Chinese students outnumber Indian candidates in Ivy League

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June 2, 2014

Chinese students have outnumbered Indian candidates with the high enrollment in Ivy League campuses. Majority of Indian students planning to fly abroad for higher education dream of getting in one of the Ivy League colleges that includes Harvard University, Brown University, Yale University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. The rise in number of Chinese students getting into Ivy League colleges has increased steadily over the last decade. In 2013, 8,549 Chinese students succeeded in getting into Ivies, thus making 27 percent of the population at the Ivies.

As compared to these figures, the rise in number of Indian students getting into Ivy League colleges has been marginal. With 3,064 Indian students admitted in Ivies in 2013, they made up about 9.7 percent of all international students at the colleges. The competition to get into one of the Ivy League college is fierce as about 30,000 students had applied for undergraduate course in Harvard University for 2,131 seats in 2013 which witnessed an acceptance rate of 7.32 percent.

The data, though favoring Chinese students, does not conclusively indicate whether Chinese candidates are more attracted to the Ivy League than their Indian counterparts or if their rising numbers in League has to do with their increasing numbers in the US. However, it has been found that both Chinese and Indian students have shown interest in getting into wide range of colleges in the US, with majority of them going for doctoral/research institutions.

DU admission process commences, hike in form fees

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June 2, 2014

Registration for admission in University of Delhi has begun with the revised lower cost of the centralized admission forms. Candidates from general and OBC category will now have to pay Rs. 100 and SC/ST candidates will pay Rs. 50 for online and offline registration.

Students seeking admission will have to buy the form that would be available in 18 colleges of DU: five each from north and south Delhi, two from central Delhi and three each from east and west Delhi. Candidates who want to apply in St. Stephen’s and Jesus and Mary will need to apply separately as these colleges do not come under centralized admission procedure.

With optical mark recognition (OMR) forms available in 18 colleges, students can apply in 61 colleges with 41 courses. Overall, there are 54,000 seats which include 12,150 and 14,580 seats for SC/ST and OBC applicants, respectively.

With the series of protests from different groups expected to take place, admission process is expected to experience some difficulties. ABVP activists are planning a demonstration against FYUP in all the 18 centres demanding rollback of the four-year UG programme.

ABVP to meet MHRD to seek removal of 4-year UG course in DU

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June 2, 2014

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is moving to MHRD to seek abolition of the four year undergraduate programme in University of Delhi that was introduced last year. Saket Bahuguna, Delhi state secretary, ABVP, stated that University of Delhi is not following the rules of National Policy on Education which goes with the 10+2+3 pattern of education.

Bahuguna added that the other central universities, JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia, are following the conventional three-year UG course but DU is implementing four year UG course which is complex, experimental and impractical. He stated that four year UG course was introduced by the previous ruling government (Congress) which aimed to benefit foreign universities.

Adding an extra academic year is a wastage of time as well as resource that could be used for perking up educational infrastructure in DU. Raising these issues, ABVP will bring down this matter with MHRD and seek reversal of the four year UG course.

Robotics Labs to power the future of learning at Engineering Colleges

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June 2, 2014

JAY ROBOTIX PVT LTD,pioneer in educational robotics, has developed a First-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence – CoE for engineering colleges across the country. The CoE is designed as a systematic and structured approach to holistic learning through robotics for engineering colleges. JAY ROBOTIX has set up their first CoE at Shri Venkateshwara Institute of Technology – SVIT Indore.

CoE will consist of a Robolab being set up at the institute. It will also have a designated and structured course curriculum. The course structure consists of practical and theoretical study of robotics concepts. The institutes equipped with robotics CoE will have access to various robots, software & hardware tools. Students will get access to a well defined curriculum where they learn and experience advanced technologies with a practical approach using the CoE equipment. This learning pedagogy will empower the students’ journey of idea, conceptualizing the idea, proto typing, validating and producing the idea through a guided approach and with emphasis on entrepreneur abilities of the students.

Speaking about the CoE, Mr. Sudhir Reddy, Managing Director, JAY ROBOTIX said, “It has been our vision to bring more and more practical learning approaches and techniques to the colleges and schools in India. This initiative will not only enable the students to learn advanced technical concepts with a practical approach, but will also develop an intuitive mindset required for innovative thinking. We will continue to enhance our offerings for the education sector and hope to establish the CoE in as many institutions as possible. This partnership with SVIT has enhanced the student’s opportunities and made a difference. “

Through this CoE students will get their technical concepts through refined courses along with working on robots such as RoboRuka, Assaulter, Docile X, Omni Wheel Robo, Wizmo etc. and other mechanical equipment & tools from the stable of JAY ROBOTIX. Also, for Industries the CoE will provide students who are technically strong and very enterprising. Students will also get opportunities to interact with industries on a project basis. This will increase the academia and Industry coordination. JAY ROBOTIX is in advanced level of talks with 10 more institutes across the country for setting up CoE and to get them international affiliations.

UGC asks Bihar universities to get NAAC accreditation

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June 2, 2014

Universities in Bihar have been directed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to get accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). UGC has ordered universities and colleges in Bihar to apply for accreditation by June 1, 2014.

In case, any college in the area failed to get accreditation, UGC may stop grants to them from April 1, 2015. As per UGC Regulation of 2012, it is compulsory for every university to get NAAC gradation to avail UGC grants. Not a single university, out of 11, from Bihar have been accreditated by NAAC.

M R Kurup, consultant, World Bank, commented that till now about 100 colleges from the state have applied for NAAC gradation and 200 colleges have been offered Letter of Intent.

