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To fill seats, PTU allows direct admission in 2nd semester

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The courses on offer are engineering, Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications

Chandigarh: Punjab Technical University (PTU) has allowed direct admission into the second semester to fill vacant engineering and management seats in affiliated colleges.

The courses on offer are engineering, Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA). The students can do the first semester later.

Those admitted to the second semester directly will attend classes during summer vacations for the first semester and appear for the exam at their convenience.

Classes for first semester courses started in July and those for the second semester are to start in January.

Set up in 1997, the university has nearly 110 colleges under it offering engineering courses and 139 colleges offering management and computer application courses.

The university had asked all affiliated colleges to admit students directly in the second semester by January 22.

“The idea is to fill seats. This system has been adopted by many leading foreign universities,” a PTU official said.

To compensate for the first semester, students would attend classes between the second and third semester, the official said.

At PTU, an engineering course is of eight semesters while MCA and MBA courses are of four semesters each.

To fill the seats, college officials from Punjab go as far as the northeastern region and Nepal to bring in students.

LIQVID, Pearson Join Hands for English Testing

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LIQVID’s English language training software, EnglishEdge, will be offered as part of the solution

 

New Delhi: LIQVID eLearning Services and Pearson TalentLens have signed an MoU to introduce an end-to-end learning solution to the Indian market.

The co-branded solution will bring  together LIQVID’s experience in training and skill development and Pearson’s expertise in developing and distributing assessments.

LIQVID’s English language training software, EnglishEdge, will be offered as part of the solution.

Basic, Intermediate and Advanced versions of EnglishEdge will be bundled with the Versant English Test for India (VETI), the latest in Pearson TalentLens’s Versant series of fully-automated and telephone-based tests for evaluating language and literacy skills.

As per the terms of the agreement, Pearson TalentLens assessments will be used to identify the proficiency level of the learners. Subsequently, based on the proficiency levels, LIQVID will offer relevant training modules for development. After the respective trainings have been delivered, a post-training assessment might also be conducted on the participants.

Commenting on the association, Mr. Vivek Agarwal, CEO, LIQVID said, “We are delighted to partner with Pearson Talentlens, renowned for their expertise in language-testing solutions. The partnership is a strategic move to enter the corporate segment, offering them a more customized learning experience than otherwise available.”

According to Saurabh Singh, Head, Pearson Talentlens, ”This will open up new avenues for both to collaborate and offer an end-to-end optimal solution to corporate needs in the area of language assessment and training. We have collaborated to bring in meaningful resolution to the quality gaps in communication ability, widely observed, in the IT/ITeS sector where having a consistent & qualified pool of resources determines your customer satisfaction index”.

India’s New Science Policy to Focus on Careers in Science

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The key features of the policy making careers in science, research and innovation attractive

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will formally unveil India’s new Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy-2013 on January 3 at the inauguration session of the centenary edition of the Indian Science Congress in Kolkata.

The key features of the STI Policy-2013 include making careers in science, research and innovation attractive and establishing world-class infrastructure for R&D for gaining global leadership in some select frontier areas of science.

The policy lays greater thrust on innovation, establishing research institutes and participation in mega science projects with an aim to positioning itself among the top five scientific powers in the world by 2020.

The policy also aims at positioning India among the top five global scientific powers by 2020. The officials said the aim of the policy is to accelerate the pace of discovery, diffusion and delivery of science-led solutions for serving the aspirational goals of India for faster, sustainable and inclusive growth.

UGC Norms for NET Illegal, Rules Kerala High Court

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The court said that ‘fixing of higher aggregate marks for three categories, that too just before the announcements of results, cannot be justified


Thiruvananthapuram: A bench of the Kerala High Court has declared the new University Grants Commission (UGC) norms for National Eligibility Test (NET) illegal saying it was ‘not supportable by law’.

“The power of UGC ought to have been exercised in a proper, fair and reasonable manner,” Justice TR Ramachandran Nair said while allowing a batch of petitions challenging the new norms.

