Janet G. Johnson: March 2017

Friday, March 31, 2017

IIT: JEE Advanced 2017 will be conducted for the students from Sri Lanka

The JEE Advanced, which is scheduled to be held on May 21 this year will also be conducted for the students from Sri Lanka at DS Senanayake College, Colombo. The announcement regarding the same was made by the High Commission of India, Colombo.The registration process for the JEE advanced 201 will begin on April 28 and will continue till May 2. The exam will be conducted by the IIT Madras and will grant admission to the students for the Bachelor, Integrated Master's and Dual Degree Program at the 10+2 level. Educational qualification The candidate must be among 2,20,000 in JEE (Main) 2017.Should be born on or after October 1, 1992.Candidate should not have appeared in JEE advanced in 2015 or earlier.Candidate should have appeared for the class 12 examination for the first time in 2016 or 2017.Candidate shouldn’t have accepted the admission at any other IITs earlier. The JEE main will be conducted on April 2 and only after qualifying the exam, students can apply for the advanced exam. However; the Sri Lankan students have been exempted from the screening test. The admit card are available on the official website at www.jeemain.nic.in

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Government taking steps to check the brain drain problem: Javadekar

Acknowledging the increasing problem of brain drain in India, the government said that it is taking all the necessary steps to keep the problem in check. It is starting by offering the scholarship to the top 500 students and plans to reform the Indian engineering sector are also underway, said HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. Javadekar talked on various issues and admitted that India is currently facing the problem of brain drain and as a measure to check the problem, he said "500 top students of the country are being offered Rs. 75,000 as scholarship under PM Scholarship Scheme." "We have started this and this will put a check on the brain drain and help the country in preserving its talent," the HRD minister said. Talking on the education standard of the engineering colleges, he said that many colleges have produced engineers which are not employable.As a result of which, he said that 400 colleges have been shut down. "The bad will go but the good will remain" he said. A report on the same has been submitted by the PP Chakrabarti of IIT-Kharagpur, in which the changes, the Indian engineering sector is in need of, are suggested.The government is also making full efforts in order to improve the quality of the institutions. The minister admitted that the quality of education is not up to the mark and there is a need to improve it. "The ranking of institutes will improve with the improvement in the quality. In a bid to improve the quality of education a number of professors from overseas had been invited to India and this year around 600 professors from abroad were likely to visit the country" he said. Stressing on the importance of the research work, Javadekar said "around 400 start-ups have been launched by IIT students in their hostel rooms. The nation will progress if there is research."

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Class 10 dropout made the helicopter in his own backyard

India has always been known for the many things and this time it is in the headlines because a class 10 dropout developed a helicopter in his house's backyard. The news of such inventions primarily comes from institutes like IITs who do research on some extraordinary objects but this time, it is a man from Idukki, a small district in Kerala who is in the news for developing a helicopter in his own backyard.54-year old D Sadasivan, from Kerala Idukki hits the headlines for developing a twin-seater ultra-light aircraft by using the engine from Maruti car and other recycled materials. What makes this feat so great is the fact that this man has studied only up to class 10.How did he make it? It took sadasivan almost four years to create the helicopter.When he initially discussed the idea in the school where his daughter studies, the principal asked Sadasivan to build a model of the helicopter for showcasing in the school."I began to build the chopper after the school principal requested me to do so. In fact, he wanted me to build only a model of a helicopter to keep it the school. I thought why not make a fully-operational one," said Sadasivan.For build purpose he used the engine of Maruti 800 and a reduction gear box.He owns an engineering workshop from where he got the rest of the parts for the helicopter. Can the homemade helicopter fly? Upon asking the question he said that he needs month time before he can fly the machine. "I need to get clearance from various agencies for permission to fly. However, before that I can fly the chopper within the limits of the property I own" he said.

