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British Council and UCL jointly developed an online course for teachers

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Akash
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The British Council India and UCL Institute of Education, UK, have developed an online course to enhance the skills and knowledge of Indian teachers.

The free online course will help teachers in developing their reflective skills and improving their practise in the classroom, said the programme description.

“We are launching our first free, online course designed to help teachers in India continue their professional development. We’re bringing the best of UK expertise through our partner UCL Institute of Education together to provide a learning experience for thousands across the country who may not otherwise have access to this type of content,” said Alan Gemmell, Director, British Council India.

“Keeping up professional development as a teacher can be hard to fit into a busy timetable. It doesn’t need to be. This online course, broken into simple steps, will help you develop your reflective skills and improve your practice in the classroom”, added the programme description.

The course has been designed according to the needs of Indian teachers, particularly those teaching in English or who teach English as a subject. However, it is also relevant for teachers around the world including those from other low-resource contexts.

The British Council has its reach in over 100 countries connecting the best of UK culture with a global audience and providing high-quality English language courses.

UCL Institute of Education (UCLIOE) was founded in 1902, as a teacher training college in London; the IOE is now a world-class research and teaching institution.

World Bank president suggests to accelerate investment in child welfare and education

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Akash
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Press Conference at the 2012 Tokyo IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. Photo by Ryan Rayburn/World Bank

In order to curb “very high” child stunting rate, it is “extremely important” for India to invest more significantly in child welfare and their education, said JIM Yong Kim, President, World Bank.

Applauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for demonetisation and Swachh Bharat mission, Jim suggests to accelerate things quickly in order to achieve the desired educational outcomes in India and the country keeps marching on its fast paced growth path competing in the “economy of future”

“I think it is extremely important for India to increase and accelerate its investment in children and education,” Kim told reporters at a news conference at the start of the annual Spring Meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.

“There are so many great things that Prime Minister Modi is already doing. But it is very difficult to see how with such high child stunting rate the economy evolves, become much more digitally demanding that those children would be able to compete,” Kim, said.

“India has a very high 38 per cent childhood stunting rate, and has much better nutritional status than many countries that have a lower childhood stunting rate and a big part of it is sanitation,” he said.

According to him, the World Bank supports the Swachh Bharat Mission as the programme revolves around sanitation, which is very important.

“We are so impressed by so many things that are happening. For example the digital money, the way that the demonetisation programme was very difficult, yet moving the system and providing finance to the poor people has gone digital has saved billions and billions of dollars,” he said.

“We think that his approach to the goods and services taxes, so many things that he has done is great. My advice would be in addition to spread things that India Prime Minister Modi has a very strong commitment to this but I would say that he needs to accelerate quickly things like educational outcomes that India can compete in the economy of future,” Kim said in response to a question.

ASU with two other universities launches prize for innovation in education and research

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Akash
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Arizona State University (ASU) along with two international universities has launched “PluS Alliance Prize” to recognise innovation in education and research field.

AUS has launched “PLuS Alliance” with Kings College, London and University of New South Wales, Sydney a year ago.

The award will be given under two categories: PLus Alliance Prize for Research Innovation and the PLuS Alliance Prize for Education Innovation. Students, staff and alumni of ASU and its partner institutions can nominate potential recipients from within as well as outside the ASU community for either of the two categories.

Awardees of either prize will receive recognition for their leadership and the US dollar 25,000 as award money. Along with this, award winner will be allowed to attend the Times Higher Education Summit in London, an opportunity to deliver a lecture at one of the three universities and networking opportunities with PLuS Alliance fellows of the three partner universities.

The PLuS Alliance Prize supports the alliance’s mission to develop sustainable solutions to society’s global challenges through education and research. PLuS Alliance Prize awardees will be determined by a judging panel including the presidents of the PLuS Alliance member universities and external experts in innovation.

57 new UK-India partnerships worth over 1.6 million pound announced

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Akash
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With an aim to enhance educational links between India and the UK, the two countries have announced 57 education and research partnerships worth over 1.6 million pound.

Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK Government, has announced the new UK-India partnerships at an event hosted by the British Council. The partnerships are announced under UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).

Institutions in the UK and India will jointly implement the research and other educational activities in the fields of social sciences, engineering, human health, climate research and data science.

UKIERI is a bilateral education and research programme funded by the UK and Indian governments.

“Over the last ten years, new joint UK-India research and academic exchanges have brought joint investments worth over 200 million pound and UKIERI has been an important part of that success. Over 1,000 UK-India partnerships have been created, leading to 25,000 exchanges of academics and researchers,” Clark said.

CBSE asks schools not to become a commercial establishment

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Akash
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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), by issuing an advisory note, has asked schools not to sell text books and other stationary items within the school premises or through any selected vendors.

The board has issued the advisory in response to various complaints received from parents and stakeholders. CBSE has asked schools to ‘adhere to the provisions of Affiliation Bye-Laws of the Board’.

