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SFI activists protest against exorbitant school fee in Madurai

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Students Federation of India (SFI) activists protested near the chief educational office at Tallakulam in Madurai in wake of exorbitant fee structure by private schools. About 50 SFI activists arrived at the office demanding stringent action against the fee hike. Madurai city police had to intervene in order to halt the SFI activists. Initials attempts made by police failed to budge the students who stood on roads and raised slogans to fulfill their demand. Madurai police later succeeded to remove the protestors from the site. Students were detained on the Armed Reserve Ground in Reserve Line.

S Karthick, president, SFI district, stated that government has not taken any action to prevent schools from charging exorbitant fees. Karthick added that there are some schools in city that are charging more than Rs 1 lakh for higher secondary admission. Even after knowing the situation, education department have not yet come up with the solution. 

Germany to pitch in upskilling India

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India is all set to gain from German model in skills and vocational education and training, establishment of India’s National e-Library and e-Bhasha initiative and teaching of B. Ed in German at select Indian Universities.
This was the agenda when German Ambassador, Michael Steiner met Smriti Zubin Irani, Human Resource Development Minister to strengthen partnership with India in the field of higher education, research, vocational education and training. Ambassador Steiner also focused on expanding the current Indo-German Strategic Partnership (IGSP) in higher education.
The next Indo-German Joint Working Group meeting on Higher Education is scheduled for 18-19 November this year. HRD Ministry is looking forward to the final selection of research and fellowship awardees.
Meeting also discussed the potential partnering with Germany on their initiative to set up an International Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences.

‘Back to School’ Campaign to empower students with technology

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Acer India has launched its Back to School campaign to empower students and first time buyers with access to the latest technology. Drawing on its expertise as a leader in the educational segment, Acer has always been at the forefront of transforming classroom education, providing the latest tools to tap the hidden potential of students. The campaign is valid till June 30, 2014 and promises a host of attractive benefits to the target customers varying from vouchers to extended warranty and damage protection at a fraction of its original cost.

S. Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India, said, “The young generation is buzz with ideas, and they need devices that are as dynamic as their learning needs. Our Back to School campaign is designed to provide students with access to Acer’s innovative technology, helping them broaden their horizons, and empowering them to keep pace with today’s high-tech world. With our special offers, the student community can now enjoy cutting edge technology at incredible discounts.”

Acer has also launched Campus Craze campaign on the Acer Facebook page to engage students from schools and colleges this month. Students can participate in the contest to become a Campus Rockstar and win prizes.

AICTE approves more engineering students intakes in Gujarat

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In an attempt to increase the engineering seats, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has approved increased intake capacity in existing colleges by 5,354 seats.

As a result, total number of seats for engineering would increase to 70,115. The total increased number includes 1,800 seats in six new colleges approved by the AICTE. Six new colleges will be opened out of which three will be in Ahmedabad while one each will be in Navsari, Vallabh Vidyanagar, and Rajkot.

AICTE has issued letter of intent to the six new colleges and final approval will be sent by the apex body. This year 69,741 candidates cleared the examination from Gujarat board and out of these students only 63,000 would be eligible for admission. Students have applied in popular fields like mechanical, computers, civil and electrical. In 2007-08, students who wanted admissions exceeded the available seats.

At present, all most every student gets admitted to engineering colleges even with 45 percent marks. However, more than 9,000 seats were vacant last year as some of the colleges were located outside the city. It is expected that around 12,000 seats may lie vacant as students may not prefer admission in lower branches.

