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Teachers in a fix as State yet to act on UGC’s FIP guidelines
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Their career progression hinges on participation in the programme
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Their career progression hinges on participation in the programme
A year after University Grants Commission (UGC) renamed its ‘orientation programme’ conducted for newly-recruited faculty in colleges and other institutions of higher learning through its Human Resource Development Centres as ‘Faculty Induction Programme (FIP),’ the Department of Higher Education in Tamil Nadu has not yet issued an order to that effect, much to the chagrin of a section of young teachers for whom career progression hinges on their participation in the month-long programme.
‘Students won’t be allowed to clear arrears without taking online exams’
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2.66 lakh students have already appeared for the tests and the rest will be made to in the second schedule, State tells HC
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The court was told the government earlier decided to cancel arrear exams, considering the threat posed by COVID-1
2.66 lakh students have already appeared for the tests and the rest will be made to in the second schedule, State tells HC
The State government on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that students from arts and science colleges would not be allowed to clear arrears without appearing for online examinations. It said 2,66,339 students from 10 different universities in the State had already appeared in the first schedule of the examinations conducted since October 2020, and the rest 1,93,370 students would be made to appear in the second schedule.
Move to convert college hostels into COVID care centres
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As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, the district administration has begun the process of identifying hostels in government and private colleges that can be converted into care centres.
Since April, fresh cases have been on the rise in Tiruchi district. On an average, it reports between 150 to 200 cases daily. The discharge of patients, who were tested positive for the virus, hovers around 100 a day. As of Monday, 1,360 patients are under treatment for the infection.
As a strategy to bring as many asymptomatic patients into the fold of treatment so as to prevent the spread of the virus, the district administration has ramped up collection of swab samples to 4,000 a day.
Varsity’s convener panel violates its own syndicate resolution
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In place of DoTE commissioner, IT Secretary included
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In place of DoTE commissioner, IT Secretary included
The constitution of the convener committee of Anna University has come as a surprise to the faculty.
For several weeks, the buzz in the University was that Vice-Chancellor M.K. Surappa would be allowed to continue until the next V-C was appointed.
Until Monday, there was no indication if Governor-Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit would indeed follow the precedent he set in the case of Alagappa and Bharathidasan University.
However, soon after returning from Raj Bhavan, Mr. Surappa convened a virtual syndicate meeting and the committee was constituted. A source said, “It all happened online.”