Mumbai Apr 21 PTI The Maharashtra government will pay Rs 2 crore to English-medium schools towards their dues over 25 per cent admissions in the Right To Education Act quota School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad has saidGaikwad was speaking at an annual conference of the Maharashtra English School Trustees Association in Mumbai on TuesdayShe also advised these schools to focus on Marathi as the regional language and then English as an international languageMinister of State for School Education Bacchu Kadu Higher Education Minister Uday Samant and president of the Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh Sachin Ahir also attended the functionThe ministers were presented a charter of demands by MESTA PTI COR KRK KRK
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 29 (ANI): A case was registered against Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, textiles minister Aslam Shaikh for allegedly brandishing swords at a public event in suburban Bandra, informed Mumbai Police on Monday.
Mumbai Mar 25 PTI In a bid to curb sexual harassment incidents Maharashtra minister Varsha Gaikwad on Friday ordered that all schools must install CCTV cameras Speaking in the Legislative Council the state school education minister said there are some 65000 schools in the state comprising state run state funded private ones and those attached to various education boards All these schools must deploy CCTV cameras to put a check on sexual harassment We will make it mandatory for schools to support the CCTV cameras with a hard-drive so that daily footage can be recorded and made available if required for inquiry she said Schools will have to set up Sakhi Savitri committee comprising principal woman teacher doctor anganwadi worker male and female students to maintain school decorum and if needed to carry out inquiry as well Names of members must be prominently displayed in schools she added Gaikwad said the school education commissioner will oversee the functioning of these committees PTI ND BNM BNM BNM
Mumbai Mar 21 PTI Integrated and bilingual textbooks will be introduced for Class I students in Marathi medium schools from the coming academic year Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said on Monday Gaikwad made the comments while replying to queries raised by some MLAs in the Assembly Students understand better what is taught to them in their mother tongue But they should also understand English words for Marathi words We are also committed to reducing the burden of their books So we will introduce integrated plus bilingual books from class I in the state the minister said PTI ENM BNM BNM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 17 (ANI): Mumbai sessions courton Thursday granted bail to social media influencer Vikas Fhatak alias 'Hindustani bhau' on Thursday in the matter of Dharavi students protest over online exams, said Advocate Aniket Nikam.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 5 (ANI): Social media influencer Vikas Fhatak alias 'Hindustani bhau' was produced before a magistrate court in Bandra on Saturday after which he was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): Social media influencer Vikas Fhatak, also known as 'Hindustani Bhau' has been sent to police custody by the court till February 4.
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Congress on Tuesday released the list of star campaigners for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to be held on February 14.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 1 (ANI): Dharavi Police on Tuesday arrested two people including social media influencer Vikas Fhatak, also known as 'Hindustani Bhau' for allegedly instigating students to protest to demand online exams for classes 10th and 12th in view of COVID-19.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 31 (ANI): Students staged a protest outside State School Education Minster Professor Varsha Eknath Gaikwad's residence in Maharashtra's Mumbai, against offline exams.