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Chairman UGC talks about role of pvt sectors in education

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Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman of UGC at Manipal, spoke about the importance and the vital role that Private sector has to play in higher education sector in India in future, at Manipal while addressing the senior faculties of Manipal University. He also inaugurated the new Lecture Hall Complex at Manipal Institute of Technology. He emphasized that in order to meet the needs of the sector more self-financing institutions should be introduced.

Expansion with quality should be the theme and inter-disciplinary education should be strengthened, he mentioned. Students should be more bothered to know the reality around them through the education they attain and not merely the education as a source for employment, he added. The event also saw presence of Ramdas M Pai, chancellor, H S Ballal, pro-chancellor, Ramnarayan vice-chancellor, G K Prabhu, registrar of Manipal University and Kumkum Garg, Director of MIT.

National ICT College of Education at Ghana

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Recently, a national Information and Communication Technology connectivity project was launched at Ghana, for Colleges of Education to ensure that teachers reappraise their methodologies to meet the learning needs of their students. This Government ICT connectivity project would cover around 38 Colleges of Education (formerly Teacher Training Institutions), 37 Public Technical Institutes, 510 Public Senior High Schools, and 23,000 Public Basic Schools with computing infrastructure. Under this project the schools have been equipped with computers, printers, scanners, projectors and servers. The project would significantly push forward the new, ICT policy of the government.

The National ICT School Connectivity Project was launched at a durbar of teachers, students, traditional rulers and a cross section of the public at Akatsi in the Volta Region by Alexander Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education. He explained that the project was an illustration of the commitment and resolve of the National Democratic Congress to improve the lot of the Ghanaian teacher not only in terms of financial benefits but also through the provision of educational facilities and logistics to enhance self-esteem and job satisfaction. The Education Minister said the role of the teacher has changed in the sense that it is no longer sufficient for them to merely impart knowledge content.

41 students from SAARC nations felicitated by IGNOU

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Held in August 2010, the Olympiad took place at 102 centres in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka, including 83 in India. A total of 4,384 students of the 11th grade participated. Out of these, 41 were selected for their outstanding performance. Twenty-nine prize winners were from India and 12 were from other SAARC nations. The winners were enthusiastic about receiving awards and were accompanied at IGNOU campus, by their teachers and/ parents to receive the award. The authorities too were meticulous in their preparations. The winners received medals, awards, cash prizes and merit certificates. Further, five were declared overall toppers and received an 'Award of Excellence'. They also received laptops from Intel. The function coincided with India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's 121st birthday, 25th anniversary of IGNOU and 65th anniversary of UNESCO.

$70M investment in Chaitanya by New Silk Route

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Around INR 325 crore will be invested by the private equity $1.4 billion New Silk Route (NSR) in Hyderabad-based Sri Chaitanya Educational Group, known to be one of the country's largest network of private schools and junior colleges. This has been noticed as the biggest foreign investment in India's education section. Around 160 institutions are being run by Sri Chaitanya, mostly in Andhra Pradesh, including 116 schools and junior collages . The 25-year-old group had mandated Ernst & Young to raise funds after spurning buyout offer from a large southern corporate house with interest in education.

Blackberrys and IIM Kozhikode presents Young Guns

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Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode in association with Blackberrys presents 'Young Guns'- recognition of the smart confident and creative young leaders of tomorrow. The two day event on November 19th & 20th 2010 will be conducted in IIM- Kohzikode, which will test the creative as well as practical skills, abilities and knowledge of the participants from various management institutes from allover India, through a multitude of tasks. The relevant initiative by Blackberrys and IIM is to contribute to the Indian business fraternity, by identifying the budding managers who would be the go getters and the future opinion leaders with a competence to bring about a dynamic tomorrow. To recognise the best leaders the initiative by the name of 'Young Guns' will be testing the aptitude  of the participants on the basis of three rounds to examine their individual creativity, business acumen, analytical ability, presentation & personality skill, and popularity quotient. The three rounds would be based on an online test on communication plan, practical insights of business through a case study and a debate round for final selection. The young guns explains the force, zeal and passion for business, which will be looked for in the candidates

The high inspiration of today's generation, which is smart, creative, confident and ever-prepared to rise in all circumstances, will be duly identified in the search for the 'Young Guns'. Today's business leaders are expected to be skilled and competent enough to deal with the global standard of competition and challenges. Blackberrys has assembled the concept and built an association with IIM and NDTV Profit, which is synonymous to excellence- in thought and action, to make a mark among the young cr

In Varanasi, Vedic studies go hi-tech

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Keeping pace with the introduction of computers at every level of education, Vedic studies have just gone hi-tech. Varanasi, the seat of Hindu learning in India is now producing GenNext pundits well versed in computers.

Visit conservative bastions like the Shri Vidya Mutt and other ashrams in Varanasi and you will see purohits and Vedic scholars, mouse in hand, learning the scriptures on their computers. According to Ganesh, a student of Praveshika (introductory) course in Vedic learning, students key in the words their teacher utters. His Sanskrit teacher Ayyar says computers are facilitating Vedic learning. Though his batuks are more interested in computers than any other subject, he says they are making steady progress in all streams. According to Swami Avimukteshwaranand of Shri Vidya Mutt, while Vedic knowledge is relevant in all ages, we felt the traditional method of imparting it was out of sync with the modern world. Students were developing an inferiority complex and Vedic learning was on the wane.

