Education
Bengal students don’t participate in PM’s interaction
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Students of state-run and government-aided schools in Bengal didn’t participate in “Pareeksha pe Charcha” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday after State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee had said they would be busy with preparations ahead of the examinations.
“Whatever information we have, state-run secondary or higher secondary schools or any state-aided schools were not able to make arrangements for its students for the live viewing session of the Prime Minister’s interaction in schools’ compound,” an official said.
Not only students were busy with preparations for class 10 and 12 board examinations but also schools were busy in making preparations for conducting the examinations, he said.
Chatterjee had on Thursday said: “No student of West Bengal will find time to listen to the Prime Minister’s speech since they are busy with their preparations for the upcoming board examinations.”
“With Madhyamik and Uchha Madhyamik (12th standard) examinations round the corner tell me what is the first priority of a candidate?” he asked.
–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.