Yogesh Avasthi

By Yogesh Avasthi, Ahmedabad Mirror | Updated: Mar 12, 2017, ( http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/gu-gives-pg-students-second-chance-to-ace/articleshow/57609532.cms If you scored low in your post-graduate examination and thought that your future is ‘andhera’, here’s news that will cheer you up. The Gujarat University is giving postgraduates a chance to upgrade their degree by appearing for exams once more. However, if you opt for this, you better study well as marks received in this examination will be considered final. All you have to do to avail yourself of this scheme is to fill up the examination form, hand back your degree to the university and give an undertaking that the new result will be considered final. Master of Arts (MA), Master of Commerce (MCom), Master of Science (MSc) or Master of Education (MEd) students from 2010, when GU instituted the semester system, can avail themselves of this scheme. GU incharage Vice- Chancellor Himanshu Pande...

By  Yogesh Avasthi , Ahmedabad Mirror | May 9, 2016, http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/461-Colleges-5L-Students-but-only-14-admin-staff/articleshow/52178128.cms Gujarat Technological University (GTU) may claim laurels far and wide for its diverse courses, but it is an altogether different situation for the varsity when it comes to managing its own administrative affairs. GTU, which has 5 lakh students studying in 461 affiliated colleges, has been functioning with only 14 officials, thanks to its ego tussle with state government. The varsity operates without more than 400 key officials including registrar, controller of exams and chief accountant. While GTU has been without a permanent registrar for nearly three years now, it has never had a controller of exams; it is the deputy registrar who handles both the key posts. To add to the disarray, the term of the current vice chancellor expires on June 7 and the recruitment process is not likely to be...

By  Yogesh Avasthi | May 18, 2016, (Ahmedabad Mirror : http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/Red-alert-for-engg-thumbs-up-for-BSc/articleshow/52314857.cms The class 12 science result of Gujarat state board announced on Tuesday has brought out some startling statistics. While engineering seats are set to go abegging, BSc will find more than its fair share of takers. The pass percentage in the state was 79.03, which was seven per cent less compared to last year when 86.10 percentage of science students cleared the class 12 board. In Group A (Maths, Chem, Phy), as many as 64,653 students in state cleared the class 12 exams last year compared to 57,074 this year, which was 7,579 students less than in 2015. In Group B (Bio, Phy, Chem) 43,402 students cleared the examination in 2015 compared to 49,269 this year, 5,867 more than last year. According to data released by Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), of the total of 57,074...