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Rebuilding Indian students’ faith post Oz attacks – Varghese

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The Australian government is trying its best to rebuild the faith of Indian students after the 2009 “racist attacks” on students studying in the country, the Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said here on Wednesday. “We know the attacks have left a deep scar on the minds of the students, but we are trying our best to rebuild the faith,” Varghese told the sources. “We have come up with inter-cultural engagements to make all the international students feel better while they study in Australia,” he added. The spate of “racially-motivated attacks” on Indian students in 2009 drew flak from all across the globe after several students were injured and some even lost their lives. “We don't dismiss that the students were not affected by all that had happened, but we are doing every possible thing to assure safety and quality education at the same time,” Varghese said at the 'Australian Education Excellence Showcase 2011' here. “Parents are less apprehensive about sending their children to Australia now,” he added. Nearly 25 Australian universities participated in the fair that saw interested students from all quarters — business management, technology, engineering, science and hospitality. “In the recently-conducted International Student Survey in Australia, Indian students turned out to be the most satisfied with our services,” Varghese said. Over 8,000 students from India enrolled in Australian institutions in 2010.

Paid internship in professional studies in Haryana

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The Haryana government has decided to provide paid internship to students of professional courses in different sections of the school education department in the state. Officials said internship would be provided to students studying engineering and post-graduation in management, social welfare, journalism and mass communication at recognized universities and institutions in Haryana. “Students, who complete their studies in April 2011, will be absorbed as interns for projects such as quality initiative coordinators, community mobilizers and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinators,” Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal said here. “Working within the school education system will provide wide exposure to interns. We have 16,000 schools, 105,000 teachers and 26 lakh school children. No other organization could match the volume and scale of the school education department,” she said. All the interns will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs.15,000 and their internship will be extended up to one year. The students will also be provided a laptop and internet facility from the department. Interested students can forward their applications on the prescribed format either through e-mail at edusecondaryhry@gmail.com or through post to joint director (education). Application form can be downloaded from www.schooleducationharyana.gov.in. Bhukkal said a selection process would be conducted to finalize the interns and after selection they would be provided induction training. “The interns will be exposed to various aspects in human resource development like quality initiatives and manpower requirements, budgeting and financing, community mobilization training programmes and management during the induction training,” Bhukkal said.

US assures India of ‘fair solution’ to sham varsity issue

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The US has assured India that it's looking at a “fair solution” of the issue of some 1,500 Indian students affected by the closure of a sham US university on charges of visa fraud. The assurance came when Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao took up the issue with US Undersecretary of State Bill Burns on Tuesday as a follow-up to a conversation over the weekend between Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Raising this “very important subject” with Burns, Rao conveyed India's concern over the welfare of the students and said the future of a large number of a qualified students should not be affected, she told reporters on Tuesday. Some 1,555 students of the “sham” Tri-Valley University (TVU) in California, 90 percent of them from India – mostly from Andhra Pradesh – face the prospect of deportation unless they can get admission in another institution to retain their student visa status. Rao said she told Burns that as many of the Indian students were not involved in any illegal activity they should be enabled to find placement in alternative institutions. Burns assured her that this is what the US was looking at to work out a “fair solution”. The Indian embassy here, she said, is going to be in touch with the State Department “very systematically” for seeking a solution that would help students find alternative placement without affecting their future. Rao said she did not believe that the issue would affect the image of Indian students, whose capability is ranked among the very best in the US. Over 100,000 students come from India every year and she hoped the flow would continue. Ahead of Tuesday's meeting with Clinton and Burns, Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar had conveyed to Clinton the details on the issue of Indian students of TVU. Shankar sent the details to Clinton after Krishna sought her personal intervention in a telephonic talk over the weekend to ensure that the interests of Indian students of the sham university are protected and their future is not jeopardised.

School fees now deductible from income tax in Mexico

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Mexico has passed a new law that allows citizens to deduct the payment of private school fees from their income tax. The rule will apply to education ranging from pre-school to high school. Taxpayers will be able to deduct the amount spent on the studies of their children, parents or spouse, President Felipe Calderon said. But the deduction is limited to the government's annual average per-pupil spending on public schools, anywhere from 12,900 pesos ($1,070) at the elementary level to nearly twice that for high school. This is “a measure long awaited by thousands and thousands of families across the country who work hard every day to give their kids a good start in life,” the president said. Calderon said the cost of the deduction will be covered by “savings generated by the federal public administration” and added that its financing will not affect the “quality of public education” in the country. The measure “will benefit more than three million children and young people” and will allow families to have additional funds for other necessary expenditures. The initiative will also “influence the competitiveness and dynamism of the economy”, he said. The president said that between 2006 and 2011, the federal budget for education in Mexico increassed 40 percent to 531 billion pesos ($43.88 billion).

