Education
Sisodia orders probe into suicide of Class 9 girl
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday ordered a departmental inquiry into the suicide by a Class 9 student of a Delhi school in Noida.
Sisodia said the student committed suicide on Tuesday allegedly due to academic pressure. He said the FIR quoted the girl’s parents as alleging that the student was molested.
Sisodia, also the Deputy Chief Minister, said the student got her report card on March 16 and she had compartment in science and social science and she did not go to school after that.
Sisodia told the Delhi Assembly that he would table a detailed report in the House.
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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.