CBSE To Offer Course on Retail

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May 31, 2012

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to introduce a retail course under the vocational stream at the senior secondary level from the academic session 2012-13.

The board will offer the retail course in class XI on a pilot basis. Schools opting to offer this course will be required to develop the infrastructure (normal classroom for theory and retail lab for role-plays) and train the faculty. According to Biswajit Saha, programme officer, vocational, CBSE, the Indian retail market is poised for highest growth in the next five years. The Indian retail industry would grow in the organised sector at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 23% to 25% between 2008 and 2022, thereby increasing in size from Rs 96,500 crore (US$ 19 billion) in 2008 and clocking Rs 17,36,000 crore (US$ 347 to 350 billion) in 2022.

This course will be offered under the vocational stream as 4/5elective for class XI and XII. The curriculum includes a course on retail (major) combined with business entrepreneurship development (minor), soft skills and environment awareness programme. The course will be delivered through theory sessions supported by practical applications. The board will also provide students with the books.

Since this course requires high degree of practical training , schools will be required to create a retail lab where students will learn the practical applications through role-plays .Further, summer training at the end of the session will conclude the course.

CBSE will also launch a helpline on its website for student queries and to provide support.

Punjab Govt to Chalk out Technical Education Plan for Youths

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May 31, 2012

Punjab government is planning to launch a comprehensive plan for providing technical education to youth for the expansion and promotion of technical education in Punjab.

Shri Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab said though job opportunities in government sector are limited, there is a vast potential in the industrial sector.The youth from Punjab were unable to reap benefit of these opportunities as they lacked the desired skills. Self-employment and opportunities in industrial sector can be possible if the youths are imparted training

Students from JRE School of Engineering Secured Approval by IEEE

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May 31, 2012

The students of JRE school of Engineering have secured approval for their innovative in- house project by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE). The project called “Abiot “is an invention of two first year students of JRE Saurabh kumar Ariyan and Nikhil Anmol Kumar. They participated in The IEEE All India Young Engineers’ Humanitarian Challenge which presents students across India with a unique opportunity to prepare and work on projects that focus on a humanitarian problem. The project “abiot” was selected from the JRE School of Engineering making it one of the 23 selected from all across India.

Once projects are approved the successful students develop technical solutions to the problems with support and funding from the IEEE. The project ‘abiot’ is a robotic platform which can find its way through agricultural fields and detect or attract particular types of pest and eliminate those using electromechanical means. The project aims to repel or trap most aerial pests which primarily affect fruit crops. This process assists farmers and consumers by preserving the quality of the soil and by reducing human intake of by-products which are introduced into the food chain through the use of chemical pesticides.

Speaking on the achievement Harpreet Singh, Presidents JRE group of Institutions expressed, ” it is a very proud moment for everybody at JRE. Being part of IEEE is a very prestigious matter. Hope to see more such achievements in future.”

Boxlight Launches New Projectors under ProjectoWrite Series

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May 31, 2012

Boxlight has unveiled five models in its new ProjectoWrite series that will meet the diverse requirements of its customers, be it a business executive, or an academician.

Boxlight Inc. is a US based company, which has entered into Indian market with an exclusive product and service partnership agreement with New Delhi based Edaxis Systems India Pvt Ltd.

The ProjectoWrite is the portable interactive presentation solution built in a stand- alone unit. The user needs to simply plug the ProjectoWrite into a computer source, save the software, respond to a simple 13 point or 4 point calibration and one is ready to interact. The innovative portable interactive projector comes with a colour camera with I/R filter mounted on the projector that encompasses solutions which enables the user to actively participate with the projected image with the help of the wand and light pen.

Unveiling the new ProjectoWrite series, Joy Ghosh, VP Sales & Marketing, Edaxis systems India Pvt. Ltd said “TheBoxlight projectors are unique in itself as it lays emphasis on the four major principles that is affordability, simplicity, flexibility and compatibility and we would like our partners to make end users to understand how Boxlight is better in terms of quality, features, pricing, warranty and after-sales service.”

Boxlight’s ProjectoWrite caters to academician, defence personnel’s, business people and trainers in any industry, law enforcement officials, and athletic coaches and also for anyone who wants to interact with a screen. Boxlight is proud to have its customers spread across the globe.to name a few, the entire department of Defence (USA), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Puerto Rico Education system, Taiwan Education Department , and last but not the least even in India around 2900 Boxlight projectors have been used within a year.

