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Only 47% applications for 2.84 Lakh RTE seats in MP Burden of unfilled seats to pass to parents with fee hike Less than 50 per cent seats reserved under Right to Education (RTE) Act have any applicants, leaving 52.8 per cent seats empty even if all the applicants are allotted a seat. This is the scenario for 2023, wherein thousands of schools across the state will suffer the consequences. This gap of 52.8 per cent puts an extra burden on private schools, which transfers to parents with fee hikes and extra charges. More than 1.5 lakh seats will remain vacant in private schools, which could have been easily filled under normal admission process as schools claim. This year, RTE application process received 1,34,851 applicants for admissions in unaided private schools in the state for academic session 2023-24. However, the number of seats reserved across the state in private schools is 2,84,000. This would leave 1,49,149 seats in private schools vacant for sure. The seats are reserved as p...

World Poetry Day Poetry warms heart, ignites passion & transforms world in catchy rhythms. “Something as simple as brook becomes such a muse, Often stirs enough attention gathering dues, That the silent observers Become activists protecting Earth as preservers.” Such is the power of written words, often concise but in a unique rhythm supported by a catchy rhyme. Celebrating this linguistic art of poetry on World Poetry Day, we bring to light some simple, unique, self-composed poems by inspirational school students. World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard. This year, i.e. 2023, the theme for World Poetry Day is Always be a poet, even in prose’ to quote the importance of creativity. I RISE You may pen me down in the history, With all s...

Aayaam 2023, the techno-cultural fest of SGSITS, witnessed many games including Robotic war and Art-Holic on the first day.  The fest commenced with an address by director Dr Rakesh Saxena and chief guest Amit Tomar, MD, MPPKVVCL, and an alumnus of the college. Kurukshetra by SRC club began the day with ‘Dwand’ which was a Robotic war. Art A Holic by Club Pratibimb which saw participation of many students making beautiful face paintings . Avrodh by NCC had an obstacle course competition. Mr. and Ms. Aayaam by Club Ojaswa also saw it beginning with the round "Task it Up", wherein the participants had to perform various tasks in a given time frame. Many games were conducted during Electromania by CEE namely Crossword , climb the curve, rowdy rows, guilty cricket , crazy currents which had amazing fusion of science with games . Nukkad Natak by NSS was conducted on Women Empowerment which was followed by Kaho Kahani where the crowd shared stories and poetry. Odyssey by Idea Lab...

Commissioner Pratibha Pal and Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav urged women to update their e-KYC to take benefit of ‘Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana’, announced a pre-camp for assistance and quoted how the scheme will empower women in the state. They were addressing the gathering of representatives from MP online kiosks, Public Service Centres, Common Service Centres and other kiosks in the city at Ravindra Natyagrah in Indore on Wednesday. Pal said, “To ensure maximum eligible women beneficiaries of Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana get benefits, a pre-camp would be organised in all the ward areas of the city.” In his address, Mitra said, “The city, state and country will be empowered only by women empowerment.” He added that Yojana has been launched by Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the empowerment of women in the state coming from humble backgrounds.” He added that women must be empowered, made self-reliant to ensure that city, state and country is truly empowered.

More than 600 electricity connections are shut down due to non-payment of bills and non-clearance of bills after several warnings West Discom (M.P. Pashchim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co. Ltd) on a daily basis. Such actions have been taken in more 200 places in the first 15 days of March. City Superintending Engineer Manoj Sharma said, “Action was taken against defaulters at two hundred places as we have arrears to clear and it is the last month of the financial year.” He added that a shop in Navlakha had an electricity bill arrear of three and a half lakhs. “March, the last month of the ongoing financial year, is very important for every commercial institution to collect revenue, in such a situation, all the arrears should be cleared by consumers to ensure continuity of services,” Sharma said. He added that company’s officers, employees are repeatedly informing the arrear consumers, even after this there are orders to disconnect the connection, impose surcharge and other action for not de...

