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Students to get 30 minutes extra for CBSE IX class exams

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With aim of reducing stress amongst students during their annual examinations, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made an announcement for class IX students to give half an hour extra. Recently, a circular was sent to all the CBSE schools about the conduct of assessment for class IX students and it was suggested that schools are required not be strict about the time limit, allowing students an extra period of half an hour for performing during examination.

According to the circular, the decision was taken into account keeping in mind that the speed at which students answer vary from one to another. With the recent directive of the Board, the level of anxiety among students has decreased and the news of completing the exam in more than the stipulated time has generated confidence.

A new SRCC awaits students

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A unique learning experience awaits students getting enrolled at Delhi University's prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce for the upcoming new academic year. The college is adding two more computer centres by July, taking the total number to three. The college is also going the wi-fi way. Students stepping into any of the 25 classrooms in the college will get to study in an air-conditioned and IT-enabled environment from this year.

The college has also constructed 16 additional faculty rooms in the past couple of years. The tutorials are held in the faculty rooms. In all, there are 54 faculty rooms now, and just like the classrooms they are wi fi-enabled and air-conditioned too. So are the six rooms in the administration block. The financial grant for all these infrastructure development activities came partly from funds released by the University in the wake of the expansion for the Other Backward Classes and partly from liberal donations by the college alumni. The college is also keen that every student should carry a laptop to the campus. Those who can't afford it will be provided with loan facilities from the banks. The Principal has also requested some corporate giants to offer financial aid enabling the students from economically underprivileged background to buy laptops. The college has added 73 seats in view of the increase in the overall intake of students. Out of 551 seats on offer this year, 442 are in B.Com (Honours) and the remaining 109 for Economics (Honours).

IT forum to be hosted by CISCO

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Allowing delegates to meet more than 2,000 key technical and business decision makers from across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, an event to be hosted by Cisco will be held from March 28 to 31 at the Bahrain International Circuit. Cisco will host its industry-accredited Networkers for the first time in the Middle East.

The event is themed as 'Knowledge is Power'. The objective of the event is training, education and networking. The theme has been developed in collaboration with the Bahrain government under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Economic Development Board chairman. Cisco Networkers Bahrain 2010 will also be an opportunity to meet the engineers who design and develop Cisco solutions.

First online exam at DU

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The Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILLL) of Delhi University (DU) conducted the first online examination for the students of B.Sc. programme. The exam was conducted at Miranda House and Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) College. More than 800 students appeared for the online examination conducted by the varsity. The examination was of 60 minutes duration. Several others will appear for the online examination on June 9 and 13.

Terming this as the beginning of the next generation examination in higher education, Professor A.K. Bakhshi, Director, ILLL said the success of this pilot-run would help ILLL make the Computer Based Test (CBT) an integral part of the examination reforms in future. ‘Not only students, but examiners and evaluators also support the online examination. We conduct the exam to test students’ application and knowledge and one can develop such questions for online exams as well. In fact, we already have the results although we have not declared them today,’ said Professor Bakhshi.

Study: IT still favourite amongst engineering graduates

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Never mind that the IT industry is going through a bad phase following global recession. It continues to be a preferred career option for the majority of Indian engineering students, says a new study. A study, released on Tuesday, was conducted among 4,352 final engineering students across 151 engineering colleges, including the premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and found that 43 % of students still prefer working in the IT sector. The automobile and automobile ancillary, telecom, energy – oil and gas, infrastructure and real estate and power sectors were the other preferred choices for engineering graduates. However, the choice of IT sector among students recorded a seven percent drop compared to last year.

The survey also tracked the attitudes of students towards companies as prospective employers. Nanotechnology is being perceived as the industry of the future with 12 % voting for it followed by IT services (11%), and power (9%), energy – oil and gas (8%) and telecom (6%). Half of the batch of 2010 plans to move out of their first job in three years or less, with 51% citing higher studies as a reason for leaving.

Singapore School Partners with IIM K on reimport of education

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A three day workshop was held from February 13- 15, 2010, where 35 participants were hosted by the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, including principals, chairpersons, and so on from the Global Indian International Schools (GIIS), Singapore. This was done under partnership between the Singapore headquartered Global Indian International network of schools and a series of innovations in education pioneered by the (IIM-K), under the programme titled, the 'Leading Schools' programme. The objective of the programme was to create a paradigm defining how international education with Indian values can be re-imported into India. This initiative was to create new milestones in K-12 education.

