CCE awareness amongst parents by CBSE

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September 14, 2010

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is gearing up in all possible ways to popularise its new Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system and make it a success all over the nation. Now, the CBSE is trying to reach out to parents to guide them on how to help their children perform well in the system. On the official website of CBSE, a notice has been put up informing the board that it would like to create a band of “parent advocates” who will be trained in the various aspects associated with the implementation of CCE.

Parents of students studying in CBSE schools can apply to be members of the committee by submitting an online application. The initiative for enabling parents to understand CCE nis being appreciated and welcomed by students, teachers and parents alike, as they feel that informing parents bout how the CCE system is supposed to work will be quite helpful.

SMS alerts by IGNOU in Madurai

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September 14, 2010

Indra Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a SMS facility to benefit students studying in the Madurai Regional Centre. Students across 17 districts are being expected to receive periodical information from the varsity regarding fee details, last date for payment, classes, special assignments and programmes, etc with roll out of new services. The SMS facility was launched by the open university's Regional Centre recently. Regional Director M. Shanmugham mentioned that about 20,000 students pursuing courses with the IGNOU regional centre would be able to receive regular updates and information from the varsity.

The information that would be sent to students via SMS would include IGNOU information relevant to that particular area and when and where to submit application. The SMS facility was launched with the aid of experts from the computer science department from the university's headquarters in New Delhi.

Highest number of foreign students at IIM-A next year

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September 14, 2010

With completion of 50^th year, The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has another reason to celebrate. The prestigious institution is preparing to admit the highest number of foreign students under its student exchange programme for the next academic session. Officials at IIM-A have owed the large number of foreign students applying for admission into the institute to India's growing global image as an emerging economy.

It was informed that the number of foreign students who had come to the institute under the student exchange programme from premier European and North American business schools amounted to 65. The rising number of foreign students every year that come to pursue education at IIM-A is a proof of the institute's popularity. Most students that come from abroad join the institute's flagship programme, Postgraduate Programme in Management (PGPM). The recent years have also seen a growing demand for the PGPX programme and double specialization courses.

US scientist honoured with Stockholm Water Prize

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September 14, 2010

Recently, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, conferred the Stockholm Water Prize on US scientist Rita R Colwell for her pioneering research on prevention of waterborne diseases. Colwell, a scientist with the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University in Stockholm, has made outstanding contributions to control the spread of cholera which affects some five million people worldwide and causes deaths to an estimated 120,000 people annually. She was joined by 17 previous Stockholm Water Prize laureates and hundreds of water experts at the City Hall of Stockholm.

Micrsoft India announces fresh grant of INR 7.63 crores for IT enabled sustainability amongst underserved

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September 14, 2010

Microsoft India yesterday announced an additional funding of INR 7.63 crore to three NGOs for enabling IT skills training to underserved communities in urban and rural India under its flagship effort, the Unlimited Potential – Community Technology Skills Program (UP-CTSP), christened 'Project Jyoti'. The grant beneficiaries are Aide et Action (India), CAP Foundation and Mahila SEWA Trust, who will receive grants of INR 4.56 crores, INR 1.20 crores and INR 1.87 crores, respectively in cash, software and curriculum. This initiative is for accelerating digital inclusion and bringing the benefits of technology to women, youth and underprivileged communities including unskilled and semi-skilled workers, traditional artisans and craftsmen, people with disabilities and refugees by offering them a package of IT skills, life skills and other useful technical skills.

Microsoft conducts training sessions in Community Technology Learning Centers (CTLCs) across various locations, for imparting basic IT abilities to people of all ages that can help them in exploring new careers, further their education etc. Since its inception in 2004, Project Jyoti has imparted basic computer literacy to over 160,000 individuals. Till date, Microsoft has impacted 20 states and Union Territories through 1000 CLTCs across India by investing INR 47 crore in Project Jyoti under its 'Unlimited Potential' pillar. Commenting on the need for taking IT to marginalized sections of society, Dr. Vikas Goswami, Lead CSR, Microsoft India said, 'A large section of the population in our country lives below the poverty line and the need of the hour is to generate more opportunities for employment for these people. We at Microsoft believe that technology can be a catalyst for this change as it holds the potential to create economic opportunities and enable equitable development.' She added, 'With Project Jyoti, we aim to help realize digital inclusion by providing basic IT skills training to people of all ages which can be a source of livelihoods and information. We are glad to strengthen the relation with our NGO partners, working towards the common goal of taking the benefits of technology to underserved sections of the society and bringing about positive transformation in their lives.'

GEMS Education adds another feather to its cap

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September 14, 2010

A global recognition has been received, in form of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 Certification for the quality of IT infrastructure, by GEMS Education, the largest kindergarten to grade 12 private school operator in the world. The ISO is the world's largest developer and publisher of international standards and is recognised as the world's leading non – governmental authority on quality standards. In order to certify GEMS Education's Infrastructure and Data Centre services, both of them were examined and audited to ensure that they adhered to a rigorous set of standards of quality, security and reliability.

ASI signs MOU with Tamil University to for e inscriptions

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September 10, 2010

In order to digitise more than a lakh of estempages, that is, copies of inscriptions in all languages, a partnership has taken place between Tamil University and the Epigraphy Branch (Mysore) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Tiruchi. The Epigraphy branch of ASI at Mysore has estempages of inscriptions that have been collected since the year 1887. However, only estempages collected till the year 1908 have been published. Now, the Tamil University will be assisting ASI in digitizing the estempages collected from the year 1909.

There are around 65,000 Tamil stamps amongst a lakh estempages, under the possession of ASI and these illuminate the history and culture of the state of Tamil Nadu. As the original inscriptions might be lost during the course of time, estempages taken from them help in knowing about the inscriptions, and hence are of immense importance and of great use for researchers.

Higher education Newsletter released

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September 10, 2010

Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) released the first newsletter of the Department of Higher Education, HRD Ministry, recently. This initiative is an effort to build a communication channel between the government and public.

The easy to view and read bilingual and quarterly newsletter is essentially 'online' with limited printed copies for circulation. The inaugural issue of the newsletter has sections on main features, campus notes, exchange of ideas, vichar vimarsh, etc. All 'surfers', teachers, students, academics, administrators, management of institutions and other leadership positions, alumni and all those who wish Indian highereducation system to improve are invited to contribute to the newsletter.

Academic experts support teaching games

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September 10, 2010

In bid to support teaching games at school, the expert group at the CIHE (Council for Industry and Higher Education) has released a report asking government to get more video games industry types involved in GCSEs, A Levels and University Degrees. This will be done to curb the skills crisis affecting the UK IT and digital industries. In a new report entitled The Fuse, the group suggests that the current ICT curriculum fails to properly prepare students for a computing degree or a career in digital technology. It calls on UK developers – led by trade body TIGA – to promote student volunteer schemes through schools and universities.

Education Finance Corporation for study loans at low rate

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September 10, 2010

In an attempt to introduce loan convenience for students at higher education level, the government of India is planning to set up Education Finance Corporation which is to provide education loan at four percent to students desiring to pursue higher studies.

According to the union minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal, the Corporation will also extend easy credit to institutions desiring to start higher learning centres in the country. It was also reported that India is facing shortage of around 1.2 million teachers at elementary level itself and out of 220 million children on an average only 14 million enroll for higher education in the country. According to Sibal, these problems can be overcome through ICT mission which aims to connect 26,000 colleges and 54 universities in the country through broadband.

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