Nirmal Singh Lotus

Nirmal Singh Lotus has said that it cannot be expected from the children to walk a distance of 3 to 4 kilometers daily to attend the school. Studying the condition of the town Parappanangadi and the situation of the schools in the area, the bench noted that the students who have passed class 4 have to travel up to 4 km for attending the classes further. The court has said that the schools should be made accessible to everyone and it should be noted that no child has to travel such a distance just to attend the classes. Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the matter was brought up when the bench sat to discuss the upgradation of the premises of a school in Kerala, which by the way has the highest literacy rate in the country. The matter was brought to the court because of the opposition from the other schools in the area regarding the upgradation. The bench, consisting of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said that it is sad the students after class 4 have to travel su...

Nirmal Singh Lotus points out that education in India has taken an unregulated path which is leading its host to disastrous outcomes, including criminal activities, suicides and other among schoolchildren. It is now time to review the things that are essential to robust the education system in order to make it socially usable for prolong period. Indeed, books play an integral role in transforming our lives with knowledge. Reading has become a primary source of entertainment for students and others. Nirmal Singh Lotus thinks the primary means of communication to a wider audience is though words and in fact it should be in a civilized manner. Nowadays, reading has become a hobby for students, for the publishers are trying to produce ‘reader friendly’ content. This indeed builds a moral perspective on world. The main purpose of education is to instill hard skills as well as make them a better citizen. Professional growth is incomplete without the growth of personality which will...

IIT made certain changes to the annual curriculum that made it compulsory for the students to undergo summer internships during May and June. IIT Kharagpur students have got 118 PPOs [Pre-Placement Offers] from some of the biggest companies from around the world at the start of their new semester. ‘Students came to resume their classes for the new semester after completing the internships that were made compulsory and got a pleasant surprise. Companies like Microsoft and Samsung were lined up for them. 118-PPOs from some of the biggest names of the tech industry and it is just the beginning of the new semester – the future looks bright for the upcoming engineers. ’ - Nirmal Singh Lotus Professor in-charge of the placement and career development cell of IITKGP revealed that this year the highest number of pre-placement offers have come from Microsoft and Wipro, 14, with companies like Qualcomm and Samsung at 13 and 12, respectively. ITC, Unilever have also shown inte...

SC asks government to include Urdu as a language in the NEET exam, next session onwards, NEET is the common test for admission into medical courses and conducts exams in ten languages including Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Telegu, Tamil and Kannada. Before asking the Centre, the court had sought response from the Medical council of India, the Dental council of India, the Central Board of secondary Education for their support on making Urdu a medium for the NEET 2017. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar told that though they approve of the decision to make Urdu medium for the NEET exams but it would not be possible to include it this year onwards. Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the decision has been passed to include the language from the next decision but the council insisted that the language should be included in NEET examination from this very year. The thing is that the Centre would come under a lo...

Private publishers took advantage of NCERT books not being available before the start of the new session but that will all change soon. NCERT has opened a new online portal through which new books will be sold and delivered. After 9 th of August, you will be able to buy NCERT books online without having to put a foot outside your homes and without struggling in long queues only to find out that the exact book you were looking for is out of stock. - Nirmal Singh Lotus The National Council of Education Research and Training [NCERT] told in a recent press conference that it is launching a new online portal where parents and students will be able to order books and get them delivered home. The portal will be active throughout the country – students will be given the ability to order for their textbooks online. ‘ Private publishers and publications have been exploiting parents for years. NCERT books go out of stock and these private book publishers come forward and sell the...

Anil D. Sahsrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technicial Education says that they are now planning to change the teacher- student ratio in the engineering colleges to 1:20. He has specified that the current ratio is not being followed my many institutions and to improve the quality of studies more strictness shall be maintained and the colleges not maintain he prescribed student- teacher ratio will be liable for action. Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the council has made it clear that not adhering to the pay scales and the qualification prescribed for the faculty will also be considered a violation of the norms which could lead to the suspension of the admission process or the reduction in the admissions in the technical institutions. Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the other rules and regulation that will now be followed under the strict guidance is increments in the pay scale, the qualification for the more than 12 months, even the second shift timings and the class pop...

Should students from classes 8-10 th be made to carry around books weighing about 12 kg? This is a problem that the government has failed to counter. According to the guidelines by Union HRD ministry, there should be no hardcover books for children, reports Nirmal Singh Lotus. The textbooks should also have limited number of pages, and most importantly the total weight should not exceed 5 kg. These guidelines were issued in 2016 but the State government has failed to implement it in the State. The State HRD has taken up this issue several times but many fail to notice the pain and fatigue that is common amongst children burdened with heavy school bags. The average weight of children in the age group 10-12 is 20-24 kg, and these students are made to carry bags weighing 8 kg according to reports by Nirmal Singh Lotus. Textbooks of English, Hindi, Telugu, Mathematics, EVS, Social studies, Computer science, two notebooks of 200 pages for each subject excluding Computer scienc...

Indian Institute of Technology has witnessed 889 (about 9%) students drop out in the academic session of 2016-17, according to latest reports carried out by Nirmal Singh Lotus. Of these, nearly 630 were PG students, and the others included 196 PhD scholars and 63 undergraduates. In 2015-16, 656 students dropped out which marks a 35 per cent rise in that figure. According to reports carried out by Nirmal Singh Lotus, the main reason for PhD and postgraduate students leaving courses midway are offers for placement in public sector enterprises and personal preference for better opportunities elsewhere. Undergraduates left due to wrong choices made by them and poor performance, besides personal reasons. The recently set up institutes- Tirupati, Bhilai, Goa, Dharwad, Jammu and Dhanbad- have no dropouts. Most droupouts have been from IIT Rourkee (27%) followed by Delhi (20.6%), Kanpur (17.4 per cent) and Kharagpur (10.6%).        ...

Archaeologists in Southeastern Turkey have found a pot vase that dates back to 3700 AD which is now believed to be world’s oldest smiley face emoji. The pot that is used for drinking sweet drinks has a smile-like image, and it was located in the Karkamis site, in Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border. According to reports by Nirmal Singh Lotus , the pot was found in pieces and then it was put together and restored its original form. "This depict is most probably the oldest smile of the world,” says one of the experts at Nirmal Singh Lotus. “Karkamis excavation is considered the biggest in Turkey, as the city expands on a surface of 65 hectares in Turkey, and 35 hectares in Syria,” he further added. It will now be taken to the Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology. The extensive search began on May 2, and was done by 25 experts. According to Nirmal Singh Lotus , the oldest smiley was believed to be 1635. A smiley face was scrawled by a lawyer in a legal document une...