November 16, 2009

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced that 13 new degree colleges would come up in the state by next year at a cost of INR 104 crore. These colleges would be located in the educationally backward districts of Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nawanshahar, Patiala and Sangrur on the recommendations of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Badal was presiding over a function to mark the silver jubilee of the Government College here, 10 km from state capital Chandigarh. Badal said that to boost higher and technical education, a central university at Bathinda had already started its academic session. Another world-class central university would be set up in Amritsar in over 700 acres of land. He said that the state government had transferred 501 acres of land for setting up the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Ropar, 45 km from Chandigarh. The classes for the IIT have started this year from the building of a government polytechnic.

Distance Learning Admissions open at Bharathiar University

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November 16, 2009

Bharathiar University's (BU) School of Distance Education (SDE) has invited admission to its Undergraduate (UG), Post Graduate (PG), Diploma and PG Diploma courses for its academic session 2009-10 till November 30, 2009. According to its Director, N.Balasubramanian, the aspirants can get themselves enrolled in these courses directly at the SDE or at the city centre of the SDE located at Bishop Appasamy College, Race Course, or any of the learning centres of the SDE. The candidates can obtain the prospectus and the application form by submitting an application along with a crossed demand draft for INR 100 for all courses (except Executive MBA the cost of which is INR 300 ) drawn in favour of the Director, SDE, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore- 641 046, payable at Coimbatore. The application form can also be obtained through post, by enclosing a DD for Rs.350 for Executive MBA and Rs.150 for all other courses along with a self-addressed envelope of size 30X 24 cm. Applications can be downloaded from the university website.

National Awards to young minds on Children’s Day

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November 16, 2009

The Minister of Women & Child Development, Krishna Tirath presented National Child Awards for exceptional achievements to 25 children on Bal Divas today at a function at Vigyan Bhavan. The Ministry of Women & Child Development has initiated various schemes and programmes for the welfare of the children. These include universalizing of Integrated Child Development Services programmes, thereby ensuring that an Anganwadi Centre is set up in every village in the country. The Integrated Child Protection Scheme has been launched this year to provide a safe and protective environment for children. The scheme specifically addresses the needs of street children, orphan children and millions of others who need care and protection. On the occasion Kapila Vatsyayan, Karan Singh and Motilal Vohra also addressed the children.

The awards are presented every year to the children between the age group 4-15 years for their exceptional achievements in various fields including academics, art, culture and sports etc. Awards include one Gold Medal with cash prize of INR 20,000 and a citation and 24 Silver Medal with cash prize INR 10,000 and a citation. The Gold Medal was presented to Ms. Shruthi S, from Karnataka for her exceptional skill in drawing and painting. On the occasion the minister also released volume 2&3 of research carried out the NIPCCD on ICDS.

Neemrana to see Green Campus by NIIT University

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November 16, 2009

Spread over 100 acres on the foothills of the Aravali range at Neemrana, the eco-friendly NIIT University (NU) campus was formally inaugurated by its Chancellor Karan Singh on Sunday. The 'seamless' campus comprising 54 buildings with residential facilities for 5,000 students and over 500 faculty members would be built over 10 years at a cost of over INR 1,000 crores. After being given recognition by the Rajasthan government on October 14, the university admitted 19 BTech and 10 MTech students in its founding batch and the founding faculty members include names such as Dr Mashelkar, Dr Kasturi and mathematician professor Dinesh Singh among others. The highlight of the campus has been its environment-friendly designs and initiatives. While NU officials claim 95% of the water is recycled and harvested, there is no use of air conditioners in the two academic and hostel blocks.

Pawar also informed that chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Ghelot would launch the Harit Rajasthan initiative from the NU campus itself. On the inclusive plans of the university, Pawar said that 15% of the total intake would be supported with scholarships and two of the nearby schools will be adopted by the students of NU. While the university started with offering BTech programmes in computer science and engineering, ICT and biotechnology, its MTech programmes include computer science and engineering, ICT, bioinformatics and educational technology. Its PhD programmes include computer science and engineering, ICT, educational technology and bioinformatics and biotechnology. The university has plans for management programmes as well.