Kapil Sibal advocates for vocational training at open school

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Recently, the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal encouraged the National Institute of Open Schooling to look at providing vocational training to students. He said the same in his address while chairing the 19th general body meeting of the NIOS Society. He urged NIOS to look at starting a vocational degree in addition to their normal class XII degree. He also advised NIOS to have a special strategy for states that need the maximum support. The NIOS is an autonomous institution formed by the HRD ministry providing formal education through open schooling system.

First batch of candidates for TCS Research Fellowship Program selected

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, announced the first batch of research scholars for the TCS Research Fellowship program. By sponsoring the research of Phd. candidates for four years, the TCS Research Fellowship Program is designed to promote quality academic research in India. The goal is to enlarge academic faculty talent pool in India by nurturing academic research across institutes in the field of computing sciences. 'We need to continuously invest to upgrade our education system as well as increase our academic scale. Nurturing research is therefore critical to expand the pool of academic faculty as well strengthen scholastic research in the country,' said N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services. 'This is an important need and we are committed to help academia bridge this gap by providing research scholars an attractive environment to undertake research in Computing Sciences using real-world solution-creation experiences that TCS can offer,'  Chandrasekaran added.

Twenty-two candidates have been chosen from across India and an additional 18 will be named by February 2011. TCS plans to fund 200 doctoral candidates over a period of five years to take up Phd programs in reputable academic institutions across the country. Key elements for the selection of candidates include the candidate's and institute's credentials, the selected field of study and the Academic Research Guide's credentials. In addition to research support, TCS Research Fellowships will be paid a stipend, sponsored for academic conferences and will have access to resources and experts from TCS Innovation Labs and the company's Co-Innovation network. Doctoral candidates selected for the TCS Research Fellowship will be able to avail the opportunity of visits to TCS Innovation Laboratories and interactions with researchers at TCS, depending upon their project requirements.

New Director at IIM Rohtak

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The newly established IIM Rohtak in Haryana got its new director, P Rameshan, from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode. He is a Ph.D. in Economics from IIT-Kharagpur, and was a coordinator of the activities of the Centre for Strategic WTO (World Trade Organization) Research at IIM-Kozhikode. He had earlier served at IIM-Lucknow. IIM-Rohtak commenced operation in July this year, with a batch of 50 students. Since its own campus is yet to be established, classes are held at the Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) campus in Rohtak.

Study by Apsiring Minds, Companies are Missing Out On Large Set of Employable Students

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According to a study conducted by Aspiring Minds, a recruitment assessment co., it appears that Tier II colleges have a moderate pool of employable talent, which is often ignored by companies and therefore creates an artificial dip in employable talent pool. The study also indicates that females and males are almost equivalently employable. With the ratio of the number of top 100 campuses to the rest is more than 10 times, conservatively estimated that more than 70% of all students employable for IT product sector and more than 80% of all students employable for the IT services/KPO sector are in tier 2 colleges. The study indicates that in tier II colleges (those not in top 100) 3.47% of students are employable in IT product, 16.4% in IT services and 8.26% in KPO. In contrast, 29.4% students in tier I campuses are employable in IT services companies, whereas 10% are employable in IT product companies.  BPO and technical-support-job employability do not change much in tier 2 colleges as compared to Tier 1 colleges. It can therefore be estimated that a majority of employable talent lies in tier II colleges and cities which are partially or completely ignored by companies for fresher placements.

Students in Tier 2 colleges show a gap of 20 percentile points in English Communication, Logical Ability and Computer Programming, while the gap in Quantitative ability is 27 percentile points, as compared to students in Tier 1 colleges. This illustrates the gap is maximum in number skills and not in English, as is commonly believed. Also, the current study shows that the difference in employability for female vs. male technical graduates is not more than 2 percentage points in any IT/ITeS sector! The study showed that females performed better than males in English (by 2 percentile points) and Computer Programming (by 4 percentile points), males did better in Logical Ability (by 2 percentile points) and Quantitative Ability (by 11 percentile points). The methodology of the study was as follows. Campuses which fall in the top 100 campus list (according to various credible surveys) were segregated and their employability was compared with the rest of the campuses (called tier 2 campuses in this study). Employability was based on actual testing of students from these campuses on their employability skills using AMCAT, a computer based employability measurement test widely accepted in the industry.
Aspiring Minds has conducted India's first employability study of technical graduates based on the results  of a standardized computer-based test called AMCAT conducted for more than 2,50,000 engineering and MCA students (in final year) across the country. AMCAT was conducted in more than 12 states under proctored environment. AMCAT  covers all objective parameters  for adjudging employability in the IT/ITeS sector including English Communication, Quantitative skills, problem-solving skills and Computer Science and Programming skills. Employability figures are based on actual hiring benchmarks on AMCAT scores set by multiple companies in IT/ITeS related sectors. Since the study is based on a standardized aptitude and skill test, not only does it find the employability quotient, but also helps investigate skills that are deficient in particular group of candidates with regard to different sectors.
 

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