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Tamil Nadu to Challenge AICTE Eligibility Norms in Court

The State Government has decided to once again challenge the higher minimum eligibility marks fixed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission into engineering colleges. This year, the AICTE had mandated that only students with a minimum aggregate score of 45 per cent would be eligible to enrol in BE/BTech courses under the Open Competition category. For students belonging to reserved categories (BC, MBC and SC/ST), the AICTE had fixed the minimum eligibility aggregate at 40%.
However, in TN, the prevailing policy allowed SC/ST students with a mere pass mark of 35 per cent to qualify for engineering admission. Soon after the AICTE notification came into force, the Higher Education Department had challenged it in the HC and sought to relax the norms to allow all Plus Two passed students to join engineering colleges. But, in a space of a week, Justices K Chandru and V Ramasubramanian had separately dismissed the pleas holding that relaxing norms would dilute the standards.

Harvard, Stanford Transforming Education with Free Online Course

A growing number of elite universities are throwing open their digital doors to the masses. They’re offering their most popular courses online for no charge, allowing anyone with an internet connection to learn from world-renowned scholars and scientists.
Many colleges have offered web-based courses for years, but the participation of top-tier research universities marks a major milestone in the expansion of digital learning.
With the rising costs of obtaining a university education, many potential students have been left behind, and it is thought that this online revolution is going to change all of that. With these courses, student debt and the costs of relocating to another part of the country (or even the world) to get a decent education are no longer constraining students to the point where they finally give up; they can now choose to apply for these free from anywhere in the world.
Some institutions are choosing to charge for the courses that they allow students to enroll in online, but these learners will be working towards a qualification, and the overall expenses are still expected to be much lower than traditional brick-and-mortar establishments. Online course offerings are set to assist with regards to the rising costs traditionally associated with a qualification, including tuition and the lowered budgets of the university’s themselves.

Skill Development Top Priority in 12th Plan

Education and skill development would be the “overriding priority” of the 12th Five Year Plan even as India’s current slow economic growth rate might affect total outlay of the plan.
Allocation for the 12th Plan period (2012-17) would be declared in a month and the total size of the plan outlay would be “commensurate with the growth rate”, Planning Commission member Narendra Jadhav told reporters. Jadhav, however, said education and skill development followed by healthcare and infrastructure will remain the top priorities in the plan period as prior to the 11th Plan, the central government did little for the sectors, resulting in a “large backlog”.

IGNOU gets It’s New VC

IGNOU

Gopinath Pradhan, professor of economics , took over as the new vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) on August 1.

Pradhan joined Ignou in 1993 as a reader in economics and became a professor in 1998. He has been serving as the director of the School of Social Sciences (SOSS) of the university since 2010.
Pradhan has handled various research projects pertaining to policy research and has contributed to the capacity-building training module, certificate programme launched by Ignou in 2001 on ‘Involuntary Resettlement and Rehabilitation’ and ‘strengthening of local government in Madhya Pradesh.’

SSA Gives 75 Children a New Life

More than 75 children from Mansa district, Ludhiana, have been treated for congenital heart defects (hole in heart), cancer, paralysis and polio free of cost after they registered through Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan which allows for free treatment in PGI, Chandigarh and DMCH, Ludhiana. Mansa DC Amit Dakha said that a total of 513 schools are covered under SSA and 2,844 children are currently undergoing treatment for various ailments.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalisation of elementary education “in a time bound manner”, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and education to children of ages 6–14 (estimated to be 205 million in number in 2001) a fundamental right.  SSA is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country and address the needs of 192 million children in 1.1 million habitations.

Bihar entrusts CORE Education to digitalise primary education

The education company, CORE Education & Technologies (CORE Education)   has informed the stock exchange that Bihar State Government has signed a Letter of Intent with the company to provide computer aided learning solutions in 168 schools across eight districts, such as Nalanda, Jamul, Nawada, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Khagarai, Saharsa and Begusarai. The total value of the project is Rs. 22 Crore. With this project, CORE Education is providing education solutions to over 10,000 Government schools in India.

