Gujarat gives financial aid to students admitted under RTE

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October 17, 2015

Students who are admitted under Right to Education (RTE) act will be given Rs.3,000 per year for the purchase of books and uniform. The move was taken by the Gujarat Government to give financial aid to the parents of these students. According to the officials, the move is meant to act as an incentive for the parents to send their children to schools.

Earlier, the government has given financial assistance of Rs.10,000 per annum for every student’s school fees. The additional funds will be for purchase of bags, dresses and books. According to the state education department officials data, there are 20,000 students admitted under RTE. The government has set itself a target of 50,000 students for the year 2016-17.

Hebrew University gives Honorary Doctorate degree to President

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October 16, 2015

Hebrew University conferred Honorary Doctorate to President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony held in Jerusalem, Israel recently.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said he accepts the doctorate as the President of India, on behalf of the people of India. It gives him great pleasure to be associated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, one of Israel’s largest research and teaching institutions.

The President said, “India has a number of complementarities with India in many key sectors. India is keen to realise the full potential of a partnership between scientists and researchers of the two countries. Both our academic communities have much to bring to the table. India trains nearly 400,000 engineers every year.”

Israel, on its part, has proven itself in the field of research and technical innovation. India seeks Israel’s participation in its Digital India programme and the building of India’s smart cities and model villages. Ideas and innovations of Israeli scientists and researchers could go a long way in helping us achieve the goals of these flagship programmes of Government of India. He called upon Israeli scientists and researchers to participate in the transformation of India.

Students to get grace marks: Bangalore University

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October 16, 2015

For students who require minimum pass marks in examination and even approach middlemen for the same will now need not to worry as Bangalore University (BU) has revised grace marks system that was scrapped five years ago.

Passing a subject will be easier for the students now. The grace marks system for undergraduate and postgraduate students of BU and its affiliated colleges was approved by the academic council meeting. The system will come into effect this academic year.

The authorities will give 1 grace mark for the semester or per year to each student. If the semester or year has six subjects with total marks of 600, the total grace marks entitled will be six. But a maximum of two marks will be allotted per subject.

Earlier the grace marks were given till 2010-11 academic session and later it was stopped as a practice in the BU. But, the system has been reintroduced on the requests of the students. B Thimme Gowda, BU Vice Chancellor said, “The grace marks allotted to students will be deducted from other subjects in which they have scored high marks.”

KN Ninge Gowda, Registrar (evaluation) of BU informed, “Once the rule is approved, if a student fails to get minimum pass marks in a subject even after allotting two grace marks, then he will be given three more marks. However, the student should have scored more than 50 in the remaining subjects.

Education is the key for minorities development

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October 15, 2015

Education holds the key for the development of minorities in India, opinies leading intellectuals at a seminar on ‘Educational Development of Minorities in India: Successful Experiments’ organised by the Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) in Ogden in the USA.

Addressing the gathering at the seminar, Zafar Javeed, Convener, Central Panel for India, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah and Secretary, Sultan-ul-uloom Educational Society, Hyderabad said, “Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala have emerged as role models in establishing a network of minority-managed educational institutions and in finding enduring solutions to the educational problems of minorities.”

While appreciating the proactive role of the governments of these states for the help given to minorities, he said, “While southern and western regions of India – account for 35.16 per cent of the Muslim population – have done reasonably well for the educational development of minorities, it is a matter of serious concern that the eastern and northern regions, which account for 34 per cent and 30.84 per cent of the Muslim population respectively, lagged behind and as a result the educational problems of minorities continue to be unattended.

Dr Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India in Chicago, who presided over the inaugural session, said that the Union Ministry of HRD and the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs in India have conceptualised and launched several innovative schemes in order to solve the problems of minorities.

He also urged the leaders of minority communities to create wider awareness about these government schemes. Dr Sayeed further added that the social, educational and economic development of minorities can be achieved, in full measure, only when women from minority communities participate in the developmental initiatives in large numbers.

Symbiosis to set up skill development university in Pune

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October 15, 2015

As lot of emphasis is given to skill-based education and skill development nowadays, the Symbiosis Open Education Society is going to set up a skill development university in Pune for that purpose.

While informing about the developments, Dr Swati Mujumdar, Principal Director, Symbiosis Open Education Society (SOES), said, “As skill development is the need of the hour, the skill development university will be in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of Make In India, which will cater to the growing need of skilled resources in the industry.”

The target would be on programmes related to high growth sectors such as automobile and manufacturing and a centre of excellence will be established in collaboration with local industry to provide skill-based training to the youth.

For the project, Symbiosis has acquired 15 acres of land under the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s jurisdiction at Kiwale. The cost of the project is about Rs 200 crore and the plan to launch the first programme is from 2016.

