Engineering is no longer the favourite stream of study: AISHE

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July 31, 2018

In a recently released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) by MHRD revealed that engineering is no longer the favourite stream of study among the students as enrolment to engineering undergraduate courses is declining.

The survey is conducted every year by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to provide an extensive and essential insight into the education trends of last few years. AISHE 2017-18 reported the low enrolment ratio of female students in institutes of eminence.

Enrolment in regular programme for B Tech has seen a declining trend in the past five years while that of B Sc has seen an increase.

In 2013-14, the enrollment in B Tech and BE course was 43,36,149 but in 2017-18, the same is 39,40,080 whereas in B Sc programme, the enrollment in 2013-14 was 35,79,526 and in 2017-18, it is 51,38,250.

There are other programmes which have seen an upward trend such as B Ed in which the enrolment rose from 559028 in 2013-14 to 810914 in 2016-17 and 1014882 in 2017-18.

BBA has witnessed a constant upward trend. The enrollment in regular BBA programme has increased from 3,17,024 in 2013-14 to 3,83,827 2016-17 to 4,24,785 in 2017-18.

B Com too has seen an upward trend and the enrollment has increased from 31,17,265 in 2013-14 to 35,48,572 in 2017-18.

IIM CAT 2018 notification released, registration to begin from August 8

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July 30, 2018

IIM CAT 2018 notification has been released mentioning that the Common Admission Test (CAT) for admissions to Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) across the country will be held on November 25, 2018.

This year, IIM Calcutta will be the conducting authority for the examination to be held in 147 cities across India in two sessions.

According to the notification, the online registration to apply for the CAT examination will begin from August 8 and will continue till September 19, 2018. CAT 2018 Admit Card will be released on October 24, and students will be required to visit the official website – iimcat.ac.in to download it.

IIM CAT 2018: Exam pattern

The examination will be of 180 minutes (3 hours) and candidates will be allotted sixty minutes for answering questions in each section and they will be restricted to switch from one section to another. The questions will be in three sections, A. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, B. Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, C. Quantitative Ability.

Those who clear the exam will be eligible for admission to management courses, including PGP, PGDM, PGPEM, EPGP, PGPBM, PGPEX, at various IIMs across the country. The results for the CAT are usually released in the second week of January. The results of CAT 2017 were declared on January 8.

Indian parents work extra hours, borrow for wards’ university education: Report

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July 30, 2018

Nearly half of Indian parents sacrifice their holidays to take up extra work and borrow to fund their children’s university education. Also, as much as 49 per cent Indian parents work extra hours and took a second job to pay for their children’s university education. These are the startling findings revealed by an HSBC global survey on education carried out among 10,000 parents and 1,500 students across 15 countries, including India.

As per the survey, 84 per cent of parents rely on their income to support their child’s university education, with 41 per cent having no specific education savings fund at all.

With regards to Indian parents, the survey mentions that around 60 per cent Indian parents (compared to 53 percent globally), have stated that their children’s university education has forced them to cut short leisure activities like eating out or watching movies, while 59 per cent of them (against 41 percent globally) have taken fewer holidays and 49 per cent (against 35 per cent globally) have taken on extra hours at work or a second job.

Indian parents spend an average of USD 5,560 on their child’s education over a typical university course, the report says. Over one third (35 per cent) globally and just under two-thirds (64 per cent) of Indian parents have taken on debt to put their wards through university, it adds.

Lack in innovation, quality research biggest challenges for nation: Prakash Javadekar

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July 28, 2018

Lack in innovation and quality research is the foremost challenge for the country, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday.

“It is time to show India’s prowess to the world in the field of education. The country hosts many world- class educators who are working in silos and they need to break walls and come forward to share their knowledge,” Javadekar said, while chairing a three-day national conference of vice-chancellors from across the country.

“Lack in innovation and quality research is the foremost challenge before the country. Quality expansion and teaching reform is the need of the hour,” the minister said.

Stressing on the need for urgently addressing the issue of plagiarism becoming rampant in research submitted by Indian PhD scholars, Javadekar said, “A software has been developed which will be made available to all universities to stop plagiarism and will be available free of cost on the UGC website”.

The minister further emphasised on creating a positive and lively environment to enhance the quality of education in all central and private universities.

“It has been found that many Indians, including few parliamentarians, are among the world’s top teachers and the country should make the best use of such resources,” he added.

On the occasion, the minister also released a report on the status of higher education institutions which revealed that enrolment of female students at institutions of national importance needed to be improved. According to the report, the total enrolment in higher education has been pegged at 36.6 million, of which 17.4 million are girl students. “Girls constitute 47.6 per cent of the enrolment,” stated the report for 2017-18.

Of 5.1 lakh jobs demand, 1.4 lakh vacant in AI and Big Data: Report

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July 28, 2018

Around 1.4 lakh jobs are vacant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics segment across various sectors in India out of the total demand of 5.1 lakh employees, a report released by IT industry body Nasscom said.

As per the report released by the National Association of Software and Services Companies, out of the total demand, 3.7 lakh jobs are only currently filled and by 2021 the employee deficit would increase to 2.3 lakh, as the total demand goes up to around 8 lakh employees.

In order to meet the deficit of qualified and skilled employees, Nasscom said it would involve universities and colleges along with other companies including Wipro and Tech Mahindra to provide relevant skills to around one million employees and another one million prospective employees and students.

Currently, the trade association of Indian information technology and business process outsourcing industry has a user base of more than 200,000 from member firms who have committed to re-skilling their employees, it said in a statement.

“The Future Skills programme which was launched earlier this February, ultimately aims to reskill one million professionals along with skilling one million potential employees and students in the industry over a period of five years,” Nasscom’s official communiqué said.

