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145 Maharashtra Prisoners' Sentences Reduced After Securing Degrees
One is a convicted murderer while the other is serving time for theft. The two are among 145 prisoners in Maharashtra who were given reductions in their respective sentences for completing graduation, and post-graduation programmes.
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UP Jail Inmates Shine In Board Exams, 95% Cleared Class 10
Ninety-five per cent of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jails who sat for the Class 10 board examination cleared the test while the success rate in Class 12 was over 70 per cent.
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"Savarkar Flying On A Bulbul": Chapter In Class 8 Kannada Textbook Goes Viral
The author while describing about the prison cell in which Savarakar was lodged says, "there is not even a keyhole in Savarkar's cell, but still somehow bulbul birds used to come flying inside the cell, and sitting on their wings Savarkar used to visit his motherland everyday and return."
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Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University To Offer Skills Training To Delhi's Prison Inmates
Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University signed a pact with Delhi Prisons department to support their long term rehabilitation at Tihar Jail.
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University Students Should Visit Jails For Learning Experience: UP Governor
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Saturday suggested that visits of university students to Nari Nirketans and jails should be arranged so that they learn the circumstances under which the prisoners committed crimes and avoid them in future.
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Victims Killed In London Bridge Attack Identified As Cambridge Graduates
Family members and the University of Cambridge community are mourning the victims of Friday's fatal stabbing at London Bridge, both recent graduates who dedicated their young lives to justice, education and prison reform.
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UPPRPB Announces 56,778 UP Police Vacancies; Apply From November 1
UPPRPB has announced more than 55000 police vacancies. The application process will start from November 1, 2018.
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How A Library Is Motivating Inmates In Dimapur District Jail For Education, Skill Development
With the library at the helm, the inmates at the Dimapur District Jail have begun to show interest in pursuing knowledge and skill development.
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Over 1 Lakh Telangana Illiterate Prisoners Educated In 4 Years: Official
More than 1.13 lakh illiterate prisoners have been made literates under the Telangana Prisons Department's 'Vidhya Dan' programme over the past four years, a top official said on Wednesday.
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IGNOU: Death Row Convict Among Three Complete Degrees
Three prisoners of the Nagpur Central Jail - two of them serving life sentences and the third a death row convict - have completed BA and MA degrees from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
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How Telangana Jails Are Turning Into Education Hubs For Inmates
In India, jails are normally used to punish criminals for the crimes that they have committed, but in Telangana, prisoners are being provided with an opportunity to reform themselves through various schemes, one of which is the "Vidyadanam Scheme", that aims to make them literate.
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In China, Cheating On An Exam Will Get Students Detention - In Prison
More than 9.4 million Chinese students just sat for annual college entrance exams known as gaokao. The stakes are incredibly high, as admissions are largely based on exam scores. A high scorer streamlines his or her path toward a better education and better jobs - a low scorer may be destined for the opposite, made worse by shame.
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Myanmar Student Activists Arrive at Court for Hearing
Dozens of Myanmar activists arrived at court for a hearing in the central town of Letpadan today after they were arrested in a police crackdown on a student-led protest that sparked international alarm.
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Myanmar Student Activists to Appear in Court, Say Relatives
Dozens of Myanmar activists were expected to appear in court in the central town of Letpadan today after they were arrested in a police crackdown on a student-led protest that sparked international alarm.
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Indian-American to Lead Prison Education Initiative in New York
Dr Nikhil Pal Singh, an Indian-American professor, is leading a unique New York University initiative to bring college education to the inmates of a medium-security prison in New York state.
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145 Maharashtra Prisoners' Sentences Reduced After Securing Degrees
One is a convicted murderer while the other is serving time for theft. The two are among 145 prisoners in Maharashtra who were given reductions in their respective sentences for completing graduation, and post-graduation programmes.
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UP Jail Inmates Shine In Board Exams, 95% Cleared Class 10
Ninety-five per cent of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jails who sat for the Class 10 board examination cleared the test while the success rate in Class 12 was over 70 per cent.
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"Savarkar Flying On A Bulbul": Chapter In Class 8 Kannada Textbook Goes Viral
The author while describing about the prison cell in which Savarakar was lodged says, "there is not even a keyhole in Savarkar's cell, but still somehow bulbul birds used to come flying inside the cell, and sitting on their wings Savarkar used to visit his motherland everyday and return."
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Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University To Offer Skills Training To Delhi's Prison Inmates
Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University signed a pact with Delhi Prisons department to support their long term rehabilitation at Tihar Jail.
-
University Students Should Visit Jails For Learning Experience: UP Governor
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Saturday suggested that visits of university students to Nari Nirketans and jails should be arranged so that they learn the circumstances under which the prisoners committed crimes and avoid them in future.
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Victims Killed In London Bridge Attack Identified As Cambridge Graduates
Family members and the University of Cambridge community are mourning the victims of Friday's fatal stabbing at London Bridge, both recent graduates who dedicated their young lives to justice, education and prison reform.
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UPPRPB Announces 56,778 UP Police Vacancies; Apply From November 1
UPPRPB has announced more than 55000 police vacancies. The application process will start from November 1, 2018.
-
How A Library Is Motivating Inmates In Dimapur District Jail For Education, Skill Development
With the library at the helm, the inmates at the Dimapur District Jail have begun to show interest in pursuing knowledge and skill development.
-
Over 1 Lakh Telangana Illiterate Prisoners Educated In 4 Years: Official
More than 1.13 lakh illiterate prisoners have been made literates under the Telangana Prisons Department's 'Vidhya Dan' programme over the past four years, a top official said on Wednesday.
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IGNOU: Death Row Convict Among Three Complete Degrees
Three prisoners of the Nagpur Central Jail - two of them serving life sentences and the third a death row convict - have completed BA and MA degrees from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
-
How Telangana Jails Are Turning Into Education Hubs For Inmates
In India, jails are normally used to punish criminals for the crimes that they have committed, but in Telangana, prisoners are being provided with an opportunity to reform themselves through various schemes, one of which is the "Vidyadanam Scheme", that aims to make them literate.
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In China, Cheating On An Exam Will Get Students Detention - In Prison
More than 9.4 million Chinese students just sat for annual college entrance exams known as gaokao. The stakes are incredibly high, as admissions are largely based on exam scores. A high scorer streamlines his or her path toward a better education and better jobs - a low scorer may be destined for the opposite, made worse by shame.
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Myanmar Student Activists Arrive at Court for Hearing
Dozens of Myanmar activists arrived at court for a hearing in the central town of Letpadan today after they were arrested in a police crackdown on a student-led protest that sparked international alarm.
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Myanmar Student Activists to Appear in Court, Say Relatives
Dozens of Myanmar activists were expected to appear in court in the central town of Letpadan today after they were arrested in a police crackdown on a student-led protest that sparked international alarm.
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Indian-American to Lead Prison Education Initiative in New York
Dr Nikhil Pal Singh, an Indian-American professor, is leading a unique New York University initiative to bring college education to the inmates of a medium-security prison in New York state.
