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Uttar Pradesh: Facelift for govt schools Lucknow, April 3. To ensure 100 percent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched a statewide ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ (attend school campaign) from Shravasti district, which has UP’s lowest literacy rate. “Government schools must achieve all the goals of Operation Kayakalp which aims at giving schools a facelift. Towards this end, all state-run schools have been directed to offer basic facilities such as toilets, drinking water, furniture and uniforms to students, and also ensure deployment of adequate teachers under the campaign,” said the chief minister, addressing media on the occasion. Delhi: Withdrawn invite indignation New Delhi, April 14. Delhi University’s top-ranked Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College for Women withdrew an invitation to BJP national spokesperson Guru Prakash Paswan, following protests from members of its students’ community. After LSR’s SC-ST (scheduled castes and tribes) community advertised an interview with Paswan to commemorate the birth anniversary of SC-ST leader Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) unit of the college persuaded the SC-ST association to withdraw its invitation on the plea that BJP is “against the interests of marginalised communities”. “I prepared my presentation on the contributions of Babasaheb Ambedkar beyond drafting of the Constitution, his role as an economist, diplomat and an educationist… At a time when the country is celebrating 75 years of its independence, one thing that we ought to learn from the makers of our Constitution is their ability to listen, absorb and respect other viewpoints,” said Paswan in a statement posted on Facebook and Twitter. J&K: Commerce education drive Jammu, April 4. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) signed a five-year partnership agreement with Directorate of School Education, Kashmir for promoting commerce education among students of the Union territory. Under the agreement, commerce education will be promoted in government and government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools. “Commerce education can play a critical role to promote the growth of industry and the whole economy. Kashmir’s talented youth need to transform into major contributors,” said a joint statement released on the occasion. Earlier, ICAI announced a 75 percent fees waiver for all chartered accountancy courses for students from the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and North-eastern states. Gujarat: Mission Schools of Excellence Ahmedabad, April 5. The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide a loan of Rs.7,500 crore towards the state government’s Mission Schools of Excellence project, to improve the quality of education in Gujarat’s 35,133 government and 5,847 grant-in-aid schools. Under the Mission Schools of Excellence project, the state government has budgeted expenditure of Rs.10,000 crore over the next five years. A World Bank delegation visited Gandhinagar to study the Schools of Excellence project. Led by the bank’s global education director Jaime Saavedra, the delegation also visited the state education ministry’s command and control centre in the state capital. Haryana: Exam malpractice arrests Chandigarh, April 7. A principal, teacher and two staff members of a…