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Charitable trust to provide free education for BSF wards

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New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has signed a pact with a charitable trust under which four seats would be given to the children of officers of the force every year at its schools in order to provide them with quality education, an official said on Tuesday.

An MoU was signed on Monday between Ravinder Taneja, trustee of TDI Shiksha Sansthaan, a charitable trust and non-profit organisation, and BSF Inspector General (Admin) Alok Kumar at the south Delhi Lodhi Road-based headquarters of the 2.5 lakh strong force mandated to guard the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders.

According to the agreement, the children will be selected by a board of BSF officers and accepted for admission by the management of TDI International School. The move will be adopted from this year’s session.

“This facility will be further extended for TDI international schools at Mohali, Agra, Panipat, Moradabad and Faridabad.

“Under this MoU, the TDI Shiksha Sansthaan, will provide four seats every year from Classes 6 to 12 in its TDI International School located at Kundli in Sonipat (Haryana) along with boarding and lodging facilities to the wards of serving and martyred BSF officers,” a BSF statement said.

This pact is an initiative of TDI to recognise and salute the selfless service of BSF personnel who have been serving the country or have laid down their lives to safeguard the borders of nation, it said.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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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.

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