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CBSE Schools to add Lessons on Road Safety

The  Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools will now have lessons on Essential Road Safety rules. The traffic rules would also be taught to the teaching and non-teaching staff.

The board has released a notification informing that the course is designed with two modules. The first module targets standard VI-VIII students and second for IX-XII standard students.

As part of its Comprehensive School Health and Safety Programme and Adolescence Education Programme, the CBSE through the course aims at educating students on road safety and measures for safe driving. The course comprising twelve lessons has been researched and designed by the Police Training and Research Institute (PTRI). Under the programme, compulsory seminars and workshops for students will be organised to highlight the importance of traffic rules, road safety and ensure better understanding of road traffic.

AICTE Launches e-Facility to Track Bribery

The AICTE has launched an e-facility to receive corruption related complaints. The higher education body might have taken this step to keep a tab on corruption. The recently held arrests of the associate professors for allegedly accepting bribes from a private technical institute might have encouraged them to launch e-Facility.

In its official website, the vigilance wing of AICTE said it has set up e-facility to receive information, particularly regarding expert visits. The institutions and public at large are hereby informed that if they have any complaint regarding any expert visit they may send their feedback or complaint at aictevigilance@gmail.com for necessary action by the AICTE, according to its website.

Indian Education Sector to Receive Greater Fund Allotment

The country’s education sector is going to receive four times higher fund allotment during the 12th five year plan (2012-2017) period. The government aims to spend R4.13 lakh crore on higher education during the 12th Plan period whereas in the previous plan the sector had received only R84, 943 crore. As per MHRD, majority of the funding would be used to set up new institutions and expanding the existing ones. The list includes state universities, general degree colleges and professional and technical educational institutions.

In the previous plan period, the share of education in the total plan outlay correspondingly increased from 7.7 per cent to 19.4 per cent. Thus, around 50 per cent of the 11th plan outlay was devoted for elementary education and literacy, 20 per cent for secondary education and 30 per cent for higher and technical education.

Fulbright Program Going to See Huge Participation from India

The Fulbright program of the US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) is going to witness massive participation from India.  The foundation has revealed that there would be around 177 Indians participating in the program. The program is aimed at promoting mutual understanding between the people of the two countries.

Scholars from different cities across India will pursue Fulbright projects in the US during the 2012-13 academic year in a variety of disciplines, including energy, agriculture, economics, education, environment, international relations, management and leadership development, media and communications, public administration, public health and science and technology.

The USIEF is hosting a pre-departure orientation for the Fulbright scholars in Hyderabad from May 13-15.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the United States Government.

New e-Learning Portal for SSC Students

Mumbai-based, Mentor e-learning has launched new e-learning web site to remove the stress from the minds of students preparing for standard X examination. This e-learning website has been launched along with a one year ‘Slap the stress’ campaign.

The concept of ssconline.in has been designed by teachers taking into consideration the psychology of students. It is a website for standard X students studying in English-medium schools.

The website is an attempt to simplify the preparations for exams, using e-learning method. The campaign, which was launched by adman Bharat Dabholkar at a launch ceremony in Mumbai, will involve use of various techniques to relieve students from stress. Counseling, stress test, student-parent-teacher meets, seminars, entertaining ways of learning and other such techniques will be used during the year-long campaign.

TOEFL Now Accepts Indian Currency

TOEFL, a recognized English assessment test used by institutions to judge language proficiency now accepts rupee as a mode of payment. Students can now pay in Indian currency to appear for the TOEFL iBT test. The new payment choice is available to test takers by selecting the credit card option through the TOEFL online registration system.

As payment is no longer limited to US dollars, Indian TOEFL test takers paying in rupees will no longer incur currency exchange fees charged by most debit and credit card companies. It is part of a wider goal to accept other local currencies around the world to increase access for students.

MVN Education Inaugurates MVN University

MVN University, approved under the Haryana Private University Act, extending collaboration with reputed international universities, is a fruition of the dream of its founder late Gopal Sharma, who strived hard to provide qualitative and progressive education to aspiring students in India.

