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RUSA gives a hope to North East

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States like Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura have very few universities, colleges and institutes offering higher and professional education. The thick forest and lack of proper funding make things even more difficult for improving higher education system in these regions. These were some of the grievances raised at the recently All-India conference of higher education ministers on the Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). It is a tedious job to set up a college in these areas which is 60% covered by forest. Moreover it requires atleast two years to get approval for the land and the state government has to pay the market value for it, says Bipradas Palit, director, higher education, Tripura.
RUSA has come up as a ray of hope for various states grappling with the problem of higher education. The flagship scheme focusing on state universities and institutions through a central plan has brought together many stakeholders in higher education from various states. Naxal-affected states and states with a high percentage of SC, ST and tribal population will get the priority in fund allocation under RUSA.

Universities of UK campaign to attract Indian students

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The universities of UK are attracting Indian students to study in UK by launching a film on the process of applying for higher education in the leading universities of UK. The film aims to break the myth of both prospective international students and their parents about application process and the UK’s student visa system.
The film is a joint collaboration between the universities of UK, the British Council in Delhi and the home office for studies. It is made by the Indian filmmaker Ravi Lehki and directed by Nichola Carslaw an experienced BBC journalist and commissioned by The University of Sheffield. The film features two Indian students who are applying for student visa for higher education in UK. The film shows the student’s aspirations to study in UK and parent’s apprehensions for their children’s well being in a foreign country. At present both the Indian students are pursuing their education in the UK. The film will be made available to Indian students and their families via YouTube and through links from UK university websites, as well as from those of partner organizations.

HRD Minister proposes higher investment in education

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Emphasis should be given to substantially step up private and public investment in higher education and optimally utilize the resources to improve the quality of education, said Pallam Raju, Union Minister for Human Resource Development at the All India conference of higher education ministers. The minister also said that the state investment on higher education should be increased from 18%to 25% of the budget on education.
Talking about the new initiative Rashtriya Ucchatar Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA), the minister said that under the scheme greater autonomy would be provided to the state and central universities and colleges for equity based development and improvement in teaching and research. About 300 universities and 8,500 colleges would be covered under the scheme with 90% of funding from the central government to some of the needy states like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, North east states and Uttarakhand and 65% to other states and Union territories.
Addressing the conference, R.V.Deshpande, Minister of Higher education of Karnataka said that the states should formulate the perspective plan to qualify for the RUSA funding scheme which is an opportunity to set up more universities. He further added, RUSA fund should be used for introducing innovative projects in higher education.

HRD Minister asks Industry to Join Hands to Boost Skill Development

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Skill Development

The HRD Minster Dr MM Pallam Raju has asked the industry to participate more vigorously with government in skill development. Speaking at a conference on Government public initiative for skill building in information technology and telecom sector in New Delhi, he said that we have to provide necessary skill to one crore twenty lakh youth joining the work force every year to take full advantage of demographic dividend. He said that Industry has to contribute in achieving the target of skilling 50 crore youth by 2022.

Stressing the need for putting skill in education, he said we need to periodically revise curriculum to make it more industry friendly. Dr Raju said, it will also enhance the employability of our youth and their income. Speaking on the occasion the Communication and Information Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal said there has to be a paradigm shift in our education sector following fast paced technology changes. He said skill requirement cannot be adequately met through usual university system. Asking for a tripartite system for skill development, Sibal said that skill development system needs to work closely with all the sectors of the economy to meet their peculiar requirements.

Pushing for PPP model the Minister said the country has to be ready for cyber space. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary (Higher Education) Ashok Thakur said that all the centrally funded Institutions, right from IIT to polytechnique, will have to co-opt the community colleges to meet skill development at the community level by the end of current five year plan in 2017. Expressing satisfaction over development in community colleges area, he said that funds have been released to 120 community colleges this year. The Secretary said Universities have started implementing National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) guidelines and they will work with 200 medical colleges for skill development.

An MoU was also signed between AICTE and NIELIT – National Institute of Electronics and Information and Information Technology on the occasion to establish a new specialization under the IT/IITs sector of NVEQF namely NIELIT certified IT professional (NCITP). Under NCIPT, the NIELIT O & A level courses are proposed to be aligned to level 5 and level 7 of NVEQF.

The one day conference was organised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) of Department of Information and Technology.

HRD Minister proposes higher investment in education

By
digitalLEARNING Network
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Emphasis should be given to substantially step up private and public investment in higher education and optimally utilize the resources to improve the quality of education, said Pallam Raju, Union Minister for Human Resource Development at the All India conference of higher education ministers. The minister also said that the state investment on higher education should be increased from 18%to 25% of the budget on education.
Talking about the new initiative Rashtriya Ucchatar Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA), the minister said that under the scheme greater autonomy would be provided to the state and central universities and colleges for equity based development and improvement in teaching and research. About 300 universities and 8,500 colleges would be covered under the scheme with 90% of funding from the central government to some of the needy states like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, North east states and Uttarakhand and 65% to other states and Union territories.
Addressing the conference, R.V.Deshpande, Minister of Higher education of Karnataka said that the states should formulate the perspective plan to qualify for the RUSA funding scheme which is an opportunity to set up more universities. He further added, RUSA fund should be used for introducing innovative projects in higher education.

STIR Education Empowers Teachers through National Micro Innovation Selection

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Twelve of Britain’s leading boarding schools has announced that they have expanded their scholarship offering to more than 7 Crore Rupees for Indian pupils to come to study with them.

Anglo Schools International Services (ASIS), which has pulled this new Federation of British schools together, also announces today that it has reached agreement with Pearson VUE, the global leader in computer based testing, to offer entrance exams for interested pupils in 16 locations across India.

