Rajasthan Govt appoints Dr R Venkateswaran as new Principal Secretary for School Education

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February 9, 2019

In a recent major reshuffle in the bureaucracy, the Government of Rajasthan has appointed Dr R Venkateswaran as the new Principal Secretary for the School Education, Language & Library, and Panchayati Raj (Elementary Education).

He earlier was serving as Principal Secretary, Animal husbandry, Fisheries & Gopalan Department, Government of Rajasthan. Venkateswaran has replaced Bhaskar Sawant who has been transferred to Urban Development & Housing Department.

Dr R Venkateswaran is an Indian Administrative Service officer, with more than 20 years of varied experience in departments like home, local self government department, rural development, social welfare etc under Government of Rajasthan. He was also the Mission Director for JnNURM in the State.

He was closely involved in the formulation of Rajasthan’s Industrial Policy. As the director of Small Savings Department, he was instrumental in launching of many attractive schemes for the investors and the helped the State to achieve highest ever savings.

He was awarded the JRD Tata National Health award for distinguished service in Churu district. Under his leadership the district of Jalore got the Satyen Maitra National Award for Total Literacy.

Around half of the PwD population in India is uneducated: A report

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February 9, 2019

Around half of the PwD population in India is uneducated

In the recently released TRRAIN HSBC Disability Employment Report 2019, it is revealed that 46 percent of persons with disabilities in India are uneducated.

The report also explained the reasons for lack of education among PwD population. It stated that lack of the right schools, accessibility, unavailability of special instructors, and above all, the unwillingness of parents to invest in their child with a disability are the reasons for a compromise in education opportunities.

According to a World Bank report in 2007, children with disabilities are five times more likely to stay out of school than those that belong to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes.

The TRRAIN HSBC Disability Employment Report 2019 also mentions that of the persons with disabilities surveyed- 6 percent students are graduate and above, 13 percent have completed secondary school, 9 percent middle school, 14 percent primary school, 12 percent dropped out before primary school. 46 percent of persons with disabilities remain illiterate.

And even so gender discrepancy remains, with only 44 percent women with disabilities being educated as against the 62 percent of men with disabilities.

B S Nagesh, founder, TRRAIN, said, “The TRRAIN HSBC Disability Employment Report 2019 highlights the lack of a systemic, natural progression from education to employment for persons with disabilities. This is where the retail sector could play an important role because it provides employment to people who have cleared the 10th grade.”

Rajasthan: IAS Naveen Jain is now Secretary, Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship

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February 8, 2019

The Government of Rajasthan has given charge of Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Development, to Naveen Jain, the 2001-batch IAS officer.

He is now Secretary, Labour, Employment, Skill & Entrepreneurship & Boiler Inspection & Medical & Health Services (E.S.I) and Commissioner, Labour & Employment, Government of Rajasthan.

An IAS officer of 2001-batch from Rajasthan cadre, Jain won Gold medal for best report on land reforms in 2003 by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. He undertook various initiatives in different government departments when he was serving as district Magistrate of Baran, Karauli, Hanumagarh and Rajsamand as well as Director/Commissioner in different departments at Secretariat or Directorate.

He has also led various e-initiatives as Mission Director, National Health Mission in Rajasthan such as ASHA Soft, e-shubhlaxmi, Software for Malnutrition Treatment Centers – Kuposhan Watch, e-upkaran (Equipment management & Maintenance System).

He holds a B.com (Hons) degree in Business Finance and Masters in Finance & Control. He also holds a Diploma in Public Policy from ICFAI University.

Quality education paving way for India to be a developed nation

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February 8, 2019

India has always been known all over the world for ages for the respect that is showered on teachers and for knowledge, Dr Vinay Agrawal, Chancellor, ISBM University, for Elets News Network (ENN).

Pulling itself out from widespread illiteracy, India has managed to bring its education system at par with the global standard. The number of schools witnessed a dramatic increase during the post-independence era. The Parliament made elementary education a fundamental right for children in the age group of 6-14 years by passing the 86th amendment to the Constitution in 2002. At independence, India’s literacy rate was a paltry 12.2 % which increased to 74.04% in 2011.