Under the mega vision by the industry body, around 10 Nasscom member companies would be the “pioneers”, in the second phase of the project that would also involve universities and colleges. “Some of the ‘pioneers’ include, Wipro and Tech Mahindra (IT Services), Cyient (Engineering Services), Genpact and WNS (Businiess Process Management), CGI (Global Capability Center), Purpletalk (Products), Dev-IT and Kellton (small and medium enterprises),” added the statement.

ICAI to Announce CA Intermediate Result 2018 on July 29

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July 27, 2018

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will announce the result for CA Intermediate (Old and New course) exam held in May on July 29, 2018.

As per the official notification released, the result is likely to be declared by 6:00 pm in the evening. The result will be declared on the official website and will also be available through SMS.

Result will also be sent on candidate’s email addresses. To receive result on email, students would have to register for the same on the website starting today, i.e. on July 27.

To get the result on SMS, students would have to send an SMS in the following format to 58888:

Intermediate (IPC) Examination (Old Course)

CAIPCOLD (space) XXXXXX (Where XXXXXX is the six digit Intermediate (IPC) Examination roll number of the candidate), e.g. CAIPCOLD 000128

Intermediate Examination (New Course)

CAIPCNEW (space) XXXXXX (Where XXXXXX is the six digit Intermediate Examination roll number of the
candidate) , e.g. CAIPCNEW 000128

Further, students will be able to check their results online on the following websites:
• icaiexam.icai.org
• caresults.icai.org
• icai.nic.in
Apart from the result, ICAI will also release the All India Merit List upto the 50th rank. Earlier, ICAI had release the CA Final, CA Foundation, and CPT result on July 20, 2018.

Odisha inks MoU to strengthen education for blind students

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July 27, 2018

Aimed at strengthening inclusive education for the blind and low-vision students, the Odisha government has signed a MoU with ‘Sightsavers’, an international non-governmental organization working to prevent avoidable blindness and promote equality for people with visual impairments.

Under the initiative signed between the Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) on behalf of Department of School & Mass Education and Sightsavers, Sightsavers role would essentially involve providing technical support in disability management, low vision assessment, curriculum and special skill development among visually impaired students, a state government official said.

“As part of the MoU, Sightsavers will provide technical support to OPEPA in strengthening the mainstream education of the blind and low vision children studying in general schools across the state” the official said.

Under the bilateral arrangement, with a view to enhance the learning experience of visually-impaired students, Sightsavers, besides exhibiting wide-ranging applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based education, low vision devices, daisy players, tablets, accessible education materials, disabled friendly Teaching Learning Materials (TLM), would also explore collaborations in capacity building of resource and classroom teachers towards quality education delivery for the children with special needs.

The project while targeting approximately 25,000 visually impaired students, will also work towards creating a favourable environment at schools for approximately 1.3 lakh students with special needs, currently enrolled in general schools of the state, the official added.

Jamia to support martyrs’ families through its programmes

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July 26, 2018

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is going to develop sustainable livelihood programs and models for families of soldiers killed on duty. JMI’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with two NGOs in this regard.

In a statement by the university in this regard, the MoUs signed with Veer Nari Shakti Resettlement Foundation and Arunodaya Seva Sansthan will facilitate collaborative exchange and training between the three partnering institutions.

CIE will conduct training programmes for the families of martyr both from the Armed Forces and the Paramilitary forces helping them to become self-employable, the statement added.

Veer Nari Shakti Resettlement Foundation works for the welfare of war widows, martyr widows, Next of Kin (NOK), including wife and dependents of war disabled, battle casualty, disabled serving Defense Personnel and veterans of Indian Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces across India and Nepal.

The other NGO – Arunodaya Seva Sansthan works for the empowerment of underprivileged children, youth and women through relevant education and market focused livelihood programmes.

The purpose of the MoU, according to Jamia, is to utilize the strength of both for successful implementation of Skill Development Program for benefit of the weaker sections of society.

ICSI CS Foundation Result 2018 Declared For June Exam

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July 26, 2018

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has declared the result for Company Secretary (CS) Foundation Programme for which the exam was conducted in June 2018.

Candidates appeared in the exam can check the result available on the official website of ICSI and by entering their roll number. The Institute has also released the e-marksheet for the candidates who appeared in the exam.

CS Foundation Exam Result June 2018: How to check

Step-1: Go to official ICSI website: www.icsi.edu

Step-2: Click on the link for result and e-marksheet. A new window will appear

Step-3: In the new window, enter your roll number and click on submit

Step-4: View and download your e-marksheet

Along with the result, ICSI has also released the names of top three rank holders for CS Foundation Programme June exam and All India Provisional merit list.

Mahima Sancheti is the all India topper. Gaurang Mishra and Sneha Jain bag the second position in the merit list and the third topper is Dhanya Jaysukhbhai Vasoya.

The All India Merit List includes 275 students who have been placed in the top 25 ranks.

Aim high, set big goals in life and work hard to achieve it: President

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July 26, 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind has asked students to set big goals in life and strive hard to achieve them.

While interacting with students on wednesday of the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram School at Heeranar village of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, the president motivated students to “Aim high, set big goals in life and work hard to achieve it”.

“Each and every person should dream of achieving success in life and make efforts with determination to fulfil it,” Kovind told students.

The president had lunch with the children and also offered sweets to children which he had brought from the Rashtrapati Bhawan, enquired various facilities including hostel provided in the premises and asked some general knowledge questions to them. He was delighted to know that students are taught Vedic maths and archery training in the ashram school.

Before visiting the school, the president also interacted with farmers associated with the integrated farming system centre in the village and also took a short ride on an e-rickshaw driven by a woman.

After visiting the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram school, the president along with his wife Savita Kovind visited the famous Maa Danteshwari temple in Dantewada and offered prayers. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap accompanied them in the temple.

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