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  • Dharmendra Pradhan writes to Mamata over land allocation for JNV in South 24 Parganas-I, Malda

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday seeking her intervention to ensure the state allocates land for permanent campuses of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in South 24 Parganas-I and Malda.

    Pradhan noted the land allotment issue for the two JNVs remains unresolved since 2007-08 and 2016 respectively.

    With the state administration last year withdrawing the temporary site on which the JNV South 24 Parganas-I was functioning since 2007-08, the students had to be shifted to nearby JNVs and new admissions were put on hold, he said.

    JNV-Malda which was sanctioned in November 2016 is still non-functional for want of suitable land for the construction of a permanent campus and temporary accommodation.

    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are government-run Class 6-12 chain of residential schools. They admit students based on an entrance examination.

    “The prerequisites for the opening of a JNV are the provision of about 30 acres of suitable land, free of cost, along with adequate temporary rent-free accommodation, sufficient enough to accommodate approximately 240 students, to be provided by the concerned State Government to run the Vidyalaya for a period of 3 to 4 years,” Pradhan said in the letter.

    “JNV, South 24 Parganas was sanctioned in the year 2007 and made functional during the academic year 2007-08 from a temporary site provided by the district administration,” Pradhan said, adding the administration had assured to transfer land in favour of NVS for construction of the permanent building.

    “However, the transfer of the offered land is still awaited and the temporary site has also been withdrawn during February 2021.

    As a result, the students studying in the JNV, South 24 Paraganas-I had to be shifted to the nearby JNVs and further admissions to the Vidyalaya have also been put on hold,” he said.

    The minister requested the West Bengal CM to look into the matter personally and issue necessary instructions to the officers concerned to expedite the identification and transfer of suitable land and temporary accommodation.

    “So that these vidyalayas can be made functional at the earliest in the larger interest of the education of the rural children of these two districts,” the minister said.

    NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday seeking her intervention to ensure the state allocates land for permanent campuses of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in South 24 Parganas-I and Malda.

    Pradhan noted the land allotment issue for the two JNVs remains unresolved since 2007-08 and 2016 respectively.

    With the state administration last year withdrawing the temporary site on which the JNV South 24 Parganas-I was functioning since 2007-08, the students had to be shifted to nearby JNVs and new admissions were put on hold, he said.

    JNV-Malda which was sanctioned in November 2016 is still non-functional for want of suitable land for the construction of a permanent campus and temporary accommodation.

    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are government-run Class 6-12 chain of residential schools. They admit students based on an entrance examination.

    “The prerequisites for the opening of a JNV are the provision of about 30 acres of suitable land, free of cost, along with adequate temporary rent-free accommodation, sufficient enough to accommodate approximately 240 students, to be provided by the concerned State Government to run the Vidyalaya for a period of 3 to 4 years,” Pradhan said in the letter.

    “JNV, South 24 Parganas was sanctioned in the year 2007 and made functional during the academic year 2007-08 from a temporary site provided by the district administration,” Pradhan said, adding the administration had assured to transfer land in favour of NVS for construction of the permanent building.

    “However, the transfer of the offered land is still awaited and the temporary site has also been withdrawn during February 2021.

    As a result, the students studying in the JNV, South 24 Paraganas-I had to be shifted to the nearby JNVs and further admissions to the Vidyalaya have also been put on hold,” he said.

    The minister requested the West Bengal CM to look into the matter personally and issue necessary instructions to the officers concerned to expedite the identification and transfer of suitable land and temporary accommodation.

    “So that these vidyalayas can be made functional at the earliest in the larger interest of the education of the rural children of these two districts,” the minister said.

  • Chhattisgarh sees 3,963 COVID cases, addition includes 131 from Kondagaon school

    By PTI

    RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh’s COVID-19 count reached 10,59,716 on Sunday with the addition of 3,963 cases, while seven deaths took the toll to 13,654, an official said.

    The addition to the tally included 126 students and five teachers of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in the state’s Kondagaon district, he said.

