Rural medical course mulled by health ministry

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October 8, 2010

In order to support the practice of having trained medical professionals in villages, the union health ministry has expressed an interest to start a three year rural medical course. Health Secretary Sujatha Rao, explained that rural areas in the country have a demand and supply gap which can be overcome by presence of trained medical personnel.

The Bachelor in Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS) course proposed by the health ministry will be a three-year short-duration course that will give students a diploma, enabling them to practice in rural areas only. The health secretary said that since the course will take mostly local students, they will serve in their villages, thereby solving the problem of shortage of trained professionals. The health ministry is also contemplating making it mandatory for graduates who have received subsidized education to serve in rural areas for some time. The secretary, however, added that the new course would serve the immediate needs of villages.

Tunisia chosen by Microsoft to host Arab Innovative Education Forum

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October 8, 2010

Microsoft has chosen Tunisia to host the works of the Arab Innovative Education Forum, to be held from October 4 to7. The platform is a representation of the final stage preceding the World Innovative Education Forum scheduled for next October 26-30 in Cape Town, South Africa. Teachers and officials from innovative schools, as well as representatives of schools, in addition to ICT experts from 9 countries, namely Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Sultanate of Oman will take part in the event. Placed under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, the forum seeks to honor the best integrated information and communication technology projects in the education field.

INR 3000 crore for upcoming 16 central varsities

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October 8, 2010

Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal for incurring an expenditure not exceeding INR 3,000 crore during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period for setting up of 13 new central universities. Three state universities are to be converted into central universities within this plan.

16 Central Universities were established in the various States by the Central Universities Act, 2009. While 13 of them are new Central Universities, three have been established by conversion of the erstwhileState Universities into Central Universities. This will increase access and enhance quality of higher education in the country.

Punjab plans to eliterate every student

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October 5, 2010

The Punjab Government is to come up with 494 more new computer labs under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project in Government and Govt. Aided schools in the state. The initiative aims to digitally literate every student of Punjab state. Besides, 3,564 more computer teachers would also be recruited in the schools. Punjab ICT Education Society (PICTES) had launched this ambitious computer learning programme for 6th to 12th classes in all upper primary and secondary schools the state in a phased manner. It was reported that three phases of the ICT education programme are running in line with the plan and in the forth phase the government would be facilitating 136 computer labs in the remaining government schools and 358 labs in government aided schools to impart computer literacy to students. It is anticipated that under the ICT project, 3,564 more computer teachers would be recruited for these labs which included 494 teachers for the new labs and 3070 teachers for existing government schools.

Edwards declared Nobel winner for Medicine

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October 5, 2010

Robert Edwards, British researcher and the pioneer of in vitro fertilization, won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm on September 4, 2010. Some four million people have been born thanks to IVF since 1978, when Louise Brown became the first IVF baby, the Nobel Assembly said. The medicine prize is the first of the 2010 Nobel awards to be announced. The award ceremony is December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's (inventor of dynamite) death. Nobel, inventor of dynamite, endowed the prizes.

Huges and Venera partner to deliver easy, affordable education in India

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October 5, 2010

Venera Technologies, a service provider of digital multimedia solutions and Hughes, a global provider of broadband satellite networks announced a partnership that is to facilitate Venera to offer its Virtual Classroom platform IeraTM for delivering online education using VSAT and Internet in Tier B and C cities through HughesNet Fusion centers in the country. Hughes's usage of IeraTM will enable aspirants from small towns in India to get an access to professional education from premium institutes without migrating to big cities, as a viable education solution.

Education Advertisements to be regulated by guidelines

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October 5, 2010

Education sector topped the charts in print advertising this year. It will be required to follow certain advertising guidelines from October 2010.The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) will shortly release the guidelines approved by the ASCI board. Some of the institutes that advertise regularly over the said period include Lovely Professional University, Maharana Pratap Group of Institutions, Manav Rachna International University and Aakash Institute. The proposed guidelines bar the educational institutions from claiming that enrollment in the institution or programme will provide the student a temporary or permanent job, job promotions or salary increase, etc, unless the advertiser is able to substantiate and also assume full responsibility of the advertisement.

Additionally, advertisements shall not make claims regarding extent of the batch placed, highest or average compensation of the students placed, admissions of students to renowned educational institutes, and affiliation with a foreign institution, etc, unless they are substantiated with evidence. As per the proposed guidelines, an advertisement will not state or lead the public to believe that an institution or course or programme is recognised, authorised or accredited, unless the advertiser is able to substantiate with evidence. Guidelines also suggested that the name and logo, if any, of the affiliated institution, shall be in the same font size as that of the advertised institution or programme in all forms of visual media, and in case of audio media, such as radio or TV, the name of the affiliated institution must be stated.

Mobile to locate misplaced items

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October 5, 2010

Two students from IIT Madras in their second year of education in the engineering design department have developed a technique, blutag, to locate the misplaced things using the bluetooth technology and mobile phone. The item to be located is tagged with a Bluetooth module, each of which has unique code. The code will be embedded in a barcode sticker or a chip-like object. This will then be pasted on items that you want to tag.

The students have written a code for a mobile application. When you need to locate the object, all you have to do is specify which object you are looking for and the application searches for the unique code of the object and connects with the Bluetooth module, which would then beep and glow to reveal its location. Java application has been used by students to execute the said idea. Blutag is a spirit of engineering (SOE) project developed at the Centre For Innovation on the campus.

Farmers in classrooms at IGNOU

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October 5, 2010

A new certificate programmes has been introduced by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for the benefit of farmers in the state of West Bengal. The programmes were launched by the Minister for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Narendra Nath Dey in the EMPC studio at IGNOU. The three months long programmes are Integrated Pest Management Technology in Potato cultivation and Short Term Training programmes for farmers of Betelvine. They have been developed by the Regional Centre, Kolkata and the School of Agriculture, IGNOU.

Around 8000 farmers are being sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal for these programmes. These are training intensive programmes in which farmers will be taught practically about how to control pests through demonstrations and relevant theory classes. The programme launch was telecast live on Gyan Darshan channel.

International help sought by CBSE

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October 5, 2010

In order to build upon the international capabilities and resource pool for teachers and schools, Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is to soon start a centre for evaluation, assessment and research in Continuous Compulsory Evaluation (CCE). It will be based on a public-private partnership system, and intends to provide highly qualified teachers in every classroom in the course of the the next five years. In a circular put on its website, the board has invited 'an expression of interest' from international organisations.

The centre will establish best practices in school-based assessment and entrance examinations, and conduct research into policies and programs that can improve teaching quality and strengthen student learning. These policy programmes might include adapting, developing assessments and related resources, defining assessment frameworks, professional learning, teacher evaluation and professional recruitment among others. CBSE will be responsible for developing infrastructure and the co-partners will provide financial input, academic expertise and capacity building. The centre will consist of three main departments: research and assessment, professional development and leadership, and publications department.

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