Commenting on today’s announcement, which coincides with the launch of the Anglo Schools website ( www.angloschools.co.uk) , ASIS Principal, David Boddy said: “As the Federation was forming I was hopeful that the UK schools would be generous with the scholarships for Indian youngsters, but I am overwhelmed. The scholarships and other financial help on offer does not just cover one year – it covers all the years the pupil is at the British school. It is an extraordinary opportunity.”

Pupils who wish to compete for the scholarships register via the Anglo Schools website. There is a one-off registration fee of £250 – representing a saving of around 2 Lakhif parents were trying to register independently at each school. The first round of entrance exams, conducted in Pearson VUE test centres, will commence in February and March next year for entry into UK schools in September 2014. Registration is now open to confirm a place at those exams. Scheduling of individual’s exam times will occur in late January.

“ It has never been easier for Indian families to find their way through the entrance procedures. And the reward has never been greater,” said David Boddy.

The schools forming the Federation cover from south to north of England. They are:
Kings College Taunton, Somerset; Warminster School, Wiltshire; St James Senior Boys’ School, Surrey; Farringtons School, Greater London; St Christopher School, Hertfordshire; Langley School, Norfolk; Rendcomb College, Gloucestershire; Bredon School, Gloucestershire; Moreton Hall, Shropshire; Oswestry School, Shropshire; Rishworth School, West Yorkshire and St Bees School, Cumbria.

“British boarding schools have always been located in the most idyllic settings. With first class road and rail networks, all the schools are within easy reach of airports serving India. ASIS will also be providing travel services to help the journeys,” said David Boddy.

Youngsters aged 11, 13 and 16 on or by the 1st September in the year of entry are eligible to apply for scholarships and other financial help at these schools. Fee paying places are also available. The ASIS website gives a full guide to all the schools and the scholarships they are offering.

The website makes the applications process clear and easy and gives details of the entrance examinations. It is expected that 1 in 10 of the applicants could be offered scholarships or a fee paying place.

“ It is really important for people to register early to take these exams,” said David Boddy. “We have a limited number of places and once our limit is reached, we are going to have to stop taking registrations and start forming a waiting list.”

MHRD approves IIT, IIM and 3 central Universities for Seemandhra

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In the backdrop of the centre’s decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, HRD Ministry has given its nod for an IIT, an IIM and three central universities among other institutes for the Seemandhra region. The move is aimed at striking a balance between the two regions, Telangana and Seemandhra, in the establishment of premier institutes, though the bigger objective is to ensure that students from both the regions have equal opportunities and can reap maximum benefits.
Approximately Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000 crore would be spent for establishment of the institutes in the Seemandhra region. The HRD Ministry has communicated its decision to the Home Ministry, the decision would be placed before the GoM for consideration. The ministry has also cleared an IISER and an IIIT for the region. Different stakeholders have been making representations to GoM for separate institutes for the region as the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh will leave the Seemandhra region without any of the elite higher educational institutes which are mostly concentrated in Hyderabad in the Telangana region.

RUSA faces another impediment: Mistakes, missing series in question papers

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The students of Vallabh Government College appearing for BSc-1 examination affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University were in a great shock when  they found a lot of spelling mistakes, missing series of questions and wrong question in the  question paper of zoology (invertebrate -2).
This is first time that HP University has conducted examination under the newly introduced Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) which is a choice based credit system (CBCS) of education.
The question paper had a number of mistakes like setting wrong question, spelling mistakes, missing sections in the question papers and even the name of a subject was mentioned wrong in the roll number slip. This goof up in the question paper by the examination branch of the university may straightaway result in students losing some valuable marks. Commenting on RUSA, President of Student Central Association (SCA), Mandi College, Narender  Kumar said that official document of  RUSA was based on the supposedly success of education programmes such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) but various surveys conducted by the centre and the sate  have found that these programmes had very low learning abilities. He further added that programmes like RUSA need huge structural changes in the education set up since it had been implemented in a hurry.

Economic slowdown leads to a drop in CAT applicants

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The impact of economic slowdown and job insecurity is leading to less number of candidates taking the Common Admission Test (CAT) examination 2013.Last year there were 2.14 lakh CAT registrations which dropped down to 1.94 lakh this year. This is the lowest since 2008.

Interestingly, with the decrease in the number of applicants there has been a hike in the number of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) over the years, from 7 in 2008 to 13 this year, offering 3,335 plus another 7,000 seats in B-school. There has been a sudden lack of interest among the students for B-school because of economic recession and lack of jobs in the market.  This is also leading to shut down of some private universities which is a major concern for the management education in India. But the IIM directors and head of B-schools are confident that the decline in the number of candidates will not affect the quality of education or candidates in India. They are of the view that only the best of the best candidates get selected in reputed B-schools and a small decline in the overall CAT registration will not affect the quality of the students they select.

India to become global power in education says FICCI- EY report

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The 9th FICCI Higher Education summit 2013 took place from 13-14 November. The summit was inaugurated by Shashi Tharoor, minister of state, MHRD and the theme of the summit was ‘Building Networks for Transforming Indian Higher Education-Enabling to Deliver Value’.
A FICCI- EY knowledge paper titled ‘Higher Education in India: Vision 2030’ and a paper on ‘Governance in Indian Higher Education and Leveraging ICT in Higher Education in India’ was released to support the roadmap to achieve the Vision 2030 goals. The report looks ahead at a time when India will be a leading global player in education. FICCI also felicitated Sushma Berlia, president, Apeejay Education Society and the Chancellor of Apeejay Stya University for outstanding contribution in the field of education. The summit saw participation of more than 650 delegates and speakers from universities, higher education institutes, government, industry and policy makers from India and abroad.

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