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CBSE Organises Inter School Sports Competition

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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has organised Inter School Sports and Games Competitions each year at approximately 160 venues for nearly 9000 independent category of affiliated schools in as many as 17 disciplines at cluster, zonal and National level. For smooth organisation of these competitions, the schools have been divided into 16 Clusters and five Zones. Andhra Pradesh is part of cluster VII along with Karnataka Sports competitions in State schools are organized by the respective State Governments.

The CBSE Inter School Sports and Games Competitions are self-financed educational activity and do not receive and financial aid from the Government. However, the Board disburses fixed organizational Grant to each of the Organizing Schools. It also provides certificates and medals to all the participants and winners. Each year Board spends approximately Rs 2 crore on the conduct of Sports and Games Competitions. The students of nearly 250 independent Category of Affiliated Schools from Andhra Pradesh participate in these competitions.

CBSE, Pearson join hands to set up Centre for Assessment, Evaluation and Research

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CBSE, India’s largest examining body, has joined hands with Pearson Foundation, the World’s largest education service enterprise, to set up a Centre for Assessment, Evaluation and Research (CAER). This centre is a public-private partnership which will function through an Executive Council, chaired by Vineet Joshi, Chairman, CBSE. This centre will be financially supported by Pearson Foundation in first two years of its operations. In three years, the centre will become self supporting and financially independent.

At the event, Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, announced the creation of Centre for Assessment, Evaluation and Research and he also inaugurated the Centre’s website www.indiacaer.com. Kapil Sibal emphasised that continuous research needs to be done to come up with new ideas for comprehensive and definitive evaluation in education. This can help the child to know his/her areas of interest and also help children find their own pathway in the community education system.

Vineet Joshi, Chairman CBSE, announced that setting up of the Centre with Pearson Foundation was a big step in improving student learning, as well as bringing about improvements in teaching- learning quality in CBSE schools. He expressed that they were looking forward to development and research that is aligned to global best practises.

The main purpose of the centre is to develop, research and assessment capabilities and also raise the resources for CBSE, its schools and teachers. The centre will focus on the best practises in school based evaluation and high stake examinations and carry out research, provide professional development programmes, and publish support materials to strengthen the learning systems. In this partnership, CBSE will be providing its physical infrastructure, it will also provide guidance, advice and support to the centre.

Speaking at the launch, Khozem Merchant, President, Pearson India, expressed the opinion that the Pearson Foundation was proud to be part of this joint partnership and that CBSE had taken a bold step in wanting to improve their learning outcomes by doing in depth research and thorough evaluation of the present exam practices.

Digital learning Renewables Courses Launched

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The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies has developed a new range of bespoke e-learning resources.
The new resources have been developed to help those who want to gain a further understanding about the various environmental technologies available – ‘Future proof your career’ is aimed at experienced building services engineers and an ‘Introduction to Environmental Technology Systems’ is accessible to anyone with an interest in renewables.
Other resources available in the suite support the level 3 qualifications, and include modules on ground and air source heat pump systems and water harvesting and recycling systems, solar thermal hot water systems, small-scale solar photovoltaic systems.

New CBSE Test Pattern for IX students from this Session

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to hold a mandatory multiple choice questions (MCQ) test for Std IX from the ongoing academic session. Its scores will be counted in the final marks.

The Problem Solving Assessment (CBSE-PSA) will be an analytical reasoning test and its scores will be made part of the fourth Formative Assessment (FA-IV) which comprises 10% of the total marks in Std IX. The FA-IV score is reflected in the combined Std IX-X grade sheet which the board now issues under the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system.

TCS, HDFC Partner to Invest in Sports Education Startup

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Tata Consultancy Services and Housing Development Finance Corporation have together planned to invest in sports education startup – Kids Out Of Home.  Cricket personalities Ajit Wadekar and former Delhi cricket player Sanjeev Sharma have joined as advisors to the Kids Out Of Home.

The company targeted to provide sporting facilities to 3 lakh kids in next three years and it was in the advanced stage to raise fund from a PE firm for around 15% stake.

The company aims to deliver international and professional sports programs and events that are attractive for children; engaging both parents and children simultaneously, with today’s technology to help shape their children’s future.

