Education
Refresher course on ‘Indian values’ launched for varsity teachers
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) A refresher course for college teachers, which will include lectures on “Indian values”, was launched on Tuesday by the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE) of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
“About 200 teachers from various universities and institutions have registered for the programme, which is themed around ‘Shiksha Shikshan Evam Bharat Bodh’ or ‘Education with Indian Values’ and ‘Indian Culture Thoughts and Thinkers’,” said a statement from Geeta Singh, Director, UGC-HRDC (Human Resource Development Centre), Delhi University.
On the inaugural day several educationists and eminent personalities, who included former parliamentarian Mahesh Sharma and Delhi Technical University’s Yogesh Singh, delivered lectures.
According to the statement, Sharma spoke on the “Integral Humanism” of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, while Singh spoke about a “new education pattern” to instil “a sense of belongingness to the Indian society”.
The programme will continue till December 19 and will comprise topics related to history, economics, science, management, technology, spiritualism, Indian philosophy and social science.
An academic staff college, CPDHE — which comes under Delhi University– was formed in 1987 and is engaged in the task of helping teachers update their skill-sets and acquire new ones. There are several such staff colleges in other universities across the country.
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Education
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.