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Aurangabad Municipal Corporation to provide bicycles to 200 Std X girls

Monday, 27 May 2013 11:58 administrator

The Times of India 27.05.2013

Aurangabad Municipal Corporation to provide bicycles to 200 Std X girls

AURANGABAD: Come June, reaching school would be a breeze for some 200 Class X girl students in Aurangabad. In a first-of-its-kind move, the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to provide bicycles to girl students in AMC-run schools who have to cover a distance of 3 km or more to reach their educational institutions.

"Municipal commissioner Harshdeep Kamble has initiated the drive to reduce the rate of school dropouts, especially among girls. The initiative is also aimed at developing interest in education among girls from the weaker sections of society," Dyanada Kulkarni, administrative officer and in-charge of the AMC's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, said on Sunday. The Women and Child Development cell of the civic body will implement the initiative.

Kulkarni said the scheme would be applicable to only girls. The municipal body would also consider the economic condition of the girl students. Kulkarni said many parents do not encourage girls going to schools located far away. "Bicycles will not only help the girls in reaching their schools, this will also help develop their confidence," she felt.

Kulkarni said more than 1,000 boys and girls are studying in Class X, in twelve different schools located within the AMC limits. "Out of these students, about 600 are girls. Further, the number of girls staying at a distance of 3 km or more from their schools could be in the range of 200," she said.

Kulkarni said the AMC administration had directed all the concerned school principals to collect data on the targeted girls and submit the list. "The municipal body is trying to distribute the bicycles at the beginning of the new academic session," she said. AMC-run schools will reopen on June 17, 2013.

HMDA plans mega edu hub at Jawaharnagar

Friday, 24 May 2013 12:29 administrator

The Times of India 24.05.2013

HMDA plans mega edu hub at Jawaharnagar

HYDERABAD: A mega 'educational hub' to house premier institutions is in the offing on the outskirts of the city. If the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has its way, the hub will soon be a reality at Jawaharnagar. Many premier institutes have already approached the state government and sought allotment of land in the 700 acres belonging to HMDA.

The development authority has already roped in the department of higher education to identify the institutions and the Indian School of Business (ISB) to prepare the blueprint for the ambitious project.

Jawaharnagar already houses the Hyderabad campus of Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS) and Army College of Dental Sciences. HMDA officials said the idea was to develop the land between Shamirpet and Jawaharnagar for educational institutions of national and international repute on the lines of the 'Institutional Area' in Delhi as there is a huge chunk of government land available there. Besides, the area is in close proximity to the Outer Ring Road (ORR).

Interestingly, several institutions have already approached the state government and sought allotment of land at Jawaharnagar. These include management school

XLRI of Jamshedpur, which has sought 100 acres to set up a campus and the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) that has also asked for 100 acres for its requirements. Currently, NIPER is functioning on the premises of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited (IDPL) in Balanagar. Singareni Collieries has asked for about 30 acres for setting up a training institute while some others like All India Management Schools Association have asked for land ranging from 10 to 50 acres.

Officials said the task of preparing blueprint for the educational hub has been entrusted to ISB, Hyderabad. The ISB will give a report by studying various institutional areas around the world and come up with land allotment policy, type of institutions that should be allowed and other modalities for the proposed hub. The blueprint prepared by ISB will have to be cleared by the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) and higher education departments.

On its part, HMDA has already prepared a master plan for its 2,300 acres at Jawaharnagar area given by the state government as part of resource mobilization a few years ago. Of this land, about 600 acres was allotted to BITS Pilani. Of the remaining 1,700 acres, 900 acres land is either in litigation or has been encroached upon. Some of the squatters were evicted but in some areas cases are pending with different courts.

"Control and road network survey of the land has already been completed for Jawaharnagar area as per the master plan. The entire area will be divided into blocks between 5 and 25 acres for land allotment. The modalities for the educational hub are being worked out by the authority," HMDA member (Estate) P Krishna Mohan Reddy told TOI.

