The Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MeitY) has launched the “Digital India Internship Scheme” to enhance skills of youngsters. Under the scheme, Rs 10,000 per month will be offered as stipend to interns.
Launching the scheme, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics and IT and Law & Justice, said that the internship scheme will offer 25 slots in each session – summer and winter.
He said that the objective of the scheme is to provide youths an opportunity to secure first hand and practical work experience under the guidance of a mentor and students will be able to apply for the internship scheme online.
“The internship scheme will enable the young students to learn closely about the initiative of Digital India. It will also give exposure to the students about technology policy and decision making of government of India,” Prasad said.
The internship is likely to start from the next month and will be of two months’ duration (extendable to three months). After completion of the internship and submission of report, students will be awarded with a certificate.
Eligibility for Internship:
Students with minimum 60 per cent marks in the last degree or certificate examination and students who are pursuing BE/ BTech (second/ third year) or integrated degree course/ dual degree (B.E/ B. Tech, M.E./ M. Tech) can apply for the programme.
The proposed areas of internship include Research and Development in Electronics and IT, Cyber Law/ IT Act, Digital Forensics, Malware Analysis, Mobile Governance, Cloud Computing, Digital Literacy, Software/ Hardware Industry Promotion and Digital Payments.
The Class X and XII results of over 26 schools affiliated to the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) in Pune will be declared on coming Monday, an official announcement has revealed.
The examinations were held for the schools affiliated to ICSE and ISC in February and March, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) stated in an announcement.
The results will be declared at 3.00 pm. They will be available both offline and online for the students. The council’s headquarter at Noida will display the results as well as on the website of the CISCE.
Two days after the declaration of result, class X students can take a digitally signed copies of the statement of marks along with the pass certificate from Digilocker. Whereas class XII students can download the statement of marks, pass certificate and the migration certificate from the same portal after two days.
A unique username and password of Digilocker can be obtained by the students once they sign in on the portal through a mobile number. The Government of India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology has created Digilocker as an original portal for the students.
Every year lakhs of students appear for the class X and XII examinations to get admissions in the best colleges and universities.
Registrations for admission to undergraduate courses in Telangana for the academic year 2018-2019 will begin from tomorrow through Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST) portal.
The official notification in this regard is likely to release today i.e. May 8. After the registration, the first list of seat allotment will be released on June 4, 2018 and thereafter subsequent lists will be released on June 19 and June 30. Registration for degree admissions will be held at the official website dost.cgg.gov.in.
Through DOST portal, online admissions will be hosted for six universities in the State including Osmania University, Kakatiya University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Telangana University, Palamuru University and Satavahana University.
Candidates that the admissions are for the degree courses other than Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical (Pharmacy, Veterinary etc.) streams. Candidates interested in these courses will have to apply to TS EAMCET 2018.
Regarding the registration process, “students wishing to take admission into degree courses through the Degree Online Services of Telangana (DOST) need not visit helpline centres for submitting their biometric details if their Aadhaar cards are linked to a mobile phone. Students whose Aadhaar cards are not linked to any phone will, however, have to visit one of the 74 helpline centres in the State to submit their details,” said Navin Mittal, Commissioner, Collegiate Education.
Salesforce has partnered with the ICT Academy, a Government of India initiative, to train and certify educators from more than 200 institutes across India.
In another initiative, Salesforce will train over 1,00,000 students in the skills required in today’s job market by large and small businesses through its free online learning Platform – Trailhead.
M Sivakumar, Chief Executive Officer, ICT Academy said “We are delighted to announce this association with Salesforce. Career readiness and employability skills are becoming an integral part of education. To truly achieve ‘Make in India’, we need to adopt a framework that supports the holistic development of the youth and make the country the world capital of skilled workforce. We believe a global leader like Salesforce can help students enhance their skills and equip them to pursue their career in this era of digitalisation.”
Salesforce along with ICT Academy will train educators by conducting workshops at the member institutions of ICT Academy across India.
Salesforce Business Administration Specialist Course will be offered to the computer science and management graduates to give them an introduction to the Salesforce ecosystem, the company said. The programme will help strengthen skills for candidates who would like to work as Developers, System Administrators, Architects, Marketing Managers, Business Analyst and Sales Operations Professionals, it said.
Sunil Jose, Senior Area Vice President and Country Leader, Salesforce India said “We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution where technology is evolving more rapidly than ever. India’s burgeoning youth population, is set to make it one of the youngest nations in the world, while transitioning to a knowledge based economy. We believe our association with the ICT Academy will fuel the creation of a professional skilled workforce equipping the next generation with employable skills and knowledge, making India a global economic powerhouse.”
