UP Government

The UP government has yet stood at odds with the Ministry of Human Resource and Development as its demand for more funds to see the implementation of the Right to Education Act through was met by a re-buff from the Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal. Speaking on behalf of his party, Sibal said that the Congress would ensure education to all, once it comes to power in the state.

Even as UP government’s regulated law of providing reservation quota for SCs/STs/OBCs in private institutions including engineering and medical colleges is facing challenges, the central government has decided to support the state government’s move. The HRD ministry (MHRD) sources revealed that the government is supporting the law because it was within the provisions of Article 15 (5) of the Constitution.

The Uttar Pradesh government has rejected the new UPTU entrance exams proposal that sought implementation of new norms for eligibility of candidates as well as the examination marking process. The old norms would continue where there would be no negative marking on wrong answers and it would not be compulsory for candidates to acquire 60 percent marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) in their school passing (intermediate) exams.

Having decided upon making Hindi a compulsory subject in all high school examinations, the Mayawati government in UP has ensured that all UP board students appearing for the Class X examinations take the national language seriously; not as one which they can afford to neglect and still pass.

For free and compulsory primary education to children in between six and 14 years of age, Uttar Pradesh is ready to implement the Right to Education Act 2009. After the launch, it will become the first state in the country to implement the act. More so, the launch will broaden the dimension of ‘education for all’ by taking it to ‘secondary education for all’ level. 

Public private partnership (PPP) model is set to be implemented in six government medical colleges and two para-medical colleges in UP. The state cabinet has given the decision in this regard wherein the mentioned colleges would follow the public private partnership (PPP) model. 

The series of suicides and ragging-related deaths that occurred recently in the private engineering colleges around Lucknow has served as an eye opener for the UP government. The state government on Tuesday decided to list ragging under cognizable crimes, as part of its moves to put an end to this brutality. The Bahujan Samaj Party government is all set to get a fresh ordinance, titled as ‘Ragging in Educational Institutions Ordinance, 2009′ drafted for this purpose.  

Following an enquiry into the system of awarding recognition to intermediate schools, the Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn the recognition of as many as 235 schools in the state. The enquiry has brought to fore large scale irregularities in the procedure followed by the authorities. It found many below standard schools also to be part of the recognised schools category.

Sanctioning medical insurance for higher education teachers, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally given its approval for a long pending demand. According to the government the premium of the group medical insurance shall be paid from the welfare fund collected for the teachers.

Reservation of 50 percent seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBC students in private unaided technical institutions of Uttar Pradesh has now got a legal sanction with the Supreme Court lifting the stay on its implementation granted by the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday.