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Health camp at Delhi Govt school from 4-6th Nov

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The health camps, a part of the Navy Week, are being conducted in different parts of the country as an outreach activity to serve the underprivileged urban and rural poor. The camp will be organized in collaboration with the Departments of Education and Health & Family Welfare. All the children of the school will be medically examined and treated by the specialists in pediatrics, eye, ENT, skin and dentistry. A routine laboratory blood examination will also be carried out for the children.

A Health Exhibition and interactive sessions on specific issues like personal hygiene, healthy habits, nutrition, environmental sanitation, prevention of common diseases, immunization, road discipline etc. will also be organized at the school for teachers and parents. Some of the school teachers will further be imparted training, enabling them to conduct similar sessions.

High Court: Quota applicable to all central institutions

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that the reservation policy will be applicable to all Central Government-run universities in the capital regardless of caste-specific quotas at various institutions. However, in case of the Delhi Government-run institutions, such benefits cannot be extended to students whose castes do not figure in a list notified for the capital. The court held that only those Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribes (ST) students can avail of the benefits of reservation in the educational institutions run by the Delhi Government whose tribe or caste figures in the notified list.

Such students from any part of the country can avail of the benefits of reservation in the Central Government-run educational institutions like Delhi University (DU) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). 'For admissions to institutions managed and completely controlled by the Delhi Government, reservation can be enjoyed by only those caste groupings enlisted in the Scheduled Castes (Union Territories) order, as regards Delhi and subject to the conditions spelt out there,' said Justice S. Ravindra Bhat in a judgement. The court order came on a petition filed by Kavita Khorwal, an SC student, challenging the DU's decision rejecting her application for an entrance examination for LLB in the SC category in June 2004.

Low rate of diagnosis of learning difficulties

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As many as 1 in 5 kiwis have a learning difficulty and until their Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD or Dyspraxia is identified and dealt with literacy programmes are of little benefit to them. 'People with learning difficulties have an inability to retain information or process it quickly, so much of their learning is lost,' said Dore Centre General Manager, David Conroy. The Dore Centre is a specialist treatment programme for people with learning difficulties like Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADD & ADHD and has clinics in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch.

New Zealand has a very low rate of diagnosis so we don't have exact numbers of people affected but 2006 Census qualifications data backs up the estimate that up to 20% of the population may have a learning difficulty. A very common symptom is a general reluctance to learn something new. It's usually an avoidance technique to prevent having to attempt something that is extremely hard & stressful, eg: remembering sequential tasks, retaining complex information, reading instruction manuals, writing reports, analysing numbers or sitting exams.

Hard year for IT jobs with no end in sight

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The Australian IT&T industry has extended its decline in online job ads for the fifth month in a row. The Olivier Job Index fell 4.42% in October with Australian job ads counted per week declining by 20,107 positions over the month. The IT sector continued its poor year falling 2.28 % for October to bring its annual rate of decline to 22.81% compared to last year. Olivier Group director, Bob Olivier, warned there was no relief in sight for IT workers as Australia teeters on the brink of recession.

Olivier advised contractors to go after permanent roles or seek an extension of their current work at least until the new year, as he does not expect there to be much on offer in the meantime. Even permanent roles and graduates, Olivier said, are in for a tough time ahead as employers focus on their bottom line and try to justify headcount. Only the financial services and administrative sectors suffered greater decline in job numbers than IT over the past year. Within IT the three largest market segments have all taken an annual battering: Multimedia, Internet and graphics grew 5 % this month but annually has dipped 16%; software development dropped 4.6% for the month and is down 24% for the year; and network communications and security is up 1.9% for the month but down 23% for the year.

Polytechnic lecturer receives fellowship honour

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Open Polytechnic lecturer Alison Fields has been awarded a fellowship from the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). Ms Fields, a Senior Lecturer in Information and Library Studies at the Open Polytechnic, says receiving the award was a huge honour as it is the highest professional award within the New Zealand library and information profession.

'I have been working and lecturing in the field for over 20 years, and am thrilled to receive the award. It recognises not only the contributions I have made to the library profession itself and to the new staff entering it over this time span, but also the contribution of others to my own professional life in reaching this level.' Only a handful of LIANZA Fellowships are awarded each year. Ms Fields received the prestigious award for her sustained and professional contribution in the fields of education and research.

Korean company to develop ICT in Rwanda

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Rita Executive Director NKubito Bakamurasa (L) shakes hands with Kim Hansuk of the Korea Telecoms after signing the contract. In an effort to reinforce communication in Rwanda under President Kagame, a national high-speed optic fibre network is likely to start soon. Codenamed National Backbone Project, one that highlights President Paul Kagame's life time dream, it is expected to link 36 main nodes in both Kigali City and all the 30 Districts. Attempts to realise this were made visible last week when Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) put ink to paper in a contract with a Korean telecommunication company, Korea Telecom (KT) to utilize US$38 million, to put in place this fibre cable.

The 2,300kms fibre optic cable will be networked to Kigali metropolitan and is expected to connect public and private institutions; hospitals, schools, universities, custom offices, immigration and border services, and police stations. It is expected to have a nation-wide reach. Institutions are to be connected to a high-speed broadband connectivity that enables voice taping and data and video applications. The terms of the contract state that the government of Rwanda through RITA will be responsible for overall project management. It includes the entire civil works and functioning of the connectivity once the infrastructure is in place. David Kanamugire, the Director General of ICT in the President's Office says “These projects are fitting the gap of the communication puzzle

People favour inclusion of information on HIV/AIDS in school curriculum

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It was revealed that most men and women in Karnataka favoured inclusion of information on HIV/AIDS in the school curriculum. More than nine-tenths of men and almost three-fourths of women thought boys and girls should be taught about sexual behaviour in school. “Similarly, 82 % of men think that both boys and girls should be taught about condom use to avoid sexually transmitted diseases, compared with only 43 to 45 % of the women,” the survey said.

It indicated that 70 % of women and 87 % of men in Karnataka had never heard of HIV/AIDS. Awareness about the disease would be a critical step in curbing the number of new HIV cases in the State, it said.


Washington schools try cash as incentive

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It was a bit like pay day for children in 15 middle schools in the US capital who recently received their first checks for good grades, attendance and behavior. Every two weeks, children aged 12-14 stand to make up to 100 dollars, following a precise sliding scale in which math, science and history-geography grades are as important as attendance and good behavior in class. Crammed into a gymnasium, teachers and students at Shaw Middle School, in a working class neighborhood of the city, listened carefully to what Mayor Adrian Fenty had to say before the first checks in the experimental program were passed out.

In all, US$137,813  were distributed to the 15 Washington schools participating in the program, in the hope grades and behavior will improve. In a 2007 study by the National Center for Education Statistics, Washington public schools came last among 11 major US cities in math and reading skills. Half the US $2.7 m funding the pilot program for one year comes from city coffers, and the rest from the Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University (EdLabs) headed by economist Roland Fryer, who was present at the ceremony.

Education Day to be celebrated on Nov 11

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Educational institutions at all levels across the country will celebrate November 11 as the 'National Education Day', commemorating the birthday of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, an eminent educationist and the first Union Minister of Education of independent India. As India's Education Minister, Azad oversaw the establishment of a national education system with free primary education and modern institutions of higher education. He is also credited with the foundation of the University Grants Commission (UGC), an important institution to supervise and advance higher education in the nation.

Seminars, symposia, essay-writing, elocution competitions, workshops and rallies with banner cards and slogans on the importance of literacy and nation's commitment to all aspects of education will be organized in educational institutions across the country on the National Education Day. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, had on September 11, 2008 announced, 'The Ministry has decided to commemorate the birthday of this great son of India by recalling his contribution to the cause of education in India. November 11 every year, from 2008 onwards, will be celebrated as the National Education Day, without declaring it a holiday.'

Panel for greater power to varsities

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The ARC, headed by veteran Congress leader Veerappa Moily, has said that the work of the regulatory bodies should remain confined to issues concerning registration, skill up-gradation and management of professional standards and ethics. Professional education, on the other hand, should be handed over to these specially created agencies / councils.According to Moily, the specially created agencies setup for each of the major disciplines can be called the National Standards and Quality Council for medicine or management, as the case may be.

The new councils, according to Moily, should be formed by an Act of the Parliament and would be responsible for laying down parameters on issues concerning growth and development of their streams. Releasing the report, Moily said the special councils should have full autonomy with a majority of independent members and just two or three members from the Government. The Panel also favoured greater power for varsities and higher education institutions in terms of setting up and running institutions, appointment of vice-chancellors etc.

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