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CBSE: Karnataka stands fifth in AISSE

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The AISSE Class X-2008 of Central Board Secondary Education(CBSE), Chennai Region results were declared on May 27 with a total pass percentage of 95.25 in the South region.

In the previous academic year, the Chennai region had scored a pass percentage of 93 in the Class X CBSE examination.

N Nagaraju, Joint Director, CBSE Chennai Region, said, “There has been a 2.5 percent increase in the overall Class X Results compared to the previous year's results. This year, the pass percentage has increased to 95.25 percent with most of the states securing 98 pass percentage putting up a good performance.”

Karnataka show

Nagaraju pointed out that the teaching, testing and evaluation methods had improved and positively impacted on the overall performance across south region.

Students from 183 schools in the State appeared for the Class X 2008 CBSE Examination conducted during the month of March and April, in 82 centres.

From the State, as many as 11,581 students appeared for the examination, of which 11,397 passed.

In Karnataka, both girls and boys performed equally well with a minuscule difference in their performance. About 98.86 percent of girls passed the Class X exam while 98.09 percent of boys cleared the examination. As many as 4,891 girls and 6,690 boys had appeared for the examination.

Pondicherry topped the CBSE Class X examinations in South with about 99.69 overall pass percentage.

Of the 10 states in the south region, six states, viz Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu and Goa have secured an overall 98 pass percentage.

Maharashtra secured about 97.92 pass percentage, followed by Lakshadweep with 74.76 pass percent and Andaman and Nicobar Islands securing the least of all, 51.39 pass percent. Citing the reasons of the poor performance in the Andaman and Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands, N Nagaraju, said, “These states do not have adequate facilities in terms of infrastructure, teaching faculty and hence the overall performance is affected.”

Varsity for people of Indian origin next year

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India will get its first university for Persons of Indian Origin to be set up by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education Trust (Mahet) in Bangalore. The academic session is expected to start next year.

Announcing the decision, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the PIO university, to be set up at Davanahalli near Bangalore, will be an entirely private venture, but will follow government guidelines on reservations for Indian students.

“The government does not have to bear any financial burden,” Ravi told reporters here.

The student intake would be evenly distributed between Indian nationals and children of persons of Indian origin.

Despite the government's directions on reservations not being applicable to deemed private universities, the ministry had made it a condition that all the relevant guidelines would be implemented for Indian national students. “We do not want anybody to raise any controversy about this, so we advised them to apply all such rules,” said Ravi.

It has taken over a year for the ministry to choose Mahet after the union cabinet first approved the policy framework for the proposed university as a 'deemed university' in March 2007.

Thereafter, the ministry had invited Expressions of Interest in July 2007, which attracted 16 applicants.

The screening committee had shortlisted three applicants. “We had wanted to allow all the three candidates to start their own PIO university, but legally we can only grant it to one,” said Ravi.

According to the minister, the three criteria established for judging the successful applicant were availability of land, financial resources and experience.

“The delay was due to a stay by the Kerala High Court based on a case filed by one of the rejected applicants. We moved forward only after the stay was vacated,” said Ravi.

Mahet will prepare a detailed project report to spell out the administrative and fee structure. This will be evaluated by an advisory board that consists of government officials, University Grants Commission (UGC) and various technical education bodies. Based on the board's recommendation, UGC will grant 'deemed university' status to the institution.

“We will give complete autonomy to the institution,” said Ravi, referring to Mahet's plans on curriculum, fee structure, faculty selection and admissions.

The High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora had first recommended the setting up of a PIO university in 2000. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh then made an announcement in Malaysia in 2005. He had also reiterated this at two Pravasi Bharatiya Divas functions in 2006 and 2007.

SAARC university takes off in India

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The ambitious proposal of setting up a common university for eight SAARC countries has taken off with the dedication of land for the institute by India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Speaking at the dedication ceremony in Maidan Garhi on May 26, Mukherjee announced that the South Asian University (SAU) would hold its first academic session in 2010.

The main campus in New Delhi will be hosting nearly 5,000 students and an international faculty. It will also have campuses in all other seven SAARC countries

Intel rolls into Palestine

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Speaking at the Palestine Investment Conference in Ramallah recently, Intel’s Corporate Vice President unveiled a number of educational initiatives meant to help Palestine set itself on the right technological track.

Will Swope talked about how the company was working within the US Palestinian Partnership to ensure speedy ICT development in Palestine through education.

“Being in Palestine today and witnessing the great talent that the youth have to offer inspires us to collaborate further with Palestinian educators and technology innovators to up-level education curricula and help drive ICT development,” gushed Swope, who also gave Birzeit University a new multi core computer on the same visit.

Working with USAID and the Palestinian Information and Communication Technology Incubator, Intel also said it would be launching a competition for youth to come up with the best business plan, an exercise the company hopes will stimulate student interest in entrepreneurship.

Laith Kassis, General Manager, PICTI reckoned the organisation’s partnership with Intel and USAID “allows us to further nurture the diverse Arab talents and enhances the growth of dynamic businesses in Palestine. We are indeed proud of this partnership and look forward to building on the successes we have achieved so far.”

On a roll, Intel went on to re-open its ‘Computer Clubhouse’ in Ramallah, which had been done up and equipped with top-of-the-range, brand new and shiny tech. The clubhouse will purportedly cater to all sorts of technology-orientated after-school activities.

To top it all off, Intel was also in talks with the Palestinian education ministry, promising them a donation of about 900 low-cost Intel classmate PCs.

Mobifusion and McGraw-Hill to develop Mobile Content

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Mobifusion has announced a partnership with McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) in India to develop mobile learning products adapted from its best-selling titles.

In teaming up with Mobifusion for mobile product development, MHE India will expand and widen its readership by tapping into the huge market of mobile users in India. Among the initial products coming to major mobile operators in India are business titles featuring investment guidance and content derived from various Indian competitive examination prep guides for IIT, AIEEE and UPSC exams. McGraw-Hill's partnership with Mobifusion will enable MHE to serve new customers in different ways by exploring experience of mobile enabled market leading educational content.

UNESCO supported children

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The first phase of a project launched in 2007 by Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica and UNESCO on train children in media literacy has now been completed. The project involves 910 students in 10 schools.

In 2007, the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica and UNESCO joined together to launch a media literacy project geared toward children in primary schools in Jamaica. The project is supported by the Ministry of Education. The results of the findings and lessons learnt will soon be made available on the Caribbean Network of Information/Media Literacy Clubs website. The Joint Board of Teacher Education has completed testing of the project material in a pilot involving 910 students drawn from upper primary grades (4-6) and secondary grades (7-9) in 10 schools. Soon, the project details, recommendations and findings of the project would be available on the Caribbean Network of Information/Media Literacy Clubs website. School-based interpersonal communication, video and printed materials are at the centre of this effort to guide primary school students on how to approach radio and television content with a critical stance. During the initial pilot stage of the project, selected schools will receive a video recording and support materials – for grade 4 teachers. The course materials are designed to help teachers explain to children what types of programming are problematic and why, incorporating data from research conducted in Jamaica. Students who complete the course are also taught how to make informed choices about programming; this process involves using the Children's Code for Programming and rating designations as guidelines.

Promoting ICT teaching and learning in Ghana

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The Northern Regional Director of Education, Ghana, John Kwesi Hobenu has asked the government to resort to the use of advanced logistical and resource materials, to teach or train the country's future leaders.

It would be more appropriate if government will invest extensively in the training of its human resources, especially the youth, who were the future leaders, with advanced technological logistics. Under the new educational reform in the country, it is mandatory to learn Information Communication Technology as a subject. Schools are required to register candidates online for their Basic Education Certificate and West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations. This is will also add value to the nation's educational system, and build the youth to fit properly into the global world.


 

FAO launches e-learning for Codex food standards

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched an e-learning course 'Enhancing participation in Codex activities' for professionals dealing with food control and food standards setting.

The new course will help delegates to participate more effectively at meetings of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, provide guidance on preparing a country's input to Commission's debates on food safety and quality and national standards setting.

The e-learning modules have been developed by FAO and the World Health Organisation (WHO), with support from the Government of Canada. It aims to provide in-depth knowledge of Codex Alimentarius procedures and of the international food standards setting process. It provides basic information on Codex as well as recent changes in procedures and helpful tips on forming national delegations to attend the meetings of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, on making effective interventions at Codex meetings, on the basic concepts of food safety risk analysis, and on the relevance of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreements.

It consist of thirteen 30 to 50 minute lessons for a total of about 10 hours of self-paced learning and includes a range of e-learning methods such as storytelling, practical case studies, as well as interactive exercises. A set of PowerPoint slides, handouts and exercises, which can be easily customised by trainers for face-to-face training, are also available in the course. The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an intergovernmental body with over 170 members, operating within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme established by FAO and WHO, with the purpose of protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade.

The Codex Alimentarius (Latin, meaning Food Law or Code) is a collection of internationally adopted food standards, guidelines, codes of practice and other recommendations.

IGNOU launches project to train anganwadi workers

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The Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) has launched a special pilot project to train 1000 anganwadi workers to address the malnutrition issue.

The proposed training project includes community health infant care, innovative ways to combat malnutrition, nutrition during pregnancy, special needs of adolescent girls, anaemia, special issues of women empowerment, violence against women, immunisation and water purification. IGNOU has signed a MoU with UNICEF and the State Department of Women and Child Development, Madhya Pradesh for imparting continuous training to improve skills of field level functionaries. The project would be launched as a pilot training programme in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh without involving the dislocation of the functionaries from their respective areas of operations. There will be a project cell to monitor and coordinate various activities at the Bhopal Regional Centre of IGNOU.

Learning made easy through animation films

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Wouldn't it be more fun and easy to understand the shape of the fallopian tube through graphics and multiply four apples with two to learn arithmetic? Imagine learning mathematics and science through animation films, rather than textbooks. For students who find it difficult to grasp these subjects, there is relief in sight as the Yash Birla group plans to launch its e-learning programme Vidyopasna, from KG class to 10 in 500 private schools across India this year.

Birla Shloka Edutech Ltd will invest Rs 100 crore over the next five years to take its e-learning programme Classes-on-Demand (for which it has applied for a trademark) forward, Mr Anuj Batra, Chief Executive Officer, told Business Line. The programme is being soft launched and tested in various schools for the past seven years with an initial investment of Rs 12 crore. Now, with synergies in place, the programme will be rolled out to students across States as they return from their summer vacations. The company has received confirmation letters from 33 schools including Gopi Birla Memorial School, Nerul; Tarapur Vidya Mandir; Zenith School, Khopoli; Sree Ji English Medium, Dhule; Ujjwal English School, Jalgaon and N L Dalmia, Mumbai.

The company will invest Rs 25 crore in this financial year and is expecting a profit of around 15 per cent in gross margins. “Though it is a viable business opportunity for us, we realise that profits will be lower initially due to development costs,” said Mr Batra. By next year, the company plans to tie up with 5,000 schools across India to offer this programme.

With an in-house animation team of 60 artists, the company has translated the entire syllabus of the ICSC, CBSC and state boards to animation film form that will be updated every three months as the boards change their syllabi.

Either two monitors or a single plasma screen will be placed next to the blackboard in classrooms and the teacher will play the video as she teaches a particular topic.

“The idea is not to replace the teacher, but to teach effectively so that even the slowest of student understands and retains what is being taught,” said Mr Batra.

There is also a training program for teachers of the schools to equip them with the effective use of the software simultaneously while teaching from a textbook. The company has academicians on its board to advice them on perfecting their systems.

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