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Indian Express
8 hours ago
- Business
- Indian Express
Surat DEO issues notices to schools for fee relief to children of diamond polishers
The Surat District Education Office (DEO) on Thursday issued notifications to all schools where children of diamond polishers study and shared a School Fees Special Assistance Application form along with a checklist of relevant documents for students and parents who are eligible for a fee relief. The state government has announced a special assistance package for people from the diamond industry, considering the recession over the last three years. Children of diamond polishers, who have been unemployed after March 2024 and are aged above 21 and have worked for at least three years at a diamond firm, will be eligible for this scheme. Surat district Education Officer Bhagirathsinh Parmar issued the notification after receiving the format from the state government. According to the format, the benefits of the scheme can be availed only for the 2025-26 session, the maximum amount of relief being Rs 13,500 per student. Diamond polisher parents should fill the School Fees Special Assistance Application form and submit it, along with necessary documents, including Aadhaar cards of both the applicant and the student, a passport-size photo of the parent, to the school between June 9 and July 23. The applicant should obtain a certificate of unemployment for a period of one year and a certificate of work experience for the previous three years from the District Employment Office, the District Industries Centre, or a request letter or certificate issued by the Surat Diamond Association. The school authorities would then submit the documents to the District Industries Centre in three phases — on June 30, July 7, and July 24. The school authorities should also attach a forwarding letter, along with a list of students, a cancelled cheque from the school, and fees in accordance with the Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC). DEO Parmar said, 'We have issued the notification to all primary, secondary and higher secondary grant-in-aid, self-finance and government schools in the city. Diamond polishers mainly reside in Varachha, Kapodara, Punagam, Katargam, Sarthana, etc. Non-Gujarati polishers who match all the eligibility criteria can also fill such forms. We have strictly instructed all schools to complete the process with the given time frame. We are coordinating with the Surat Diamond Association, the Surat District Employment Office, and the District Industries Centre, and will make sure that diamond polishers should not face any problem in obtaining the necessary documents. If they do, they should contact us or any of these three offices, and their issue will be resolved.'
Indian Express
6 days ago
- General
- Indian Express
Two Odia-medium among 5 new schools start in Surat
After a span of 7 years, the state government has started 5 new schools (secondary and higher secondary) including two secondary schools for Odia-medium students in Surat. The admission process in these schools has started for next academic year. Currently, there are 24 secondary and higher secondary schools in Surat district. With the addition of five new schools, the total number of government schools in Surat will be 29. Sources in the Surat district education office (DEO) said that for the first time two secondary schools will start at the Bhestan and Kosad area in Surat city, especially for Odia-medium students. The Odia-medium students get primary education form Surat Municipal Corporation run Municipal schools. Later, some go back to their native place and continue further education while some quit studies. Surat DEO Bhagirathsinh Parmar said, 'It was long pending demand for Odia-medium students to start secondary school. We have accepted the proposal and started two such schools in Surat city. There are over 10,000 students getting education in Odia-medium. Our motive is that the education of students should not be affected.' Apart from two Odia-medium schools, one English medium secondary school will be started in Laskana, followed by a higher secondary school (General stream) at Kathodara village and one more higher secondary school (Science stream) at Nansad village in Kamrej. One more English medium school has been started in the existing government school at Laskana village. Parmar further added, 'We have sent a proposal to the state government to start five new English medium schools at Katargam (Surat city), Kawas, Olpad, Vankla Godavari villages in Surat district.' He further added, 'For the last few years, Surat city has been topping in the state in terms of highest number of students appearing in the board exams of 10th and 12th standards and highest number of students who have passed and also highest number of students in A-1 grades.'
Indian Express
16-05-2025
- General
- Indian Express
In Surat, DEO puts unique condition before schools— submit fire NOCs, get Board marksheets of students
To ensure schools comply with fire safety arrangements on the premises, Surat District Education Officer (DEO) has put forth a unique condition before the authorities in return of providing marksheets of students: Present a fire No-Objection Certificate (NOC). Between Thursday and Friday, 228 out of 254 schools (including grant-in-aid and self-finance) submitted a fire NOC and collected mark sheets of the Class 12 Science stream. As many as 15 schools paid a penalty amount of Rs 10,000 to the board and gave a declaration that a fire NOC would be provided in the coming days. A few schools, meanwhile, did not turn up and were contacted by Surat DEO. The marksheets for Class 10 and 12, General stream, would be released in a few days. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board declared the Class 12 (Science and General stream) results on May 5. Similarly, Class 10 board results were declared on May 8. As a norm, the students take out an online copy of their result card to begin the procedure of admission to higher classes. Once the final marksheets are printed, the Board dispatches it to DEO offices across the state. Surat DEO sent a letter to 254 schools in the city a few days ago, asking them to submit a fire NOC copy to the office and collect the mark sheets. Acting on instructions, the schools began repairing and installing fire safety equipment besides arranging for emergency exit areas and other requirements. Sources said while a majority of the schools had received new Fire NOC, others had renewed copies from government-authorised registered firms. Talking to The Indian Express, Surat DEO Bhagirathsinh Parmar said, 'Out of 254 schools, 228 school authorities had come up with the Fire NOC, and we have given them the markets. There were 26 schools that had not submitted a fire NOC. Among them, 11 schools have shown evidence that they have started the procedure and are waiting for the NOC and its renewal copy in two days. However, we have found that 15 schools had not made any initiative for Fire NOC; self-declarations were taken from them, and marksheets will be given to them. These 15 schools had also paid a penalty amount of Rs 10,000 each to the board.' On condition of anonymity, a member of the Self-financed Schools Association said, 'A majority of self-financed schools had got marksheets of Class 12 science, and the remaining others had given self-declaration and got the marksheets. The Class 10 and 12, General stream, marksheets will come in next couple of days. We have also informed all the self-financing schools to comply with the DEO instructions as they concern the safety of students and teachers.'
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Surat has highest number of top graders in state
Surat: In the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), with the General and Science streams results announced on Monday, the highest number of top scorers (A1 and A2 grades) are from the Diamond City. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In the Science stream, 247 students from Surat secured the A1 grade compared to 67 from Ahmedabad. Similarly, in the general stream, 1,672 students secured the A1 grade in Surat compared to 733 in Ahmedabad. Of the total A1 grade scorers in the state, in the General stream 29.54% and in the Science stream 29.72% are from Surat. In Surat, the percentage of students passing the exam was higher than the state's passing percentage in both the general and science streams. In the General stream, the state's passing percentage was 93.07%. In Surat, this figure was 93.97%. Of the 362,506 students who took in the exam in the state, 5,660 students, or 1.56%, secured an A1 grade. In Surat, of 41,884 students, 1,672 students secured an A1 grade, which is 3.98%. In the general stream, 11.13% of the total students in the state secured the A2 grade, while in Surat, 15.92% of students got the A2 grade. In the Science stream, 83.51% of students in the state cleared the HSC exam, while in Surat, this figure is 86.50%. Of the 100,575 students in the state, 831 (0.82%) secured the A1 grade, while in Surat, 247 students or 1.75% got it. In the state, 8.02% of students secured the A2 grade, while in Surat 11.47% did so. "A competitive environment has developed among students in the schools of Surat city and district. The students keep taking test papers to practice. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In Surat, four govt schools also have a 100% passing rate," said Bhagirathsinh Parmar, district education officer, Surat. Students like Archita Gohel are an inspiration for the others with a 96.86% score. "I want to become a CA to support my father and help my younger siblings to study. My father does tailoring work, and we have a limited income," said Gohel.