The Government launched the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan in 2001 to ensure education for the children from 6 to 14 years. Prior to that, it had launched an effective initiative – Sponsored District Education Programme, which increased the number of schools across the country. In a bid to attract children to schools, especially in rural areas, the government also started implementing the mid-day meals programme in 1995.

But just as much, the cost of education also has gone tremendously higher. 572m population falls in the age group 0-24 years – it’s double the US population. 230m students enrolled every year – 219m for KG- 12, 11m for higher education. 246,000 candidates apply for CAT in 2009 – 3x that a decade ago. Till 1993, one used to think whether 100,000 INR will be enough as Cost of my entire 15 years of education up to post-graduation. Today, one thinks whether 100,000 INR shall be enough as fees I pay for my daughter’s pre-school & kindergarten. Price of education has increased by 3-6x over the last decade.

India is in the process of changing gears on the development and the next 10 years is going to see a lot of activity on several fronts like manufacturing, construction, retail, and services. But the India success story pretty much depends upon the number and quality of its workforce. The demographics are exciting. With 54% of its 1.2 billion population under the age of 24, India is the youngest country in the world.

If India is to realize its dream of becoming an emerging superpower over the next two decades, then it is time to do a reality check on our education system and see how prepared our system is to meet the demand for skill development of our potential workforce.

Key factors behind transformation of Indian education sector in last 70 years

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Key factors behind transformation of Indian education sector

When we start breathing in fresh democracy after January 26, 1950, there were so many who had predicted gloom and doom for the Nation. But none of those predictions has come true over the last 70 years the only reason what I found is our basic education system, observes Dr. Alok Kumar Gahlot, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Teerthankar Mahaveer University.

As far as development of Education during 70 years is concernin First Five Year Plan7.9% of total plan outlay was allocated for education. While in II and III, the allocations were 5.8% and 6.9% of the total. In IX Plan only 3.5% of the total was allocated for education. So I don’t think that I need to explain this statistics more it is indicating very much in itself.

To make education more interesting and streamline the education, the Govt. implemented the recommendations of Kothari Commission under ‘National Policy on Education’ in 1968. The following were the main recommendations

Universal primary education.
Introduction of new pattern of education.
Three language formula.
Introduction of regional language in higher education.
Development of agricultural, Industrial and adult education.

Since at that time the Socio-economic structure of India, was very sensitive so Govt. announced a new National Policy on Education in 1986. Universalization of primary education, vocational aspect of secondary education and specialization of higher education were the main features.

NCERT and SCERT, UGC were established to maintain the standard of education.

Development aspects:

Expansion of General Education:

The literacy percentage increased. The enrolment ratio of children was increased. Primary education has been made free and compulsory.

Development of Technical Education:

The Govt. has established ITI, Polytechnics, IIT, NIT, Medical and Dental colleges, IIM etc. Keeping the notion of Importance of women and agriculture in Development of nation several Agriculture universities and women colleges were established. Vocational program (Diary, poultry, typing, electronics, mechanical and carpentry etc.), PMKVY is also a good start.

Non-formal Education

The scheme was for those children who cannot attend schools regularly and for full time.

Encouragement to Indian Language and Culture

CSTT is focused on research in regional languages.

Adult Education

The National Board of Adult Education was established in the First Five Year. But due to socio structure of India we are still lacking behind to make people aware.

Improvement of Science education

Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) was set up in NCERT to purchase equipment for State Institutes of Educational Technology.

Education for all

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has been launched.

The above discussion makes it clear that a lot of development in education has been made in India during 70 years and the evidence is that we have the best doctors, software engineers in the world. ISRO has been set up a bench mark.

The evolution of education in India

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February 7, 2019

As we think on the term evolution, we are forced to think of development, of progress. We are to evaluate the progression or the evolution of Indian education, writes Anuradha B Shanker from Committed educational leadership.

Evolution, if we use the term strictly takes in three kinds, namely, convergent, divergent and parallel. If we are to think of convergent we see the diametrically opposite threads of religious philosophy coming together.

All the major religions, Jainism and Buddhism included, contributed to the curriculum of ancient and medieval India. The thread that held them together or the common thought which bound them was inevitably to do with the teacher-pupil relation. The fact that the Guru or teacher was Brahma or the divine characterised the underlying philosophy.