    The state’s positivity rate, which is cases detected per 100 tests, stood at 12.17 per cent, he added.

    So far, 10,13,270 people have been discharged, leaving the state with an active tally of 32,792 cases, he said.

    “Raipur district reported 1,215 new cases, taking the caseload to 1,74,352, including 3,163 deaths. The district has 8,469 active cases. Durg recorded 512 cases, followed by Korba 328, Bilaspur 301, Raigarh 293, Rajnandgaon 200, Jashpur 173 and Janjgir-Champa 166, among other districts,” he said.

    With 32,563 samples being examined during the day, the number of COVID-19 tests in the state went up to 1,56,29,289, the official added.

    “A total of 126 school students and five teachers of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The samples of 182 students and teachers were sent for testing,” Kondagaon BMO Dr Suraj Singh Rathore said.

    Chhattisgarh’s coronavirus figures are as follows: Positive cases 10,59,716, new cases 3,963, death toll 13,654, recovered 10,13,270, active cases 32,792, today tests 32,563, total tests 1,56,29,289.

  • 85 students of Nainital school test positive for Covid, campus sealed

    By PTI

    DEHRADUN: Eighty-five students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Nainital’s Gangarkot tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the administration to declare the school a micro containment zone.

    He said samples of 496 students and school staff were sent for the RT-PCR testing after 11 students of the school tested positive recently.

    Eighty-five students of Classes 6-12 tested positive for Covid on Saturday, he said.

    The students have been kept in isolation at the school, which has been declared a micro containment zone, the official said.

    The district administration and the Health Department will soon take a call on whether or not to send home students whose reports have come negative, the official said.

  • COVID-19: Gujarat coaching centre raided, 555 students found, owner held

    By PTI
    AHMEDABAD: A coaching centre owner in Jasdan town of Gujarat’s Rajkot district was arrested for allegedly flouting COVID-19 norms after police found more than 550 students in his premises during a raid, police said on Monday.

    The raid on the centre, located some 215 kilomeres from here, took place on Sunday and its owner, identified as 39-year-old Jaysukh Sankhalva, was arrested on Monday, said Rajkot Superintendent of Police Balram Meena.

    “He was arrested under IPC and Epidemic Diseases Act provisions for disobeying police notification on COVID-19 norms as well as for negligent act which may spread infection.

    The children have been handed over to their parents,” he said.

    According to police, Sankhalva runs a coaching centre-cum-hostel to provide training to students appearing for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and Balachadi Sainik School entrance exams.

    “Based on a tip off, we raided the premises and found 555 students between the age of 9-10 taking tuition.

    These children were not wearing masks nor was social distancing being maintained.

    The centre was functioning despite the state government’s ban on classroom teaching due to the COVID-19 outbreak,” Jasdan police station sub inspector JH Sisodiya said.

    Before his arrest, Sankhalva told reporters the students were staying in his hostel since May 15 with parental consent.

    “Most of them are supposed to appear for Navodaya Vidyalaya entrance test, which got postponed. The parents of these children asked me to keep them in the hostel rather than send them home,” he claimed.

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Class 9th Entrance Examination on 24 February

    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Bemetara, Entrance Examination for class 9th, will be held on 24 February 2021 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. In this regard, all the candidates can get their admit card by visiting the website of Navodaya Vidyalaya www.navodaya.gov.in. It is mandatory to download the admit card and take a printout and bring it to the examination center. It is mandatory for all the students to come to the examination center for verification by 08:30. Questions related to Mathematics, General Science, Hindi and English will be asked in the exam. It is mandatory for all students to come to the examination center wearing a mask as per the safety norms of Corona infection Kovid-19. Also, it is necessary to keep your essential materials like pen, pencil, water bottle, sanitizer. It is forbidden to use any other material in the examination center, carrying mobile and powered equipment is prohibited in the examination center. All parents should keep in mind that any type of error correction such as name, caste, date of birth, urban / rural etc. can be completed immediately by contacting Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Principal. For this, contact the school helpline number 9993795103, 9425541337.