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New Delhi: THE SUPREME Court's disposal of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Friday for quashing the management school fee-cut order left Minister of Human Resource., Development Murli Manohar Joshi feeling "great". "I feel great. My stand has been vindicated an elated Dr Joshi told reporters here. Having drawn a lot of flak for his decision to slash fees charged by the six prestigious Indian Institutes of Management — from Rs 150,000 to Rs 30,000 — Dr Joshi felt that the Supreme Court move had exposed those "sponsoring propaganda" against the ministry. A bench comprising Chief Justice V N Khare and Justice S H Kapadia rejected the PIL filed by advocate Sandeep Parekh and two IIM graduates Saiket Sengupta and Anish Mathew challenging the Government's decision to reduce the fee. The HRD Minister could not keep the sting out of his voice when he hammered on how the "sponsored" campaign against the ministry had been exposed. "Many people with vested interests have been opposing the decision to slash the fees. These people have been trying to prevent the public from benefiting from getting a higher education," said Dr Joshi. (Pioneer 28.2.04) Inform court of denial of primary education: Chief Justice (11) TIRUNELVELI, FEB. 27. The Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice B. Subhashan Reddy, today appealed to officials and the public to ensure that primary education was imparted to every child and inform the court, if they came across any instance of denial of elementary education to less-privileged children. "A postcard or a telegram explaining the denial of primary education to children below 14 is enough. We are there to restore the fundamental right." Justice Mr. Subhashan Reddy was speaking at a function here to mark the inauguration of a new building for 'Satta Udhavi Maiyam" (Legal Aid Centre) constructed in the court complex at Rs. 15 lakhs, allotted from the senior counsel and former MP, P.H. Pandian's Local Area Development Fund, and the laying of the foundation stone for a law library, to be established tin an outlay of Rs. 9 lakhs, also allocated by Mr. Pandian. Referring to the title of Palayamkottai — 'The Oxford of South India' — Mr. Justice Subhashan Reddy said the literacy rate in the district, which now stood at only 73 per cent, should reach cent per cent. "While the neighbouring Kanyakumari and Tuticorin districts have a literacy rate of 88 and 81 per cent, Tirunelveli district, which boasts of reputed educational institutions, should also become a role-model." (The Hindu 28.2.04) 1 st March Riot-hit Muslims turn to education (11) Ahmedabad, February 29: A DIRECT fallout of the 2002 riots in Gujarat is the growing awareness among Muslims about the need for modern education. As a result of this, several new schools have come up in Ahmedabad's minority-populated areas in the last two years. Simultaneously, enrolment in already existing schools in minority-dominated areas like Juhapura, Shah Alam, Dani Limda, Shahpur, Behrampura have gone up. Intellectuals and NGO volunteers working among the community acknowledge the phenomenon. "The awakening among the community about the need for quality education started after the 1992-93 riots," said Prof Abid Shamsi. That was the time Muslims started realising that they needed good education in order to dispel misconceptions about the community, he said. But nothing much had been done about it till the 2002 riots that shook the community "The 2002 riots gave a fresh impetus to the move for better education. Hence many Muslim groups have come forward to spread awareness among the community," said Dr Hanif Lakdawala of the Institute for Initiatives in Education. The institute has organised many workshops for Muslims, stressing on subjects like education, employment, social reforms and the danger of minority communalism. (Hindustan Times 1.3.04) 3 rd March Valley literacy target hits volunteer block (11) NEW DELHI, MARCH 2: FOR the first time in 15 years, the Human Resource Development Ministry was hopeful of introducing the adult literacy scheme in Jammu and Kashmir. But the scheme put together in the 80s, involving around 27,000 volunteers, will now have to be modified to employing paid teachers, the Kashmir government feels. HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi hoped there will be no bottlenecks in implementing the scheme now that peace has returned to the Valley. The ministry had been sending officials to Srinagar to hold meetings with bureaucrats.
The Central officials brought up a strategy to mobilise 27,000 educated volunteers who would go around and teach the estimated eight lakh unlettered adults in the districts of Srinagar, Kupwara, Baramulla, Anantnag, Badgam and Puhvama. J&K officials, however, sounded less optimistic about tracking down these volunteers. And now, even CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has told the ministry that it would be extremely difficult to find these volunteers and expect them to bring the adults to school and then teach them. The CM believes it would be more practical to employ teachers. HRD officials have communicated the demand to Joshi but the funds involved in employing teachers could prove a snag. (Indian Express 3.3.04) 6 th March HC order forces Govt to act on seats for poor students (11) New Delhi: DELHI GOVERNMENT is going to formulate a policy to implement the Delhi High Court's order asking it to admit 25 per cent poor students in their respective schools from the new academic session. Talking to The Pioneer, the Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said the government is going to formulate the terms and conditions which will decide the yardstick of the poor students and what criteria should be adopted for them. He said that the government is also considering the financial aspect in this regard and how poor students would be benefltted. Mr Lovely said that it was government's duty to ensure the compliance of Delhi High Court's directions in this regard. He also said that he had held a several meetings with senior officials of education departments, education secretary Geeta Sagar and public schools' principals about the formulation of such a policy. The policy would be finalised by Monday or Tuesday, he added. He categorically said that public schools will have to comply with the Delhi High Court's order from the new academic session. (Pioneer 6.3.04) 9 th March Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan: HRD Ministry keeping strict vigil (11) New Delhi: THE MINISTRY of Human Resource Development is tightening the monitoring system of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) scheme, since progress has not been satisfactory in many States due to administrative apathy. In a meeting of the ministry officials with the chief financial officers of different States, certain changes to increase effectiveness of the SSA were discussed. "'We are tightening the monitoring of audit systems. Earlier, it was done every six months but now a quarterly check will be done. We want that maximum utilisations of funds takes place to make implementation more effective," said a ministry officials. The HRD Ministiy plans to increase the scope of the audit. "The audit will be done at the State, district, block and village level," said sources. The scheme has been performing well in some States like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. Even Uttar Pradesh has started recruitment of teachers and the scheme has reported progress. But the recent visits by the officials in the elementary education in Rajasthan and Maharashtra have been dissatisfactory. (Pioneer 9.3.04) 12 th March Govt to IIM: Fee cut political agenda, keep off or else (11) AHMEDABAD, NEW DELHI, MARCH 11: IN what raises serious questions over the Government's motives, HRD Ministry's Joint Secretary V S Pandey, the official who signed the fee-cut order, told the IIM Ahmedabad Society on Tuesday that the fee cut was a "political agenda" and openly dared the institute to come in the Government's way. This assumes added significance as the application seeking an "undertaking" from the Government on IIMs' autonomy. At the Tuesday meeting, not only did Pandey threaten to supersede or dismiss the society, he warned: "The Government has the power to take over the management of the institution. Do you want that? You are forcing us to do so. (Indian Express 12.3.04) 14 th March NCERT deliberates on environment lessons for school students (11) NEW DELHI, MARCH 13: A NATIONAL Consultation Meeting on Environmental Education was organised by the NCERT today to deliberate upon issues of implementing Environment Education at different stages of schooling. Over 70 experts, including Directors of State Councils of
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