In this, Shankara’s “advaita”, or the thought that God resides in us must have been quite revolutionary. So, advanced that even to this day, the education system reveres it but is unable to adopt it.

Strangely enough, this is so both for school education as well as college. Even in professional education, the idea is rejected for fear of upsetting some sort of status quo.

The divergent has to do with the way the evolution has taken place. Modern education is still shackled by Macaulay’s ideas. Macaulay did not want to liberate India and lead her towards the light. His aim was to provide the British government with clerical staff. Even today India prefers to groom its youth towards lucrative foreign shores to perform clerical tasks.

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The divergence, this sees the divergent growth of repetitive tasks being practiced in schools and is a growth away from the way education is being looked at in developed countries. This has seen a curriculum being built on monotonous memory tasks. It has seen us shying away from philosophy, humanities and the arts.

The aim is to groom the youth to feed the needs of industry. While medieval industrialisation is losing out to the ideas of sustainable development, the world still hesitates to tear down the temples of modernism or the factories, the fossil fuel based industries, the mining industry.

The parallel growth is yet to be seen. It is perhaps lingering in the corridors of the policy makers, but shy of exposing itself. We wait with bated breath for Indian education to look beyond mere academia and to enlarge the application based pursuit of suitable skills, which ideally, the future of education should be.

A vibrant seventy year old young nation with a promising bunch of young people, India should at least be able to take the lead in alternative medicine, best practices in agriculture and also hone its students to be more creative, to encourage critical thinking and to be able to conduct research. Only then will it truly be able to fulfill the promise of the millenia.

9th Higher Education & Human Resource Conclave ends with a promise to keep innovating Telangana’s education sector

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February 5, 2019

To showcase innovations in Higher Education and the best practices of Human Resource across the globe, Department of Collegiate & Technical Education, Telangana State Council of Higher Education and Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education in association with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd organised 9^th Higher Education & Human Resource Conclave Hyderabad on 4-5 February, 2019.

The conclave was inaugurated by Navin Mittal, Commissioner, Collegiate and Technical Education Department, Government of Telangana; Prof J Mahender Reddy, Vice Chancellor, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education; Dr A Ashok, Commissioner & Secretary, Intermediate Education, Government of Telangana and Vice Chancellor, IIIT, RGUKT, Basar, Telangana; Dr Narsimha Reddy, Executive Director, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology; Rinki Dhingra, Group President and Country Head, Yes Bank; Amala Akkineni, Director, Annapurna International School of Films and Media; Dr Neetu Bhagat, Deputy Director, All India Council For Technical Education, MHRD, Government of India; and Prof Limbadri, Vice-Chairman, Telangana State Council of Higher Education, Government of Telangana.

As a Chief Guest of the conclave, Navin Mittal discussed about different revolutions occurred in education sector. He said, “The previous educational revolution helped us to use technology effectively for even correcting spellings and punctuation. The next Educational Revolution 4.0 is likely to focus more on Personalised Learning and one of the examples for it is Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).”

Dr A Ashok, Commissioner & Secretary, Intermediate Education, Government of Telangana and Vice Chancellor, IIIT, RGUKT, Basar, Telangana, described how the department using technology to provide services effectively. He said, “All the services related to colleges and students are now available on mobile platforms to support them.”

Describing about various initiatives of All India Council for Technical Education to boost employability among youth, Dr Neetu Bhagat, Deputy Director, AICTE, said, “One of the initiatives taken by AICTE to boost employability among students is making internships compulsory for technical institutions.”

The special guest at the two-long conclave Amala Akkineni, Director, Annapurna International School of Films and Media, stated, “We are all in a world which is changing rapidly and every industry including education are catering to these changes by nurturing creative minds.”

A special issue of digitalLEARNING magazine showcasing education higher scenario in Telangana State was also launched by the eminent dignitaries.

“Digital Campus platforms may help the students and colleges to transact easily and in a secure way,” said, Rinki Dhingra, Group President and Country Head, Yes Bank.

Department of Collegiate and Technical Education, Government of Telangana, also signed an MoU with Yes Bank on “Digitisation of Financial Transactions in Technical Institutions”.