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Indian Educational Institutes faces a lack of qualified teachers

According to the senior faculty member at the art of living, one of the major shortcomings of the Indian Educational Institutes is the lack of qualified teachers. "The Indian education system is not so bad, it is the people who are teaching are failures. Unless there is the real passion for teaching and some sort of financial background, good teachers don't get into education," said Khurshed Batliwala "Ready Study Go" is the book written by Batliwala and Dinesh Ghodke. This easy to read book provide students with a road map on how they can excel in academics and how they can love the subjects which they are learning. "Most of the people who score 100 per cent in schools and colleges basically know nothing. There is a reason behind any and every logic, but the teachers, themselves being less knowledgeable are unable to generate the passion for learning, rather pushes for securing good grades" said Batliwala who has been associated with the Art of Living for 25 years. He further stressed the point that teachers need to be more creative and pro-active when it comes to imparting the knowledge to the students given in the text. "A teacher should bring up some creativity while teaching the school text books. Simply reading out the texts will never develop the logic's behind any syllabus. Innovation and practical approach will always help students to understand subjects in better way," said the 47-year old author. Instead of educating the child, parents must educate themselves first and start by asking the questions; why do we go to school, why do we learn various subjects, why do we clear the exams, why in the first place we are competing with someone else for good grades? What is this education all about and how exactly does it add quality in mine and my child life. Commenting on the hoard of getting good grades Batliwala suggested that merely securing good marks in the examination is not the proof that one is knowledgeable enough. "Grades cannot be a parameter to judge a student's capabilities. A certificate or a mark-sheet should not become the identity of a student. Though it is not easy to change this perception so quickly, yet the process has begun. Company like Google don't ask for mark-sheet rather they go for skill test," he quipped. When asked about his success mantra in short he said "Don't be scared of failures. Many people don't even try something new because they are scared of it. Learn to take risks and follow your heart."

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CBSE class 12 board exam: Accountancy paper analysis

CBSE successfully conducted the Accountancy exam of class 12 on March 29, 2017. Accountancy subject is an important part of the commerce stream and it also, opens immense career opportunities for the students of commerce streams such as business, CA, finance etc.Verdict of the students on the question paperMajority of students who appeared for the accountancy exam found section A to be the most difficult part of the exam as the section included a 4 mark question which was out of the syllabus.Analysis of the Accountancy exam Part A, which consisted of questions on partnership firm and companies has 17 questions in total.Part B consisted of 5 questions and questions were asked from Analysis of financial statements. Overall the exam was lengthy except for few questions which were unexpected. Journal entries were asked from admission and retirement which were unexpected and there was no question from comparative or common size statements which was totally expected.The questions from cash flow statement were easy and expected. Overall the exam was easy and most of the students attempted all questions.After the exam Twitter overflowed with the tweets showing various reactions and emotions from the students."Today's CBSE accountancy exam of class 12 was too difficult beyond our imagination. Take necessary steps!" has been posted by Shruti Dhingra (handle: ShrutiDhingra3)."Today's CBSE accountancy paper was so tough. Are these exams are for testing knowledge or ignorance?" (handle: RRS1409), another Twitter post by RAMASESHAN which questioned the difficulty of the question paper.

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Nitish: Post-Matric scholarship will continue for the SC ST and OBC

Nitish: Post-Matric scholarship will continue for the SC, ST and OBC

Post-Matric scholarships for the students from weaker section of the society such as SC, ST, OBC, BC (Backward class) and EBC (extremely backward classes) will continue to enable them to pursue higher studies. Nitish Kumar also made it clear that department is working diligently to make sure that these scholarships are given to genuine students who are enrolled in genuine institutions. It has happened in the past that the students enrolled in bogus institution have availed of scholarship which was meant for SC categories. "Misgivings are being spread vis-a-vis post-matriculation scholarship. It will continue till 2016-17. Those (students) who have been availing scholarships will continue to avail it (scholarship) till completion of their education," Kumar said. The CM also said " government will carry out study and review about the 'student credit card scheme' after the completion of 2017-18 in order to find out whether or not the scheme has benefitted students belonging to SC, ST, EBC and BC. It will be completely "optional" for students to avail of either 'Student Credit Card' facility or 'post matriculation scholarship. Students cannot avail the benefits of both the schemes.""We thought that we will not have to give scholarship to anyone as we have launched a universal credit card scheme for students. In education loan, the union ministry of HRD gives guarantee to banks on the loan while the state government gives guarantee to banks for not only the 'credit' but also gives guarantee on 'interest." the CM said

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Class 10 CBSE English Exam analysis

