Tag: Standards
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VCs Advocate for Financial Support to Safeguard Education Standards
Jaipur: Alarmed by an escalating financial crisis in state-funded universities, vice chancellors of 17 govt institutions in Rajasthan have urged the state to immediately increase financial assistance to prevent what they described as an imminent “collapse of higher education standards”.In a virtual meeting held with chief secretary V Srinivas Saturday, the VCs shared stark accounts…
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Supreme Court Mandates Nationwide Accessibility Standards for Disabled Prisoners
The order passed on December 2 expands the safeguards earlier laid down by the Court in L Muruganantham v. State of Tamil Nadu and mandates detailed compliance from prison authorities nationwide. The apex court ordered that prisons must provide wheelchair-friendly spaces, accessible toilets, ramps and sensory-safe environments, and that all States and Union Territories must…