The five new models launched under the new ProjectoWrite range include ProjectoWrite2, ProjectoWrite2 X22N, ProjectoWrite2 WX25N, ProjectoWrite 3 WX25NU and ProjectoWrite3 X25NU. These different models of ProjectoWrite projectors from Boxlight have an outstanding free lifetime technical support and are available with Edaxis at a price starting from Rs 69,000 along with 5 year Warranty on Projectors and two year on Lamp.

Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education, BU to Hold Contact Classes

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May 31, 2012

The Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education, Bangalore University, will be conducting contact classes at Government Arts College, K L E’s S Nijalingappa College, Government R C College of Commerce and Management for candidates who have registered for various undergraduate courses under the Open University Scheme at Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education for the academic year 2011- 12.

For further details, one can refer to www.dccbub. in.

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum Signs MoU with EdCIL

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May 31, 2012

The Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum has signed MoU with Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL). EdCIL was established as a Public Sector enterprise by the Government of India in 1981, under the Ministry of Education and Culture. EdCIL is a nodal agency for arranging admission and placement opportunities for foreign students to pursue their higher studies and training in Indian educational institutions.

VTU Vice Chancellor H Maheshappa said the primary objective of the MoU is to promote Indian higher education in foreign countries.

EdCIL will receive applications from foreign students. After initial scrutiny, the applications of eligible candidates will be forwarded to VTU, for determination of eligibility and grant of provisional admission. Based on the provisional admissions to the students by the VTU, EdCIL will arrange clearances from different Union departments such as Ministries of External and Home Affairs for entry and stay of the foreign students.

EdCIL will also act as a co-coordinating agency between the university and foreign funding agencies and it will inform about the educational facilities available at the university from time to time.

IIM Kozhikode Organizes “Gurukul for Gurus’

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May 31, 2012

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) has organized four days workshop recently with the objective of fundamentally transform the education sector in India. The workshop has been organized for leading schools, school teachers, principals and educationists.

On this occasion, Kerala’s leading business group, Malabar Gold and Diamonds, announced 200 scholarships and 4 gold medals for school teachers. The objective of Leading Schools programme is to familiarize Indian educational leaders with the world’s best practices in creating centers of excellence; understanding self to enhance effectiveness; broadening the horizon of perception and nurturing effective learning in the classrooms.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIMK who has designed and taught this workshop around the world said, “This workshop is a demonstration of the fact that the destiny of our country is being shaped in our classrooms”.

Prof. Debashis Chatterjee further added, “The best of India must take care of the rest of India”, IIMK aspired to fundamentally mould education policies that opens the door of education excellence to the underprivileged and un-reached communities. This is the first of the series of workshops, sponsored by Malabar Gold & Diamonds to fulfill their share of what Prof. Chatterjee describes as ‘Corporate Educational Responsibility’. This is an example worth emulating by other corporate houses through public private partnerships.

“Our workshop is a commitment to reinventing teaching and learning excellence by encouraging schools to move away from the old-fashioned approach of teaching to a text toward learning in context. You can teach a child what is far only when he learns what is near. Technology is fast changing the way the younger generation receives information and teacher’s today have to adapt to their new learning environment. Teachers need to be oriented towards the realization that India is emerging as a global power, and the future generation and leaders are under their stewardship in the classrooms of today.”

Sharing his thoughts on the significance of school education and teachers, Mr. Ahammed MP, Chairman of Malabar Group of Companies, said: “We believe quality education at the school level is important to build a base for secondary education and developing the human resources in India. We feel honoured with this humble beginning of a journey to support academic excellence in India by partnering with an IIM”.

Manipur Education Minister Offers Monetary Support to CBSE Topper

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May 30, 2012

Manipur education minister M Okendra Singh has announced monetary assistance of Rs 5 lakh to CBSE Class XII topper Mohammad Ismat and Rs 10 lakh to the management of his school – Zenith Academy, Imphal – in recognition of his extraordinary feat and the school’s sincere efforts to mould the boy to stand top among equals in the whole nation.

While announcing the monetary incentives for both Ismat and the school management, the education minister appealed to parents and authorities of other schools to emulate the success mantra of the boy and his school teachers and management. The minister also assured to help in all ways to back Ismat’s further studies till he joins his choicest profession.