Government Plans for Students to receive $37 computers

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November 16, 2009

If everything goes according to the plan and the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has its way, students at the UGC-recognised colleges and universities across the country may soon get low-cost computers to aid learning in anytime-anywhere' mode. The move forms part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) that envisages, among other things, computer infrastructure and connectivity to over 18,000 colleges and each department of the 419 universities through the department of telecommunication. The idea is to leverage the potential of ICT in providing personalised and interactive knowledge modules over the internet to learners in higher education.

At the heart of the mission is the effort to enhance the gross enrolment ratio (i.e., the percentage of Std XII-passouts making it to higher studies) from the existing 10 pc to 15 pc by the end of the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12). The NMEICT also aims at bridging the digital divide the gap between those who can use computing devices for teaching and learning and those who have remained untouched by the digital revolution in urban and rural areas. In a letter to the vice-chancellors of all universities, HRD ministry's joint secretary (distance learning) N K Sinha has called for acceleration of the NMEICT initiatives to ensure better instruction and reach of the educational delivery system. This is to be achieved through generation of high-quality e-content and connectivity for delivering it.

State-level workshop on ICT-enabled teaching

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November 16, 2009

A three-day State-level workshop on ICT-enabled teaching was held in Mangalore, organised by St. Anns College of Education with financial assistance from the University Grants Commission.

The aim of the workshop was to help integrate ICT into the teaching and learning process at the college level. Dr. Lydia Fernandes, Secretary, The Apostolic Carmel Educational Society said that there is a need to make education globally competitive in this age of information. Speaking at the inauguration of the workshop, she stated that ICT could be a tool to revolutionise education. In the process of traditional systems of teaching giving way to more interactive and collaborative processes, technology could play a major role. Flosy D'Souza, workshop co-coordinator, said that the aim of the workshop was to familiarise college teachers with ICT and web-based teaching.

150 Million for computers in schools

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November 16, 2009

Today Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to unveil a major investment in computers for schools, amid criticism that Irish schoolchildren are losing out in the digital revolution. Cowen is expected to commit about

Learning centres for Tribals by YCMOU

The Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) will soon be setting up educational centres for tribals in an attempt to bring them into the mainstream. A total of 15 districts have been identified considering the concentration of tribal population and has requested the state government to provide five acres of land in each district for the purpose. The university will spend INR 10 crore on each complex which will be equipped with hi-tech facilities sufficient enough to accommodate 100 students. One of the largest open universities in India, the YCMOU will be launching the project on pilot basis near Nashik from next year.

Initially, 1,500 tribal boys and girls, who failed to clear school level exams will be trained. The university has drawn a roadmap for the next 20 years which was approved by the chancellor. The university has plans to go online very soon. Additionally, it plans to open foreign languages translation school and a school to conduct social justice for law courses. Speaking about the Nagpur centre, the VC assured that the university will soon set up a permanent centre in the Orange city with state-of-the-art facilities for the students. YCMOU had started its operations in 1989 with just two courses, 15 centres and 3,280 students. Two decades later, it metamorphosed into 1,800 centres in India, 4,700 programmes and over three lakh students.

SAP and NIIT Partner for MultiMode SAP Training Programs

SAP India and NIIT, the leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia's largest IT trainer, today entered into a strategic alliance to offer training to future SAP consultants in world-leading business software, Enterprise Resource Planning and related applications provided by SAP. Both organizations believe in enhancing India's talent base to help Indian enterprises transform and become more competitive at home and abroad. Under this alliance, NIIT will offer SAP training programs in both Instructor-led and Online modes to working professionals, post graduates and graduates as well as students in colleges. On the anvil are SAP Academy Programs, Standard Short Duration Programs and New Dimension Product Training. The training programs will cover all facets of a business – Planning, Finance, Materials, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Human Resources. NIIT would leverage its reach and basket of products and services to build them around the SAP training program that trains and nurtures well-rounded SAP professionals. In the next phase, these courses will also be offered in other countries in the region such as China, Vietnam and Thailand.

There is an increasing global demand for SAP trained professionals. India, in particular, is a large and growing market for SAP consultants. These training programs would therefore cater to the immediate need for SAP trained professionals in India and abroad. Today, more than 92,000 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP

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