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Uttar Pradesh 2012-13 Budget Lays Emphasis on Education

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented his first budget in the state assembly on Friday morning. The 2012-13 budget is 18 per cent higher than yesteryear and it is of Rs 2 lakh crore.

The budget has allocated Rs 33263 crore to education sector, which is 20 per cent higher than last year. Of total amount, Rs 25,109 crore has been made for primary education secondary and Rs 9,613 for secondary education. Significantly, out of total budget of secondary education, one third is for distribution of tablets and laptops to students.

The higher education has got Rs 2501 crore in which 36 colleges will be constructed in districts with low enrollment ratio. A provision of Rs 507 crore has been made for vocational educations, Rs 479 crote for technical education and Rs 1907 crore for medical education. The government has announced construction of 14 new medical colleges in different parts of the state. Over 1100 crore has been allocated for unemployment allowance to be distributed among nine lakh BPL youth. The money for laptops, tablets and unemployment allowance has been arranged by diverting funds earmarked by previous chief minister for construction and maintenance of Dalit memorials and parks.

The state government has made special allocations to fulfill the poll promises made by the Samajwadi Party before elections. The promises include loan waivers to farmers and weavers, minority welfare, laptops and tablets to students, unemployment allowance among other things.

UGC Makes Regulatory Framework for Foreign Varsities

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The University Grants Commission has been seriously engaged in the analysis of the findings of the various reports on foreign education providers operating in the country with regard to the standing of such providers in their respective countries, the nature of programmes offered by them and the degrees awarded, and above all, protection of the interest of students seeking admission to such foreign institutions.

Many foreign educational institutions are operating in the country offering different types of courses and programmes and there is no regulation presently in place to control and curb the operation of such institutions with academic credentials which may not even be satisfying in their own country. The UGC is aware that the AICTE Regulation of 2003 are applicable only for technical and management education but not in the other areas of higher education.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has time and again emphasised the need to put in a regulatory framework for entry and operation of foreign education providers through a UGC Regulation. This need has also been emphasised by various reports of experts/committees which include the report of the C.N.R. Rao Committee, the Study Report on foreign educational institutions (2005) by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) and the Report prepared by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) in 2012.

The objective of the UGC is to formulate a regulatory framework which could be put in place on the lines similar to what has been laid down by the AICTE in 2003.

The MHRD has been deeply concerned with this situation and has been approaching the UGC to make a detailed analysis of the implications of the operation of such institutions in the country. In a February 1st, 2012 letter, it requested the UGC to frame regulations/guidelines for the purpose of safeguarding the interest of the student community in India. Accordingly, the UGC constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. P. Rama Rao in March, 2012 to look into the entire issue and make recommendations which could facilitate the formulation of appropriate regulations.

 The Report of the Rama Rao committee was subjected to further scrutiny through another committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Ramamurthy Naidu. This committee has finalised the regulations which are now to be placed before the Commission for its consideration.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Grants JNU, DU to Create Infrastructure for Differently-abled

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The ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has granted Rs. 11.6 crore to Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University to create infrastructure for the differently-abled.

The grant has been released by the ministry of social justice and empowerment recently to make the campuses barrier free. While JNU has received Rs 8.51 crore, DU has been earmarked Rs 3.11 crore to make the premises accessible to persons with disabilities.

Thanks to the grant, hostels in JNU will now get elevator facilities as well as special pathways in the campus for the differently-abled. Moreover, the reading rooms in the library which has been out of reach for the differently-abled will be made accessible.

JNU VC, S K Sopory said,  “Although the grant will not suffice to make all the 62 buildings accessible, some of the buildings will be made barrier free as well as there will be a walkway in the campus for the differently-abled. We have set up a special committee to prepare a plan for the same. With this grant we will be able to offer elevators in the hostels and some of the buildings, mostly academic and libraries will be made completely accessible. Accessibility to the reading rooms of the central library has been an issue and we will resolve it soon”.

Meanwhile, in DU, despite a series of measure, majority of the buildings are not completely barrier free. Moreover, the special bus introduced two years ago is a non-starter. While majority of the departments don’t have barrier free facilities, some of the colleges like SGTB Khalsa and Miranda House on their own did created differently-abled friendly infrastructure.

Agreeing that a lot needs to be done on this front, vice chancellor of DU, Dinesh Singh rued the fact that infact important buildings like the Arts Faculty have no user friendly toilets.

Dinesh Singh shared, “I met a differently-abled girl in the first floor of the Arts Faculty and when I asked her how she managed to climb the floors she said that her father help her every day. There are no user friendly toilets as well. Unfortunate part is that we can’t touch the Arts Faculty building as it is a heritage structure”. Singh said that the university is working on a plan to have permanent differently-abled friendly infrastructure in Gwyer Hall (men’s hostel), law and arts faculties and PG women’s hostel. “If the plan progress as scheduled, in one year time we will make these buildings completely accessible to people disabilities,” assured Singh.

The grant to DU University has been released to make 80 buildings in its North and South Campuses, including administrative and academic blocks, conference centre, libraries, hostels and two guest houses accessible.

Education Times to Organise Education and Career Counseling Week in Pune

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Education Times in association with MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions has launched the ‘Education and Career Counseling Week from May 31st to June 4th, 2012 at the MIT Campus.

The city of Pune has always been an educational hub and is known as the Oxford of the East. The city has a huge student population, not only from across the country but from abroad as well. An opportunity to get into the top colleges in Pune is considered a boon for the student. To tap this young energy and bring before students the plethora of career choices available,

Parents have always explored the various educational options available in the city for their wards. Parents and students are seeking out to explore information to fulfill their need of quality education which will help them standout in today’s competitive environment.