The Government-Industry-Academia partnership was strengthened during the second day of 9th Higher Education and Human Resource Conclave. A galaxy of edu-leaders, decision-makers, HR Professionals and regulators of prominent educational institutions, came together to discuss and deliberate on the same.

“Bridging the gap between Government-Industry-Academia requires consistent efforts, it can’t be achieved in one day,” said Navin Mittal.

Explaining about the importance of good communication skills, Dr Ashok said, “Most of our students in RGUKT come from rural areas. We encourage them to improve their communication skill to ensure they get a good job.”

Venkatesh Palabatla, Chief Human Resources Officer, GMR Hyderabad International Airport, discussed the likely effects of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He said, “Advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence will inevitably promote automation, change job prospects and drive skilled labour demand.”

In one of its kind sessions — Fire Side Chat Round, Sudhakar Rao, Director-Branding, ICFAI Group asked Dr R S Praveen Kumar, Secretary, Telangana Social Welfare & Tribal Welfare Residential Education Institutions, Government of Telangana, about his various initiatives to improve education level among girls and children from marginalised sections of the society.

Dr Kumar said, “In the schools of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS), students of seventh grade visit villages and fruit and vegetable markets to understand why farmers are not getting enough value of their crops despite a lot of hard work.”

In answer to one of the questions of Sudhakar Rao, Dr Kumar Said, “We follow the concept of ‘Love or Leave’ for teachers at TSWREIS. It means if you can’t love the students please leave as it is a must to nurture good human beings.”

Describing TSWREIS is spreading equity for education among its students, Dr R S Praveen Kumar said, “We discourage using “Dalit” word in our schools, we don’t judge children by their colour, profession of parents or place of birth. We judge them by their mental capabilities.”

The two-day long summit witnessed sessions on higher education and human resource. The first day of the summit had sessions related to higher education on topics like: Best Practices & Innovations in Higher Education: Way Ahead; Ensuring Employability and Entrepreneurship through Education; Private-Public Participation in Higher Education and others.

On second day of the conclave, panel discussions focussed on HR practices with topics including Government-Industry-Academia Collaboration to bridge the gap; Academic Curriculum to meet issues and challenges for employability; Human resource’s Role in the changing scenario of employment, innovations and entrepreneurship in the new India, and others.

During the 9th Higher Education and Human Resource Conclave, over 50 institutes were felicitated from across the southern region of country for their exemplary contribution to impart quality education.

The summit also included industry presentations from renowned edupreneurs, stakeholders, and industrialists on their latest innovations and the best bractices.

The organisation will host the 10th Higher Education and Human Resource Conclave Delhi on 15 March, 2019.

9th Higher Education and Human Resource Conclave to showcase industry best practices

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February 2, 2019

To showcase innovations in Higher Education and the best practices of Human Resource across the globe, Department of Collegiate & Technical Education, Telangana State Council of Higher Education and Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education in association with Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd are going to organise 9 th Higher Education & Human Resource Conclave Hyderabad on 4-5 February, 2019.

The conclave will witness the participation from key policymakers of education sector from different states of the country. The eminent diganitaries will include: Ajay Mishra, Special Chief Secretary, Department of Education and Energy, Government of Telangana; Navin Mittal, Commissioner, Department of Collegiate and Technical Education, Government of Telangana; Padma Jaiswal, Secretary, Department of Information technology, Government of Puducherry; Dr A Ashok, Secretary & Commissioner, Board of Intermediate Education, Government of Telangana and Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basar, Telangana; Jayesh Ranjan Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology, Government of Telangana; Virendra Singh, Commissioner, Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreurship,Government of Maharashtra; Amala Akkineni, Director, Annapurna Interanational School of Film + Media, among others.

The two-day long conclave will be organised at Hyderabad Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre and
witness panel discussions and deliberations on trends, innovations, challenges, and opportunities in
Higher Education and Human Resource (HR) sectors.

The first day of the summit will have sessions related to higher education on topics like: Best Practices &
Innovations in Higher Education: Way Ahead; Ensuring Employability and Entrepreneurship through
Education; Private-Public Participation in Higher Education and others.

