Education department yet to amend to teacher recruitment rules

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April 26, 2014

It has been a month that the central human development resource ministry sanctioned 1,100 teaching posts in Chanidigarh, but the Union Territory education department continues to sit on amendments to teacher recruitment rules which is mandatory to begin the recruitment process.

This issue which is pending since 2011, has gained significance after the centre sanctioned 1,150 teaching as well as non-teaching posts in March under the Right to Education Act, 2009.

While the department is awaiting for the lok Sabha elections to end to begin the process since the department cannot go ahead with the recruitment without making necessary amendments in its rules that was necessitated after the Right to Education Act, 2009.

According to the act, the Union Territory will have to notify the amendments in its recruitment rules as per the guidelines issued by National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) before recruitment.

The Union Territory has yet to adopt its recruitment rules that every state is mandated to recruit teachers only on the basis of teacher eligibility test (TET) conducted by it.

While states like Punjab and Haryana conducts their own TET and Chandigarh being Union Territory is required to consider Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET), conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education as part of the eligibility rules.

Need for education beyond classroom: says experts

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April 26, 2014

According to experts, for the holistic learning and sensitization of students at an early age, education institutions should go beyond the bookish knowledge and beyond classroom.

In panel discussion on “Education: What’s Going on in the Classroom or not)? , experts from various fields expressed the need to engage students in healthy debates and discussions on varied topics like sex education, sexual violence and emotional quotient.

Few experts present in the discussion also mentioned that , education should be imparted in the classroom with various modes like movies, documentaries and having discussions and sessions with counselor for the students. These methods will contribute to the overall development of a child.

Rukmini Banerji, director of Pratham, an NGO working towards providing quality education to the underprivileged children stated that many institution now have adapted these new ways of teaching but 85 percent of the children in India still go to government schools and these schools are still not dealing with the subjects that can educate children about sex education, gender equality and leadership.

Banerji also felt that parents involvement is required in order to empower children and create a balance by educating the parents as well.

DU forms committee to oversee allotment of DCII courses

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April 25, 2014

A committee has been formed by the University of Delhi to watch over the process of allotment of DCII courses i.e discipline courses II or ‘minors’. The committee is chaired by the Dean of Students’ Welfare, J M Khurana, and principals of six colleges as members along with Satish Kumar, OSD examinations, as secretary, who met on April 23. The minutes of the meeting have been recorded which will lead to a set of guidelines for the allocation of DCII in colleges to follow.

The committee will also be responsible for monitoring, implementation and successful execution of the programme. At the meeting the committee also dealt with the challenges which most colleges are facing. Last year the pamphlet on FYUP which was circulated by DU at the time of admission stated that students can take up two DCII subjects (three papers of each), instead of six papers of one.

The principals want to know which three papers should be taught first for the group of students studying two DCIIs as stated by S K Garg, principal of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College and also a member of the committee. He also said that one paper of a DCII subject will be taught in a semester. There will be no change in the order of teaching and students can take whichever DCII subject he wants for a particular semester but will have to study the paper that is being taught at that time.

Placements over in IIM Shillong

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April 24, 2014

The Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (IIMS) completes its placement process for the 2014 graduating batch. The highest international package offered to the students of IIM Shillong this year is Rs 37 Lakh, whereas the domestic package stood Rs 22 Lakh.

A total of 53 companies participated during the placement process offering jobs to a batch of 107 students. A rise in the average package was seen from last year which stood at Rs 12.49 lakh. Around 18 percent of the batch already had Pre-Placement Offers (PPO’s) who excelled in their performance during the summer internships.

While few students opted to pursue challenging and unexplored paths, by joining family business and joining the development sector by participating in the Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow Scheme which is an initiative to work for the betterment of marginalized group in the disadvantaged regions of the country.

Technology now allows taking university exams from home

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April 23, 2014

The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, has signed up with Metti, an online assessment company, to conduct online examination with remote proctoring technology, The university aspirants and existing distance learning students can take entrance tests and semester exams from any location. A student needs to have laptop or desktop, a webcam and an internet connection. Around 300 candidates have taken the UPESMET-2, an online MBA Entrance Test for admission to 10 MBA programs in the specialized sectors of Oil & Gas, Power, Energy, Infrastructure, Aviation, Port & Shipping, International Business and others.

Mettl’s proctoring technology ensures that any attempt to cheat is captured and addressed real time during the test – including the candidate moving away from the screen, opening multiple windows during the test, speaking on the mobile or getting a proxy to take the test.

Speaking on this development, Ketan Kapoor, CEO and Co-Founder, Mettl said, “the engagement with UPES opens a new chapter for Mettl as its technology enabled platform will now play a key role in how online examination are going to be conducted in the future. This platform will not only help universities conduct high stakes examinations with reduced logistic issues, cost and time, but would also enable students residing in remote locations appear in important examinations even from their own residence”.

