Education
MHRD launches two-day workshop on school education
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Monday launched a two-day national workshop on school education, bringing together experts from private and government sphere.
During the workshop, the stakeholders, which includes NGOs, will make a number of presentations on several issues concerning digital education, experiential learning, life skills education, physical education and value education.
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said at the inaugural that he didn’t discriminate among NGOs, private players and government bodies on education and that the workshop should be used to discuss what is good and cheap in the digital technology.
He said the day is not far away when there will be digital ‘blackboards’ in all class rooms in schools in the country.
“There used to be an ‘operation blackboard’ during our childhood… Now, in five, ten years… I can imagine a ‘digital blackboard’ in all schools. This can be done,” he said.
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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.