Padma Bhushan Prof (Dr) Nirmal K Ganguly, former Director General (ICMR), and Boman Irani, the well known character – actor, launched the MVN University logo. The four distinctive elements in the logo of MVN University signify four different values. The symbol of ‘eagle’ symbolises vigilance whereas the ‘rising sun’ stands for supremacy. In the logo the ‘tiger’ represents passion and the ‘lotus’ spreads the positivity.

Varun Sharma, President of MVN Education states that “Today’s world requires young, dynamic human’s with a strong footing in practicality while having a visionary look out into the future. MVN University is employing latest technologies for effective delivery and innovative teaching emphasizing on theory and case study, creating managerial and technical skills. MVN Education has established its commitment in creating global leaders contributing to the national and international societies”.

Santosh Sharma is the Chancellor of MVN University and Dr SK Luthra has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of t

Dr D K Batra Joins Asia Pacific Institute of Management as Director

Dr D K Batra has joined Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi in the capacity of Director. Dr D K Batra is PhD in Management and MBA (Marketing) from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He graduated in BTech (Textile Tech) from Technological Institute of Textiles, M D University. He has also attended the Summer day & Night Prog. at Fashion Management Dept FIT, New York University. He has also been a UNDP Research Fellow to the EU & Brazil in the Product Development Area and has been earlier to University of East London, UK as UNDP fellow.

Prior to this appointment, Dr Batra has worked as Director, Netaji Subhash Institute of Management Sciences. He has also worked as Senior Professor and Programme Director PGDM (International Business management) at FORE School of Management. He also held the additional post of Registrar of FORE Society. In a long stint with National Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi spanning 18 years, he has held various senior positions namely: Head- Academic Affairs of eleven NIFT centers in India, Chairperson Fashion Management Studies and Head International Linkages. He has several special awards/honors received/ positions conferred in his career. He is on the PhD Research Board of Jamia Hamdard University. He has also worked as Advisor to Ministry of Information Technology project on Human body measurement conducted by Textile Dept IIT Delhi 2007-10. He has authored many Books and Research Papers. He has provided Consultancy & Training services to various corporate like Raymond India, Madura Garments and Gokaldas Exports, Land mark Group Dubai, etc. He is a consultant to International trade center Geneva, UNCTAD.

MHRD Plans to Make a Single Door Entry to Engineering and Technical Colleges

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been planning  to replace all examinations for admission to engineering and technical colleges in the country, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), with a single examination — the Indian science engineering eligibility test (ISEET)

If things go as planned by the MHRD, around this time next year, all engineering college aspirants in the country will be at daggers drawn over who really make the cut. The MHRD, which has been working on the common entrance test’s format for over a year now, has acted with the best of motives in mind: to cut down the stress that students right out of Class XII find themselves in while taking multiple tests, to reduce the dependency on coaching institutes which promote learning by rote and to reinforce the importance of a school education.

Surge in Education Spending in India

A research report revealed recently that at USD 600 billion, the education spending in India has surpassed that of the US and is growing by leaps and bounds. The report has been prepared by Investor Relation Society, affiliated to US based Global Investor Relations Network

The education spend in India is at USD 600 billion and the private education segment alone is expected to cross USD 45 billion mark by 2015 from the present USD 35 billion the report said.

The report said that skill and vocational training are fast throwing good amount of opportunities.

With an education network of more than one million schools and 20,
000 higher-education institutes, the market size of the Indian education system is estimated at USD 45 billion, Investor Relation Society president M S Anand said.

The higher education in India shall soon witness a sea change, leading to a surge in the growth of education sector. The sector may not only witness emergence of growth of small companies into gigantic organizations, but also lead to entry of new players.
The education segment in India can be broadly divided into formal and informal. While formal education constitutes schools, higher education, and professional programs, the informal education includes pre-schools, multimedia, vocational training and virtual classroom training. Informal education is completely free from regulation at present.

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