcher (Sports – Male and Female) I Best Student Researcher (Law – Male and Female). In all 100 papers will be presented at the Conference.

The Chief Guest at the Valedictory function will be President, School Games Federation of India Padma Shree Mahabali Satpalji, Adv.Shashank Manohar and Dr.Babanrao Taywade, Member, Management Council, RTMNU will be the guests of honour. Secretary of P.P.Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti S.J.Fulzele will preside over the function.

Those prominently  present in the press meet were Chairperson of Organizing Committee Dr. K. M. Reddy, President of Advisory Committee Dr. Babanrao Taywade, Convener Dr. A. P. Joshi, Convener N.M.Khirale, Organising Secretary Dr. H.V.Menon, President of High Court Bar Association Adv. Arun Patil, Secretary of High Court Bar Association Adv. Shradhanand Bhutada, Dr.Pradnya Bhelwa,Varsha Deshpande, Sandhya Kalamdhad, and Dr. P.R.Lokhande.

UGC Sponsored National Conference on Sports Law to begin on February 15

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As part of their Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system, officials of the CBSE system have changed the format of the English exam for students in the 9^th and 10^th standards.  Trying to keep up with the changing times, the officials have realized the importance of emphasis on the practical aspects of language training and have thus rolled out the ‘Assessment in Speaking and Listening Skills’ (ASL)

This is why they have incorporated within their teaching and grading system, a specific section of ‘Assessment in Speaking and Listening Skills’.

Students of Class 9 will have the exam conducted twice over the course of one year. The weightage for each exam will be 10 marks. However, students of class 10 will have the exam only once and this too will be scored for 10 marks. These scores will be included in the Final Assessment.

The Listening Assessment will be conducted in a way that will test the ability of the student to grasp information quickly and correctly while listening to a recording. This recording will be played twice and the students will then be tested assessment worksheet consisting of 4 sections. The students will not be able to interrupt the recording with questions.

The Speaking Assessment will be used to test the students on their ability to speak in English for a total of 4-5 minutes.  The student will not be required to memorize the topic he speaks on but will be allowed to consult his notes from time to time.

The Nagpur Today, in an effort to seek comments from Principals of different CBSE schools in the city, contacted the Principal, BVM, Civil Lines, Anju Bhutani. She said that the endeavor was a very good one as focus on the practical aspects of language is a must.

The Principal, Modern School, Neeru Kapai, told Nagpur Today that it is reasonably okay but may not be practical in all its aspects. She said that to test the students individually and record them while they are speaking will have serious manpower difficulties.

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The 16^th Convocation ceremony of Government Polytechnic, Nagpur, an autonomous Institute of  Maharashtra was held on Wednesday, February 12 in the institute premises in which 638 students were conferred with diplomas.

Dr. S.R.Wate, Director, CSIR-NEERI was the chief guest of the programme. While, Gulabrao Thakre,Joint Director, DTE Nagpur presided over the function. The Gold and silver medals as well as sponsored  awards to the students securing first & second  ranks in various engineering diploma programmes were distributed by Gulabrao Thakre and Dr. S.R. Wate. Total 27 sponsored awards are instituted by academicians, industry persons, and professionals for the meritorious students. At present the institute is running 12 engineering Diploma programs in which around 2800 students are on roll.

Nighot Pratik Arun a topper student from all engineering disciplines of the institute securing 94 50% marks received highest sponsored awards 5 and a gold medal during the convocation. He belongs to Metallurgical Engg Programme.

Joint Director,DTE Nagpur, Gulabrao Thakre in his presidential address briefed the students of the recent trends in the field of engineering. He said the engineering students now have lot of options in the field with wide range of courses available. He asked them to make most it and serve the country.

The meritorious students who got gold& silver are Kothawala Alimurtuza Husain, Civil (gold), Suresh Waghmare, Civil(silver), Naresh Nayank Mechanical(gold), Sunil Joshi Mechanical(silver), Niyazuddin Shaikh Electrical(gold), Shubham Jogi electrical(silver), Sunil Bute E&T(gold), Vinod Mahajan E&T(silver), Chandrashekar Thakur Packaging tech(gold), Arun Nighot metallurgy(gold), Bhagirnath Gandhi IT(gold),Narendra Nimje textile (gold), Ahmad Shaikh Automobile(gold), Rajnikant Pandey Computer engg( gold), Likheshwar Sonwane Travel&Tourism(gold).

