Higher Education Minister in Ujjain today
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta will go to Ujjain at 3 pm on Sunday. After participating in local programmes there, Gupta will return to Bhopal in the night.
Regular attendance of teachers be ensured
Bhopal: Regular attendance of teachers in schools will be ensured. Stress will be laid on including literary, cultural and sports activities in curriculum. This was stated by Minister of State for School and Higher Education Deepak Joshi after assuming office at Mantralaya on Saturday. Joshi said that he will not accept garlands at any programme in schools. He said he will honour teachers by garlanding them. The Minister of State for School Education said that encroachments will be removed from land of schools. Joshi said that efforts will be made to open centres for excellence in higher education in the State and added that efforts will be made that mature young leadership comes forth through students union elections.
Umashankar reviews activities of PEB
Bhopal: Effective steps should be initiated to ensure error-free exams in future in view of irregularities having come to the fore in previous examinations conducted by Professional Examination Board (PEB). Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta was reviewing activities of PEB at Mantralaya on Saturday. Gupta said that his top priority was to ensure selection of able candidates through PEB in an impartial manner. Gupta said that report of the team constituted by the Chief Minister for improving PEB exams will be implemented as soon as it is received. Meeting of the team has been held. Next meeting is scheduled on January 2. PEB's Chairman Devraj Birdi informed about institution's functioning. Director PEB Tarun Kumar Pithode was also present on the occasion.
Minister Gyan Singh assumes office
Bhopal: SC, ST Welfare Minister Gyan Singh has said that his priorities include better implementation of schemes for SC, ST welfare and ensuring transparent administration. Singh held detailed discussions with departmental officers after assuming office at Mantralaya today. Singh informed that assistance worth Rs. 30 thousand will be given to beneficiaries instead of Rs. 20 thousand under Special Central Assistance Scheme and Article 275 (1) of the Constitution. The state government has issued an order to this effect on Saturday. A number of officers and friends called on the SC, ST Welfare Minister today and greeted him on assumption of office. Secretary Vinod Singh and other departmental officers also met Singh.