CBSE successfully conducted the English for class 10 on 30 March 2017 and as students came out of the center they were happy and elated. Clearly there was an air of satisfaction among the students by the time they were finished with the exam."The Assumptive Assessment II English Communicative 101 for the Std X students of the AISCE 2017 has definitely brought smiles to students", said Mrs Amrita Chaudhuri, PGT in English, Mother's Public School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The English communicative paper was divided into three sections and carried the total marks of 70 with all questions compulsory.The sections were as follows:Sec A - Reading 25 marksSec B - Writing and Grammar 25 marksSec C - Literature and Novel 25 marksAnalysis of the examThe exam was simple as the questions were direct and student friendly but the questions on vocabulary may have caused trouble for some students. The writing section was easy. It had two questions. The question on story writing was simple and easy as sufficient hints were provided along with the guidelines. The letter writing questions focused on regular social problem and students were able to tackle them easily. The Grammar section and the questions from novel were direct and simple even the comprehension section consisted of direct questions.Students themselves were happy with their performance in the exam and are expecting to score above 50 out of 70. The exam was simple as most of the students were able to complete the exam half hour before the actual time frame expired.

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One more exam center added for the upcoming CBSE NEET exam 2017

The central board of secondary education had recently added one more examination center for the upcoming CBSE NEET 2017 exam. The single entrance exam is conducted by the CBSE and is given by the students who wish to pursue the career in MBBS/BDS. The exam is approved by the Medical Council of India and Dental council of India. According to the latest notice released by the board another center has been added in Nanded (Maharashtra) making the total number to center 104 now. On March 24, 2017 the Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), Prakash Javadekar said that the NEET will be conducted in 23 new centers across the country. According to the reports CBSE decided to add new centers as some states governments such as Tami Nadu rejected the NEET exam due to the inaccessibility of the exam centers for the students from the rural areas.Further, as many as 11,35,104 candidates have registered for the exam which is 41.42 percent more than previous year. In 2016, 8,02,594 registered for the NEET. With the increase in the number of centers for the NEET exam, NEET has equivalent number of centers as JEE (Main) exam. This year the exam will be held in 10 languages- Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujrati, Tamil, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, Odia and Kannada.

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Aadhaar card in mid-day meal scheme revealed 4.4 lakh ghost students

Earlier, in the month of March, HRD ministry issued a notification which made the possession of Aadhaar card compulsory for the students and the rule is applicable across the country except for the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Meghalaya. In the process to register all the school children under the Aadhaar card scheme, a total of 4.4 lakh ghost students were recognized from the schools in the states Jharkhand, Manipur and Andhra Pradesh. Under the mid-day meal scheme government provides free lunch to students of class 1 to 8 on all working days. According to the reports " data revealed that from the total enrollment of 13.16 crore children, 10.03 crore children availed midday meal on an average basis in 11.50 lakh schools during 2015-16 and the linking of the aadhaar card with the mid-day meal scheme would exclude beneficiaries from the child nutrition scheme." According to the reports many schools in the states Jharkhand, Manipur and Andhra Pradesh have been showing non-existent students on their rolls.Status of children state wiseAndhra Pradesh: According to the reports, the state had 2.1 lakh fake students.Jarkhand: According to the reports, 2.2 lakh fake students have been deleted from the schools.Manipur: The state has 1500 fake students which have been deleted.According to the other reports, only 30 percent of the 11 crore students, which are enrolled in the class 1 to 8 in government schools have Aadhaar card.

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Delhi schools blackmailing parents for fee hikes

A school is a place where parents send their children for right guidance so that one day their ward can become a responsible citizen of the society. In India, schools particularly have been given quite an importance since the ancient times as they were known as 'temple of learning.' But, this is so not the case with the schools located in the National capital of the country. According to some reports thousands of parents were protesting outside the gates of the private schools as they were seeking a logical explanation for the sudden fee hike in the school fee. Many schools in Delhi and Noida have raised their fee without giving any prior notice to the parents. Also, no comment or conversation on the turmoil from the school authorities makes the situation even more suspicious. These educational institutes have become worst nightmare of many parents as they are looking to fulfill their unethical demands by putting the ward's future in danger. These schools are going against the CBSE norms as the affiliated schools are increasing the fee up to 50 percent a year whereas according to the guidelines the fee can only be increased after three years and up to 10 percent only. Talking to the reporters agonized parents said that school authorities owe an explanation to the parents about where their hard earned money is being utilized. Parents blamed schools as the facilities in the schools are not up to the mark and instead of acting as educational temple they are simply acting as money making machines. These schools are also accused of conducting the classes in congested basements which are actually storehouses.Instead of resolving the situation the schools are more focused on causing the turmoil as they are asking for the annual development charges from the parents who are seeking TC of their ward. Parents feel that situation is dicey and fishy as there is lack of communication from the side of the school authorities. There is no need to maintain the communication gap if the schools are working for the betterment of the students and if their demands are genuine, many parents think.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