A new award has been instituted from this convocation onwards, namely Dr. Pramodkumar Kundanlal Bandwar Smriti Award by Prof. AK. Bandwar Ex Faculty of Mining and Mine Surveying. Govt. Polytechnic, Nagpur in the memory of his elder brother to the ‘Best student of institute (Topper from all discipline). All the awards comprise of memento, cash prize and a citation.

The institute has also started awarding cash prizes to toppers from last three years.

In his convocation address Director,CSIR-NEERI, Dr.S.R. Wate  congratulated  the  qualifying students and said,” I have no  doubt that the students will continue to serve as worthy ambassadors for the Polytechnic by building upon reputation for excellence. I believe that graduates of the Govt. Polytechnic, Nagpur are unique, regardless of their chosen academic and technical areas. The students have the opportunity to enrich the lives of those around them. As the students embark upon and progress through their careers”.

Dr. Wate   urged the students to always remember why they have chosen their respective field. what they have endured during study period and position themselves to serve our communities to improve the quality of life with compassion, honesty and integrity keeping nature as a focus. Students must discover their huge potential in becoming a professional par excellence  through relentless efforts and hard work.

The Topper of Metullugry with 5 golds Nighot Pratik Arun, while talking to NagpurToday said, “ I want to do research in Metallurgy from MIT USA, and B.tech from Pune Govt Engg college.

His mantra for success was focus on lectures and study  one subject everyday for two hours. He gave the credit of his success to his parents and teachers.

On the Dais present were D.S. Kulkarni, V.R. Jamdar, M.N. Ladde, S.N.Khanna and B.N.Shirghhade.

Training& Placement officer R.E .Gajbhiye proposed the vote of Thanks.

16th Convocation of Government Polytechnic, Nagpur held

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Nagpur News : In major break through, GR was today issued  by the Higher&Technical education department for setting up of Technical University in Maharashtra.University will function from  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, lonere, Raigad whereas  Nagpur, Pune, Aurangabad and Mumbai will be the Regional  centers. The head of these centers will act as the Directors of the university.

The ordinance mentions that admissions will start from this session onwards. Last month the cabinet cleared the way for the new technology university. According to the ordinance the rights of the governance of the university will be  with the Dr Ambedkar university Lonere. It means that the headquarters of the university will be at Lonere.

Appointment of the directors for the university will be carried out soon. Nagpur University will give 5 acres of land for setting up of the regional center. The ordinance states that this year’s 1^st year engineering admission will be done through the new Technical university. Well for the moment it will be upto the colleges to whether joining the new technical university or remain with Nagpur University. Nagpur University has 50 engineering colleges in its jurisdiction.

Students to benefit from the Technical university

If the colleges join the Technical university it will benefit both the students and the colleges. The syllabus of all the colleges of a Technical university are same. The students, therefore will prefer university and college which have same syllabus. The main reason being that the students will get access to quality education.

GR issued for Technical University, Nagpur to have Regional Center

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Nagpur News: Around 150 Bachellor of Education (BEd) students on Thursday (February 13) hit the Samvidhan Chowk (RBI Square) for justice in the form declaration of their results. The students were accompanied by the Senate Members Dr Bhandarkar and Adv Manmohan Bajpayee. The 150 students belonged to 18 of the 250 blacklisted colleges.There are about 1200 BEd students whose results are withheld by the RTMNU as they hailed from those colleges where there are not a single regular teacher.

The affected BEd students have been demanding that their examination forms be accepted by the RTMNU administration. The Senate Members, who are supporting the BEd students in their agitation at RBI Square, said that these students be allowed to appear for the examination in accordance with the  Ordinance 22/2010 which has a provision to have casual admissions of students .

The students delegation, under the leadership of Senate Members Dr. G.M. Bhandarkar, Adv. Manmohan Bajpayee  and Dr. Sahare, on Thursday met the Pro-Vice Chancellor (RTMNU) Dr. Mahesh Yenkie and pressed for their demands. However, only the Senate Members were allowed to meet the Pro-VC. According to the Senate Members, the Pro-VC has assured them that a decision on allowing the students to appear for examination will be taken soon. Vice-Chancellor Dr.Vilas Sapkal was not available for any comments as he is in Mumbai.

The aggrieved students will again be gathering at RBI Square on February 14 to protest and press for their demands.

BEd students hit RBI Square for justice from RTMNU, demand declaration of their results

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BJYM leader Nidhi Kamdar

Nagpur News : A delegation of about 30 to 40 Engineering students under the leadership of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on February 14, 2014, had gathered at Dikshant Sabhagriha Hall to meet the Vice Chancellor of RTMNU Dr. Vilas Sapkal. They were sitting peacefully waiting to speak to the Vice Chancellor about their woes and problems so that their long pending grievances can be redressed.

A meeting of the Academic Council was scheduled to take place in the Dikshant Sabhagriha Hall. However since the members decided to boycott the meeting, the scheduled meeting got adjourned. The students led by BJYM leader Jeetendra Thakur and Nidhi Kamdar were sitting in the Dikshant Sabhagriha Hall to meet the Vice Chancellor and speak to him about the long pending problems faced by them in relations to the examination results, revaluation, convocation, research scholars and other allied problems.

However, at 02:00 pm the Pro-Vice-Chancellor passed the students and after that what happened could only be described as police excess.

At 2.30 pm in a dramatic manner the police arrived there and started misbehaving with the students and started treating them as if they were speaking to criminals and terrorists.

They ordered the students sitting peacefully near the Dikshant Sabhagriha Hall to vacate the premises. The students tried to speak to the police officials about why they are sitting there and all that they want to do is to speak to the Vice Chancellor and appraise him of all the problems faced by them. However the police officials from Sitabuldi police station (who were probably directed by the VC) were not in a mood to listen to the woes of the students and started dragging and manhandling the innocent students.

The Vice President of BJYM Nidhi Kamdar and National Executive Member of the BJYM Shivani Dani who were sitting with the students to help them to get their grievances redressed, was pulled up by Women Police Constables in such a violent manner that the dress she was wearing was riding up and her body torso was visible to other policemen and male students. She has been requesting the cops to leave her alone and that she was ready to come, but they were treating her violently and were dragging her as if she was a criminal or a mental patient.

This police excess could not be pardoned and in no way justified say some students who were present on the occasion.

Vice President of BJYM Nidhi Kamdar said that we are not criminals and we should not be treated like one. She said that the public authorities should not misbehave with common man like this. The police officials are here to protect us and not to misbehave with us like this. She added that we were at the premises to help the students to get redressal of their grievances. We wanted to help the students to communicate their problems to the RTMNU authorities and get an amicable solution for them. This action by the police authorities has forced us to seek legal action against the cops.

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Police manhandle BJYM women activists at RTMNU

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It is good news for students interested in research field. The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) will soon be conducting an online examination for engineering students interested in research activities. The qualified students will get a chance to work for DRDO.
Avinash Chander, secretary and scientific advisor to defence minister and director general of DRDO during his city visit  informed that the examination will first be conducted for IIT and NIT students. After seeing the response, students of other engineering colleges will be included in this initiative. The permission of ministry of defence will be taken before conducting the examination.Apart from this, DRDO is also planning to set-up special centers at various universities to promote research activities

Online exam soon for engineering students to work for DRDO

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MSEDCL is going to hold online examination for 690 posts of junior assistants. The examination will be held on February 22 and 23. The examination will be held throughout Maharashtra. The admit cards are made available on the MSEDCL website. In order that the candidates should be able to get practice, mock test demo is available on the website. The website has many instructions for the candidates and it also informs about precautions to be taken and the general guidance is also available for the test. It is expected that the information will be useful for the candidates.
The test will be conducted at the centres which are having all the latest technical facilities. It is estimated that more than 61,000 candidates will appear for this. It is for the first time that a government company is conducting online examination on such a large scale. Before this, MSEDCL is having  online facility  for CR, IR and RF meter reading and ultramodern data centre is making use of the latest techniques.
The MSEDCL examinations have always remained transparent and trustworthy. Before this the examination for the post of 7,000 power assistants was conducted by this method and it had received praise from all the quarters.

MSEDCL to hold online exam for 690 junior assistants posts on Feb 22, 23, mock test available on website

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The Vice Chancellor  of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) Dr Vilas Sapkal  has given an impression that if need arises, he may use his special powers in the Senate Meeting scheduled in the month of  March to pass very vital financial budget of RTMNU to ensure smooth functioning.  Dr Sapkal has made this move since the members of all the Councils have resorted to boycott all the Academic and Management meetings.

