Kanpur Nagar in 3 top edu ranking dists

Lucknow: Three UP districts – Auraiya, Kanpur Nagar and Badaun have emerged as top rankers in implementing govt educational schemes and projects, shows the first district ranking done by the education department for the month of May. Lucknow scored 43% marks. With 47% marks, Kasganj and Rampur are second best districts followed by Amroha and Muzzafarnagar with 46%. All these districts have achieved 53% marks with a perfect 10 in identification of land for CM model schools. Shravasti and Shahjahanpur are the worst performing districts with only 33% marks achieved on 21 performance indicators chalked out by the department under eight categories carrying 100 points. Carried out on the points earned by basic education officers (BSAs), the assessment showed all 75 districts scoring zero on two parameters -- distribution of books and digitisation of registers. In addition, poor performance was reported from all districts on the girl education front that majorly caters to functioning of KGBVs. None scored a single mark on indicators such as enrolment, attendance of students and staff, and filling of vacant posts in KGBVs. All districts earned full five points for mapping of out-of-school-children and mainstreaming in schools. DGSE Kanchan Verma has asked BSAs to put in best efforts to improve rankings.

Parvathipuram district tops inter results

Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) announced intermediate second year advanced supplementary exam results with an overall 58% pass rate. Controller of Examinations VV Subba Rao declared the results. Palnadu district achieved a 74% pass rate.

Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Poonch district

An exchange of fire occurred between security forces and terrorists in Poonch district, as reported by Jammu and Kashmir Police.

3 teenagers drown in river in Puri district

Three minor boys drowned while bathing in the Devi river in Astaranga area, Puri district, leading to a tragic incident.