Former SEBI Head Joins IIHS

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May 28, 2012

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) has announced the appointment of former SEBI chairman, C B Bhave as the new Executive Chairperson of its Board. Bhave takes over from the eminent urbanist Shirish Patel.

The IIHS Board and promoter group consists of a group of eminent Indians including: Cyrus Guzder, Deepak Parekh, Deepak Satwalekar, Jamshyd Godrej, Kishore Mariwala, Nasser Munjee, Nandan Nilekani, Rahul Mehrotra, Rakesh Mohan, Renana Jhabvala, Shirish Patel, Vijay Kelkar, Xerxes Desai and Aromar Revi. Together they drive the IIHS mission to become a leading inter-disciplinary learning, research and practice institution committed to the equitable, sustainable and efficient transformation of Indian settlements.

C B Bhave was the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), India’s capital markets regulator from 2008 to 2011. He was also the founding Chairman and Managing Director of the National Securities Depository (NSDL), which has established a national infrastructure of international standards that handles most of the securities held and settled in dematerialised form in the Indian capital market.

Bhave brings this expertise of building national institutions to IIHS. The IIHS is one among prospective national Universities for Research and Innovation – that are expected to help transform the country’s higher education, innovation and research landscape over the next few decades.

The Universities for Research and Innovation Bill 2012, introduced recently in the Lok Sabha, is aimed at allowing the establishment and incorporation of ‘Research and Innovation Universities’ such as IIHS to become hubs for learning ecosystems to develop around education, research and innovation. Its first campus is being established in Bengaluru.

AISECT Partners with NSDC to Skill 1.3 million Youth

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May 28, 2012

Bhopal based AISECT, Education, Training and Services Network, has partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) with a mission to skill around 1.3 million youth across semi-urban and rural India over the next 10 years. Under this alliance, AISECT will work as a national partner of NSDC to spread quality skill development training across the country and placement of students.

This ambitious skill development project will initially be carried out in the rural and backward regions of states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra and Punjab and will gradually be implemented across the country. As part of this alliance, AISECT’s skill development initiative will cater to seven of the twenty one priority sectors identified by NSDC. These sectors include IT&ITES, Electronics & Hardware, Banking & Financial Services, Teacher & Assessor Training, Textiles, Organized Retail and Agri Skills. These are the sectors which are estimated to have the highest contribution towards the requirement of skilled workforce in the country over the next ten years. Some of these sectors such as IT, Computers, Hardware and Teacher Training are those where AISECT already has tremendous experience of skilling people.

Commenting on this collaboration, Santosh Kumar Choubey, Chairman, AISECT Group said, “The unorganized sector is a critical part of the Indian economy. The extent of informal employment is estimated to be at about 450 million between 2008 & 2012 and this percentage will tend to remain at approximately the same level. This not only indicates the importance of the informal sector but also the importance of informal employment and the need for skill building therein. Through this partnership, AISECT, which has an extensive reach in the rural and semi-urban areas through a network of over 10,000 centres spread across 27 states and 3 Union Territories, will contribute significantly to the objective of carrying out skill development on a large scale in the unorganised sector. ”

Under this partnership, AISECT will also undertake massive “Training of Trainers” programme to improve the quality of skill training and to up-skill the technology utilization of trainers in training. The organization will also utilize nearly 6,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) that it has set up at the panchayat level across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Punjab for skilling the youth. Moreover, skill development programmes will be linked with university education and AISECT will also endeavor to set up Vocational Academies or Skill Resource Centres within the two universities that the organization has set up in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Placements and post-training hand-holding support is a big component of this project and AISECT will provide placement services – both online and offline – to the trained manpower. Placement efforts will be carried out at both National as well as regional level to ensure maximum placements for all trained candidates. As part of this partnership, AISECT would also work extensively on creation of quality e-learning material for candidates in all regional languages.

AISECT, having been involved in skilling and training for semi urban and rural India for the past 27 years and having skilled about 12 lakh students, has developed a fairly evolved understanding of the skill requirements across certain sectors. AISECT has, so far, executed large skill development, capacity building and e-governance projects for the central and state governments including Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Common Service Centre Project, Indira Suchana Shakti Yojana, Swashakti Project, Tejaswini Project, Financial Inclusion Scheme and SRMS Project among others. This new partnership with NSDC is another step for AISECT towards reaching its goal of empowering rural India through ICT training, education and services.

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