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Fareeha Iftikhar

Fareeha Iftikhar is a Special Correspondent with the national political bureau of the Hindustan Times. She tracks the education ministry, and covers the beat at the national level for the newspaper. She also writes on issues related to gender, human rights and different policy matters.

Articles by Fareeha Iftikhar

NSUI to contact student voters ahead of LS polls

As part of the campaign, which was launched at Andhra University in Vishakhapatnam last week, the NSUI will plans to appoint “behtar bharat ambassadors” in each of these colleges and universities to work as “foot soldiers” of the party.

In Delhi, the campaign will be launched in 110 educational institutions, including the 93 Delhi University colleges, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Jamia Millia Islamia among others by members of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) panel in January.(HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 29, 2018 12:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Delhi government sets upper age limit for entry to nursery, KG, class 1

According to the circular, DoE has fixed an upper age limit of 4, 5 and 6 years as on March 31, 2019, for admission in nursery, kindergarten (KG) and Class 1, respectively. The minimum age for admission in these classes is 3, 4 and 5 years as of March 31, 2019 respectively.

The Delhi government has, for the first time, fixed an upper age limit for admission to nursery, kindergarten and Class 1.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 28, 2018 08:13 AM IST
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Menstrual awareness workshops: Breaking stereotypes in co-ed govt schools

As many as 30 co-educational government schools have approached the Sachhi Saheli NGO this year to organise workshops in order to sensitise students about menstruation.

Students during a workshop on
Updated on Nov 25, 2018 10:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

11 Delhi University colleges may face fund cut from UGC

The UGC had in August warned 21 DU colleges that it will withhold their grants if they did not appoint regular principals by October 31. While 10 of them have already appointed principals, 11 are yet to start the process

The 11 colleges of DU under lens are among the ones who receive 5% funds from the Delhi government.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 12:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

After eminence tag, IIT-Delhi doubles fee for masters and research courses

The fee structure for the foreign students has not changed as of now. The move comes at a time when the institute is taking measures to raise its funds for shoring up infrastructure and research after earning the Institution of Eminence (IoE) status.

Although the students who took admission in postgraduate and research courses in May had paid as per the existing fee structure for their first semester, they will now have to pay the revised fee for the second semester that will begin in January next year(Hindustan Times file Photo)
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By

DU files police complaint against former students union president Ankiv Baisoya for using ‘forged’ marksheet

The Buddhist Studies department of Delhi University had on November 14 cancelled former DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya’s admission after receiving a confirmation from Tamil Nadu-based Thiruvalluvar University that an undergraduate certificate submitted by Baisoya was “fake”.

Ankiv Baisoya (left) stepped down as president of Delhi University Students Union over a controversy regarding a fake degree used by him for getting admission in the varsity.(Sushil Kumar/HT File)
Published on Nov 20, 2018 01:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

DU cancelled DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya’s admission a day before he stepped down

Department of Buddhist Studies received confirmation on Nov 13 that former DUSU president’s degree was fake, say officials.

Ankiv Baisoya during DUSU election campaigning.(Amal KS /HT Archive)
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

DU teacher accuses college principal of harassment, ‘outraging her modesty’

In her complaint, the 52-year-old college teacher in Delhi University’s south campus alleged that she has been “abused” and “humiliated” by the principal since 2013. The principal, however, denied the charges.

A college teacher of Delhi University has accused the principal of harassing her. But the principal has denied the charge.(Shutterstock / Representative Image)
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 02:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

‘Accept us for who we are’: Transgender children deprived of normal school life

The lack of acceptance from peers and family leave transgender children traumatised for life, say experts.A survey found that only 15% of transgender persons in Delhi and 10% in UP had completed their matriculation.

According to a survey. only 15% of transgender persons in Delhi and 10% in UP had completed their matriculation.(HT File / Representative Photo)
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 08:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Fake degree case: DU official to visit TN university to verify DUSU president Baisoya’s degree

Soon after Ankiv Baisoya’s election as DU students’ union president on September 13, the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) had accused him of submitting a fake degree to get admission in DU’s department of Buddhist Studies. Baisoya has denied the allegation.

DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya is at the centre of a controversy over the authenticity of his degree from a Tamil Nadu university which he submitted to get admission in Delhi University. T(Mohd Zakir/HT File)
Published on Nov 09, 2018 12:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Delhi govt schools blame unavailability of teachers for mid-term results

Delhi government’s Directorate of Education summoned all the zonal education officers and head of schools (HoS) where results were below average and discussed a course of action

Anuj Gupta, a science student, in a classroom in absence of the Physics teacher, in New Delhi on August 2, 2017.(Burhaan Kinu/HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 06, 2018 11:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

IIT-Delhi to start two new centres and ‘innovation science park’

The institution aims to generate internal resources for several developmental purposes to meet standards in line with the IoE tag. However, it will get grants worth ₹200 crore per year from the government in the next five years

The two new centres of IIT Delhi will be focus on solving contemporary issues of society.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 11:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

As Delhi’s air quality dips, schools begin taking anti-pollution measures

Though the Delhi administration is yet to issue an advisory for schools, several government and private schools have started taking initiatives on their own. Suspension of morning assemblies and restricted outdoor activities are among the steps being taken by the schools.

Students on their way to school amid increasing pollution at Mandir Marg in New Delhi on Monday, October 29, 2018.(Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Oct 31, 2018 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By, New Delhi

Replace ‘Dalit’ with ‘bahujan’ in books, suggests DU academic panel

Several members of the Delhi University’s standing for academic affairs raised objections over the use of the word ‘Dalit’ in a course taught by the political science department, citing a Supreme Court order.

Some members raised objections over the use of “Dalit” word in a course taught by political science department in the varsity.((Sushil Kumar/HT Photo))
Published on Oct 25, 2018 12:16 PM IST

Govt to frame norms to make schools inclusive for transgender students

After this workshop we will collect feedback on how to make school education accessible to transgender and gender non­conforming students. Based on their feedback we will lay down guidelines and policies. SANJAY GOEL, director, Delhi govt’s Directorate of Education

The Delhi government’s said that within a year it will come up with guidelines to make its 1,100 schools “inclusive” for transgender students.(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)
Published on Oct 24, 2018 11:01 AM IST

JNU mulls new ‘satellite’ campus outside NCR

“This satellite centre will focus on job-oriented courses. We also plan to have a bio-incubator and industry-funded labs on this campus. The only aim behind the move is to make JNU’s high quality education accessible to more students outside Delhi,” said JNU vice-chancellor (VC) Jagadesh Kumar.

JNU vice-chancellor (VC) Jagadesh Kumar said the satellite campus would focus on professional courses.(Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Oct 23, 2018 01:59 PM IST

Varsity to ‘probe’ 2016 charge against teacher

A Supreme Court bench comprising justices Madan Lokur and AK Goel had, on November 15, 2016, directed the Chhattisgarh police they would give the accused persons, including Prasad and Sundar, at least four weeks’ notice before carrying out an investigation.

File photo of JNU administrative building.((Ajay Aggarwal/HT file photo))
Updated on Oct 23, 2018 02:00 PM IST

JNU to get own weather, climate tracking system

The JNU administration has proposed to set up an automatic weather station and an environmental monitoring station at the Special Centre for Disaster Research to collect data on meteorological conditions and pollutants in the air in the national Capital.

The centre would track changes in weather patterns and notify the Delhi government before natural calamities or any major weather changes, officials said.(File Photo)
Published on Oct 22, 2018 11:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

EWS students at private schools still waiting for free books, uniforms

Under the RTE Act, 2009, 25 % of seats in entry-level classes — nursery, KG and first standard — are to be reserved for children whose parents earn less than Rs 1 lakh per annum.

