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12 th Aug Delhi objects to many of the clauses in new Education Bill (11) New Delhi, Aug. 11: The Delhi government has taken strong exceptions to a number of clauses in the Union Free and Compulsory Education Bill <strong>2004</strong> and asked the Centre to have a "broader" purview in its review draft so that Delhi's concerns could be attended to more effectively. "Prima facie the Delhi government felt that there should be an alternative bill as the bill had provided more than just the skeleton that it was to provide to the states. Additionally, education being on the concurrent list, the Delhi government would like to have enabling rather than disabling provisions," a top government official said. The bill creates four unequal tracks of elementary education system in which schools run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and the Sainik Schools will remain outside its purview. This apart, the Central government and state governments will have powers to keep outside the purview of the Bill any such schools or category of schools as they may specify by a notification. In the opinion of the Delhi government, "this provision legalises the hostile discrimination perpetuated against children of the lower strata of society within the government schools itself." (Asian Age 12.8.04) BJP Ministers return to education board meeting (11) NEW DELHI, AUG. 11. After threatening to boycott the concluding day's proceedings of the first meeting of the reconstituted Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), the Education Ministers of five Bharatiya Janata Party ruled States attended the deliberations today and had by evening bagged chairmanship of one of the seven CABE committees constituted to address certain issues raised over the past two days. However, the Education Ministers of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand maintained that there would be no going back on their decision to reject the changes made by the new order at the Human Resource Development Ministry in the history textbooks published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training. "The arbitrary changing of history and social science textbooks ordered by the HRD Minister, Arjun Singh, in contravention to the Supreme Court's judgment will not apply in our States," the Rajasthan Education Minister, Ghanshyam Tiwari, said at press conference after the CABE meeting. His differences with the Ministry on the constitution of CABE and the inclusion of the National Common Minimum Programme on its agenda notwithstanding, Mr. Tiwari — who led the BJP charge against Mr. Singh at the inaugural session of the CABE meeting on Tuesday — said he had decided to accept the HRD Minister's "request" that he chair the Committee on Universalisation of Secondary Education. (The Hindu 12.8.04) 13 th Aug Report blames Education department for fire (11) CHENNAI, AUG. 12. Nearly a month after the fire tragedy in a Kumbakonam school that killed 94 children, a network of 11 non-governmental organisations campaigning for rights fixed the responsibility on the Education department. In a fact-finding report, was released here today, the network also made suggestions to ensure that such incidents do not recur. The Sri Krishna School building, where the fire occurred, was granted approval though it was clear that it had violated all norms of safety and stability and the Tamil Nadu Education Rules. Further, the danger was that a number of schools all over the State functioned in such cramped places, exposing the students to danger, S.S.Rajagopalan, educationist, said. However, he made it clear that the intention was not to "merely find fault" with the authorities, but to ensure that such disasters did not recur. Mr. Rajago-palan suggested a committee be constituted in every district to monitor whether schools adhered to rules and if they did not, their recognition be cancelled immediately. "There are no dearth of rules governing education and structural stability. The truth is that they are constantly and consistently being violated. The Education department should grant recognition only if a school has fulfilled all infrastructure criteria specified in the rules," Dr.Rajagopalan said. (The Hindu 13.8.04) 15 th Aug Kalam: Education system needs revamp (11) New Delhi, August 14: CALLING FOR massive reforms in India's education system, President
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has sought corporate participation to beef up the government's efforts to mobilise adequate resources for the nation's" endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment". "The mission of education by the central and state governments as a joint venture is the foundation to ensure the creation of enlightened citizens set to make India prosperous, happy and strong," the President said in his address on the eve of the 58th Independence Day. Be it examination reforms that include renewal of the evaluation system and entrance tests, reduction of dropouts, standardisation of teaching and in equality of access to educational resources, Kalam came up with innovative ideas to set the rot right. Tracing the root cause of poverty to illiteracy, unemployment and lack of basic healthcare, the President called for a sharp increase of public spending in these sectors through a process of " prudent enhancement and expenditure management". Devoting a major part of his address to education, the President also suggested increased allocations in this vital sector to at least 6 to 7 per cent of the GDP. (Hindustan Times 15.8.04) 16 th Aug PM cuts short Arjun-RSS debate on education (11) NEW DELHI, AUGUST 15: CUTTING through the Arjun Singh-RSS debate on "detoxification" of the education system, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said higher education should not be made "a prisoner of either bureaucracy or ideology". In his maiden Independence Day speech this morning, the Prime Minister stressed the need to "integrate science and technology into all our development processes" and said, "The promotion of scientific temper must truly become a massive national movement". "We cannot make higher education a prisoner of either bureaucracy or ideology. It must develop on the foundations of professional excellence and intellectual integrity. The pursuit of excellence and concern for social equity must inform all our educational processes," Singh said. His statement is of particular significance because HRD Minister Arjun Singh has been running a crusade against the infiltration of the "Hindutva worldview" into the syllabus and bureaucracy and is determined to replace it with a "secular" approach. But by speaking against "ideology" entirely, the Prime Minister appears to be saying that one set of ideological hardliners should not be replaced by another at the cost of academic excellence and intellectual integrity. In other words, professional qualifications rather than ideological leanings must be the touchstone. (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 16.8.04) 18 th Aug U.P. approves Ordinance on Urdu varsity (11) LUCKNOW, AUG. 17. The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet today approved an Ordinance for setting up of an Urdu University in Rampur city and made the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Azam Khan, its Pro- Chancellor for life, a move objected to by the Governor, T. V. Rajeshwar, who had reservations on an earlier Bill that was withdrawn from the Assembly. "The State Cabinet presided over by the Chief Minister, Mu-layam Singh Yadav, approved the Ordinance for setting up of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jau-har University in Rampur and designated Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan as its Pro-Chancellor for life," the Chief Secretary, V. K. Mittal, told reporters here. The terms and conditions for setting up the university will be the same as mentioned in the Bill tabled in the Vidhan Sabha earlier this month, he said. The Government had introduced the Bill but withdrew it without citing any reason after the Governor expressed reservations over making Azam Khan as the Pro-Chancellor for life. The Samajwadi Party had then made it clear that the Government would pursue the Bill despite objections. Meanwhile, the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Pramod Tewari, said that his party's opposition to any individual being made pro-chancellor for life would continue. (The Hindu 18.8.04) 19 th Aug Textbook change under Left pressure: Joshi (11) New Delhi, Aug. 18: Strongly opposing the changing of NCERT textbooks by the United Progressive Alliance government, former human resources development minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday said in the Rajya Sabha that it is being done without any logic and under pressure from Leftists. Questioning the premise of the change attempted to be brought about by the government, Mr Joshi said while the new HRD minister has been talking about "de-loxification
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