Manipal University to build medical school in South Africa

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India’s Manipal University is all set to establish a medical school for the first time in South Africa.
Karnataka based Manipal University is holding talks with the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government. According to media reports the construction is likely start later this year in Newcastle, in north KwaZulu-Natal.
This is the third international campus being set up by Manipal University.  Manipal University established its presence in Dubai, UAE in the year 2000 to cater to the growing demands from countries in Middle East. Following year the Melaka Manipal Medical College (MMMC) was established in Malaysia.
Ndabezinhle Sibiya, spokesman for KwaZulu-Nadal premier Senzo Mchunu said that the university would be aligned to the Manipal University of India.
Besides the South African campus would also feature an academic hospital to accommodate patients from the region and beyond.
Sibiya also mentioned that the KwaZulu-Natal government will provide land and other infrastructure to construct the university and hospital. There will be no racial quotas in selecting students for the medical school who are believed to improve the shortage of medical doctor and specialist in KwaZulu Nadal and in the country.
Hopes are high for Senzo Mchunu who believes that such facility would bring economic development and investment in Newcastle and would also create health experts in the region.

Mumbai may add 14 new colleges

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14 new colleges may open in Mumbai that will offer courses at the undergraduate level from the new academic year. The University of Mumbai went through 57 applications to set up new colleges and finally approved 14 applications which will begin their session after getting approval from state government. Earlier, existing colleges forwarded a total of 228 applications to offer new courses. The University of Mumbai forwarded 70 applications to the government.

Only few colleges will be allowed to set shop that would offer innovative courses. M A Khan, registrar, University of Mumbai, stated that each application was scrutinised carefully with inspection committees visiting colleges. Only innovative job-oriented courses were given a green signal. B. Com in financial management, transport management, investment management, interdisciplinary sciences and human science are some of the subjects that were considered as industry-oriented courses.

Buttermilk to pepper mid-day meals

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Newly appointed HRD Minister, Smriti Irani wants school to provide buttermilk to children as a part of the Mid-Day Meal scheme. Apart from including butter milk, Irani has proposed that separate model schools should be opened for outstanding boys and girls at the district level and Saturday should be declared as sports day in every school. The idea behind providing buttermilk is to cure rampant amoebiasis (intestinal illness) among children. She has directed the department of elementary education to calculate the cost of providing buttermilk to kids on a daily basis. 12 crore children across 12.64 lakh schools are benefitted via Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme. Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the two states providing milk to children under MDM. Several states give iron tablets to girls and additional health supplements.

Pawan Goenka is new IIT-M board chairman

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Pawan Goenka has taken over as the chairman of the board of government of India Institute of Technology- Madras.

Prior to this he was the executive director and president of Automotive and Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. President Pranab Mukherjee as the ‘visitor of the institute’ appointed him on June 9 as the 12th chairman of the board of governors of the institute.

Goenka has replaced M M Sharma and will serve as the chairman for the next three years. A tremendous value addition is expected from Pawan Goenka during his tenure as Chairman in IIT-M.

DU colleges plan to tackle documentation fraud with forensics

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Admission process in University of Delhi has commenced and with it several colleges are undertaking measures to keep a check on forged documents. Ramjas, Sri Venkateswara and Bhagat Singh are planning to seek help of forensic experts to combat the problem. St. Stephen has earlier warned students about agents who claim to secure seats for money. P K Khurana, principal, Bhagat Singh College stated that warnings on notice boards and website may deter potential fraudsters. Khurana added that instead of hiring an agency, their college is streamlining their own system. In case of doubt regarding any document, the college will send it to verification to the government agency that is liable for providing the certificates.

Ramjas College, who first started hiring forensic experts in 2011, may follow the similar concept of authorizing their own administrative officers to screen and scan the documents. VC Misra, who has been working as a forensic expert in Ramjas College commented that every certificate has some security features that can help in finding the authenticity of the certificates provided by the students

Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class 12 exam

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Girls have again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 examination declare recently.

The pass percentage recorded for girls is 88.52 percent, while boys have pass percentage of 78.27 percent.

Rama Sharma, public relation officer of CBSE stated that the difference between the pass percentage of girls and boys is 10.25 percent with girls doing much better than their male counterparts.

The overall pass percentage recorded this year is 82.66 percent with a marginal increase of 0.5 percent over last year’s 82.10 per cent.

The highest pass percentage is 94.26 percent from Thiruvanantapuram. The pass percentage of Delhi is 86.78 percent.

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