433 new posts of teachers in Haryana

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August 30, 2012

The Haryana government has created 433 new posts of teachers in upper primary schools in the state under the Right to Education Act and Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan for year 2012-13.

An official spokesman said out of the total, 12 posts have been created in Ambala, 17 in Bhiwani, 15 Faridabad, 32 each in Fatehabad and Sirsa, 11 each in Gurgaon and Rewari, 23 in Hisar, four each in Jhajjar and Rohtak and 25 in Jind.

Besides this, 30 posts each in Kaithal and Palwal, 29 in Karnal, 24 each in Kurukshetra and Panipat, 13 each in Mahendergarh and Sonipat, 26 in Mewat, 18 in Panchkula and 40 in Yamunanagar have also been created.

Source: PTI

Prahar Military School encourages soldierly conduct in students

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August 30, 2012

A military academy set up here by a former commando trainer, who left his plum posting after being inspired by actor Nana Patekar’s 1991 film ‘Prahar’, has been working towards not only making soldiers out of children but also bringing them up as sensitive citizens.

Colonel Sunil Deshpande had served as a Commanding Officer of 2 Maratha Light Infantry Battalion and his last posting was at Commando Training Centre in Belgaum where Patekar underwent full-fledged training before actually performing on screen.

Drawing inspiration from the message in ‘Prahar’ that “the society must have a soldier’s mindset with a philanthropic attitude which will automatically make a nation strong,” Deshpande left his job and and set up the military training school for children in 2002.

The academy was founded with the motto of “Spreading soldierly conduct and heroic qualities like discipline, courage, patriotism, vigilance and service to mankind”.

Col Deshpande was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) for 1965 and 1971 wars. He sought pre-mature retirement in 1993 and established the ‘Prahar Jagriti Sanstha’ a year later before formally launching the school in 2002.

“The same year Prahar was taken over by CP and Berar Education Society. It has a residential school, jungle training and guidance camp for students interested in joining armed forces, besides outbound training workshops, firing range, regular horse riding facility and a 12-hour non-residential school from fifth standard onwards,” Deshpande told PTI.

It has also established an outdoor training facility on an area of 2.66 acres at Umrer near here where obstacle crossing and confidence building camps are carried out. Also, regular camps are organised here for about 150 children, he said.

“Every year, the academy sends children to various military establishments to gain first-hand experience of a disciplined life. It has so far visited various military establishments like the NDA, Army Sports Institute (Pune), CME Infantry School (Mhow) among others,” Deshpande added.

Early this month, a group of 30 students visited Army units in Jammu and Kashmir on ‘Sadbhawana’ Mission.

Source: PTI

CMAT registration in Gujarat

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August 30, 2012

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) to accept registrations for the test till September 2. The CMAT is a compulsory test for students who wish to take admissions in MBA and MCA colleges approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from the academic year 2013-14.

The CMAT will be conducted on October 1. Students can download their hall ticket number by September 15 and results will be declared on September 17.

CMAT will be held across four cities: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot. The CMAT will be of three hours, consist of 100 questions of total 400 marks. The paper will have the provision of negative marking.

After CMAT, students will not have to appear for the local GCET conducted by the Gujarat Technological University.

Only Gujarat to join 2-part JEE

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August 30, 2012

Only Gujarat state agrees to join the two-part Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) that the ministry of HRD had declared for engineering admissions. The first part would be JEE-Main, and the second one would be JEE-Advanced and the tentative dates for these tests would be April 7 and June 2, 2013.

IITs, NITs, IIITs that comes directly under the central government would be part of JEE .However, it is unlikely to see participation from too many states to the common test. Maharashtra might take part in the 2014 test.

IIT-Delhi will conduct next year’s JEE though it was IIT-Kharagpur’s turn to conduct the same. IIT-K felt the necessity for IIT-Delhi to conduct the test as the nature of the test has changed and it would be convenient for IIT-Delhi to co-ordinate and implement the changes as it is centrally located.

Government has set up 18-member JEE Apex Board (JAB) comprising directors form some of the IITs, NITs, chairperson, CBSE, state representatives and others. JAB would coordinate with Council of Boards of Secondary Education and also act as the final authority on matters of policies, rules, regulations for the JEE.

120 MEd seats to be cancelled in Bangalore University

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August 30, 2012

Bangalore University has decided to cancel almost 120 seats under the management quota in seven colleges for the Master of Education (MEd) programme in academic year 2012-13.

This decision was passed during a meeting of the Bangalore University academic council. The council collectively agreed to halt admission process in these colleges due to irregularities and mentioned about notifying these colleges on the same.

The seven colleges include Vijaya Teachers College, Jayanagar; Gold Field College of Education, Bangarpet; St Paul’s MEd College, Vijayanagar; Smt Mehra’s College of Education, Banaswadi; SJES College of Education, Virgo Nagar; Bangalore City College of Education, Kalyan Nagar, and KIET Post Graduate Studies and Research in Education, Bannerghatta Main Road.

