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16% more on school education says Union Budget 2010
An outlay of INR 31,036 crore (INR 310.36 billion/$6.7 billion) for school education has been laid by the union budget for the next fiscal year, which is estimated to be an increase of INR 4,236 crore from 2009-10, said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on 26th February 2010. This implied an increase of 16% expenditure in school education in the coming fiscal as against the current financial year.
Minister added that states will have an access to INR 3,675 crore for elementary education under the 13th Finance Commission grants for 2010-11. He also mentioned that in recent years, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has made significant contribution in improving enrollment and infrastructure for elementary education.
New age technologies to help in mobility out of recession
Many new generation technologies may help the world get out of recession, the issue will be discussed by two international groups of scientists at the Columbia University at New York from June 14-19. The triennial 13th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science originating from the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists will occur jointly with the annual 83rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium originating from the American Chemical Society. This confluence will bring together top researchers and technologists spanning the wide range of topics that come under the umbrella of colloid and surface science.
These include behaviours in particulate systems and at interfaces, and the application of this knowledge to a host of industrial technologies such as biomedical, material science, nano-engineering, water treatment, oil recovery, mineral processing, papermaking, and energy and environmental stewardship.
Students claim problem in results, to file RTI over CAT
Beginning in December and ending on 1st March 2010, the Common Admission Test (CAT)was declared by the Indian Institutes of Management, displaying the scores of lakhs of candidates who took the entrance examination. Of the 2.41 lakh students who sat for the exam, 11 of them scored a perfect cent percentile; in absolute numbers, they all were marked close to 300 out of 450. Many students complained about goof-up in the results while many were happy with their absolute percentile.
Several students plan to file right to information (RTI) applications. A heated discussion on students' scores and their expectations was live all of Sunday, the day result was declared, on a popular MBA site, Pagalguy. Candidates also spoke of how they found it difficult to access CAT results. Scores were to be declared at 3 pm, but candidates could finally see their scorecards on the site only by 6 pm as the computer servers could not shoulder the traffic. IIM-A has called 1,200 candidates for its 409 seats and IIM Shillong has shorltisted 1,000 management aspirants.
For help with DU admissions go Online
Gone are the days when students had to go from one Delhi University (DU) college to another to inquire about availability of courses. All the information is now available at the click of a mouse. Several websites are now helping aspirants with both the selection of courses and the process of admission. The 'DU-friendly websites', as they call themselves, have become popular among the young.
Along with the information on popular courses in Delhi University, and previous year's cut off lists, the websites also provide information about other leading universities in the country and abroad. To make the interface more interactive and user-friendly, many of these websites offer free online tests and upcoming schedule of tests for various DU courses. Students can also write to them and get their queries answered. However, there are some students who are not enthused by these websites. Delhi University is one of the most prestigious varsities in the country. Every year around 49,000 students enrol for scores of subjects across its nearly 80 colleges.
Each Punjab student to be e literate by 2010
With a view to enable every student of Punjab state to become digitally literate by 2010, the prestigious ICT education project has been implemented for all 13.5 lac students in all state schools. Computer education subject has also been made compulsory with effect from 2009-10. Disclosing this here Sunday, Upinderjit Kaur Education and Languages Minister Punjab said that under centrally sponsored scheme of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Punjab ICT Education Society (PICTES) had launched this ambitious computer learning programme based on NCERT guidelines for 6th to 12th classes in all upper primary schools the state in a phased manner.
She mentioned that to facilitate the creation of state of the art infrastructure on lease model for supporting the knowledge economy, the education department under Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan (SSA) had already successfully covered 2880 state schools at a cost of INR 265.34 crore in two phases imparting study to around 11 lac students. The minister further added that the students acquired a number of IT skills during the ICT education program. Both phases of ICT were fully operational and running as planned. Under this project the department has covered the remaining 2085 schools having enrollment of approx 2.5 lac students in third phase at a cost of INR 132.55 crore. She added, to successfully train the students, 5014 computer faculty were recruited under this computer education plan in the schools.
IICPT and Canada ink deal for facilitating Academic Courses
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries and the University of Manitoba, Canada to facilitate development of mutually beneficial academic programmes and courses. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai, Secretary Ashok Sinha, Deputy Minister of Federal-provincial and International Relations and Trade and Deputy Minister of Finance Diane Grey, Member of Legislative Assembly and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier of Manitoba Bidhu Jha, at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. The MoU which was signed by Dr. K. Alagusundaram, the Director of IICPT and Dr. Digvir Jayas, Vice President (Research), University of Manitoba, Canada, intends to facilitate collaborative programs of research, training, curriculum, institutional development, information dissemination, and exchange of faculty, students and staff.
The linkage formed through this MoU between the two Institutions will further each partner institution's objectives as well as strengthen the mutual relationship between the partners. The Minister, Sahai emphasised that since the current MoU between the two premier institutions specifically covers mostly academics and R&D, there is a need to prepare a more comprehensive and broad-based MoU between the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India and Government of Manitoba to cover critical issues pertaining to Food Safety and Quality, Food Technology, Food Fortification and Nutrition, Incubation Centres to develop more industries locally and create more employment. The University of Manitoba is an important educational institution in Central Canada. More than 25,000 students study in the Arts and Science, Engineering, Health and Law faculties. The University offers bachelors, masters and doctoral programs in all these disciplines and has a faculty strength of more than 5000. The University of Manitoba has strong academic and research programs in food and process engineering. It has an established state of the art, grain storage research centre in the campus which is the best in the world. The Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) is a Pioneer Research and Development Institute under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Online admission for junior colleges in Maharashtra
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The website will start functioning by June 10. 'Around 700 colleges across the Mumbai have their information on the website,' said V.K. Wankhede, deputy director, School Education Department.
'All students will be provided a separate login id through which they will be able to access all the detail about college, number of seats available etc,' added Wankhede. 'There will be only online admission. We have issued a GR in this regard. There should be no confusion on this matter now,' said Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, Minister State School Education.
MICA workshop to see brainstorm between corporates and academicians
Ways of generating ides for case studies for teaching management students will be a concern to be addressed at a workshop that started on Thursday. Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA) had brought representatives from the corporate world and academicians on the same platform so that new cases that are relevant in the Indian context and the modern times can be developed. The four-day workshop, Case Writing – an exercise in advanced techniques and global methods, is being held at MICA main campus in Shela from June 11. The workshop is part of Management Faculty Development Programme of the institute.
The workshop has been specifically designed for management faculty and researchers working in schools, universities, colleges and professional institutes and will help participants acquire required case writing skills by exposing them to some of the best international techniques and methods. The workshop includes sessions and exercises on case plan preparation, case components, case difficulty cube, fieldwork and secondary data search, opening paragraph writing, case draft and teaching note preparation and case release letter.
FM radio station to be set up by IIT K
A FM radio station is to be started by The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), in the campus. This is for the first time an FM radio station is going to be operational from IIT campus. The FM station will broadcast scientific programmes and classical music. IIT-K has already received green signal for the project from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The FM station in IIT-K will operational following the model of America's National Public Radio (NPR).
Cultural programme will also air by the upcoming FM radio station at IIT-K. A four-member committee headed by Professor Sanjay Kasalkar, Registrar of the institute has been constituted to put the whole project into operation. The most important feature of the FM station will be the phone-in programme in which students from across the city can put their queries relating to science to the professors of the college.