UPES Vice Chancellor, Dr. Parag Diwan said, “We are happy to engage with Mettl in conducting our online examination. Mettl’s platform has really helped us reach out to potential students in remote locations not only in India but also abroad. We are sure that Mettl’s disruptive technology would attract more universities in changing the method of conducting online examinations in India”.

Workshop on climate change hosted by Banaras Hindu University

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April 23, 2014

The Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has organized a two day workshop on “Simulation modeling and climate change; Issues and Challenges” to discuss the problems of climate change.

Director of National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee RD Singh, speaking on the occasion stated that change in the climate is a big issue and though the change of climate cannot be stopped but its impact can be minimised. He also said that adaptation to this change is required and so works has to be done in this regard.

SK Das of IIT-Delhi explained about the necessity of water resources management stating that increase in urbanization would lead to decrease in water recharge. He mentioned that government should come forward to promote water recharge and monitor groundwater to avoid extreme adverse situation.

Exam norms tightened in Gujarat Technological University

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April 23, 2014

The worried management of Gujarat Technological University about the previous incidents of paper leak, has introduced strict guidelines for the manner of examination which will begin from May 19, 2014.

Apart from this, they have decided to ban the examination centres which will not have CC TV cameras installed in it. The downloading and printing of the question papers has to be done in the presence of senior staff members of the college concerned. The password for opening the question paper will be sent on the coordinator’s mobile phone which has to be opened and printed in the presence of several senior staff members. According to GTU officials, the entire process has to be videographed.

Strict rules are introduced like, apart from the coordinator no other staff members will be allowed to carry their mobile phone, not even the supervisor and invigilator.

It has been made compulsory, that any student who goes out of the examination hall will have to mention his seat number, the time of leaving and the time he returns in the logbook. The university does not want to leave any chance for the leak of question papers and its circulation in the social media.

‘Going Global’ conference to focus on higher education in large system countries

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April 18, 2014

Higher education policy makers from India will share the stage with renowned Swedish statistician Hans Rosling at a global roundtable conference in Miami, South Florida, this month.

The conference, to be held from April 29 to May 1, will be conducted by the British Council in collaboration with the planning commission of Miami city.

The annual conference — ‘Going Global’ — will discuss higher education in large system countries. More than 70 countries, including India, the UK, the US and China, will participate at the event.

The three-day conference aims at enhancing cooperation among countries to improve higher education.

It will help countries share experiences and strategies reforms in higher education.

Education secretary of the Union ministry of HRD Ashok Thakur, vice-chancellor of Delhi University Dinesh Singh, Planning Commission secretary Sindhushree Khullar and advisor for higher education at the Planning Commission Pawan Agarwal will represent India at the event.

DU rejects quota for Delhiites

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April 18, 2014

Delhi University has rejected the Delhi government’s proposal for reserving 85 percent of seats in state government-funded colleges for students from the city, citing its central character.

The DU assistant registrar (academic), in response to a letter by principal secretary R K Verma, department of IT, wrote: “I am directed to convey that the University of Delhi, being a central university, the proposal submitted by you for reservation of seats in admission in DU colleges for students passing XII from the schools in Delhi cannot be acceded to.”

In a letter, Verma had drawn the attention of DU VC, Dinesh Singh, “to the shortage of institutions of higher learning in Delhi to provide admissions to all students passing higher secondary examination from Delhi schools. Students from Delhi have to go to areas outside Delhi for higher studies… It also takes away opportunity for availing admission in undergraduate and postgraduate courses….”

Reservation in DU has become a political issue. While BJP has been demanding reservation for a long time, the Congress government, in one of its last order, decided to seek 85 percent reservation in 12 of the colleges fully funded by it and 50 percent seats in 16 colleges that are receiving 5 percent funding from state government.

‘Efforts needed to make Indian universities world class’

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April 18, 2014

NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul on Friday underlined the need for vigorous efforts to make Indian universities world class, saying the fundamental component of long-term economic health will depend largely on skilled work force to meet the challenge ahead.

Addressing Punjab Technical University here, Lord Paul also expressed concern over failure of any Indian university to feature among the top 200 universities globally and said concerted efforts are needed to improve standards of education in India.

It is a cause for concern that the standards of education in many of our institutions are below benchmark. There is not a single Indian institution in the list of top 200 universities in the world said Paul.

Observing that a higher rank can boost the morale of the academic and student communities, he said it will encourage greater flow of faculty and students from abroad and help in opening new areas of technology and free exchange of ideas.

Lord Paul said that I am a very passionate advocate for education. Education is the foundation on which the strength of a nation rests. It forms the basis for robust, democratic societies and enables economic growth and development. I firmly believe that education should be a fundamental right of any society and the opportunity to participate in education and gain vital life skills should be provided to all.

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