Learning from grassroot level, CBSE students to learn from Farmers The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students will learn about local millets from farmers in interactive sessions in the school after their exams. Celebrating International Year of Millets (IYOM), as announced by the United Nations, the Board has instructed its affiliated schools to conduct various activities. As per records, ‘Millets’ were among the first crops to be domesticated in India with several evidence of its consumption during the Indus valley civilization. Hence, the Board has urged schools to educate students about the same. CBSE director (academic) Dr. Joseph Emmanuel asked schools to conduct activities related to millets in the form of competitions such as essay, poems, quiz etc. “A millet map may be hung on the classroom wall prepared together by teachers and students,” Emmanuel said. Further, schools can organise exhibitions showing different millets with their nutritional value and possible r...

CBSE promotes letter writing to revive writing abilities & bring disciplined approach Only 40% can write/read at their Grade level since covid-19 According to Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022 report, less than 50 per cent, just about 40 per cent students in Grade 5 can read and write as per their grade level. This has been a trend since covid-19 outbreak as students have lost disciplined approach to education and been irregular at reading/writing assignments. With the downfall in basic foundations, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is attempting to promote reading and writing skills among students. Promoting writing specifically, CBSE has asked its affiliated schools to ensure participation of students in Universal Postal Union (UPU) 2023 - International Letter Writing Competition for young people. The international letter writing competition offers Gold, Silver and Bronze medal. To tempt students, CBSE director (academics) Dr Joseph Emmanuel said, “. The go...

7 Mind-Set shifts in Society, regards Women Empowerment From zero to 28.7 per cent in workforce, India is taking baby steps towards empowering women. However, this 28.7 per cent has brought shifts in mind-set and societal changes that are rather fascinating. Among employed women in various states, Madhya Pradesh stands at 37.2 per cent; Maharashtra is close at 37.7 per cent; Kerala, Haryana, Delhi, and Bihar is far behind at 27.1 per cent, 14.7 per cent, 14.5 per cent and 9.4 per cent respectively. Himachal Pradesh (63.1%), Sikkim (58.5%) and Dadar and Nagar Haveli (52.3%) have the highest women participation in the workforce. Nevertheless, the mind-set shifts can be seen across the country in different proportions. Let’s celebrate Women’s Day 2023 with these beautiful shifts credited to working women in the country. 1. Family over Friends While previous generations have always had men hangouts after work to relieve stress, the trend shifts as wife becomes the best friend. Most married...

Weekend Special A glimpse of Shree Choubis Avatar Mandir Already won two world records, a unique temple made with only bricks and no iron/steel will be completed in April 2023. The sparkling temple featuring 24 avatars of Lord Vishnu is less-known site is named Shree Choubis Avatar Mandir. The temple began construction in November 2015. The foundation of the temple was laid in 1968-69 by Gurudev Jaykarandas Bhaktamali Paramhans. Set at a distance of 40 kilometres from Indore in Depalpur area, the addition of this magnificent site will help Indore gain ground in religious tourism and explorers. The temple has made the world record for having the most idols consecrated in a temple. It has inked the name in Golden Books of World Record and World Book of Records, UK for the same. Gathering interest of more than 30 bikers in Indore, Rides for Riders group headed to explore and learn more about Lord Vishnu’s incarnations. Group Admin Gyandeep Srivastava said, “We were curious to know more ab...

IIT students to conduct research at RRCAT, MoU signed Students of IIT Indore will conduct research at RRCAT soon, as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore on Friday. Dr Suhas S. Joshi, Director, IIT, Indore andDr. Shankar V. Nakhe, Director, RRCAT signed the MoU on behalf of their respective institutes. The MoU was signed in presence of Dr Shovan K Majumder, Chairman MoU Committee and other scientists from RRCAT, Indore and Dr. I. A Palani, Prof in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and other faculties from IIT Indore. This MoU has been signed to facilitate PhD Students, post-doctoral Fellows, B. Tech/ M Tech/M Sc students of IIT Indore to pursue research/projects at RRCAT in the advanced areas ofScience and Technology. The MoUis expected to result in collaborative research activities in the areas of mutual interest of both the institutes. Under the scope of t...