With the recent boom in the education sector, when it comes to choosing a career, the options for students are limitless. It is been observed that students continuously seek guidance and knowledge to help them walk the path that will lead them to glorious and prosperous future.

Talking about the education scene Group Captain (Retd) D P Apte, professor and director of MIT School of Business says, “The real fruits of globalisation of business started only in the last decade. This opened up numerous job opportunities in various specialised areas. To support these job profiles, requirement was felt in training the job seekers through various short-term and long-term courses. As a result, number of specialised graduation, post graduation, diploma and certificate courses were introduced by universities as well as autonomous institutes. This led to mushrooming of various institutes, training centers and courses. Some are good, others not so good and few below standard. This has made selection of appropriate courses difficult for students. It is difficult for most of the parents since they tend to use their experience when they were students. The information from their friends is equally outdated.”

During the ‘Education and Career Counseling Week’, students will have an opportunity to get information on various courses to make the right decision of choice of courses. During this week students will get information focusing on careers in engineering, marine science, pharmacy, management, science, commerce, food technology, and design. This is exclusively for those who are looking to pursue vibrant and strong careers in these streams. This week will showcase the future opportunities for students in professional courses and increase the awareness of parents and students.

This seminar will provide an opportunity to meet the experts, faculty and authorities from these fields. These experts have immense experience in industry, education and research. Senior faculty members who have more than 20 years experience will personally guide students about their careers choices during this ‘Education Week’. Availability of all this information under one roof will benefit parents as well as students. In addition to this, students will get advice on how to select the best course to suit their individual profiles and meet their career aspirations. Student and parents will get answers pertaining to education and other career-related opportunities and make an informed decision.

To meet the above objective of removing confusion, free seminars on various topics will also be organised during the week at Saint Dnyaneshwara Hall, MIT Campus, Kothrud, Pune between 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. This event is a social cause and unique in terms of guiding students to take the right decision. All the guidance lectures and counselling sessions are free of cost.

Department of Science and Technology To Grant 36 Bihar Colleges

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36 colleges of Bihar were selected for grants to be sanctioned by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), government of India, for boosting teaching and research activities in science subjects. The colleges would get Rs 50 lakh each. The universities of the state would get Rs 1.50 crore each for developing their science departments.

This was decided at a meeting of the officials of DST, state HRD, university and college officials, held here under the chairmanship of IIT, Delhi professor and former Hyderabad Central University vice-chancellor S E Hasnain. DST adviser A Mukhopadhyaya, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Science, Kolkata, professor B B Bhattacharya, University of Kashmir professor M Z Chisti, Centre for DNA Finger printing and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, professor Akash Ranjan, vice-chancellors of Patna and Veer Kuar Singh universities and principals of different colleges participated in the meeting. Education (higher) secretary S Shiv Kumar represented the state government.

Bihar is the third state after Jammu and Kashmir and the North-east to get special package from the DST for science teaching and research. As proposed, altogether 60 selected colleges of the state would get Rs 50 lakh each and each university would get Rs 1.5 crore for their science departments, according to DST officials. The state government is likely to sanction matching grants to the universities and colleges.

All the four colleges of PU, namely Patna Science College, B N College, Magadh Mahila College and Patna Women’s College, would get Rs 50 lakh each while PU would get a sum of Rs. 1.5 crore for its postgraduate science departments. All the four PU colleges seeking DST funds are NAAC-accredited and each science department of PU has got at least five core faculty members which are supposed to be mandatory for the institutions claiming DST funds.

Symantec Launches SymEd for K-12 and Higher Education

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Symantec Corp has launched SymEd, a new licensing model designed specifically to help academic institutions protect information while managing and securing their IT infrastructure.

SymEd combines essential solutions for threat management, data protection, virtualization, encryption and endpoint protection to support the growing technology demands in academia. The SymEd offering provides a standardized, enterprise-wide platform within the academic institution while providing the flexibility to select additional Symantec solutions to meet the needs of individual departments.

“SymEd enables academia to have confidence in the security of their connected experiences as the learning environment expands to accommodate and provide access to online reference material, assignments, collaboration and rich multimedia content wherever and whenever,” said Mike Maxwell, national director, U.S. State & Local Government and Education at Symantec. “This model allows institutions to secure devices and applications in their environment, protect data and infrastructure from attack and manage inventory and configuration with scalability.”

As educational institutions of all sizes face tighter budgets while simultaneously trying to address the increasing number of devices introduced into the IT environment, IT departments are under pressure to streamline infrastructure and operational costs. SymEd provides a comprehensive centralized management platform and a means to secure and manage multiple endpoints: PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones for both faculty and students whether they are school-issued or personal devices.

Shemrock & Shemford Group to Open 15 new Schools in Tamil Nadu

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Shemrock & Shemford Group of Schools is planning to open 15 new schools in Tamil Nadu in the next three years with an infusion of Rs 100 crore.

The group, which entered the education scene in Tamil Nadu last year, has six schools in Chennai, Hosur, Vaniyambadi, Chidambaram, Theni and Pallikaranai and plans to start schools in Trichy, Thanjavur, Palladam, Ariyalur, Erode, Coimbatore, Vellore and Tirunelveli this year.

Shemrock & Shemford group follows the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus and employs about 3000 teaching and non-teaching staff all over India, including 50 in Tamil Nadu. It now plans to employ approximatly 900 teachers in the state over the course of the next five years. Nearly 20,000 students study at the group’s schools across the country, including 600 in Tamil Nadu.

According to Amol Arora, Managing Director, Shemrock & Shemford Group of Schools,said, “We invest heavily in research and development and use the latest technologies like touchscreen boards, projectors, tablets, robotics and electronic blocks in the school in an effort to enhance the teaching-learning process.”

CBSE To Offer Course on Retail

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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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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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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.”

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