Colleges told to compile RTI data

The Higher Education Department has asked the deputy directors of the department and public information officers/principals of the government colleges, as well as Sanskrit colleges, to compile data for submission of the annual report of RTI to the state Information Commissioner and Education Secretary, and send it to the directorate of education and RTI cell through mail by May 31. The data to be submitted includes application received, appeals received and disposed off, RTI fee, additional fee received in respect of institutions, offices and institutions and other details.

Workshop at Shoolini varsity

A workshop under ‘V-Empower Coaching Programme’ on ‘Winning from within’ was held at Shoolini University. Key speakers for the session were senior facilitators Sushma Banthia and Sanyog Jain. Sushma Banthia, a certified leadership coach, opined coaching must have a holistic approach. She said right attitude, timeless habits and practice were vital for success. Sanyog Jain, a credentialed coach with ICF, discussed concepts such as power of the made-up mind, no learning in comfort zone or no comfort in learning zone, linking habit with purpose, etc.

‘Prioritise jab for college students’

The NSUI has written a letter to the Chief Minister, in which it demanded that college and university students should be vaccinated on priority. The NSUI also sought special assistance for the children, who lost their parents or the breadwinner to Covid, on the lines of the J&K administration. The students’ body also demanded that Rs 5,000 each should be transferred to the account of BPL families, small-time shopkeepers and traders. The NSUI also urged the CM to fix the prices of N-95 masks and sanitisers.