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Poor education standard in HP Govt. schools, state failed to utilize Rs 129.80 crore (37%) of total received funds : CAG
The class 10 results during the years 2011-15 were very poor, as 16 government schools in the state had zero results, and 232 had results of less than 25%. In class 12, 10 schools had zero result, and 48 had less than 25% results.
SHIMLA- The Himachal Pradesh government’s boasting of improved quality of education has been proved wrong in the recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, which clearly reveals the poor level of education in government schools, where a large percentage of students have failed in classes 10 and 12. The government has also failed to utilize funds of Rs130 crore received from the Centre, which were to be spent on education.
In Himachal Pradesh, there are a total of 15,327 government schools, among which 879 are up to class 12, 1,608 up to class 10, 2,130 up to class 8, and 10,710 up to class 5.
In 2015, there were around 1,83,048 students studying in class 10, and 1,82,015 in class 12, informed the Directorate of Education. As per the CAG report, 50 per cent of students in 20% of these government schools had failed in their class 10 exams, and 14% schools had failed their class 12 exams.
The class 10 results during the years 2011-15 were very poor, as 16 government schools in the state had zero results, and 232 had results of less than 25%. In class 12, 10 schools had zero result, and 48 had less than 25% results.
The CAG questioned the centrally-funded Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), launched in 2009, that the state could not utilize Rs129.80 crore, which is 37% of the total received funds of Rs348.47 crore. The report also pointed to the acute shortage of teachers in schools. Even though HP chief minister Virbhadra Singh considers the filling of teaching posts among his top priorities, around 5,000 posts are lying vacant in the state. As per a policy of the state government in 2010 for identifying reasons of poor results, teachers in schools responsible for less than 25% results were to be fined, but as per CAG, the department could not take any action against such teachers.
The RMSA and Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan state project director Ghanshyam Chand said he had no idea about the non-utilization of funds in RMSA, as they were still examining the matter.
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Solan: Naincy Sagar, an alumna of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has bagged a fellowship for pursuing PhD from France. Nancy has reached France and will be pursuing PhD in Forest Genetics from the University of Orléans under INRAE fellowship. INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Naincy has completed her BSc Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry (COH&F), Neri in 2018 and MSc Forest Biology and Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources from UAS, Dharwad, under ICAR’s National Talent Scheme. Before leaving for France last week, Naincy was working as a Junior Research Fellow in a research project at COH&F, Neri.
She had applied for a PhD with a scholarship in Forest Genetics which was advertised by INRAE. Naincy was successful in the interview and was awarded a fellowship for three years for pursuing PhD at the University of Orléans. During the course of the PhD, she will receive a total scholarship of around Rs 70 lakh along with medical reimbursement. Naincy will be working on forest tree larch species in the Project titled ‘Vigour at what cost? ‘Trade-off’ of hybrid vigour in Larch-Phenological, morphological and physiological determinants of hybrid superiority in Larix X eurolepis’ with a team of 20 scientists of Joint Integrated Biology Research Unit having expertise in genetics, genomics and physiology for the enhancement of tree and forest diversity
Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Vice-Chancellor of the university spoke to Naincy via web conferencing and congratulated her. Dr. Kaushal, who has also done his doctorate from France, shared some tips and suggestions. He asked Naincy to explore this opportunity to learn about new cultures along with doing research that could help to enhance and conserve forest wealth in the future.
Naincy expressed gratitude towards her father Satya Prakash Sagar (Retd. SDO BSNL) and mother Monika Sagar, who is working as SDO in BSNL for their continuous support for higher studies. She also thanked Vice-Chancellor Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Dean Dr. Kamal Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Sharma, Project Investigator and all the university staff for their support and guidance. The university administration, Dean of COH&F Neri congratulated Naincy and wished her success.
Shimla-Dates for admissions to undergraduate courses for the session 2021-22 in colleges affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University has been extended, which has come as a relief to not only those students who were seeking fresh enrollments in the first year but also to the students of the second and third year.
The varsity informed that the decision was taken after considering requests received from various students regarding the same.
Now, willing students can apply for enrollment in both government and private colleges till 5 PM, October 25, 2021.
This extension of date would benefit students who recently passed supplementary exams or those students of the second and third-year who had missed admission due to delay in declaration of their previous results.
Solan– Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, has extended the last date for applying to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Agribusiness and Business Management. Applicants can submit their complete online application on the university’s admission portal till 18th October.
The normal seats of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, BSc (Hons) Forestry and B Tech Biotechnology will be filled on the basis of scorecard of ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2021.
Admissions to MSc, MBA (Agribusiness) and PhD (for normal and self-financing seats) will also be conducted on the scorecard of ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF respectively. Students who have appeared in the ICAR-AIEEA 2021 for UG and PG, or AICE-JRF/SRF examination and are interested in seeking admission, such students must fill the university online application form before 18th October. Undergraduate aspirants who have not appeared in the ICAR test can however apply for the self-financing seats for B Sc and B Tech Biotechnology programmes run by the university by filling the online application on the university website.
The university has also advised the registered candidates to submit complete online application forms along with online payment acknowledgement slip before the due date. The schedule for online counselling will be announced by the University on the website after the declaration of the ICAR examination result. Application forms other than online mode will not be accepted.
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