Education
NCERT decided to include GST, demonetisation in their books as subject
New Delhi : The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has decided to include Demonetisation and GST as subject in its books.
NCERT) is set to make updates, additions and corrections after a decade in all 182 of its textbooks as per the instruction given by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Altogether, 1,334 changes have been made by the organisation at an average rate of seven changes per book.
The new textbooks will incorporate new developments such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), demonetisation, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Swachhta.
It will also mark changes in statistics and economic data that has not been updated in last ten years.
As per the reports by a leading English news paper, Hrushikesh Senapaty, director of NCERT, said the texts will be ready within a month and sent for printing immediately thereafter.
They will be delivered to schools and individuals by March, before the start of the new academic session in April 2018.
“Any student or any individual can place orders and we have started receiving orders. The books will be delivered via post as they need to be delivered to remote areas as well.”, he said.
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.