Admission for the academic year 2012-13 in these colleges will take place only for the university quota students. These colleges will be and colleges will be given a time period of six month time to rectify the lapses. The students in these seven colleges will be taught directly under the university that will be responsible for taking care of the guest faculty and space for those admitted through the university quota.

Delhi govt to conduct ‘in-depth study’ to understand admission related issues

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August 30, 2012

With students finding it increasingly difficult to get admission in city colleges due to soaring cut-offs every year, Delhi government on Wednesday decided to conduct an ‘in-depth study’ to find a solution to the problem.

In a meeting, higher education minister A K Walia instructed top officials of his department to take up the issue seriously so that students seeking admission, particularly in under-graduate courses, could be provided some relief.

“The Minister has directed to conduct an in depth study to ascertain the causes of problem and find a way out,” said a senior official.

Walia, who was given the higher education department in the cabinet reshuffle on Monday, specifically tasked higher education secretary Lalmalswama to examine the issue.

The required marks for getting admission into city colleges are soaring high every year, making it difficult for students to get admission, particularly in colleges under Delhi University.

Underlining the need to take short term and long term measures to increase admission opportunities, Walia told the officials to improve infrastructure in certain professional colleges affiliated to the Indraprastha University which is under Delhi government.

The Minister asked his department prepare a plan foe setting up of an East Campus of Indraprastha University, besides issuing instruction to explore possibility of opening new colleges under Dr Ambedkar University and increasing seats for undergraduate courses in existing departments.

“This will help in addressing the problem,” he said. The Minister said he will soon discuss the issue with Vice Chancellors of all state universities separately.

Walia has also instructed the department to come out with an information brochure carrying all relevant information in respect of all state universities and deemed universities.

Source: PTI

Empty seats in Diploma courses across Gujarat

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August 29, 2012

In Gujarat, a total of 6673 seats are in various diploma courses across various institutions. In all, there are 1225 seats in the government run polytechnics, 37 in polytechnics run government grants, 4428 in self finance institutes and 983 seats are yet to be filled up by students.

The admission committee for diploma courses will conduct a third round of admissions to fill up the vacant seats in the state.

The third round of admissions is scheduled to start from September 5.

UP govt to provide financial support to poor girls for Higher Education

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August 28, 2012

Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday gave clearance for providing a consolidated one-time Rs 30,000 financial help to Class XII passout girls, hailing from weaker economic background, for their higher education.

The government on Wednesday issued a Government Order (GO) stating girl students, who passed intermediate or equivalent examination in 2012 and onwards, would be provided a consolidated amount of Rs 30,000 under the Kanya Vidya Dhan scheme, an official release said.

As per the government order, a girl who had passed intermediate or equivalent examination in 2012 and onwards will qualify for this scheme, provided her total annual family income is not more than Rs 35,000.

The girls can submit their application for Kanya Vidya Dhan at a place other than District Inspector of School office as decided by district magistrate on his own discretion, the release said.

The last date for receiving the application for Kanya Vidya Dhan for this year would be September 20, and the district magistrate has been directed to ensure that SDMs and Tehsildars issue income certificate to girl’s parents for deciding his family income.

Source: PTI

Kerala Gvt to Reimburse Cost of Education to Economically Backward Section

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August 28, 2012

The Kerala High Court asked the government to consider reimbursing the cost of education borne by those from economically backward sections, for getting their wards educated in the self-financing schools affiliated to the CBSE and ICSE boards.

The court said that only a section of the people is able to afford education for their children in the expensive private schools. So the government could think of a reimbursement as it is not running schools affiliated to the CBSE or ICSE boards. By providing financial assistance to the students belonging to economically backward sections, the government would save on the expenditure for opening new schools for such students.

Delhi govt to introduce smart classes in Rajikya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas

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August 28, 2012

Blackboards giving way to digital screens, pens being replaced with keyboards and notebooks with memory cards in classrooms.

This is how a classroom will soon look in Rajikya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas managed by the Delhi government which is introducing smart classes.

One section each in classes 9-12 will be converted into smart classes, taking the total number to 68 in 17 Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas in the city.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by chief minister Sheila Dikshit with education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely and others.

Dikshit said with the introduction of smart classes, the experience of learning will become more simple and grasping.

“The introduction of new system would, in fact, revolutionise the modus operandi of learning. The introduction of smart classes in other sections/classes will be taken up later on,” she said.

The smart class would facilitate existing learning methodology and enable students to educate themselves effectively not restricting to text books but exploring internet to find answers and satiate their curiosity, she said.

Referring to the benefits of smart class, Dikshit said that it will provide every child an equal opportunity to learn, standardize education quality and implementation of innovative teaching methodology.

Source: PTI

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