How organisations stay a step ahead in the times of digital transformation

The ever changing, versatile business environment is one where the word constant doesn’t exist. Globally there has been a remarkable trend of transformations in the business sector resulting in the ev...

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Indian student applicants applying to US universities dropped in numbers

US universities are registering a significant drop in the number of applicants from India due to the following reasons: Spate of hate crimesFear of changes in the visa policyTrump administration According to the results of the survey, American Higher Education Groups registered a drop of 26% in undergraduate applications and 15 percent in the graduate applications. However, the full version of the report is due and will be released later this week. The report mentioned that India and China collectively constitutes the 47 percent of the US international student enrollment. China reported a drop of 25 percent in the undergraduate studies and 32 percent from the graduate studies. The two major concerns for the students and their families are: Rise in the student visa denials at the US and China embassiesThe perception that the atmosphere in US is now less welcoming The concerns of the family and students are also related the restrictions around visas which can impact the ability to travel, re-entry after travel and employment opportunities. "I'd say the rhetoric and actual executive orders are definitely having a chilling effect on decisions by current applicants/admitted students, and by extension are likely to affect future applicants as well," Wim Wiewel, Portland State's president, who was recently in India told Inside Higher Education. Demonetization in India and weak value of the Indian Rupee against the Indian Dollar are also the factors contributing to the drop in Indian students in the US according to the Wiewel. "However, we were struck by how much US higher education is still considered the holy-grail, and that especially in the southern half of India almost every middle class family seems to have a relative in the US... Thus, if nothing too bad happens in the future we will recover from this, but people are watching," he noted.

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HCL hiring directly after class 12

HCL is adding a little twist in the placement process, as it is hiring the kids directly after class 12, straight out of the school. According to the reports, other companies who offer placement after the college education, HCL is now hiring the students straight out of the school after the class 12. The company will train them to be the IT professionals who in turn will work for the company. Speaking about this new change the Vice-President of HCL technologies said " The program aims to provide opportunities to bright students who do not have access to the right jobs. This will also help the company to create a dedicated workforce. We are looking at on-boarding young minds." Details of the recruitment process According to the reports HCL will hire 200 students after class 12 and will train them for a year. The training will begin from April and after that all candidates will be given entry level software jobs. How students can apply: Students need to have minimum 85 percent in the class 12 board exam and for the CBSE students this percentage is 80 percent. What the students will learn In their early months of training, students will be given teaching in combination of basic engineering courses which will include: Application developmentSoftware testingApplication supportInfrastructure management services In the last three months 100 students will be send to the Lucknow and Madurai training centers for on-the-job training purposes. Salary offered Once students have completed the program successfully they will be paid a salary of INR 1.8 lakh per annum.

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CBSE class 12 Computer Science board exam analysis

On March 27, 2017 CBSE successfully conducted the exam of Computer Science for class 12 on various examination centers. It was the last elective exam for the students of the science stream and according to the feedback from the students and teachers the question paper was not difficult and any student who prepared well for the exam can easily score more than 85 marks in the exam. Overall difficulty level of the paper Since this was the last exam for the students of the science stream they were actually pretty nervous and tensed before the exam began. But as the question papers were handed to them they felt relieved as the exam was not a nightmare from their dreams. In fact, many students found the exam to be simple, straightforward and they found it to be the easiest of all the exams. Overall analysis of the exam Each question paper was divided into three sections namely A, B and C. Total number of questions were 7. While section C was compulsory there was choice between Section A and Section B. Section A: It was based on C++ programming. Majority of questions were from objects, coding and output. Any student good with the logical programming skills would have found the section easy. Section B: This section was for the candidates with Python Programming and questions in this section simple and straight too. Section C: Section C was compulsory for all students and had questions from networking, SQL and Boolean algebra. Questions were simple and any student who had gone through the CBSE sample papers, would have found the questions simple.