GIIS offer International Baccalaureate, Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) education along with a host of unique programmes. Managed by the Singapore headquartered Global Indian Foundation (GIF), which provides world class education in different countries to Indians and global citizens, GIIS schools offer an international/world class education with Indian values. The IIM-K team under the leadership of Professor Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM-K and the GIIS leadership team led by Atul Temurnikar and GIF management, Principals and Directors from six countries worked together under the IIM led 'Leading Schools' programme.

Water Management Institute to be set up by CII

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A centre of excellence for studies in water management will soon be established in Jaipur by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday approved the establishment of the institute. For the water management institute, the state government will provide 12,000 square metres of land while rest expenses will be borne by the CII. The decision will pave way for full-fledged development of the water management institute which for past one year has been operating from a temporary setup. The institute is at present affiliated to CII-Godrej Green Institute in Hyderabad which has been one of the most advanced water management research institutes in the country.

The Jaipur centre will soon be developed on the lines of the Hyderabad centre, including testing laboratories, data management and training facilities. According to government officials, the institute will be helpful for the government departments and local development bodies in the development of water provision and treatment policies. However, the prime objective of the institute will be to provide water management consultancy for the industries. As water scarcity becomes an issue of global concern, the need of water management has also been increasing both at administrative and private levels. The issue is even more important for the state of Rajasthan which has traditionally faced water scarcity, along with public consumption water management has become crucial for industrial development. The institute has already signed six memorandum of understandings with the Rajasthan government for consultancy of various water treatment and recycling projects. The work is expected to expedite with development of the complete centre.


SMART leads 2009 global interactive whiteboard product category

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SMART Technologies announces its continued leadership in the global interactive whiteboard product category with a 48.2% share for 2009. According to Futuresource Consulting, an independent global research company that has tracked interactive whiteboard sales for more than nine years, SMART's share for all of 2009 was more than twice its nearest competitor. SMART sold just over 360,000 SMART Board interactive whiteboards in 2009, a record yearly total for the company and an increase of more than 60,000 interactive whiteboard sales versus the previous record established in 2008.

Sales of SMART Board interactive whiteboards continued to be strong in the United States, where the company sold nearly 200,000 interactive whiteboards in 2009 and attained a 60.9 % product category share. In major geographies around the world, SMART's category share also remained strong. SMART was the leading interactive whiteboard provider in the Americas (North America, Latin America and South America) with a 61.8% category share, in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) with a 41.6 % share and in Asia-Pacific with a 23.3% share. Additionally, the company attained an 82.5 % product category share in Canada, 77.9 % share in Mexico, 63.5 % share in the United Kingdom and 58.3 % in Australia.

Free Internet access under Second Phase of One Laptop Per Household project

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Now provisions of one year free Internet connectivity for the beneficiaries, will be made possible as a part of the second phase of the project, whose first phase of the One Laptop Per Household was greeted with enthusiasm. The second phase of project is to entail the supply of free pendrives, laptop bags and other fringe benefits for clients under the project. It is hoped by the managers, INTU-IT GH LTD, under the furtherance of the second phase of the One Laptop Per Household project, the objective of supplying affordable laptop computers and solutions to about 150,000 homes in Ghana, in the next five years, would be met.

The second phase involves the partnership and collaboration of Credit Moll, Life Gate, MTN and INTU-IT GH LTD. It will supply affordable computers on credit up to 36 months for all category of individuals especially workers on Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) pay roll without delays, especially when this phase is being operated on a well built client database reference system. It will take at least two-four working days for clients on Controller and Accountant General's Department pay roll to receive their laptops and other accessories. The project, which relies on financial incentives such as the provision of easy, secure and or favorable financing terms, lower than market costs and government exemptions, would also provide affordable combination of durable hardware and relevant software applications.

Reservation for girls at ITIs

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Following the footsteps of Haryana, the central government has decided to reserve seats for women in all the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country, said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday. 'We have received a written communication from the central government appreciating our decision to reserve 25 % of the seats for women in ITIs to ensure their empowerment,' said Hooda. This scheme was introduced in Haryana in 2006, observed as the year of the girl child.

 

'The central government has decided to implement this scheme in the entire country, but with an enhanced reservation of 30 % seats. Therefore, the Haryana government would also increase this reservation percentage from 25 to 30,' added Hooda.

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