National Agriculture Education Day

National Agriculture Education Day was celebrated at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni. Dr PK Mahajan, Director of Extension Education, gave an overview of various programmes of the university. VC Kaushal dwelt upon the role of agriculture in India and urged students to be part of the agricultural revolution. He also highlighted the role of schools in motivating students to take up agriculture as a profession. Over 75 students from St Lukes, MRA DAV and Gurukul International school attended it online. A declamation contest on "Importance and scope of agricultural education with special emphasis on horticulture and forestry" was held where Nikshubha bagged the first position, while Preetika and Varnika stood second and Sonali Thakur stood third.

ABVP opposes extra fee in schools

The ABVP has expressed its opposition to the schools demanding additional fee along with tuition fee. Minister Vishal Verma said the government's notification allowing private schools to charge additional fee would put burden on people already under financial stress due to corona. Citing the case of DAV, New Shimla, which has been asking parents to pay additional Rs 15,000 in the name of registration fee, annual fee and other charges, the AVBP said it was not right on the part of the school. Verma further said parents had been paying tuition fee for online classes, so asking anything beyond it was a clear case of exploitation.

Book on music released

HPU VC Sikander Kumar on Thursday released a book authored by Music Department's assistant professor Kriti Garg. The book talks about different ragas in Indian classical music in detail. The VC congratulated the author for the work.