Mangaluru: Muslim Educational Institutions Federation (MEIF) on Thursday organized a press conference here in the city stating that it will be organising an educational conference at Town Hall in Mangaluru on Monday 13 February.
The conference will mark the completion of 20 years of service at the MEIF. As a part of the conference several teachers, management members and students will be addressing the session along with a brainstorming session by community leaders towards the end of the conference.
Muslim Educational Institution Federation is a confederation of various schools started as a community initiative by the Coastal Muslim Community. About 150 Schools from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts are members of MEIF.
“MEIF has been at the forefront of safeguarding the legitimate rights of the minority institutions with regard to the medium of instruction and similar other education-related issues.” A press statement from the organization stated.
“The community is to start educational institutes and subsequently to form a federation to collectively protect and further their interest was the brains child of their former Minister for Higher Education Late B.A. Mohideen. MEIF also remembers the yeoman services rendered by Late P.A. Khader Kukkady & Late Mohammed Beary, who were instrumental in taking MEIF to the present level as its erstwhile President.” The press note added.
“At present, MEIF is proud to see these schools catering to the educational needs of not only Muslim children but also the children from other educationally and economically backward communities, helping them to get modern quality English education at an affordable cost. Thousands of children, especially girls who were confined within the four walls are now allowed to step out into the mainstream professional world. The overall results of these schools are near hundred percent with the majority passing with distinction and first-class grades. This has been only possible because of the relentless efforts of the management of these schools which are democratically elected community bodies and overall guided by MEIF.” It further added.
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
