UTM Shillong launches PGDM specialization in Sports Management

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July 4, 2014

The University of Technology and Management, Shillong has come up with a one year PGDM with specialization in Sports Management.

The program will provide abundance opportunities in the area of technical conduct of sporting events, marketing and branding, sponsorships, media coverage, organizing corporate sports carnivals, players (celebrity) management and endorsement and fans management using the social media. Not to forget about sports writing and sports photography as well.

It is a great opportunity for the sports lovers and who want to pursue further studies in sports.

New schemes of Education Dept gets Rs 4,510 crore outlay

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July 4, 2014

The Education Department’s annual budget estimates plan outlay of Rs 4,510 crore. It proposes few new schemes for 2014-15 apart from extending existing schemes. This is aimed to improve the quality of education especially at primary level. There is an increase of Rs 880 crore with a rise of 17 per cent in the plan outlay from the previous year. The annual budget of the department proposes schemes which includes Pratibha Vikas Kasauti a scheme to improve the quality of government primary school students. An estimated amount of Rs 60 lakh has been proposed for the scheme. The other scheme is Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) tutorial for Class XII students in rural and tribal areas and Rs 50 lakh is proposed for the scheme. And other schemes includes addition of milk in the mid-day meal , School surveillance, virtual education and Bicycles for kids.

Four education Bills to get a push from the govt during budget session

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July 4, 2014

Four educational Bills will be introduced by the government in the upcoming budget session of the parliament which includes an academic depository Bill aimed at curbing educational fraud and helping employers verify potential job seekers’ educational qualifications. Other legislation that the human resource development (HRD) ministry will bring includes the Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Bill, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bill, and a Bill to start a second central university in Motihari, Bihar. Besides this, it will take the first concrete step to set up a number centrally funded institutions, including an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and a central university in Andhra Pradesh.

Except afor the SPA Bill, the other three Bills are the ones that could not be passed by the previous Parliament and was lapsed which will be re-introduced.

The task of forming a national academic depository to digitize the educational records of students and curb forgery had been pending since 2011 as said by the authorities. As part of the move, all education credentials of students from class 10 onwards would be digitized and kept in a demat format. Lakhs of schools, over 600 universities and more than 35,000 colleges would be covered by the project irrespective of whether they are run by private players, state governments or the central government. As soon as the law is enacted, respective school boards, colleges and varsities would digitize their students’ education certificates.

India-US universities starts joint EMBA program

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July 4, 2014

Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have commenced a joint Executive MBA (EMBA) programme. Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, director, IIT Bombay and Prof. Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor, WUSTL have already signed the MoU for the same. This new programme will be conduct from Indian and an American university. This programme will be modeled after WUSTL’s Executive MBA in China and the United States. Prof. Wrighton commented that he is hopeful that the joint degree programme would turn out to be best in the world.

Mahendra R. Gupta, Dean of Olin Business School, Washington University stated that the joint programme with IIT Bombay will help in strengthening the connection and in turn will provide an opportunity for executives to bring innovative difference.

Professionals with a minimum of seven years of work experience will be eligible to be admitted for the EMBA programme. This programme would focus on addressing leadership, strategic management themes, innovations as well as growth. EMBA aims to encourage peer group learning via class discussions, group projects, simulations, guest lectures and classroom instructions.

The duration for this programme would be 18 months where classes will be held in Mumbai for four days per month. The session will end with a two-week capstone experience at Washington University. The first session of EMBA is scheduled to be commenced in early 2015.

Plea to HRD ministry to bring unaided CBSE schools under Centre Govt

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July 4, 2014

A memorandum appealing the need for declaring the Central Government to be the controller of unaided CBSE schools was submitted to the Minister of Human Resources Development Smriti Irani by Indira Rahan, general secretary of Kerala CBSE School Managements Association in the presence of BJP state President V Murlidharan during a meeting held by the Ministry.

The memorandum also asks that the CBSE schools should be under the Centre, removing the difficulties with the implementation of RTE Act.

The memorandum also stated that if the state government of the state is considered to be the appropriate governing body then there will be two syllabi running in the CBSE schools functioning across Kerala. The state government will prepare the syllabus for elementary education from classes one to eight and CBSE Board will prepare it from classes nine to 12 for secondary or senior secondary classes.

Both process of education will have separate norms and procedures or Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. Separate authorization will also be given, one for elementary classes based on state pattern and other for secondary and senior secondary based on CBSE manual.

Irani looks to boost innovative curriculum in schools

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July 3, 2014

Plans are on by the government to form a national innovation policy that would stress on innovation at the school level.

