Policies
The draft anti-rape Bill is slated to introduce significant changes to the investigation and prosecution process. It has reduced the probe deadline from 2 months to 21 days.
New NMC guidelines for CBME curriculum have also dropped a section on disability from the foundation course. The MBBS syllabus has drawn flak from disability and LGBTQ+ activists.
The reformed policy promotes equal opportunities for men and women and eliminates gender discrimination.
Uttar Pradesh has identified 12 areas for digital intervention in schools: Basic education secretary
The controversial digital teacher attendance project was one. UP govt has put it on hold, pending review by a panel, said top basic shiksha official.
While UP CM Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the judgment, his government had argued its order was ‘neither arbitrary nor illegal and…only a policy decision’.
NMC Task Force Report: Over 56% PG medicine students don’t get weekly offs; 65% in MBBS have wanted to quit; over 50% teachers think mental stress is ‘an excuse’
The DEB-ID will be mandatory for all students, except for foreign students, enrolling in recognised institutes offering online and distance education. The unique ID is valid for a lifetime.
The NMC has instructed medical colleges to ensure that the campus and corridors are well-lit and adequate security staff are appointed in all open areas on campus.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government will hand over the RG Kar hospital doctor murder probe to the CBI. Banerjee adds she wants the case to be tried in a fast-track court.
Yogi Adityanath directed that a research centre should be established in the name of the great litterateur and thinker Rahul Sankrityayan at Maharaja Suheldev State University.