The financial budget of the RTMNU is scheduled to be placed in the Senate meeting of March. However, before placing it in the Senate, it has to be placed in the Management  meeting and approval for the same obtained. However, since the pressing issue of 250 banned colleges have caused the last two Academic and Management Council meeting to be adjourned and boycotted by the members, this issue may not be received in good spirits. The members alleged that the administration is not implementing the Council’s decision on the same and resorted to boycotting of all the meetings.

The Governor’s office has also taken cognizance of this and has asked the Governors representative in the Senate, Sanjay Khadakkar to submit the report on the role of the Council and RTMNU administration in the non-functioning and defunct of various important functionings of the university.

The RTMNU’s financial budget has to be approved as soon as possible. Whereas, because of the boycott of the meetings by the Council Members, the budget could not be  passed in the Management meeting. However, keeping in mind the role and attitude of the members in preventing the passing of the budget, the Vice Chancellor may use his special powers according to University Act- 14/7  and pass the budget.

Dr Sapkal said, “Because of the boycott by the members of the councils, many important works related to students’ welfare has been pending. The budget consists  student welfare schemes,which cannot be kept pending, so I will have to use my prerogative and special power vested in me and pass the budget”, added Sapkal.

VC to use special powers to pass RTMNU budget

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Students of class XI and XII, who want to opt for a ‘different’ subject at school, can do so now. Starting academic year 2014-15, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce Library and Information Science’ as a new elective at senior secondary level on a pilot basis in selected schools.

Students will be able to take the up subject as one of the four electives or as an additional elective at senior secondary stage in combination with any of the subjects under the Scheme of Studies of the Board.

“CBSE has decided to introduce a Library & Information Science Course at senior secondary level, which will fulfil the requirement of developing necessary skills in learners to identify, locate, evaluate and use the required information efficiently,” Dr Sadhana Parashar, director, CBSE, Academics, said.

The level of knowledge offered would be equivalent to diploma level. The course will be divided into fixed periods, with theory (80 marks) and practical sessions (20 marks), the Board said in a statement.

Principal,BVM, Civil Lines, Anju Bhutani, while speaking to Nagpur Today said, CBSE students generally go BA, BSc and other courses, introduction of ‘Library and Information Science’ will attempt to attract students towards Vocational courses.  With so many colleges and schools opening up, library science course is a must as it will open up new career opportunity and will enable students to get jobs.

The course will include lessons on sectors such as library information society, library resources, reference and information resources, library computer application and library management. The statement said the course was essential because of its relevance and needed among students, teachers, professionals and researchers.

Principal, Centre Point School, Sumati Venugopalan, said we would like to tap this opportunity. If there is demand for this course we don’t mind starting it but there are not ample students and teachers available for this course.

Emphasising on the need for such a subject, the Board added, “One important aspect of this elective is to improve the education system for Library and Information Science at school level. The objectives of the course are to develop a basic understanding about the subject and develop knowledge and skill for students to be able to pursue the subject for higher education.”

Library Science an option for CBSE students

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Nagpur News : While replying to the comments of some of the other speakers, Justice Bhushan Gawai said that the spirit of Justice is very evident and clearly mentioned and clarified in the very preamble of our Constitution. He added that the office he hold prevents him from replying to the comments and allegations. He claimed that our legal community can lead the society out of the present situation it is facing. He claimed that the Indian Judiciary is not static but is very pragmatic. According to him, Justice should be available to all and should be affordable. He added that the people who choose law as a career should remember that Law is a profession, not business.

Lawyers of tomorrow should imbibe in them the values of providing justice. “If you put in hard work money will follow automatically. Helping a poor litigant get Justice will get you more satisfaction than what money can ever give. Justice should reach to the end consumer. Mark of excellence should be the aim of life, He added.

Earlier the 12^th National Law festival ‘Justa Causa’ of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University’s, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law was inuguarated by Justice Bhushan Gawai, Bombay High Court on February 19, 2014. The Guest of Honor was Dean, Faculty of Law, RTMNU, Dr. Anjali Hastak. The Editor of Hitavada Vijay Phanshikar was the keynote speaker while Vice Chancellor of RTMNU Dr. V.S.Sapkal presided over the programme. Principal of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law College Dr.Shrikant Komawar gave the welcome address.

In his keynote address, Editor of The Hitavada Vijay Phanshikar expressed his thoughts saying Justice is not something to be dealt in the word of letter, the letter of law and spirit of law forms justice. He raised the common man’s question on the dispensation of Justice. He pondered on giving emphasis on philosophy of law and not the process of law.Justice to all and other topics that had the audience nodding their heads in agreement.