The court said that ‘fixing of higher aggregate marks for three categories, that too just before the announcements of results, cannot be justified as the same was “not supportable by law”.

It also declared that all those who have obtained minimum marks prescribed in the notification have cleared NET and appropriate follow up action be taken to issue certificates to them within one month.

As per the new norms, candidates in general category have to score aggregate of 65 per cent in all three NET papers to be eligible for college and university lectureship while OBC candidates need to score 60 per cent and SC/ST candidates 55 per cent.

Previous norms had stipulated that the general category had to get 40 per cent in Paper I and Paper II and 50 per cent in Paper III. In case of OBC, SC/ST students, the qualifying percentage was 35, 35, 45 and 35, 35, 40 in all three papers.

The declaration of new norms had been opposed by students who appeared in the examination in June this year.

DU to Offer 4 Year Degree Course From 2013

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The four- year degree will be called “Baccalaureate Honours” and will include research components

 

New Delhi: The Executive Council of Delhi University on Wednesday approved the proposal for the four year undergraduate programme from the 2013-14 academic sessions. Now Students who get admitted to Delhi University (DU) in 2013 will graduate with an Honours degree in four years instead of three.

Under the new system, the four year degree will be called “baccalaureate honours” and will include research components.

Altogether 11 foundation courses, compulsory for all students, on governance and citizenship, language, literature and creativity, geographical and socio-economic diversity, psychology communication, life skills and culture and civilization have been added in the new course structure.

However, all students need not take the four-year honours course. Students can opt for a two-year “associate baccalaureate” degree or a three-year “baccalaureate” degree. Only those working towards an Honours degree will have to take the four-year course.

This four year long course will also allow interdisciplinary work. For example, a student of Physics honours will be allowed to opt for Political Science as a minor discipline. The curriculum will also include extra-curricular activities and sports.

For a lot of students who wish to pursue their masters’ degree from foreign universities, it is good news. Most universities want students to have completed a four year undergraduate degree and many are rejected because India follows a 10+2+3 pattern.

Indian Education Standard Deteriorating: Amartya Sen

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A number of Asian countries, cutting across their political ideology, have advanced a lot in the education sector, Sen said

Bolpur: “Qualitative development of education in India is not up to the mark,” Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said here.

“The standard of education in India is deteriorating day by day. We have to provide scope and ensure quality education. A number of Asian countries cutting across their political ideology have advanced a lot in the education sector,” Sen said, addressing a meeting organised by Pratichi Trust here.

“The political leaders’ attention towards quality education is an important factor. On the other hand the common people must demand for it,” he said.

The Pratichi  Trust organised a two-day discussion on ‘Innovation in School Education’ which was attended by school teachers, social workers and education department officials from West Bengal, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Bangladesh.

KOOH Sports Starts Hunt for ‘Speedstar’ of India

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Talent hunt seeks to identify the fastest 100-meter running under 12, under 14 and under 16 years old child in India

Mumbai: KOOH Sports, a company engaged in sports promotion and education, launched a talent hunt called “SpeedStar”.

Talent hunt seeks to identify the fastest 100-meter running under 12, under 14 and under 16 years old child in India.

KOOH Sports is a company promoted by a group of successful entrepreneurs and corporate professionals with TCS and HDFC as its shareholders.

The company also announced  PT Usha, an Olympian and a member of the newly elected advisory panel of the Indian Olympic Association, as its brand ambassador. PT Usha will be instrumental in driving and promoting this initiative across India along with KOOH Sports.

‘SpeedStar’ will be rolled out in 11 locations– Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Sonepat.

Designed to motivate kids and encourage schools to partake in athletics, the ‘SpeedStar’ initiative is a movement to generate interest and awareness for the most natural form of sport – Running. The initiative is expected to touch 600 schools and over 20,000 children across the country.

The final winners from each city will strike it out for the finale to be held on February 10, 2013 in New Delhi.

Talking on the initiative, Mr. Susir Kumar, Founder and Chairman, KOOH Sports said, “The launch of SpeedStar is aligned to raise the bar of sports education in India, and we are confident that our attempt to help kids adopt athletics early on, within the realm of sports education in the country, will be successful.”

