Decks cleared for 7th UGC pay arrear to Bihar varsity teachers - education

Bihar government is all set to the accede to demand of the university and college teachers and modify its earlier order to facilitate payment of arrear accruing following the implementation of the 7th UGC pay in the state in 2019.

Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said the modification would be carried out in a few days as per the revised recommendation of the department of education.

“The matter has been brought to my notice and the necessary changes will be carried out. If the pay verification cell has authenticated sixth UGC pay salary of teachers, there is no need to repeat the same for the 7th pay, as the education department has suggested,” he added.

Delay in arrear payment to working teachers as well as thousands of retired ones had caused a lot of resentment and many teachers’ bodies had written in this regard to the department of education, seeking modification in the order of May 18, which had put a cap on payment without authentication from the pay verification cell.

The retired teachers are also worried over the delay. They have not got any arrear payment so far in any university, while some universities have not even fixed the revised pension in the light of the 7th UGC pay. Patna University is giving revised pension to retired teachers since January 2020, but arrear payment is still due.

The cell had been constituted in 2013 for verification of salary claims of teachers amid allegations that some of them had got it fixed in a higher grade. However, seven years on, its job still remains unfinished, as the department alleged a section of teachers did not cooperate. Some of the teachers also alleged corruption in the cell.

The teachers had also challenged it in the Patna High Court, which outlined the boundaries of the cell and observed that it could not supersede the statutory pay-fixation committee of the universities, but could raise audit objections and apprise the university of it.

In Bihar, after the implementation of 7th UGC pay with effect from January 1, 2016, teachers were entitled to arrear to be paid in instalments. In February 2020, the government released grant for arrear payment to all universities. Except Pataliputra University, all universities paid 7-month arrear from April 2019.

Now, the teachers were supposed to get the remaining 39-month arrear, when the department of education put a rider. Interestingly, the government has been paying 7th pay salary for months now and already paid first instalment. The BRA Bihar University has also started paying the 2nd instalment.

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For trade students, online classes can’t replicate hands on - education

Like students across the U.S., Christa Schall was working toward graduation when the coronavirus closed her school. But unlike many, she can’t finish her classes online — her cosmetology program, like the coursework at many technical and trade schools, requires hands-on training.

Schall needs to cut, paint and style hair at the Aveda Institute in Ohio to graduate and get her license to practice, but weeks of closures have put her behind. Her last client, a woman who got her highlights retouched every two weeks, panicked when she learned the salon was closing after her mid-March appointment. Schall had her own moment of panic, realizing her life would be on hold. Now, instead of graduating in September, she must wait until spring.

Traditional students “can take that learning anywhere. For us, we have to do it a certain way,” she said.

For Schall and other students at technical and trade colleges, the coronavirus is disrupting their education in a very different way than that of more traditional college students. Learning how to stick a needle in someone’s vein or mix just the right amount of hair color for the perfect shade doesn’t translate well to Zoom meetings. Those specialized skills, known as career and technical education, require hands-on learning.

About 8.4 million students are seeking postsecondary certificates and associate degrees in career and technical education fields, according to the Association for Career and Technical Education. Many are black or Hispanic and come from low-income households, according to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce analysis. For many, technical careers are a path out of poverty. Roughly 30 million American jobs that pay a median income of $55,000 require less education than a bachelor’s degree, the ACTE reports.

Across the country, teachers and students in technical training classes have had to adapt to class closures rapidly and creatively.

Butler Tech, which teaches Ohio high school and post-secondary students subjects ranging from police academy to welding, has started slowly reopening campus after being closed for several weeks.

When the pandemic first hit, it had to transition to online learning quickly. Jon Graft, the school’s superintendent and CEO, said Butler has learned some valuable lessons about having to teach in a completely different way.

“There will be a new normal for us because of the lessons we’ve learned being forced upon being online and virtual learning,” Graft said.

In Linda Romano’s New York high school nursing aide class, students at home used frying pans to learn how to use a bedpan on a patient. Romano used a doll she found in her daughter’s old bedroom to demonstrate how to perform a bed bath.

“I think they’re getting a better education because they’re really, really thinking about this skill and the aspects that go along with it,” Romano said.

As part of his agriculture courses at a high school near Columbus, Missouri, Scott Stone leads a greenhouse class each year where students grow and tend plants on site. Stone, a teacher for 23 years, had never taught online when students were sent home in March.

Because the students can’t access the greenhouse, they are taking care of plants at home. Stone talks with them about their weekly development, asking them to describe what the plants smell and feel like.

“It’s like being a first-year teacher all over again,” Stone said.

The stakes are higher for postsecondary students like Tara Ferguson, who is studying to become a phlebotomist at Atlanta Technical College. Ferguson was heading into a hands-on area of instruction when schools began to close and shift to online learning.