Kurup added that the World Bank is actively involved in assisting the colleges and universities in Bihar for developing their infrastructure as he feels that lack of proper facilities are affecting teaching. New concepts have been introduced like e-learning, e-library and other advanced methods that would help the colleges to remain updated with the new advancement and researches in the field of education.

Dalai Lama inaugurates The Somaiya School

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June 2, 2014

Surrounded by children playing the Lezim, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama inaugurated The Somaiya School. Later, while addressing the students His Holiness talked about the richness of the ancient Indian knowledge. Further he advised on the need to work hard on building that knowledge and move forward for faster progress.

Commending the work done by Somaiya Trust on education in the rural and urban areas he commented “there is a great need for institutions to be developed who have the ethos of preserving and promoting Indian culture. India needs this kind of work. Institutions should coordinate, discuss and exchange their experiences with one another for growth and development”

The School is part of the larger Somaiya Vidyavihar campus. In order to provide students personalised attention, the teacher- student ratio has been maintained 1: 10.

Mrs Amrita Somaiya, Trustee of The Somaiya School says, the focus of the school is to build the self esteem of every child. It is done by giving an environment that encourages children wich leads to good academics. They use international methodology including Indian values. Education is imparted in multiple languages like English, Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindi and French from Grade 1.

CBSE warns schools not to accept sponsorships from tobacco firms

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June 2, 2014

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has warned schools not to take sponsorships from the companies which deal with tobacco business. This warning has been sent because many schools have allegedly involved tobacco companies or their subsidiaries, in school events for sponsorships.

Sadhana Parashar, Board director, wrote to the school saying “it has come to the notice of the Board that some tobacco promoting firms are finding some innovative ways to be involved with the school children. It is, therefore, strongly advised that no school affiliated to CBSE is permitted to allow its students to participate in the events sponsored by any firm or a subsidiary of a firm which promotes the use of tobacco in any form. Schools/students should not accept any prize or scholarship instituted by a tobacco promoting firm. It is recommended that schools should not allow any institution using brand name, emblem, trademark, logo or trade insignia or any other distinct feature directly/indirectly connected with tobacco products to be associated with students”.
According to sources, gutka or tobacco companies are involved with various NGOs that work with schools or have investment in ‘back-to-school’ products like bags, pens, books etc. Such companies sponsor school sports, debates etc, and though the logo of a tobacco product may never be featured on campus, but the group’s name is mentioned. CBSE is against this because even indirect promotion of brands linked with tobacco production or marketing is harmful for the kids.

RTE gets five new norms to improve compliance rates

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May 31, 2014

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) will introduce five new norms: working day, library, teacher’s learning equipment, student-teacher ratio and sports material. These new norms would add to the already existing 10 that focus on infrastructure facilities in a school. However, the new norms will be directed toward improving the academic and administrative sector in schools.

This move came after state government struggled to get the desired RTE infrastructure norms compliance rate in schools in Maharashtra. In September 2013, the state ordered to form high-powered committees under the chairmanship of district collectors to ensure the implementation of RTE infrastructure norms. This step was undertaken after many schools were found not following the provisions. In Kolhapur, which includes Ratnagiri, Sangli, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg and Sangli, of the 15, 147 schools mere 3,013 schools were actually following all 10 norms.

Mahavir Mane, director, primary education department, stated that though compliance rate following in schools is going slowly but it is steadily growing. Kitchen shed or a playground are some of the many basic facilities that are not present in such schools. The state government will be resolving the problem by constructing 6000 kitchen sheds in school. Mane added that opening a centralized kitchen in the urban region is also being considered to improve the school’s compliance rate of norms.

Delhi University brings mobile app to ease admission process

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May 30, 2014

After making the admission process entirely online, Delhi University is set to introduce its own mobile app to provide ease during the upcoming admission. Students can use this mobile app to buy the application form and later submit them. In addition, applicants can even search for admission related information and can even post questions.

With the supervision in admission process, colleges will publish the names of students that they have admitted in each list along with the courses they were admitted to. Neerav Malay, joint dean, Students’ Welfare, stated that flying squads or committees of teachers have been appointed who will be responsible for surveillance of every college in the university to avoid mistakes that happened last year. Malay added that ‘Admissions Assistance and Monitoring Committee’ will make sure that no information is withheld. Last year, there were complaints by students that several colleges closed the gates early and did not admit students who had made the cut-offs.

Gurupreet Singh Tuteja, deputy dean, Students’ Welfare, has developed this app, ‘DU UG Admission 2014-15’, and is available only on android phone. The app will remain active throughout the admission process.

Delhi Students outperformed in CBSE XII examination

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May 30, 2014

CBSE class XII boards for few important cities have been finally been declared with Delhi students gaining top position in the aggregates and different streams too. Sarthak Agarwal, from Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, is all-India topper achieving a record aggregate score of 96 percent. Students from Delhi area also performed better in terms of high scorers.

Country’s overall pass percentage stood at 82.66 percent which is a marginal increase of 0.56 percentage over last year. New Delhi remained on third spot, trailing behind Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai. Thiruvananthapuram was this year’s surprise entry with the highest pass percentage of 94.26, followed by Chennai with 91.63 percent. Fourth and fifth places were secure by Bhubaneswar and Ajmer regions respectively, while Dehradun with 72.77 pass percentage finished at the bottom. With number of high scorers increasing, cutoffs for undergraduate admission in University of Delhi are certain to elevate. The difference in pass percentage between girls and boys has stretched to 10.25 percent points. An increase of 8.91 percent was registered as more than 10.28 lakh students appeared for this year’s board exam.

Students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas performed best, exceeding 97% pass percentage. This year around too, students from government institutions outperformed students from private schools

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