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Haryana government planning to say good bye to the school bags

The Haryana government is trying to come up with a scheme under which books of the students will be kept in the school and they won't have to carry their bags. From the commencing academic session the scheme will initially be implemented by the government in 50 schools. PK Das, additional chief secretary School Education, said "the education department has always worked towards fostering stress-free and joyful atmosphere in schools so that students may develop further interest in studies." Positive response to the new scheme "The scheme will be implemented throughout the state after the success of the pilot project. Giving harsh punishments to children is inhuman and would not be tolerated. For the last few months Saturdays were being observed as bag-free "Joyful Saturday" in schools in the state, which had received overwhelming response. Such programs not only strengthen the teacher-student relationship, but also make the learning atmosphere stress-free" Das said. Das also urged teacher to implement the various schemes launched by the department and said that "Pravesh Utsav should be observed in the schools at the beginning of the academic session." He also said "April should be devoted to learning through play under the Class Readiness Program." Directions from CBSE Few months back in order to reduce the pressure on the students CBSE directed the affiliated schools to ensure that students up to class 2 do not carry the bags and CBSE also told schools to put restrictions on the number of books prescribed from classes 1-8.

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HRD Minister Javadekar: Indian Education Institutes should focus on research for the growth of the country

Speaking through video conference on the occasion of convocation of a private management institute, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar motivated Indian Education institutes to focus more on the research in order to become the part of India's growth story. "India needs expertise in all sectors to manage the economy. We need to realize that in order to be part of growth story of India, education institute need to focus on research," he said. On the growth of Indian Economy Javadekar further added "As the economy grows, we need good leaders and better managers from our educational institute. Management institutes will provide training to the students to manage the economy of India." On the occasion Javadekar also interacted with the students of the institution and discussed with them the various problems faced by the Indian Economy. He also discussed about the various skill building and employment generating projects which are undertaken by the center. Ved Prakash, UGC chairperson, was the guest of honor for the convocation and said "Institutes of learning are the most enduring organizations in the world and they have taken the society to the next stage of development." During the question-answer hour the HRD minister said that 10,000 vacant posts in Kendriya Vidyalayas will be filled by the government this year.

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New placement policy of UPES to encourage entrepreneurship

Keeping the needs of today's youth in mind, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies announced two new initiatives, on-campus and off-campus. The new placement policy is especially for those students who wish to take entrepreneurial route in their life. More about the policy Under this new policy the students of UPES will be given placement support even after two years of graduating in case they wish to do a job for any reason.UPES is also all ready to open experience zones at three locations in Delhi/NCR which will help youngsters in taking the right and informational decisions when it comes to choosing the educational courses.Counselors from UPES will be available at all the three centers who will guide the students by clearing their doubts. The university currently offers programs in high growth sectors like oil and gas, power, infrastructure, IT, design, planning and architecture, public policy, legal studies and more. All these courses have been designed by keeping the contemporary needs of the respective sectors. In order to make sure that course are completely aligned with the needs of the industry UPES: Has academic collaborations with the IBM, Xebia IT Architects L&T.Invites industry professionals to conduct workshops and interact with the students on regular basis. Words of the CEO, President UPES: "With the new placement policy in place, we urge our students to follow their entrepreneurial dreams by giving them a choice to return to their alma mater for placement support. UPES already has an incubation center at campus that provides end-to-end assistance and guidance to students who want to do something of their own. We encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in our students as it is not just about running a successful business; entrepreneurial skills are required if you are in a job or even in day-to-day life."

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Saturday, March 25, 2017

How to study for CBSE exams during the gaps?

