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3 new PG courses in Car Street First Grade College

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July 10, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo said the Dayananda Pai-Sathish Pai Government First Grade College will start three new postgraduate courses — MA in Political Science, MSW and MSc in Chemistry in the academic year. 

Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, Mr Lobo, who is also chairman of Dayananda Pai-Sathish Pai Government First Grade College (Car Street) Development Committee, said the college has started MCom from last year. 

To help the poor students, a proposal has been submitted to the government for sanctioning a post-matric hostel on the college campus. A four-storeyed hostel has been planned through Backward Classes Department, to accommodate at least 200 girl students, he added. 

Wit the technological leap with the launch of ‘Jnana Sangama’, the attendance system in the college, has been made online from this year. The new e-attendance software will allow teachers to mark attendance on smart devices such as a laptop with the same data getting registered in the server as well. Further, a message will be sent to the parents, whenever a student remains absent to the classes, he said. 

Further, the MLA said under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), the college has received a grant of Rs 2 crore. In this, Rs 70 lakh has been utilised for the construction of classrooms, Rs 10 lakh for the purchase of laptops and Rs 19 lakh for ICT programme under ‘Jnana Sangama’. Rs 56 lakh has been released for modernisation and upgradation works and Rs 45 lakh for the purchase of equipment. The classrooms have been converted to smart classes, he explained. 

The college is also planing to start mid-day meals for the students at a concessional rate. A committee has been constituted under the leadership of the principal to contact the donors, he added. 

Highest admission

Stating that the admissions to various undergraduate courses in the college has seen a phenomenal increase, college principal Rajashekar Hebbar said already 716 students have been taken admission for first year undergraduate courses. Further, students will be admitted after the second PUC supplementary results are announced. The admission for first year may cross 800, he felt. 

The admission in the college is highest among 32 government colleges in the region. In addition, the Department of Collegiate Education has selected the college as Lead college for 19 government colleges in Dakshina Kannada for a period of three years from 2017-18, he said. 

An employment mela for the government colleges of Dakshina Kannada and a few selected colleges will be held in the college campus on July 21. Entrepreneur Dayananda Pai has promised to construct two more floors to the existing building at a cost of Rs 3 crore. Already, he has given furnitures and photocopy machines worth Rs 8 lakh to the college during the academic year. 

At a time when BBM courses are receiving poor admissions, the admissions in the college has reached 50 this year, said the principal. In addition, BSc in CBZ has been started during the academic year.

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July 3,2020

New Delhi, Jul 3: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging Karnataka government's decision to impose a 25 percent domicile reservation in the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru.

A division bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that the impugned law is passed by the State of Karnataka, and the respondent university is also situated in Karnataka.

The court granted liberty to the petitioner to move the appropriate forum with their grievances.

The Karnataka Assembly had passed the National Law School of India (Amendment) Act, 2020 in March this year, which provided a 25 per cent horizontal reservation for students of Karnataka in the NLSIU.

The High Court observed that the main contesting parties in the present case were the NLSIU and the Karnataka Government. As the court did not show any interest in entertaining the plea, the petitioner withdrew the plea.

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Media Release
March 4,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 4: With an objective to create awareness among children about the importance of consumption of fruits in regular diet, First Steps Pre-School, Kudroli, celebrated Fruits Day on Friday 28th February 2020 with fun and frolic.

The tiny tots of preschool celebrated Fruit Day. Children, representing the fruits of their choice sang the fruit rhymes with great zest, enthusiasm and vigour, enjoying the moments of joy and happiness in the company of their mates & teachers.

Teachers had made interesting and simple stories on encouraging children to have fruits in their meals. The teachers also explained the importance of fruits’ intake in diet for mental and physical growth. The tiny tots also learned more about the taste, smell,

color and texture of each fruit. Children clearly understood the importance of washing the fruits before eating or cooking and about the benefits of eating fresh fruits.

All the children were found to be quite thrilled and were positive on the fact that fruits are better than junk food.

The head teacher Himna S. Ahmed, teacher Azeema and Master Shehzan S. Ahmed arranged the event in an impressive manner which added feather to the event.

The event magnificently concluded with fruit feast for the kids of pre-school.

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August 9,2020

 

New Delhi, Aug 9: With the National Education Policy 2020 recognising the need for flexibility in choosing the subjects that a student wants to study, implementation of this policy will boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in India, edtech startup SP Robotic Works has said.

The new education policy also recognised that skills like coding and scientific temper and evidence-based thinking should be learned by all students to become good, successful, innovative, adaptable and productive human beings in today's rapidly changing world.

With the semester-based pattern, there is a lot of relaxation with respect to a child's choice to select their interest in subjects, according to Sneha Priya, CEO and co-founder, SP Robotic Works.

"This will promote the kids to explore various segments which otherwise I believe was restricted to an extent," Priya told IANS in an interview.

On July 29, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to a new National Education Policy (NEP) which aims at bringing about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the NEP is the foundation of a "new India" and that it will help close the gap between education and research.

It is now well recognised that in opening the door to myriad opportunities offered by STEM education, online platforms have played a pivotal role.

Coding-related courses have picked up well and the online platforms have seen a lot of kids enrol in block programming, artificial intelligence (AI) and android app development.

"As the field of STEM education gained immense popularity in India, this online learning platform has seen 80 per cent increase in the number of renewal of programmes, which implies the increase in interest and is a positive sign for the future of STEM education," she said.
The proposal to introduce coding from Class 6 and onwards is one of the best decisions of the policy, Priya added.

"With importance being given to coding in the NEP, the schools will be more open to adopting new ways to ensure their children master in what they are learning which will automatically result in better outcomes," she opined.

"Focus on these skills is crucial during the formative years for the development of the children. Hence, this new policy will prove beneficial for growing kids to gather their interest in coding at an early stage," she said.

According to Priya, it is important to deliver the coding concepts in the right manner to captivate and encourage the child to engross his/her attention towards the subject.

She also stressed that both robotics and coding courses have seen a huge upsurge this year.
In addition to what is being taught at school, the online learning platform has seen an increased number of queries from parents with regards to shaping up their child's coding skills.

"Especially with the current situation, the Covid-i9 lockdown has given more time to students to explore their interest in this field and we have seen double the demand in participation just in the previous few months from children," Priya quipped.

Even during the lockdown, SP Robotic Works said they have seen an increase of 55 per cent in the revenues.

"Additionally, we have seen around 1 lakh new enrolments during the last four months which demonstrates that Indian children are exploring their interests across segments," the CEO said.
"For the next six months, our focus is going to continue educating and engaging more students in experiential learning as we work towards building a nation that's truly 'Aatmanirbhar'," Priya noted.

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