The Bihar Cabinet has announced encouragement incentives of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 for students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories on qualifying the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) preliminary test and Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exams respectively.
“Under the scheme of the SC/ST Welfare Department, the state cabinet has decided to give one-time Rs 50,000 amount to an SC/ST candidate clearing prelims of BPSC and Rs 1 lakh for clearing prelims of UPSC,” said Arun Kumar Singh, principal secretary, cabinet secretariat department.
The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has approved the “Mukhyamantri Anusuchit Jati Evam Anusuchit Janjati Civil Seva Protsahan Yojana” to help the bright aspirants of these categories to focus on their studies without worrying about expenses.
The scheme is a follow-up of the chief minister’s flagship Student Credit Card scheme. Under the scheme, students with annual family income less than Rs 1.5 lakh and have passed class XII are eligible for the loan of up to R 4 lakh.
The Cabinet also decided to provide Rs 1,000 to each SC/ST student as hostel incentive and free supply of 15 kg food grain to the hostels.
Recently, the Government has also extended all schemes for ‘Mahadalits’ in the state – be it provding land for housing or Dashrath Manjhi Skill Development scheme – to the categories.
The Central Government has approved to set up the first medical college in the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (DNH).
The Government has allocated the fund of Rs 189 crore for the construction of the medical college at Sayli in Silvassa, the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The medical college is likely to start functioning from the academic year 2019-20, said Praful Patel, Administrator of the two Union Territories.
“As promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of Daman-Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli during his visit on February 24, the central government has approved a medical college for which Rs. 189 crore has been approved by the Union Home ministry,” Patel said.
The college will offer enrollment to 100 students of which 50 each will be reserved for students from the two Union Territories, he said.
“Ever since Daman and Diu was liberated from the Portuguese rule in 1961, its people were demanding a medical college,” Patel said.
The construction of the medical college is likely to begin soon and officials of the Home Ministry will check the progress in every three months, he added.
The second “Chinese Higher Education Expo” in Kolkata is likely to witness the participation of over 60 Chinese universities. Consulate General of China in cooperation with the School of Chinese Language will organize the expo.
Ma Zhanwu, Chinese Consul-General in Kolkata, India
According to Chinese Consul General in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, “About 100 major courses in the fields of engineering, medicine, IT and AI will be on offer at the expo. Over 60 universities from eleven provinces and municipalities of China will participate in the expo. They are here to publicise their achievements, to find Indian partners of cooperation and to woo Indian students. Various types of scholarships will also be available for students.”
The two-day long conference to be organised on May 10 and May 11 will see the participation of Chinese universities at the expo such as Nanjing University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Sichuan University of Science and Technology, Northeast Normal University and others.
“This is the first time that so many universities are coming to India together. We were expecting around 50. But the response was even better than we expected. Visitors have registered from as far as Delhi, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.” Zhanwu added.
The consulate has been promoting bilateral exchanges between educational institutions in Bengal and China. Recently, two delegations of high school principals have visited China.
The Haj Committee of India has decided to provide free coaching to Muslim aspirants for Civil Services exam across states and union territories from next year.
The committee has taken the decision after 51 Muslim candidates cleared civil services examination earlier this year. Committee’s Mumbai-based headquarters is providing free coaching for the last seven years and two of the students studied there were selected for the prestigious service this year.
Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “Two students who took coaching at the Haj Committee of India-run classes, cracked the UPSC exams. Next year onwards the government will start free coaching in Haj Bhavans in states and union territories.”
The Haj Committee has sent a proposal of providing free coaching to civil services aspirants of muslim community in Haj Houses across all states and union territories to the Minority Affairs Ministry. The ministry has accepted the proposal.
“We requested the ministry (of minority affairs) to start free coaching service in Haj Bhavans in different states. We are happy that the minority affairs minister has approved the proposal. We want to start the (coaching) service from next year. We will implement this with the state Haj boards,” said Maqsood Ahmed Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Haj Committee of India.
For the last seven years, 40 students are provided free coaching at the Haj Committee of India’s headquarters in Mumbai every year, he added.
Mothers are the first influencers of their children. For a working mother, it is difficult to keep a balance between professional and personal life. Self-learning solutions are potent tools to empower them with all the requisites for managing their children’s learning, writes Beas Dev Ralhan, Co-founder & CEO, Next Education India Pvt Ltd for Elets News Network (ENN).