DU principals raise problem of absent teachers with VC

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Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, Mr. Dinesh Singh, convened a meeting with the college principals on Monday. In their meeting with the vice-chancellor, they expressed their concern about teachers' absenteeism and the general deterioration of the academic atmosphere in Delhi University. The VC, in the first of the three meetings, met principals of colleges in north and east Delhi, a meeting which lasted nearly five hours. While the VC reiterated the university's commitment for more transparency in governance, completion of the semester system at the undergraduate level and improving the infrastructure of colleges, the principals urged administrative intervention to restore the academic atmosphere of the university and its colleges. A common concern has been that of absenteeism and the university administration has promised to address the issue on an urgent basis. According to the principal of Kirori Mal College, Bhim Sen Singh, “It is heartening to know that the new VC's immediate concern is to restore the academic atmosphere of the colleges and the university which has been adversely affected due to the recent disruptions. As college principals we also extend our support to the new initiatives he has announced. We also extend our support to the new administration as it is going to complete the implementation of the semester system from July 2011.” Another 25 principals from west Delhi colleges will be interacting with the VC on Tuesday.

IIT-Kharagpur to accept LSAT scores

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In a move which could open the doors for aspiring law students from India and abroad to its campus, IIT-Kharagpur has decided to accept Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores for admission to its 3 year LLB Programme in Intellectual Property Laws. Disclosing the development, a senior faculty of the IIT's law school said, LSAT-India is administered by Pearson VUE, the global leader in assessments and testing. LSAT-India provides a standard measure of acquired reading and analytical and logical reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants. LSAT-India is a standardised test designed for admission to Indian law school by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), USA, which also administers the LSAT-global used by leading law schools worldwide. This is the first time that IIT Kharagpur has given recognition to LSAT and now it has the unique distinction of being the only law school in any IIT in India. IIT Kharagpur's Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) has been set up in collaboration with the George Washington University Law School. Candidates from India and abroad with LSAT-India or LSAT-global scores are qalso will be eligible to apply for the programme.

Kerala boards students groan as World Cup nears

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How does it feel to have the entire universe conspire against you? For an answer, ask any Class 10 or 12 student in Kerala who will have to miss the cricket World Cup as the dates overlap with the state and central board exams. “My parents have declared that there will be no matches for me. They are getting ready to pack the TV into a box and it will be opened only after my exams are over. They have decided to take leave alternatively during my exams,” rues J. Ashwin, a Class 12 student here. But not everyone is giving up without a fight. Class 10 student Allan Varghese has his battle plan ready. “Me and my parents have worked out a plan. They have agreed to allow me to watch a bit of the live matches. I have told them that only study and no leisure will not be good for me. Watching TV, especially cricket, will ease my exam tension,” he said. The much-awaited cricketing extravaganza begins on Feb 19 and continues till April 2. Being hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, cricket fans are in for a treat spread over 49 one-day matches. Fans, except these students, that is. Beginning on March, hundreds of thousands of Class 10 and 12 students of state boards as well as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) will appear for their make or break board exams. One can almost hear their collective wail, especially as parents in the state are known to put a lot of stress on academics. An estimated 1.2 million students are set to appear for the Kerala board exams. The parents and teachers, meanwhile, are in no mood to relent. “In no way can the students afford to take exams in a relaxed manner because it could well alter the course of their future. Parents are in the best position to guide their children in a proper manner during this period,” K. Varghese, principal of a premier school here. The situation for Class 12 students, in fact, is Shakesperean in its tragedy. No sooner have they done with board exam than they will have to face gruelling entrance exams for various professional courses like engineering and medicine. “Our son will have to be mentally prepared that he will not be given permission to watch TV because World Cups will come and go, but entrance exams are serious business where one mark less means hundreds of ranks behind,” said a doctor mother in Kochi. Chacko Mathew, a farmer whose son is appearing for his Class 10 exams, is not worried at all. Why? Because he cannot afford a dish TV connection, and his local cable does not air pay channels! “In a way, it is a relief for us because I am told that barring India matches, nothing else will be relayed on the national network. So I have made it clear to my son that he will be given time to watch only the highlights of India's matches. “He will be free on the 26th of next month and can watch the semi-finals and final and a portion of one quarter final match which happens on the day his exam gets over,” said Mathew.