But, as anyone who has had blood drawn would likely agree, the intricacies of feeling for a vein and poking it with a needle “just can’t be done online,” Ferguson said.

For Ferguson, a pharmacy technician and single mom of a 13-year-old daughter, becoming a phlebotomist would be a bump in pay and more stability.

She was supposed to start the clinical side of her education, when students train at a local medical facility to draw blood from various types of patients, on May 18.

But as the date approached and uncertain whether the class would go forward, she decided to drop it. So instead of completing her studies in August, getting her certification and going into the workforce, she hopes she can finish by early next year.

“This will put it way back. I don’t even know how long,” she said. “When do I get to move on to that next step?”

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RAC DRDO Jobs Scientist 2020: 167 Vacancies Notified, Apply Online

Short Information: RAC DRDO Jobs Scientist 2020 notification regarding filling of Scientist-B  DRDO Jobs Vacancies. The Defence organization invites online application from eligible candidates having M.Tech, Engg Graduate, GATE, NET, MA qualifications. These 167 DRDO Recruitment Scientist-B Posts are in RAC, Delhi. Interested in Can Read the Notification & Apply Online.

RAC DRDO Jobs Scientist 2020 Apply Online Post 167

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 • Post Name: Scientist-B

 • Recruitment Board (Department): RAC

 • Job Location: Delhi

 • Application Mode: Online

 • Total Post: 167

 • Age Limit: 18-33

 • Salary:  ₹ 56,100/- Level-10 (7th CPC)

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 • Opening date of Online Registration Payment of Fee: 19/06/2020

 • Closing Last Date For Online Registration: 10/07/2020

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• Minimum age limit: 28 years (Un Reserved (UR) /EWS)
• Maximum age limit: 31 years (OBC (Non-creamy layer)
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 • Age relaxation: As per RAC Rules SC/ST- 05 years, OBC –03 year

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 • M.Tech, Engg Graduate, GATE, NET, MA.

 • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology Electronics & Communication Engg, Computer Science, Mechanical Engg, Electrical Engg, Technology in Metallurgy, Master’s Degree in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Psychology from a recognized university or equivalent. Minimum 80% aggregate marks the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or the National Institute of Technology (NIT).

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 • Part-I- Category I: Candidates should possess the requisite Essential Qualification (EQ) along with a valid GATE-2018/2019/2020 Qualification.

  Category II: Candidates should possess the requisite Essential Qualification from NIT/IIT with minimum aggregate 80% marks.

 • Part-II- Candidates should possess the requisite Essential Qualification along with a valid GATE -2018/2019/2020 Qualification.

 • Part-III- Candidates should possess the requisite Essential Qualification (EQ)along with NET Qualification.

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PGIMER Chandigarh ‘develops’ robotic trolley for Covid patients - education

In order to ensure minimum contact of healthcare workers with coronavirus patients and no contamination in surroundings, the PGIMER here has developed a state-of-the-art low-cost robotic trolley for Covid patients that is customized for local needs.

The device was formally launched by Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Director Jagat Ram on Saturday.

Acronymed as DOOT (delivery, observance and orchestrated tele communicator), this robotic device was designed and developed by Resident Doctors Pranay Mahajan and Shailesh Gahukar from the Department of Hospital Administration.

The Director lauded both for their commendable initiative and said: “The health and safety of our frontline corona warriors is always our utmost concern as they are putting their own lives at risk to save the lives of others.

“This robotic device is PGIMER’s step forward in the direction of self-reliance and safety. By delivering medicines and food among patients in the isolation wards, wherein the chances of getting infected with the virus are maximum for the healthcare workers, this automated trolley will help in reducing their interaction with Covid-19 patients to a great extent.”

Vipin Koushal, in charge of Covid Hospital, said: “With a spike in the number of corona positive patients earlier, we brainstormed about multiple affordable options to ensure better safety for our Covid-19 team in addition to SOPs being followed.

“That’s how DOOT came into being. It is a special, affordable and customized solution for our local needs. It was quite a challenge as well as it was developed during the lockdown period when nothing was available in the market.”

He said it was managed within a nominal budget of Rs 25,000 with the constant support of the engineering department of the PGIMER.

There are 41 active cases in Chandigarh at present, with 178 patients cured and discharged. The corona death toll in Chandigarh is three. So far, 222 coronavirus cases have been reported in the Union Territory.

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BCECEB Engineering Diploma Admissions: DCECE 2020 registration deadline extended - education

Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) has extended the deadline to apply for Diploma Certificate Entrance Competitive Exam (DCECE) 2020. Earlier the last date to apply was May 24 which has been extended till June 9. Aspirants who have not yet applied can do it now online at bceceboard.bihar.gov.in.