Informing the directors and chairmen of 16 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) about the policy at a retreat in Goa recently, Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani has asked them to suggest schools to boost innovation in their curriculum, which would not only align with higher education institutions, but also help set up innovation labs at the district level across India and fill a culture of research and innovation among the students.

A ministry statement also stated that Irani has asked the institutes to set upCultures of Excellence in central universities. The retreat also focussed on issues, which dealt with research and technological innovation for meeting the national development agenda, enhancing industry-academia collaboration and expanding the massive open online courses (MOOCs).

Framing a ranking system that would reflect national concerns and use alumni network was also discussed. Irani further asked the IITs to develop special programmes for students of Northeast stressing on the point that they need to be exposed to the best of the institutions like IITs in different parts of the country. She asked the Director of IIT Guwahati to coordinate efforts in this direction and submit a report by the middle of August.

She also highlighted the need to develop ‘quality faculty’ not only for the new IITs, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), but also for other institutions in the country.

Cut-paste approach to end at IIM-C

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July 3, 2014

The cut-paste approach will no longer be appreciated at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C). Worried about the increasing tendency by students to copy from the Internet and other sources, the IIM-C has adopted a specialised software to check plagiarism.

The software named ‘Turnitin’ has the ability to compare documents submitted by students with papers, thesis and reports that are already online or those, which are earlier submitted by the previous batches of students. It can also determine how much of the work is original and how much of it is copied.

IIM-C professor, Prashant Mishra and former Chairperson of the post-graduation programme (PGP) stated that if a student is found to submit work which is not original, then there are penal provisions in accordance with the institute’s policy on plagiarism.

UGC stresses on teachers’ training courses

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July 3, 2014

Vice-chancellors of all universities have been asked to focus on strengthening and improving teachers’ education in universities. In a letter sent on June 30, Ved Prakash, Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), listed several steps that include synchronising teachers’ education courses with the regulatory provisions stated in the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), formulating revised modules for refresher and orientation training for teachereducators, and promoting and running integrated teacher education programmes (TEPs).

This move is aimed at improving the quality of teaching in the higher education sector. At present, the UGC chief’s letter has been posted on the commission’s website. Apart from focussing on the quality of teaching, the UGC chief has also asked universities to strengthen post-graduate programmes.

Prakash commented that UGC has been actively involved in issues relating to strengthening of existing education programmes along with new courses in all universities. He added that the universities, who are receiving grants, have already been directed to include the proposal for establishment of education departments in their XIIth Five Year Plan proposals.

The Chairman has written a separate letter to the directors of the academic staff colleges (ASCs) responsible for teacher education in the university, in which he has asked the institutes to include teacher education programmes in the ASC calendar along with slots for refresher and orientation programmes. This will constitute modules for training teacher educators and senior teacher educators.

Parents protest order to shut down school

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July 3, 2014

The direction issued by the office of the Director General School Education (DGSE) to shut down the Government Elementary School in Radio Colony, Jalandhar, has invited the ire of students and parents alike.

The decision over closing down the school was taken after going through a particular day’s report when there were only 13 students present. As per school authorities, the report was taken at the time of thin attendance. Moreover, the officials claimed that more than 46 students were present on July 1, 2014, the first day of the school after the summer vacation. School teachers revealed that over 70 students are enrolled in the school.

Student’s and parents protested against the move, which forced authorities to re-open the school. It was reported that children studying in the school belong to dalit and poor families. On enquiry, it was revealed that several residents of the posh locality have been expressing concern over poor children, who have been visiting the school to study.

Hardwari Lal, Chairman, Purvanchal Jan Kalyan Maha Sabha, states that the order for closing down the school could have been managed by some residents through political manipulation. Residential families are not welcome to the idea of these children coming to their locality. Lal added that upon visiting Anil Awasthi, District Elementary Officer, there was no clear answer as to who asked for the closing down of the school.

Education an important tool in transforming society: President Mukherjee

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July 1, 2014

Pranab Mukherjee while addressing participants of ‘School Chale Hum Abhiyan’ stressed on the role of education to transform society. Mukherjee said that the Right to Education which was enacted in Parliament on August 4, 2009 and came into force on April 2, 2010 was a historic step in this direction. This made education for every child a fundamental right, who belonged to the age group of 6 to 14 years. He further added that our educational institutions should aim to achieve better quality, research and innovation. It is also important to remind the young generations of their unique heritage in the form of the Indian value system, which combined with the knowledge imparted through formal education will give them the priceless gift of wisdom.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan release quotes President saying that education can be used to pursue the goal of inclusive growth of our society, paying special attention to those that are marginalised due to socio-economic or cultural reasons. He also extended his best wishes for the success of the ‘School Chale Hum Abhiyan’.

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