Nirupama Rao to take up sham US varsity issue with Clinton

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Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is expected to take up the issue of some 1500 Indian students of a sham US university with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar conveyed to Clinton the details on the issue of Indian students of Tri-Valley University in California, which was closed last month on charges of visa fraud. Shankar sent the details to Clinton after External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna sought her personal intervention in a telephonic talk over the weekend to ensure that the interests of Indian students of the sham university are protected and their future is not jeopardised. Some 1,555 students of TVU, 90 percent of them from India, mostly Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of deportation unless they can get admission in another institution to retain their student visa status. “Following the telephonic conversation between the External Affairs Minister of India and the US Secretary of State on Feb 13, the Indian Ambassador today conveyed to the Secretary of State details on the issue of the Indian students at Tri Valley University,” Indian Embassy said in a statement on Monday. At their meeting on Tuesday, Clinton and Rao “primarily will focus on preparation for the upcoming Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi,” in April, State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley told reporters on Monday. Rao, who arrived here from New York on Sunday evening, will also meet with Under Secretary of state Bill Burns, US Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Raj Shah and other officials of State, Commerce, Defence, and Energy departments. Rao has already held meetings with some officials of the Obama Administration at the White House and the State Department. She also met lawmakers on the Capitol Hill.

NDC creates history with first-ever doctorate viva

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The National Defence College (NDC), India's premier defence studies institution affiliated to the Madras University, has entered history books by holding its first-ever viva-voce for a doctorate degree. The NDC, a capital-based institution which conducts Master of Philosophy courses for serving armed forces officers, held the viva-voce for awarding Ph.D. in defence-related topic when retired Major General G.D. Bakshi submitted his research thesis on the topic 'Limited War Under Conditions of Nuclear Symmetry: The Urgent Need for an Indian Doctrine'. “It is for the first time a public viva-voce for Ph.D in Defence and Strategic Studies was conducted at any defence institute. It was also an historic occasion for Madras University when it conducted a viva-voce outside the geographical boundaries of its jurisdiction,” a defence ministry spokesperson said here on Monday. NDC conducts M.Phil. courses under the autonomous pattern and was also recognised as a research institution in 2009. Since then, various research activities at the NDC have been initiated. Maj. Gen. Bakshi, who was a Senior Directing Staff at the NDC between August 2006 and May 2008, registered for his Ph.D. degree with Madras University's Department of Defence and Strategic Studies. He presented his research work in a public forum on Feb 9 this year at the NDC. The topic enunciated by Maj. Gen. Bakshi was debated by senior serving and retired defence officers and experts in the field in an open viva-voce. NDC Commandant Air Marshal P.K. Roy was present on the occasion.

CBSE releases promotion policy for Class IX

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come up with a promotion policy for the Class-IX students. The CBSE has asked all schools that the year-end subject-wise grades of a Class-IX student are to be calculated on the basis of performance in all formative and summative assessments in scholastic areas as well as grades obtained in co-scholastic areas. In a recent circular, the CBSE states that the total grade points earned by any student will be calculated by adding grade points of all co-scholastic areas. The grades obtained in different co-scholastic areas will be converted into grade points. According to the new circular, the grade points scored by students in co-scholastic areas will add to the scholastic areas. The CBSE has also given a conversion table to schools in life skills: A+: 5; A-: 4; B+: 3; B-:2; C: .1; and all other co-scholastic areas: A+:3; A: 2; B: 1. The CBSE introduced the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation Scheme in Class IX in October 2009 and extended it to Class X last year. According to the scheme, both scholastic and co-scholastic aspects are graded, which are then converted into grade points. Students who get grade points in the range of 34-42 in co-scholastic areas will be upgraded to the next higher grade in two subjects in scholastic areas, the circular clarifies. “Students who get grade points in the range 19-33 will be upgraded to the next higher grade in one scholastic subject. Promotion to the next class will, however, not be affected if a student secures less than 19 grade points in co-scholastic areas. Students who have taken part or won state, national and international-level competitions, organised by a body recognised by the state or central government or the CBSE, will be considered for co-scholastic grades, CBSE officials said. For promotion to the next class, a student has to get a qualifying grade of D or above in all subjects, excluding the sixth additional subject. “A student getting E1 or E2 grade in the scholastic areas in one or more subjects will have to improve his/her performance in one subsequent attempt to obtain a qualifying grade. If a student fails to do so, he/she will have to repeat the same class.

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