PT Usha, the brand ambassador for SpeedStar said, “I am very happy to be associated with KOOH Sports – a credible organization dedicated to promote sports in the country. The broad-based adoption of athletics – the foundation for all sports – is an imperative to churn out meaningful sportspersons for the country at a young and appropriate age. It is an honour to be associated with SpeedStar and I am confident that this initiative will help produce the fastest and youngest Indian athletes.”

With registrations currently underway, SpeedStar will commence its journey to different Indian cities starting January 5, 2013, culminating with the grand finale on February 10, 2013.  To extend its outreach to rural and semi-urban India, KOOH Sports has also collaborated with Coca-Cola India under the aegis of ‘Support My School’ program.

MP education sector up for a tech- boost

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Madhya Pradesh IT Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya while inaugurating the State Education Summit in Indore said tech -boosting the education sector was demand of the time

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh government was committed to give a technological boost to the education sector to help students, passing out from different institutions in the state, stand solidly in the competitive world, State’s Information Technology Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said here on Wednesday.

The IT Minister was speaking at the inaugural function of the day-long Madhya Pradesh State Education Summit, being organised by the Elets Technomedia. Earlier he lit the lamp and formally inaugurated the Summit.

He said the state was emerging as destination for education and hailed the organisers for choosing the Madhya Pradesh for its first Education Summit.The Summit is being convened with the objective of focusing and deliberating on regional concerns and challenges in diverse areas of education.

The state has been identified with a potential to fulfil the future requirements of the knowledge economy. The state’s large youth population can become the fountainhead for boosting the central government’s agenda of creating 200 million skilled workforces by the year 2020, the Minister added.

For this, various educational programmes have been undertaken. The state is witnessing significant growth in engineering, telecom networks and other industries. Yet the challenges and gaps in industry and academia persist.

However, achieving quality and universalisation of education remains a challenge for the state.  To improving the quality and inclusion in higher education, we are adopting a multi-dimensional approach. We are starting a large number of colleges in rural areas to make higher education accessible to people in those areas. In the past one year we have opened 20-25 colleges and have about 15 more in the pipeline, he further added.

“The conference like State Education Summit act a platform for the knowledge exchange and the sharing of best practices and ideas to address the gaps and challenges of the state’s education sector,” the minister said.

The consortium brings together the thought leadership from across the country to focus on the development of the state. I welcome you all in the State Education Summit, Madhya Pradesh and hope that the summit will bring out deliberation for the persisting growth of the state.

Speaking on the occasion the Information Technology Department Secretary of the state Hariranjan  Rao said ICT has become an integral part of the education system and new solutions were coming up to give make the education sector updated. He said virtual class rooms could play an important role in bridging the digital divide and make quality education accessible to students living in remote areas.

The Summit which has parallel sessions —on higher education and school education— is being attended by eminent personalities in the education sector, think-tanks, academicians, policy makers, educational institutions’ heads and students, and others, discussing the various issues, challenges and best practices in the education sector.

In the inaugural session a host of speakers including Lokesh Mehra, Director- Education Advocacy, Microsoft, Dr Veera Gupta, Former Secretary, CBSE & Associate Professor, National University for Education Planning & Administration (NUEPA), Dr Michael Harnar, Mosaic Network, US, Ritu Ghosh, Head-Education Initiatives, HP, Suresh Mhatre, Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),Vikram Kant Upadhyay, President, Team India & Board Member at Indian Angel Network, and Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach, Country Director, TESS -India, Open University, UK expressed their views.

In the thematic session on Higher Education Track chaired by NASSCOM  Vice President Rajiv Vaishnav  on “Employable Skills and Proficiency Levels Amongst Youth: Best Practices and Next Practices”, a host of speakers including Dr Prashant Rajvaidya, President, Mosaic Network, Mukesh Sharma,CEO, Centre for Research & Industrial Staff Performance(CRISP), Lokesh Mehra, Director- Education Advocacy, Microsoft, Siddharth Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT University and Dr Manoj Bhatia, Director, Sanghvi Institute of Management & Science expressed their views.