Civic school SSC toppers felicitated

Wednesday, 22 May 2013 05:47 administrator

The Hindu 22.05.2013

Civic school SSC toppers felicitated

PROUD MOMENT:Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana congratulating the municipal school toppers of the SSC examination in the city on Tuesday.— PHOTO: BY ARRANGEMENT

Two girls from poorer economic backgrounds made their parents proud by scoring 9.8 in the SSC examinations.

R.M. Swati of NGGOs’ Colony School and Priyanka topped the result in the civic schools. Swati’s father Appa Rao is an old newspaper seller. Priyanka’s father applies grease to autorickshaws. Both of them are from KNM High School. Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana felicitated the headmasters of schools that did well and the students who topped. Swati said she would become a Hindi teacher as she had already passed some qualifying examinations in that language and could get a teacher’s job.

However, after being told that she would have better prospects because of her scoring good marks, she agreed to take up MPC group.

Mr. Satyanarayana announced a cash prize of Rs.5,000 each to the students.

He said the schools that stood in the first three places would be immediately provided all basic amenities, sports goods and any staff required. All those who passed the examination would be encourage to join Intermediate or ITI. Various institutions would be contacted to extend them support. To improve the result all senior officials would adopt a school each. Headmasters of the 17 schools spoke on getting a good result and the reasons for failure. Mr. Satyanarayana felicitated GVMC Railway New Colony School headmistress Vijaya Kumari and D.A. Naidu and Srinivasa Rao, headmasters of schools that stood second and third.

Besides Swati and Priyanka, G. Divya, G. Tarun and Suresh were congratulated.

ADC (Finance) P. Purnachandra Rao, deputy EO Lakshminarasa and School Superintendent P. Vimala Kumari participated.

Students of VMC schools excel in SSC

Saturday, 18 May 2013 06:59 administrator

The Hindu 18.05.2013

Students of VMC schools excel in SSC

Staff Reporter

The of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation run schools achieved 89 pass per cent in the Secondary School Education (SSC) examination conducted recently.

As many as 1,721 students from 28 schools, including Telugu, English, and Urdu media, have appeared in the examination. Of this, 1,535 passed out with flying colours. While 1,197 students from Telugu medium appeared in the examination, 1,043 students have passed.

Out of the 455 students who appeared from English medium, 432 students passed. Sixty students from Urdu medium passed while 69 of them appeared. Nine English medium schools achieved 100 per cent results, while 17 achieved 90 per cent results. Twelve schools achieved 80 to 89 per cent results, and seven schools achieved 70 to 79 per cent.

Timiri Mallikarjuna Rao and Chandravathi Municipal High School student N. Mallesh, and VM Ranga Girls High School student A. Sneha Sudha secured 10/10 points.

Municipal Commissioner G. S. Pandadas congratulated the students who excelled in the examination.

Vadodara schools score 100% results in ICSE/ISC

Saturday, 18 May 2013 00:00 administrator

The Times of India 18.05.2013

Vadodara schools score 100% results in ICSE/ISC

VADODARA: Schools in the city registered cent percent results as the class 10 and class 12 results of exam under the Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) were declared on Friday.

Both the Nalanda International School and Billabong High International School scored 100 percent results in the 2012-13 exams.

The Sevasi-based Nalanda International School received 100 percent results in both ISC (class 12) and ICSE (class 10) examinations this year with the highest percentage being 91.60 percent in class 12 and 93.17 percent in class 10.

"This achievement is the result of the hard work, dedication and persevering efforts of our students and the school. It is significant to note that our school has achieved this remarkable result for the second consecutive year for class 12 and fourth consecutive year for class 10," senior school principal of Nalanda Shoba Menon said.

"Our students have scored 100 percent results in class 10 examination for the third consecutive year. Also, 65 percent students have received distinction while 35 percent have received first class," Priti Shrimal, principal of Billabong High International School said.

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