REVISED DATES:

Online Registration Closing Date- June 9, 11: 59 pm

Last date of payment through Challan after submission of application form – June 10

Last date of payment through Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card after submission of the Online Application Form of Registered Candidate – June 11

Online Editing of Application Form—- June 12 to 15 (11:59 PM)

Issue of Online Admit Card — To be notified later on.

Proposed Date of Examination —- To be notified later on

Click here to apply online

BCECEB conducts the DCECE exam every year for aspirants who wish to take admission in three-year diploma course in engineering after completing class 12th. 

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HPBOSE introduces 15 new vocational subjects from this year, check details - education

Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) is introducing 15 new vocational subjects from this year. This is being done to introduce new jobs for vocationalisation of school education in a two-year pattern for class 9th and 10th and for class 11th and 12th under the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). The introduction of new vocation subjects for class 9th and 11th students will begin from the current academic session 2020-21.

The board has also released the list of sectors (job role wise) for vocational education schools.

According to the notification released on May 22, the job roles introduced for class 9 and class 10 consists of paddy farmer, Automotive service technician, Home health aide, Domestic data entry operator, Sewing machine operator, Assistant Beauty Therapist, field technician, and plumber.

On the other hand, job roles for class 11 and class 12 include Floriculturist (Open Cultivation), General Duty Assistant, Junior Software Developer, Texturing Artist, Business Correspondent, and Business Facilitator, Beauty Therapist, field technician- Wireman control panel, and plumber.

“The syllabus for these subjects shall be prepared by Pt. Sunder Lal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal,” reads the official notice.

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Sikh student in US drops out of school over bias- based bullying; files lawsuit - education

A Sikh student in the US state of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against a Board of Education alleging that he was subjected to bias-based bullying because of his faith and was forced to permanently pull out of school due to the prolonged harassment.

Community-based organisation the Sikh Coalition said it has joined with co-counsel at the Law Offices of Brian M Cige to file a complaint against the Gloucester County Special Services School District Board of Education in Sewell, New Jersey.

The complaint addresses the case of the Sikh student, who remains anonymous as he is a minor, enrolled at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology.

It alleges that the student suffered “under a pattern of bias-based bullying since 2018.” “No student should experience what my child has gone through — not the bullying by fellow students, and certainly not the indifference, dismissiveness, or criticism of the adults who are meant to protect them,” said the student’s mother, who also remains anonymous to protect her child’s identity.

“I am hopeful that a civil court will recognise this clear case of bullying and take decisive action, both for the sake of my child and to create a safer learning environment for all students in this district.” The Sikh Coalition said in a statement that despite being subjected to slurs based on his actual and perceived race, derogatory comments about his articles of faith, and other bullying and harassment to the point that he were permanently pulled out of school, the student’s pleas for help from the school district have been repeatedly brushed aside by educators and administrators.

Prior to the filing of the complaint this month, the Coalition worked with the family to formally appeal the negative finding of the school district’s initial investigation.

The organisation said both the first investigation and the appeal ended with the school board refusing to take action; officials ignored the clear pattern of harassment, and insisted on characterising obviously bias-motivated attacks as harmless ‘nicknames.’ The suit calls for acknowledgement of the school district’s wrongdoing, training and processes to better recognise bias-motivated harassment in the future, and damages.

The organisation further said that even after more than a year out of school, the effects of the bullying on this student persist.

“The student remains in treatment for negative mental health consequences of his experience. And while students across New Jersey were transitioned to distance learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this student–who was already learning from home–has been subjected to additional reporting burdens and reduced learning time by the district,” it said.

Sikh Coalition Senior Staff Attorney Giselle Klapper said the organisation’s top priority is ensuring a safe path for the child to return to a healthy learning environment.

“However, it is also important that the School Board recognise and remedy how their investigation failed to acknowledge — let alone appropriately respond to — the obvious bias driving this bullying behaviour.

This acknowledgement must be accompanied by new training and procedures to keep from repeating these mistakes in the future,” Klapper said.

The Sikh Coalition added that despite being members of the world’s fifth largest religion, Sikhs in the United States are often subject to bias, bigotry and backlash.

“This harassment often focuses on Sikhs’ visible articles of faith, including unshorn hair, head coverings, steel bracelets, and other items,” it said.

The bullying of Sikh youth on the basis of their perceived and actual identity remains a “systemic problem” in the United States, it said, citing the results of the Sikh Coalition 2014 survey and a report entitled ‘Go Home, Terrorist’.

In the past year alone, the Sikh Coalition has received 14 legal intakes pertaining to school bullying across the country, it added.

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