16 New TV Channels launched for Students in Gujarat

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October 15, 2015

The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel has launched 16 new television channels to broadcast programmes for students, youth, women, farmers and artisans.

The channels were launched at a function in Gandhinagar by the Chief Minister, according to an official release statement. These channels are part of ‘Vande Gujarat’ – India’s largest and only education TV network, the release said.

These channels will be used to broadcast programmes on education for school students, for students who are preparing for competitive exams, related to agriculture, skill development, health-care, hygiene, science, etc.

During the launch, the Chief Minister said such type of network would help numerous students, women, farmers and many others, who are living in remote areas. She also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing required permissions to start such TV network in Gujarat.

She expressed hope that these educational programmes on TV network will serve as an alternative to expensive tuition system for students, who are living in villages and remote areas.

Parents protest to fill vacant Ayurveda seats on merit

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October 15, 2015

Bhavnagar Ayurveda College and Vadodara Ayurveda College has been under attack by the parents’ organisation for filling up the vacant 85 seats on their own. The colleges filled the vacant seats on the directions given by the Ahmedabad state government.

The controversy began when the parents’ organisation has now demanded that these admissions be carried out on merit basis. According to the officials, Committee for professional medical colleges, on the direction of the government had issued a directive to the government colleges to admit students on their own. The parents and the students demanded that merit list should be followed in filling these seats. There are few more colleges which are likely to be approved by the Ayurveda council.

Ayush physicians to practice Allopathy

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October 15, 2015

Jawaharlal institute of post graduate medical education and research (Jipmer) and IKP centre for technologies in public health (ICTPH) have joined hands to launch a training programme to train and equip Ayush physicians with necessary skills and expertise to provide quality allopathy treatment in the primary healthcare sector in rural areas.

Ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homeopathy (Ayush) physicians in Tamil Nadu can practice allopathy and give treatment in rural areas of the state. The two associations, Jipmer and ICTPH are working on the framing the syllabus for the ‘bridge training programme’, a six month course, designed for primary healthcare sector only.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed to offer the courses to the Aysuh practitioners. Adrerssing the challenges of lack of qualified healthcare professionals and inadequate access to quality healthcare in rural areas, K.C. Premrajan, head of preventive and social medicine, Jipmer said, “We have been working on to develop innovative strategies and to launch the bridge programme to train Ayush physicians to acquire skills and expertise to provide allopathy in primary healthcare sector.”

A team of expert has been formed to check the proposed curriculum and evaluate Ayush physicians.

Vasundhara Raje asks Private schools presence in remote areas

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October 15, 2015

On the occasion of late Dr. Abdul Kalam birth anniversary, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje yesterday inaugurated the auditorium named after Dr. Kalam at a private school. While addressing the gathering, she informed that her government is focused on providing quality education in the state and had urged private players to provide education in the remote areas of the state.

Realising the importance of education, Raje said that the state government is opening schools at gram panchayat level which will have all facilities like computers lab, play ground and qualified teachers among others. She emphasised that no state can progress without understanding the importance of the education, hence it is necessary for the states to provide quality education to the deprived.

CBSE Schools remember Kalam on his birthday

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October 15, 2015

Celebrating the birth of India’s Missile Man and remembering his values of inclination towards skill education more, an expression series programme, proposed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been announced to pay a tribute to the former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on October 15.

A circular issued by D T Sudharsan Rao, CBSE joint secretary and in-charge (academic and training), read: “As an endeavour to pay tribute to the educationist, scientist, missile man and the people’s president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his birthday on October 15, the Central Board of Secondary Education announces CBSE Expression Series on Dr on October 15, 2015.”

As per the programme, the participating CBSE board students will be required to submit an essay, a poem or a drawing on any of the three topics – ‘Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s school days and how it influenced me’, ‘Dr APJ Abdul Kalam: the father of India’s Missile Programme’ and an opinion on ‘”You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”, said Dr Kalam’.

The competitions will be held under three categories: Classes I to V, Classes VI to VIII and Classes IX to XII. The best 36 entries in each category will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 2,500, besides one certificate of merit and participation to each student. Students will be able to participate through respective schools or independently send their entries online via the method, which has been given on CBSE’s website.

“Selected students will be contacted via telephone. Plagiarism check will be performed and any entry considered copied will result in disqualification,” the circular stated.

On similar lines, the Maharashtra government has declared October 15 as ‘No School Bag Day’ in remembrance of the former president. In a government resolution issued recently, the Maharashtra government asked all students from class III to class VIII to leave their school bags at home on that day, and read non-academic books at school.

A P J Abdul Kalam’s 79th birthday, that comes on October 15, was recognised as World Student’s Day by United Nations.

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