Education
ICSE 2016: Lucknow’s Jyotsana and Radhika top ranked
Jyotsana Srivastava of City Montessori School and Radhika Chandra of St Agnes Loreto Day School (both Lucknow) secured all-India second and third rank respectively in the ICSE examination, results of which were declared on Friday.
Jyotsana got 99% (495 marks) and Radhika 98.8% (494 marks). With 99.2% marks, Abineet Parichha of Balangir, topped the ICSE examination.
However, no student from Uttar Pradesh made it to the top three positions in ISC examination. Two Mumbai girls — Aadya Maddi (99.75%) and Mansi Puggal (99.50%) — secured first and second rank respectively in ISC while two Kolkata students — Arakdeeb Sengupta and Kavita Desai — were jointly third with 99.25% marks.
The pass percentage of ICSE was 98.50%, up by 0.01% from last year. Once again girls did better than boys in ICSE.
The pass percentage of ISC was 96.46%, up by 0.18% from last year. For UP, the ICSE pass percentage is 96.97% and for ISC 96.10%.
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.