The parallel pre-lunch session on School Education  track titled “Vocationalising Education nad Capacity Building of Teachers: Case Studies” was addressed by Dr RB Shivagunde, Joint Director, PSSCIVE, Bhopal  Harvender Khalsa, Principal, Himalaya International School and Sunil Pandya,Administrator, Vidyasagar School & College.

The summit also discussed around six different topics in post- lunch session on both the tracks where a large number of domain experts  participated. All those who have excelled in different areas of the education sector were given Siksha Ratna Award during the concluding ceremony of the event .

Delhi Private Schools Can Run Second Shift

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The shift can be run after regular school hours, however, it would be a separate entity with no common teachers or other school staff

New Delhi: Private unaided schools in the city can now run a second shift , as per the decision taken by the Delhi School Education Advisory Board (DESAB)) this week.

The shift can be run after regular school hours. However, it would have to be run as a separate entity with no common teachers or other school staff, says the decision.

Private city schools have been asking for a second shift, saying it would put their infrastructure to optimum use and benefit more students. The DSEAB said maximum points would have to be given to the ‘neighbourhood’ criterion for nursery admissions.

The board, which includes the education minister, principal secretary and director, education, also said that for admission into nursery, a child cannot be older than three years, 11 months and 30 days as on March 30 of the academic year in which admission is sought.
The upper limit for KG is exactly a year more than the nursery limit and two years more for class I.

The Board, however, decided that some relaxation in upper age-limit for children with special needs would be worked out. The lower age limit for nursery class is three years. The DSEAB had been asked to give its opinion on double shifts in private schools.

While allowing second shifts, the board also was decided that a committee would be constituted to work out the details.

According to R C Jain, president, Delhi State Public Schools Management Association, who is also a member of the board, “The second shift schools will be a separate entity with a separate set of teachers and there will be no compromise on salaries.

Moreover, there will be no transfer of first shift students to the second shift. The admission criteria in the second shift will be same as that of the first shift with 25% reservation for EWS category under RTE Act.”

Schools which will be following the point system in the new admission season starting from January 1, 2013 have been asked to give maximum weightage to distance from school.

Dr. Amit Kapoor Receives Competitiveness Hall of Fame

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The award was given to Dr. Kapoor for his contribution to the study and evolution of the concepts of competitiveness internationally and for India 

New Delhi: Dr. Amit Kapoor, Honorary Chairman, Institute of Competitiveness, India was presented with Competitiveness Hall of Fame award for his exemplary contribution in the field. The award was presented by founder Professor Michael E. Porter, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, on the occasion of successful completion of 10 years of the institute.

The distinctive honor- Competitiveness Hall of Fame- is awarded to those dignitaries who with their academic and research contributions to the Competitiveness network have made a positive influence on the society. The Competitiveness network comprises of both universities and business schools spread across the globe, which are more than 100.

The award was given to Dr. Kapoor for his contribution to the study and evolution of the concepts of competitiveness internationally and for India specifically. Only 9 people globally have been admitted to this hall of fame.

At a formal ceremony, attended by over 140 academicians from 78 universities worldwide, Professor Porter appreciated Dr. Amit Kapoor’s contribution in setting up the Institute for Competitiveness (India), launching the Journal of Competitiveness and Strategy, and engendering commendable work that has been done in relationship to benchmarking locations in India.

Reading the citation Professor Michael Porter said “Amit has been associated with Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School since 2003.  He formed an Institute for Competitiveness, India as an affiliate of Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School that has gone on to become very influential and visible in his home country of India.”

Dr. Amit Kapoor is Honorary Chairman at Institute for Competitiveness, studying firms, clusters and economies and is the author of India City Competitiveness Report, India State Competitiveness Report, and India State Sustainability Report amongst others. He is an affiliate faculty for the Microeconomics of Competitiveness & Value Based Health Care Delivery courses of Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.

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