Board exams are important as they are used to judge the student's capacity and capability for the coming future. These exams are spread over the months of March and April and usually have sufficient off days between two consecutive exams. These gaps are important for the making last minute preparations but are also the root cause of anxiety in students puts a lot of students in confusion as how they should prepare for the exam. Below are some last minute preparation tips for the CBSE exams. During the exam gaps keep yourself organized by keeping all the necessary items on the work space such as notes, previous year papers, sample papers, NCERT textbooks etc. You will save some time from running back and forth in search of these things.Design your timetable and assign specific hours to each topic. Even if you are proficient in any topic do not overlook it during the exam time. Spend your time on topics carefully as you don’t have much to spend.Set small goals for each day and do what is necessary to complete those goals. By doing this you will have a sense of achievement and this will help in erasing the tension.Follow a healthy diet chart and refrain from eating any type of junk food from outside. Keeping yourself healthy during the exams is as important as preparing for the exam. Most students do compromise on sleep but rest is as equally important as hard work.NCERT text books are designed to cover every aspect of the exams so pay special attention to them. You can still follow other books but to be on right track NCERT books are your best friend. Go through examples, fact boxes and unsolved questions. All the best for the upcoming exams.

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Compulsion of Marathi as a subject till class 12 demanded by NSC Maharashtra

Education minister Vinod Tawde was approached by few NSC activists who put forward their demand of making Marathi Language a compulsory subject in the Junior college. Amole Matele Mumbai president of NCS said " In Maharashtra, all state board schools have Marathi compulsory right from Class 1 to Class 10. We have demanded that this should be extended upto Junior college (up to Class 12)." According to Matele, Marathi despite being a state language has suffered a lot. Shutting down of Marathi schools "States like Tamil Nadu put a lot of effort to preserve their language. However, in Maharashtra, Marathi schools are gradually closing down," Matele said. He added, "In Junior college Marathi is offered as an optional subject against many other subjects, hence students give up Marathi for other subjects. We have now demanded that like English, Marathi be made compulsory in Junior colleges across the state." Tawde said, "The students' activists met me and have put forth their demand. We will look into the matter, discuss it with the state board, experts before taking any call on the issue. Meanwhile, I want to clarify that it is not true that we are not taking any efforts preserve Marathi language."

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Clash between police and JNU students during the protest

As students of JNU were protesting and demanding to meet the UGC chairman, minor clashes took place between police and students from Jawaharlal Nehru University. In order to prevent the protesting students from storming the UGC office, police placed barricades and warning signs and when police tried to force the students to retreat from the barricade, clashes occurred and in the heat of the event some students got roughed up by the police. "We just want to meet the (UGC) Chairman. Police are not even letting us convey this message to him inside. We mean to protest peacefully," former JNU Student Union President Kanhaiya Kumar. The students were protesting against the university's decision to reduce the number of seats in M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses. The decision came in after UGC put the cap on the number of students a faculty member can take under its supervision as a result of which 1000 plus seats have been reduced to 102. Earlier in the day students also protested on the Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, which resulted in the long trail of jammed automobiles."We were forced to protest on the road since the police weren't allowing us to do so outside the UGC then," a JNU student told IANS.

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Medical colleges to get additional 5000 postgraduate seats

A total of additional 5000 seats have been added in medical institutions and the allocated budget has been increased by 28% for the health sector in the commencing fiscal year. Commenting on the same JP Nadda said " the government has taken a number of steps to improve the health sector in the country including creation of 5,000 additional PG seats in medical institutions." “There has been 27.7% more allocation to the health sector in the 2017-18 budget. We are also planning to allocate 2.5% of the GDP to the health sector in phase- wise,” he said during Question Hour. The minister said that center has been offering help to the states so that they can improve the infrastructure and institutions in the sector of health but, states need to allocates and spend those funds wisely. State governments have also taken number of initiatives in order to increase the number of doctors in rural areas for which central government is providing the support. Nada said" the number of patients visiting central government hospitals and institutions, including the AIIMS here, for surgery and treatment was much larger compared to their handling capacity in terms of number of beds, manpower and other resources." He further told "Despite availability of huge infrastructure and other services in these hospitals, there is a waiting period for certain procedures due to the ever-increasing pressure on infrastructure and available manpower in these hospitals which varies from department to department in these hospitals."