Seven months into the academic session, hundreds of economically disadvantaged parents in the national capital have complained that their wards had not been provided with free books, stationery and uniforms by many private schools.(Representative Image/HT File Photo)
Published on Oct 20, 2018 07:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Many private schools in Delhi reject EWS entries even as 13,000 seats remain vacant

According to records of Delhi’s Directorate of Education (DoE) , of the 48,122 seats reserved under the so-called economically weaker section or EWS category in private schools at the entry level, only 35,500 seats have been filled.

Records showed that as many as 74 private schools in Delhi did not admit even a single student under the EWS category in the last two academic sessions.(HT File / Representative Photo)
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 10:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

NSUI president resigns after being accused of sexual harassment

A woman alleged that Fairoz Khan “used to sexually harass young women” for political appointments in the NSUI, the students’ wing of the Congress.

National president of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) Fairoz Khan(Burhaan Kinu/HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 16, 2018 05:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi & Fareeha Iftikhar

‘Casteist question’ in Delhi board’s exam for primary school teachers causes uproar

The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board said it was an ‘inadvertant error’.

A teachers’ forum has sought the removal of chairperson of DSSSB, which conducted the exam for recruitment of primary teachers for Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Saturday.(AFP File/ Representative image)
Updated on Oct 15, 2018 07:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Delhi University’s transgender Centre fails to attract aspirants

It has been over six months since the centre was established at Delhi University’s North Campus to offer counselling to transgender students. No transgender student enrolled in a regular course this year.

The SOL, which offers graduate and post-graduate courses through correspondence, does not maintain any record of transgender student enrolment. Their admission form includes a third gender category, too.(HT Photo/Representative Image)
Updated on Oct 07, 2018 02:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Delhi government schools facing shortage of Punjabi, Urdu language teachers

According to Delhi Minority Commission chairperson, officials at several government schools said Urdu and Punjabi languages are not being taught there.

File photo of a government school in Delhi.(HT File / Representative Image)
Published on Oct 03, 2018 12:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Universities and colleges across Delhi celebrate ‘surgical strike’ day

Even though the colleges across the Delhi University (DU) organised their individual programmes, the university administration also held a talk session by retired army officers and defence experts on the strike..

An NCC cadet looks at portraits of fallen soldiers during an event to celebrate the second anniversary of the surgical strike at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Saturday.(Burhaan Kinu/HT File Photo)
Published on Sep 30, 2018 08:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

In a first, 5 women strive to form an all-girls football team at JNU

Since the Jawaharlal Nehru University does not have a women team, Sharma had been practising football with the boys’ team for the last one year.

The five women now practise on weekends between 6am and 8am at the JNU sports stadium.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 26, 2018 03:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Govt teachers aggrieved over new rule for pay hike

Guidelines of the 7th Pay Commission makes it compulsory for teachers to have “very good” remark for their performance in the last five years to get hikes and promotions.

The teachers said the criterion cannot be applied for the last five years as the 7th Pay Commission was implemented only two years back, in 2016.(HT Archive)
Published on Sep 22, 2018 03:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Delhi universities, colleges gear up to observe ‘surgical strike day’

The day will mark the second anniversary of the Indian Army’s strike at terror pods across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

JNU and DU plan to organise lectures on the contribution of the armed forces in defending the country.(HT FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Sep 22, 2018 03:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

JNU students’ body decides to defy restrictions, says freedom curtailed

The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) took the decision after door-to-door checks were reportedly conducted in their hostel rooms on pretext of looking for ‘outsiders’ late on Tuesday night.

Students of JNU on Wednesday protest against ABVP for allegedly indulging in violence on campus.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)
Published on Sep 20, 2018 02:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Tight security at JNU, students say ‘virtual emergency’ imposed

Delhi Police, CRPF personnel guard all gates to ‘prevent the entry of outsiders’ on the campus.

Heavy security was deployed at the university’s three gates to prevent the entry of outsiders.(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sep 19, 2018 08:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By, New Delhi
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