CBSE CTET 2018: Online registration to start from today

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August 1, 2018

The Central Board of Secondary Education will start the registration process for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2018 from today i.e. August 1.

CTET will be conducted by the board in 22 languages in 92 cities across the country. Candidates aspiring for the exam can download the Information Bulletin containing details of examination, syllabus, languages, eligibility criteria, examination fee, examination cities and important dates from the official website of CTET: http://www.ctet.nic.in.

The last date for submitting online application is August 27 and the examination fee can be paid till August 30, before 3.30 pm.

The commencement of registration for CTET 2018 was earlier scheduled from June 22 but was postponed due to administrative reasons. The examination is conducted for the appointment of teachers for Class 1 to 8.

Candidates have to score 60 per cent or above in the CTET exam to be considered as TET pass. Those belonging to SC/ST/OBC/differently abled category will be provided relaxation up to 5 per cent in the qualifying marks in the minimum educational qualification. The CTET qualifying certificate remains valid for seven years from the date of result declaration.

“The CTET examination will be conducted in all Indian languages as was being conducted earlier. I have already directed the CBSE to conduct the examination in all the 20 languages,” Javadekar said in a tweet.

1,060 girls of 11-14 years out of school in Odisha: Education Minister

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August 1, 2018

Odisha’s School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra said that around 1,060 adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years were out of school in Odisha.

“The OPEPA (Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority) in 2017 had conducted a survey. It showed that 1,060 adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years were out of school in the state,” Patra said.

While answering a question, Patra rejected a survey conducted by the Women & Child Welfare and Mission Shakti Department (WCD-MS) which claimed that 55,868 adolescent girls in the same age group were out of school in the State.

To implement a Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), the WCD-MS department had conducted the survey to find the number of adolescent girls out of school. The SAG is being implemented across the state since April, 2018.

The secretary of the WCD-MS department, Anu Garg had also written to the principal secretary of School and Mass Education department urging him to take immediate steps to get the girls enrolled in schools, officials said.

UGC NET 2018 result announced by CBSE

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July 31, 2018

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the result of University Grants Commission’s National Eligibility Test (NET) today. The exam was conducted by the board on July 8, 2018.

From the next year onwards, the UGC-NET exam would be conducted by the newly formed National Testing Agency.

For the first time, the CBSE has declared the result of the NET within the same month of conducting the examination. Earlier, it used to take three to four months of conducting the exam.

A total of 11.48 lakh candidates took the eligibility test across 91 cities, the examination was conducted in 84 different subjects at 2082 exam centres across the country

Candidates appeared in the exam can check the result from the following link or follow the steps given below.

Click Here to check UGC NET 2018 result

UGC NET 2018 Exam Result: How to check

Visit the official website of UGC NET or www.cbsenet.nic.in or the results portal: www.cbseresults.nic.in
Click on the UGC NET result July 2018 link given on the homepage
Enter your application number, roll number and date of birth on next page
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Literacy & Education are important indicators for society’s development: M Venkaiah Naidu

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July 31, 2018

“Literacy and education are important indicators of development in a society,” said Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on the occasion of conferring the Nehru and Tagore Literacy Awards, instituted by the Indian Adult Education Association, in New Delhi on Monday.

“Spread and diffusion of literacy is generally associated with essential dimensions of today’s civilization such as – modernization, urbanization, industrialization, communication and commerce. They are important inputs in the overall development of individuals enabling them to comprehend their social, political and cultural environment better and respond to it appropriately,” he added.

The vice-president also congratulated the Indian Adult Education Association for instituting these awards in the name of two eminent persons whose writings and vision have inspired millions around the world.

“Higher levels of education and literacy lead to a greater awareness and also contributes to improvement of economic conditions. They act as catalysts for social upliftment enhancing the results on investments made in almost every aspect of development effort, be it population control, health, hygiene, environmental degradation control, empowerment of women and weaker sections of the society,” he further said while addressing the event.

“Improved levels of literacy also are pre-requisites of acquiring various skills. It is an indispensable component of human resource development. It is an essential tool for communication and learning, acquiring and sharing information, a pre-condition for individual growth and of national development,” the Vice President added.

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.

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