Principal of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law College Dr.Shrikant Komawar said that this 5-day Law Festival will be a great platform for young lawyers to hone their skills.

There are many interesting sessions on various aspects of Law with reputed legal luminiaries chairing the session and giving valuable tips.

The spirit of Justice is evident and clarified in the very preamble of our Constitution: Justice Bhushan Gawai

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A total of 1,64,522 students will appear for the HSSC examination in Nagpur Division at 444 centres beginning from February 20 to March 29.

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Nagpur News: The Class XII (HSSC) examination conducted by Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board for academic session 2013-2014 is beginning from Thursday(February 20) across the State. The examination will be held till March 29. A total of 1,64,522 students will appear for the HSSC examination in Nagpur Division at 444 centres. Out of 1,64,522 students, 1,42,493 students would be regular and 22,029 students will give the exam second time (Supplementary Examination).

The Science Stream comprises 63,695 students, Arts Stream – 82,493 students, Commerce Stream – 23,964 students, MCVC – 8336 students. The Board, after considering the massive number of students appearing for the crucial examination from different streams, has set up 444 exam centres. The centres for regular and supplementary students are separate. Gondia District has been declared sensitive and tight security has been in place.

The Secondary Education Officers have been given the responsibility to check copying during the examination. The Board has asked them to prepare an agenda on daily basis. Similarly, the Collector’s Vigilance Committee will be active to curb the copying. For those students, who for any reason would not be able to appear the exam during the scheduled period, the exam will be conducted for them onApril 1 and 2.

The Board has started helpline numbers. The students can contact the following phone numbers and officials for any difficulty:

1) Vishal Goswami (Nagpur): 8275039252.

2) R D Chaudhary (Wardha):  9561601151.

3) P S Puraskar (Bhandara):   9423177189.

4) Rangari (Gondia):               9404860735.

5) R N Rahate (Chandrapur):   7588890187.

6) D M Javangal (Gadchiroli):  9421817089.

7) Nagpur Division:                 0712-2560209, 2565403, 2553360, 2553401.

Board Class XII exam begins on Thursday

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No cases of copying reported in Nagpur City and Wardha

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With tension writ large on the faces, parents accompanying their children with worry, almost in all the centres in the city Nagpur Today witnessed the same scenario. This is a period which induces tension in the student since the results will decide which career will be taken up or what are the options available. Sleeplessness, last minute revisions and fever and other ill-health are often found among the students.

The first exam to be conducted by Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education was Marathi held on February 20, 2014. According to sources there are 444 examination centres which were set up in Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Wardha (which comes under the Nagpur Division). As compared to last year, 61 new centers have been added this time.

The incidents of copying were reported in Bhandara-2, Gondia-5, Chandrapur-3, Gadchiroli-3 and Gondia-5. However, no incidents copying by students in Nagpur and Wardha were reported.

The Day One of HSSC exam saw nine language papers like Marathi, Gujarati, Kannad, Sindhi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, and Bengali in the first session from 11 am to 2 pm. In the second session from 3 pm to 6 pm, Urdu, French, and Pali language papers were held.

The Board has made the format of language papers very easy. The language papers are of 100 marks out of which 80 marks are for written exam and 20 marks are for Internal Valuation. Almost all students secure cent percent marks in language papers.

On February 21, 2014 the exams to be held will be English which will be held from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

Around 1.64 lakh students appeared in the HSC examinations out of which 1.42 lakh are regular students while 22,000 are re-appearing candidates. All other basic facilities like fans, drinking water, keep silence boards etc were carefully looked into by most centres.

13 cases of copying on first day of HSC Exams in Nagpur Division

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Nagpur Today: The English paper of HSC examination conducted by Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education on the second of the HSC examination had a poser in one of the questions giving hard time to some of the students appearing for this paper.

In one of the questions it read as follows:

B) Grammar (Do as directed)

i) _________my friend is _____ able translator and _____ impartial editor as well.

(Rewrite using appropriate articles)

This question carried 1 mark. The students attempting this question felt that there can be no article which can be filled in the first blank space. If so is it a misprint or a poser?

However, Nagpur Today spoke to some English teachers, who opined that there is a mention of this type of question called Omission of articles, where the student is supposed to mark a dash or — and attempt the remaining part of the question.