Beas Dev Ralhan, Co-founder & CEO, Next Education India Pvt Ltd
Working mothers often face the dilemma of balancing work and family life. Research shows that women often quit their jobs after embracing motherhood. Societal pressure and negative work environment are some of the reasons that propel women to make such choices. Women who choose otherwise are often torn between home and work, and consumed with guilt for not being able to contribute to the learning process of their children. Parents often fail to realise that 24*7 supervision is not needed to make their children successful. Instead, parents should aim at making them independent learners. They should find age-appropriate ways to help them apply the concepts taught in class in real-world situations. Introducing a self-learning solution to children could be an effective way to keep them engaged and help them take charge of their own learning. Thanks to the emergence of m-learning and e-learning, self-learning is becoming a trend.
Self-learning and its advantages
A rather self-explanatory term, self-learning refers to a learning process that does not require any direct supervision. It allows learners to devise their own rhythm and time of study. They can supplement their classroom education with self-learning courses to augment their learning effectively. Self-learning has numerous benefits, which if reaped carefully, can benefit every child.
Self-paced
Self-learning provides students with the time and scope to study at their own pace. It is different than the classroom learning, where all students are expected to follow a set pattern, which might be a hindrance to some learners. For instance, a student may have difficulty in following a section of audio-visual content in the classroom, and it might not be possible for a teacher to pause the video every time a learner is unable to grasp a concept. Self-learning allow students to build up their own momentum of studies and allow their working mothers to continue the office work.
Independent research skills
While self-learning, students are active participants in their own learning process and not mere passive recipients of information. This makes them independent and responsible learners, and also helps them acquire and apply their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Self-learning prepares them for academic life, where the teachers’ role will be more of a facilitator than an instructor. It is imperative that mothers treat their children as individuals and help them to be independent for life ahead.
Anytime, anywhere learning
In the 21st century, teaching–learning is no longer confined to the classroom. Thanks to tablets and laptops, students can now learn even on their way to school or within the comfort of their own home. They could read up on any topic discussed in class that captures their interest. Self-learning empowers a student to quench his/her thirst for knowledge.
Holistic development
Self-learning also improves students’ self-confidence and increases their ability to take initiatives. They realise the importance of making sound, self-affirming decisions, which improves their decision-making skills. They also learn to solve problems on their own without depending on teachers and parents, which improves their decision-making skills.
Gamification of learning
Various self-learning platforms for students use Gamification for learning. Students can watch videos and participate in various discussions on these platforms. Contrary to the deferred gratification that end-term exams offer, gratification in a gaming platform is instant. Gamification incentivises learning process itself and also frees students from boredom. Different students have different learning needs and a teacher may not be able to design assessments as per the varying needs of each student. Gamification of learning can address this problem by introducing activities as per the potential of each student.
Technology empowers mothers
Parents want to be reassured all the time that their children are learning new things and are settled and happy in their lives. However, parents often get bemused over choosing the right approach to soothe their worries. Technology helps them in this regard too. Adoption of a Learning Management System (LMS) can be helpful as it helps in design, delivery, and monitoring of the learning process. It shares comprehensive student performance reports with parents and also recommends interventions if required.
Business concept image of a hand holding marker and write Plagiarism with cross sign isolated on white
As per the new norms by University Grants Commission, the faculty members and researchers will be punished if found indulged in plagiarism, said All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe.
Sahasrabudhe was addressing a gathering at “Academic & Research Integrity Conclave 2018” where he said, “As per new UGC (University Grants Commission) regulations, the faculty and researchers indulging in plagiarism will be punished which is a positive development in our higher education system as it will bring more credibility to the research in the country.”
The conclave was organised by Turinitin on May 3. Launched in 1997, Turinitin is a commercial, internet-based plagiarism-detection service.
Expressing his views on use of technology in academics, Sahasrabudhe said, “Technology tools can assist in promoting academic integrity, but they are not complete solutions. The best scenario is when technology assists bigger cultural commitment at an institution.”
“Technology might assist in discovering academic misconduct through plagiarism and authorship. But, when technology tools are weaved into holistic academic integrity solution, they have the power to help promote cultural change, “said Marc Daubach of Turnitin.
Along with renowned institutes like IISc, IITs and IIMs, more than 400 institutions across India subscribe to the services of Turnitin.
Launching the scheme, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics and IT and Law & Justice, said that the internship scheme will offer 25 slots in each session – summer and winter.