On second day of the conclave, panel discussions will focus on HR practices with topics including Government-Industry-Academia Collaboration to bridge the gap; Academic Curriculum to meet issues and challenges for employability; Human resource’s Role in the changing scenario of employment, innovations and entrepreneurship in the new India, and others.

The conclave also aimed to provide a platform for edu-corporate, partners and exhibitors to showcase
their innovations and industry-relevant solutions for the education sector through industry
presentations and expo.

Top Higher Education Institutes and Human Resource professionals will also be felicitated during the
summit for their exemplary contribution to education sector and industries in the country.

We need to inculcate emotional courage among our children: D Roopa

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February 2, 2019

“World is a stressful place. We need to inculcate emotional courage among our children so that they don’t get embarrassed in case of any failure,” said D Roopa Moudgil, Inspector General of Police, Karnataka, on Friday, while addressing the 9 th School Leadership Summit Bengaluru.

The Summit was inaugurated by Murari Jha, Business Development Manager, Cloudwalker; Piyali Shome, Principal, Tattva School, Bengaluru; Shazia Ahmed, Principal, Aryan Presidency School, Bengaluru; and namrata Majhail, Principal, The Orchid School, Pune.

The one-day long summit witnessed educators, policymakers, industry leaders and key stakeholders sharing innovative ideas, best practices, and latest trends. Most of them also opined that we can’t do away with technologies but at the same time definite guidelines for the same are required to use it effectively.

On the occasion, Chief Guest D Roopa while sharing her thoughts on education, said, “Technology in the education is the need of the hour but at the same time we must not forget that the parental guideline or proper assistance will help students to use it for enhancing their skills and knowledge.”

Speaking on security of students in school, she said, “Safety is definitely a cop’s job but participation of parents and schools will improve it for the students.”

The Summit witnessed interactive sessions on topics: The Future of Early Childhood Education in the Era of Digitalisation and Innovation; From Conventional Assessment Practices to New Age Assessment Tools – A Review of Best Practices in Continuous and Comprehensive Evolution (CCE); The Evolving Concept of Safety, Security and Hygiene in Schools: Prospects and challenges; and Necessity of Physical Education & Sports for Holistic Development of Children.

Industrialists also deliberated through PPT presentations and the exhibitors showcased an array of innovative solutions during the one-day summit.

During a session on early childhood education, Stones2Milestones, Edu Services Private Limited, said, “Reading is important but it is important to know what to read, where to read and how technology can help in that.”

The 9th School Leadership Summit Bengaluru felicitated 190 educational institutes — including preschools, boarding schools, and CBSE/ICSE affiliated schools — across the southern region of country for their exemplary contribution to impart quality education.

Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd, a premier technology and media research organisation of Asia and the Middle East, organises School Leadership Summits to showcase latest trends and the best practices of school education sector.

The organisation will host the 10th School Leadership Summit Delhi on 12 April, 2019 and 11th School Leadership Summit Chandigarh on 27 April, 2019.

9th School Leadership Summit Bengaluru to recognise exemplary contributors in school education

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January 31, 2019

To recognise schools’ and edu-leaders’ exemplary contribution in building a robust school education sector, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd is all set to organise “9th School Leadership Summit (SLS) Bengaluru” on 1 February.

The conference will witness educators, policymakers, industry leaders and key stakeholders sharing innovative ideas, best practices, latest trends, and identify and solve key challenges prevailing in the sector to prepare a roadmap of brighter future.

D Roopa, Inspector General of Police, Karnataka will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest along with other eminent guests.

The Summit will hold Panel Discussions on topics like New Age Innovations Redefining School Learning Ecosystem in the Country, The Evolving Concept of Safety, Security and Hygiene in School: Prospects and Challenges, Necessity of Physical Education; Sports for Holistic Development of Children and others.

The summit will also include industry presentation from renowned edupreneurs, stakeholders, and industrialists.

During the summit, a good number of attendees from across the country including CEOs from major group of schools and over 200 principals from top Indian schools will participate. Moreover, the summit aims to provide a platform for sponsors and the exhibitors to showcase their best solutions for the education sector.

Top schools in the country will also be facilitated during the School Leadership Summit Bengaluru.

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