The teacher also opined that since the question carried only 1 mark, how can one mark be divided into three answers for three blank spaces? For the rightfully two blanks the marks can be divided into 0.5 + 0.5= 1. Therefore, the question is a poser to test if the student understands the concept of omission of article. Therefore, the question is neither wrong nor a misprint.   

Less number of copying reported due to lack of staff in flying squads

The English paper of HSC on Friday saw only 20 cases of copying by students in Nagpur Division. The English paper is often considered to be tough, especially by students from schools in rural areas.   Usually many cases of copying are found in the rural areas. However, due to lack of enough staff to man the flying Squads reaching to the far flung areas only 20 cases of copying were registered or reported.

This year, the Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education has assigned about 70 flying squads to ensure copying is not carried out in the Nagpur Division. Since the start of the exam, the preparations were looking weak. Even the Chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education is said not to be on regular rolls. The Chairman of Amravati Board has been given additional responsibility to look after the Nagpur Division.

According to sources, in the rural areas, copying was carried on in many places. The number of copying cases reported at Nagpur is 8, Gondia-9, Gadchiroli- 5, Chandrapur-5, Bhandara-4 and in Wardha-2.

SSC Student waiting to receive their admission cards

The students who will be appearing for the SSC examinations of Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education in Nagpur Division on March 3 have not yet received their admission cards.

February 23 and Feb 27 is said to be holidays for the staff of Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education. The schools have to send the practical examination marks before Feb 28. But they still don’t have the list of the examination roll numbers of the students.

The students must get their admission cards by February 24, because again on March 1 is Saturday followed by Sunday. The examinations are starting from March 3. The Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education has to see that the students get their admission cards on time. The parents have appealed to the Board to expedite the process to avoid last moment running around for the students.

The English paper of HSC appears with misprint causing tension to students

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MSEDCL is going to hold online examination for 690 posts of junior assistants. The examination will be held on February 22 and 23. The examination will be held throughout Maharashtra. The admit cards are made available on the MSEDCL website. In order that the candidates should be able to get practice, mock test demo is available on the website. The website has many instructions for the candidates and it also informs about precautions to be taken and the general guidance is also available for the test. It is expected that the information will be useful for the candidates.
The test will be conducted at the centres which are having all the latest technical facilities. It is estimated that more than 61,000 candidates will appear for this. It is for the first time that a government company is conducting online examination on such a large scale. Before this, MSEDCL is having  online facility  for CR, IR and RF meter reading and ultramodern data centre is making use of the latest techniques.
The MSEDCL examinations have always remained transparent and trustworthy. Before this the examination for the post of 7,000 power assistants was conducted by this method and it had received praise from all the quarters.

MSEDCL to hold online exam for 690 junior assistants posts on Feb 22, 23, mock test available on website

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The Vice Chancellor  of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) Dr Vilas Sapkal  has given an impression that if need arises, he may use his special powers in the Senate Meeting scheduled in the month of  March to pass very vital financial budget of RTMNU to ensure smooth functioning.  Dr Sapkal has made this move since the members of all the Councils have resorted to boycott all the Academic and Management meetings.

The financial budget of the RTMNU is scheduled to be placed in the Senate meeting of March. However, before placing it in the Senate, it has to be placed in the Management  meeting and approval for the same obtained. However, since the pressing issue of 250 banned colleges have caused the last two Academic and Management Council meeting to be adjourned and boycotted by the members, this issue may not be received in good spirits. The members alleged that the administration is not implementing the Council’s decision on the same and resorted to boycotting of all the meetings.

The Governor’s office has also taken cognizance of this and has asked the Governors representative in the Senate, Sanjay Khadakkar to submit the report on the role of the Council and RTMNU administration in the non-functioning and defunct of various important functionings of the university.

The RTMNU’s financial budget has to be approved as soon as possible. Whereas, because of the boycott of the meetings by the Council Members, the budget could not be  passed in the Management meeting. However, keeping in mind the role and attitude of the members in preventing the passing of the budget, the Vice Chancellor may use his special powers according to University Act- 14/7  and pass the budget.

Dr Sapkal said, “Because of the boycott by the members of the councils, many important works related to students’ welfare has been pending. The budget consists  student welfare schemes,which cannot be kept pending, so I will have to use my prerogative and special power vested in me and pass the budget”, added Sapkal.

VC to use special powers to pass RTMNU budget