Other players in the space include Edusports – Seedfund backed sports education solution provider, Sportseed and Leapstart. Edusports was planning to raise around R20 Cr last year to fund its expansion plans. Interestingly in U.S the sports industry is twice the size of the U.S auto industry and seven times the size of movie industry.

India Ranks Second in Education Searches

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With over half of the Indian Internet population in the age bracket of 18-35, India has raced to the number two spot globally when it comes to absolute volume of search queries related to education on Google Search, according to a recent Google India study.

India was ranked 8 in 2008, and is now behind only to the US, reveals a study titled ‘Students on the web’ compiled by Google India.
The study was compiled by combining Google search query patterns and an offline research conducted by TNS Australia on behalf of Google India. Over 60 percent Indian students, who have access to Internet, use it as their first source to research for information related to educational courses and institutes, the study reveals.
Education related queries on Google in India are growing at over 46 percent year on year, that highlights strong demand for information on institutes and courses that are available in the country.

Out of all education related search queries on Google, over 40 percent of queries were for higher education courses and institutes.
Search queries from mobile phones have considerably grown showing a growth of over 135 percent and amounting to over 22 percent of all education related search queries.Among the courses being searched for on Google, IT or Vocational accounts for 44 percent followed by engineering courses (40 percent) and institutes, postgraduate courses with MBA (16 percent).
The study also found that students take anywhere close to 5-6 months on an average to research before finalising the institute and course.

Nearly 80% B-school pass-outs are unemployable, says study

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The employability of management graduates in India has declined in the past five years, as only 21 per cent of MBAs surveyed are ’employable’, a study has said.
According to the MBAUniverse.com–MeritTrac employability study 2012, which covered 2,264 MBAs from 29 cities and 100 B-Schools, beyond the Top 25, only 21 per cent are employable.
The previous study of 2007 by MeritTrac had placed employability index at 25 per cent.
However, the number of MBA seats in India has grown almost four fold — from 94,704 in 2006-07 to 3,52,571 in 2011-12 —- resulting in a five-year compounded annual growth rate of 30 per cent, but their employability rates have fallen, the study said.

The students were tested for verbal ability, quantitative ability and reasoning by using internationally standardised tests on behalf of recruiting companies.
The index of employability, at 21 per cent mark leaves scope for improvement considering that organisations hire from this talent pool for strategic roles and this is the managerial pool that companies bank on, the study pointed out.
”The results of 2012 employability report covering 2264 B-schools students from 29 cities are quite startling. This report clearly brings out the employability gaps across various competencies and highlights the need for scientific examinations and tests to align the candidate skills to employability metrics.” says S Murlidhar, CEO and director, MerittTrac Services.

Bengal CM Inaugurates First Pvt University of the State

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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has inaugurated the first private university of the state. The CM announced the inauguration of the state’s first private University — The Techno India University. “We passed the bill in the assembly within seven days to have a private University. In the last one year, we are coming up with three new universities, the Kazi Nazrul University in Asansole, Panchanan Barman University in Coochbehar ad now this Techno India University at Rajarhat. the CM said. “After we came to power, we brought a bill to set up this engineering university in the private sector by Techno India group,” she said.
The Techno India group chairman said the state government asked it to provide free education to 10 per cent students and half free to five per cent which was accepted.

AICTE to Give Rs 1crore Seed Capital for Research Parks

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The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to fund institutes with Rs1 crore to set up research parks under its research park initiative, in order to encourage research activities among students. A research park is a research facility that is often linked with a major research university. There purpose is to create linkages between the university, industry and the community. To combine knowledge assets of a community with local business expertise in order to generate highly qualified individuals for high paying jobs is the reason behind the establishment of research parks.
The AICTE is also going to offer other schemes to encourage research work. The top 100 research students will be placed at the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) laboratories.

Haryana Begins New Scheme for Personality Development

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Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda

The Haryana higher education department has started a new scheme for over all development of personality of students, Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said.

It has been implemented under Human Resource Development Scheme in all government colleges of the state during current academic session.

She said that under the new scheme, various cultural activities including activities related to music, dance, short play, skit, mimicry, folk and classical dance would be organised and prizes would be given in each category.

She said professional artistes would also be invited in government colleges to hold concerts and programmes to inspire the students.

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