The Board has listed the sale of books, stationary, uniforms, school bags, etc in the advisory and has directed schools to refrain from the same.

According to the official release’s rule 19.1 (ii) of CBSE Affiliation Bye-Laws – It is mandatory that the society/Trust/Company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 shall ensure that the school is run as a community service and not as a business and that commercialisation does not take place in the school in any shape whatsoever.

In addition to this, CBSE has also emphasised on the use of NCERT text books. The board has received the complaints regarding pressure exercised by schools to buy books other than NCERT. Recently, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that NCERT textbooks have been supplied to around 2000 private schools.

JNU, DU and other top central universities likely to get operational autonomy

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Akash
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Top ranking universities and colleges such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Delhi University (DU), Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) may soon get full operational autonomy including in financial matters. Presently the aforementioned educational institutes are funded by the Centre.

As part of an educational reform finalised by a committee headed by Arvind Panagariya, Vice-chairman, Niti Aayog, well-performing educational institutions will be granted autonomy.

The performance of centrally funded educational institutes will be based on the category awarded to them by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Universities and colleges ranked in ‘A, A+, A++’ category of the council will be in the elite club of institutions to be granted complete autonomy.

The NAAC is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to assess and accredit institutions of higher education in the country.

CBSE not to change its language policy for schools

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Akash
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Clarifying the board’s stance on making Hindi language compulsory till class X in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools, the chairperson of CBSE, said there was “no change in its language policy”.

R K Chaturvedi, Chairperson, CBSE, said, “I am not aware of the committee’s report. And so far there is no change in the language policy of the Board. Schools will continue to follow what they have been following so far. The board has asked for the report to study it.”

The statement followed reports of ‘in-principle’ approval to a parliamentary committee’s recommendations, which also include making study of Hindi compulsory till Class X.

Till class VIII, the Board follows the formula of three languages whereas in class IX and X, two-language formula is followed with English as a mandatory language and Hindi, or Sanskrit, or a foreign language as the second choice.

Recently, CBSE proposed the three-language formula till Class X to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) but there was no recommendation from the ministry in this regard.

In its proposal to the ministry, CBSE recommended to make the study of a foreign language mandatory out of the ambit of three languages.

Punjab Government first to set a cap on fee hike by private schools

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Punjab government has set a cap of 8% on fee hike by the private schools in the state.

In a recent meeting, the state cabinet gave its nod to Punjab State Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Rules.

Though the new academic session has already begun, the government ordered all private schools to put a ceiling on fee hike. The new rules also enables the parents to file a complaint to the Divisional Commissioners if a school hikes its fees by more than 8 per cent, said a government official.

The rules are in line with the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s direction in April, 2013. The previous government of Punjab had passed the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act, 2016 but it remained unimplemented as it failed to name the enforcement agency.

A new panel to review UGC pay review recommendations: HRD Minister

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Akash
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In order to implement the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, a committee has been formed to look into University Grants Commission’ (UGC) Pay Review Committee report, said Prakash Javadekar,  Union Human Resource Development  Minister.

“Seventh Pay Review committee for implementing the recommendations (of the 7th pay commission) in educational institutions, universities and colleges has submitted its report to the Ministry. I have constituted a committee headed by Higher education secretary to study them,” Javadekar said.

The apex teachers’ association, All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO) threatened to launch a nationwide strike of university and college teachers, after which Javadekar has passed the remark concerning pay commission’s recommendations.

The teachers’ association has accused the Central Government of maintaining secrecy over the pay review committee’s report. The report was submitted by the UGC to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on February 22 this year.

The newly formed committee will be headed by the Higher Education Secretary and the committee members will include officials from Finance Ministry and other relevant offices and departments. The committee will submit its recommendations to the cabinet, Javadekar added.

“Those who had some doubt whether government is moving or not in this direction, let me dispel their doubts that we have already started action and soon they will get good news,” Javadekar said.

The minister urged the education fraternity to try more vigorously to improve quality of education at all levels and “concentrate on study, examination and assessment work.”

UGC approves a list of over 35,000 journals

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Akash
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To recruit varsity teachers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved over 35,000 journals and research work published in them. The research work will also be considered for the promotion of universities’ faculty members.

Since, last many years, it was the demand among the teaching community to notify a list of journals in the higher education segment to set a benchmark for research and allied activities. The UGC’s latest list of the approved journals and the research work published only in them would be considered for the purpose of Career Advancement Scheme (CAS), reported livemint.

“The list of journals is available as a web-based database with search and browse interface on the UGC website. Universities can recommend inclusion of additional peer-reviewed journals that are not listed in the existing list, through a university-level academic journal expert committee,” UGC Secretary, Jaspal Sandhu, said in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities.

The Commission has also asked varsities to send their recommendations before May 15 of this year. Listed journals are indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and Indian Citation Index. The list also includes the journals covered in a selected indexing and abstracting services. There are three categories in the approved list — Science, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities.

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