The Bihar Government, which is taking rapid strides towards development of the state, has selected CORE Education as its partner for this project which intends to make quality education accessible to students in even the remotest corner of the state. This move will fulfill the dream of the poor students by giving them access to modern technology enabled education.
CORE Education will impart digital literacy training not only to over 10,000 students but also to over 1500 teachers in the state.  CORE is also mandated to develop physical infrastructure for training centers, supply hardware, software and manpower to install and maintain the establishments. To ensure smooth execution of the project and to uphold the high level standards, CORE will put together a strong team of 177 people under the supervision of an experienced project manager.

digitalLEARNING Magazine Announces Annual Resource Guide 2012

 digitalLEARNING , a premier monthly publication from Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd on current practices in ICT and education in India and across the globe, is coming up with its 4th Annual Resource Guide in the month of October 2012.

 digitalLEARNING 4th Annual Resource Guide 2012

 The October 2012 issue will be the Annual Resource Guide, which serves as a valuable source of information for service providers and end users in education space. Being the ‘only one–of–its–kind’ for the Indian market, this annual issue is a comprehensive compilation and showcase of latest products and solutions in the education technology space. The issue will serve as a quick reference guide for everyone in the domain of education. There will be a spotlight on the companies, which are playing a seminal role in developing and implementing innovative systems and solutions at the educational institutions. 

The Annual Resource Guide of digitalLEARNING serves as a unique opportunity for companies and organisations to get featured and develop connections with decision makers at schools, colleges, higher educational institutions, state and central government departments and also with other stakeholders in the ICT fraternity and education sector.

 Key Features of Listing in Annual Resource of Guide

 There are three types of listings in the Annual Resource Guide

Basic: The product wise listing includes contact details of the company. 

AdvancedThe company contact details will be highlighted in a box with company logo.

Premium: The Premium segment will include brand profile of the company with advertisement. Detailed company profile includes photograph of the representative, company logo, products and services, USP, target verticals, achievements, key people in the company, sales and after sales support details, and much else.

 

·         Prof S S Mantha is the Guest Editor for the October 2012 issue

·         The Annual Resource Guide will also feature in depth coverage of leading school chains and higher education institutions

·         There will be coverage of work being done by eminent education organisations like AICTE, NCERT, CBSE, MHRD, NAAC

Highlights

·         The Yellow Pages of ICT and service sector companies in the education space 

·           One year shelf life 

·          Wider reach among key decision makers 

·           Strong brand presence and strategic positioning

·           Maximum return on investment 

Read by key decision makers in schools, higher education institutions and other places of learning, digitalLEARNING magazine provides unparalleled access to key people who research, recommend and purchase your products and services. The magazine is uniquely positioned to create impactful printdigital and event opportunities that will deliver maximum benefits for your brand.

 The reach of the Annual Education Resource Guide

 • School principals, chairmen, directors, senior functionaries

• VCs, directors, deans, at higher education institutes and vocation training centres

• Ministers, senior officials at education ministries at centre and state levels

• Important functionaries at funding agencies in education space 

• Important functionaries from the corporate sector, banks and PSUs, including CIOs and CTOs 

• Public Administrators looking after regulation in education sector 

• Heads of Academic think-tanks and other institutions 

• IT vendors 

• & many others

 Expected number of copies to be published: 60,000

 25,000 of the magazines go to schools. 20,000 go to higher education institutions

 5000 go to government functionaries, corporate

Contact us now to take advantage of the opportunity of being part of digitalLEARNING’s mega Annual Resource Guide for the month of October 2012.

 Timeline for October 2012 issue: 

Editorial material timeline: 15th September, 2012 

Ad material timeline: 19th September, 2012

 

For editorial queries contact: Pragya Guptapragya@elets.in, +91 8860651648

 For advertising queries, contact: Fahim Ul Haquefahim@elets.in; +91 9873277808

India Sri Lanka CEO’s Forum Identifies Potential Areas in Education

The Sri Lanka- India CEO’s Forum organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was held on August 4, 2012 with the participation of a large number of CEOs from both Sri Lanka and India. The Co-Chairs for the event were  Kulatunga Rajapakse, Managing Director of DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd. from Sri Lanka and Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd. from India. The Forum was conceptualised at a meeting between the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Some of the potential sectors identified for increasing trade and investment between the two countries are apparel, rubber products, power and energy, tourism, education, skill development, ports and shipping and infrastructure in general.

The Commerce Ministers of both countries and the Senior Minister of Monetary Cooperation of Sri Lanka graced the occasion and agreed to support the initiatives that will be taken by the CEOs. The two Governments have already decided to establish a Joint Task Force to come up with a road map to further enhance economic cooperation between the two countries.

Karnataka Government for more Private Universities

The state will see more private universities in the future as there are 10 proposals pending before the state government for approval. Governor HR Bhardwaj, chief minister Jagadish Shettar and higher education minister CT Ravi also favour setting up more private universities in the state.
At the convocation of Alliance University on Saturday, he said the university authorities should bring in ultra-modern facilities to enhance student and faculty exchange programme with world-class universities. Shettar advocated that private universities should partner with best world class universities for faculty and students exchange programme. “Such steps will transform the students to global citizen.

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