Education
JNU teachers march against corruption
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday took out a march on the campus to observe the Vigilance Awareness Week as mandated by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) last month.
The agency had earlier announced that an awareness week against corruption would be observed during October 30-November 4. “My Vision-Corruption Free India” was decided as the theme of the week.
“Many teachers and employees carried out a march today (Friday). Earlier, we had conducted a debate and a talk among the employees and students of the university around the topic ‘how we can make India corruption free’,” JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar told IANS.
The employees also took an “integrity pledge” the content of which was provided by the government, he added.
–IANS
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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.