And the battle goes on....

Girls outshine boys this yr

Bag 40 Of The 71 Gold Medals At Varsity Convocation

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Mumbai: Girls outshone boys at this year’s convocation at the University of Mumbai, by grabbing 40 of the 71 gold medals. Even the prestigious President of India Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal was bagged by Taskeen Ameer Nadkar from the Fr Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering for her academic achievements, extra-curricular activities and her performance at the interview level.
In his convocation address on Tuesday, Chief Justice of Bombay high court Swatanter Kumar pointed out that this was “a wake-up call for boys’’. Speaking about the education system, Kumar said that “undue stress on employment-oriented studies and result-oriented examination had its adverse effects on the overall quality of education’’.
He noted that “assessment of teachers on the basis of passing percentage of their students compels a teacher to be exam-oriented, resulting in mass production of mediocres’’.
Advising students not to be materialistic, the chief justice said that “computer and profits’’ must not be considered as the sole aim in life. Lastly, he said that any technology has to touch people’s lives.
Stating how the use of nano-technology could purify contaminated water, Kumar said that interdisciplinary research can be applied to refine “a social system and supply fountain of constitutional rights in its pure state to the underprivileged’’.
Earlier, University of Mumbai pro-vice chancellor A D Sawant presented the annual report of the varsity and the various activities conducted during the sesquicentenary celebrations.
During the year, both the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation and Thane Municipal Corporation have allotted plots to the university to set up sub-centres.
Sawant said the Institute of Distance Education had started its single window admission process from this year and enrollment had touched a whopping 65,000. But he promised that “online admission process along with manual subscription is likely to take off from the next academic year’’.
Setting up a virtual classroom studio is also in the pipeline, Sawant added.
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LEADING THE WAY: Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar, varsity vice-chancellor Vijay Khole and pro vicechancellor A D Sawant at the Mumbai University’s annual convocation ceremony on Tuesday