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HRD Ministry: Mid-day meal for all Aadhaar card or not

Congress leader Motilal Vohra, in Rajya Sabha, raised the issue of making aadhaar card compulsory by saying that under the mid-day meal scheme government has made it necessary. He also said that almost 12 crore children are enrolled under the mid-day meal scheme and it looks like the government is looking forward to take away the free food from them. Proving the Motilal Vohra's accusations wrong, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said that all beneficiaries enrolled under the mid-day meal scheme will get the benefits of the mid-day meal and government will make sure that they also get the 12 digit UID. "I want to tell this House that no one will be deprived of mid-day meals. Everybody will get mid-day meal and they will get Aadhaar card as well," the Minister said. He said that large number of beneficiaries if not majority of them have the aadhaar cards and facilities will made to enroll the remaining students under the UID scheme as well and in cases where it is not possible to create Aadhaar card facilities, UIDs will be provided to the students by the state government. Earlier in a bid to ensure the transparency and increased efficiency in mid-day meal scheme, HRD ministry had made the Aadhaar card mandatory for the school children. The mid-day meal is a school meal program by the government of India to make sure that school going children receives the proper nutrition value nationwide.

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23 new cities added to CBSE NEET 2017

In a recent announcement related to the latest updates for the upcoming NEET 201 exam, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told that the exam will be conducted in 23 new cities across the country. The exam is conducted for getting admissions into courses like MBBS/BDS in medical/dental colleges which are running with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. New cities were added because various state governments such as Tamil Nadu rejected the NEET exam as exam centers were inaccessible to the students of rural areas. Most recent NEET exam updates The NEET exam will be conducted in six additional languages from the commencing 2017-18 session.The new six languages in the exam will be Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu and Tamil. The exam is scheduled to be held on May 7. Following is the list of 23 new NEET cities from where the exam will be conducted. Andhra Pradesh: GunturAndhra Pradesh: TirupatiGujarat: AnandGujarat: BhavnagarGujarat: GandhinagarKarnataka: DavangiriKarnataka: HubliKarnataka: MysoreKarnataka: UdipiKerala: KannurKerala: ThrissurMaharashtra: AhmednagarMaharashtra: AmravatiMaharashtra: KolhapurMaharashtra: SataraPunjab: AmritsarRajasthan: JodhpurTamil Nadu: NamakkalTamil Nadu: TirunelveliTamil Nadu: VelloreUttar Pradesh: GorakhpurWest Bengal: HowrahWest Bengal: Kharagpur Important dates related to the exam Admit cards uploading date: April 15Date of examination: May 7Result declaration: June 8

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Delhi's Education Budget and its figures

Delhi's government released its third budget on March 8 for the year 2017-18. Giving special emphasis on education, Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia said "We are increasing the education budget every year, whereas the central government, irrespective of the political party in power, has been decreasing the percentage of budget allocation for education every year." Expenditure figures on education sector According to the reports, this year's framed figure is 23.5 percent, which is slightly less than the figure of the previous year which was 23.9 percent.In comparison to the past governments AAP government has spent the significant amount on the education sector. The expenditure has moved from INR 9,884 cr. to INR 11,300 cr.Since 2000-01 the spending share on education sector has been less than 20 percent, according to the RBI.According to the reports "states like Meghalaya, Assam and Bihar, which come under the poor states, had allocated 27.8 per cent and 25.5 per cent of their budgetary spending for education in 2014-15, while Bihar had spent 23.7 per cent of its budget on education in 2000-01." AAP government's other initiatives to raise the education Last year, the government encouraged the people to read and teach from September 5 to November 14.According to the reports, 22 percent managed to read their Hindi textbook but only 43 percent were capable of reading a complete paragraph.Students were encouraged to study and teachers to complete their syllabus on time.

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CBSE class 12 History board exam analysis

CBSE successfully conducted the class 12 History exam in March 23. Although, it is difficult for everyone to remember the name, events and dates of history, this year students have a different experience in the exam. Student's reaction According to the reports, the questions in exam were straight except for the questions based on map. Many students are expecting to score above 75 marks. Analysis of the exam Part A of the exam consisted of three question and each was of two marks. This part was scoring as it was easy.Part B had seven questions each of which was of four marks. The internal choices were given in the questions and they were simple.Part C consisted of three questions and each was of eight marks. This part consisted of direct but lengthy question.Part D was comprised of source based question and it contained three questions of seven marks each. Questions were analytical in nature but students were able to dig the answers out from within the question.Part E had map based questions and according to some students the questions were tricky as they were unable to mark certain places in the questions. About CBSE The CBSE is a board of education for the public and private schools and it conducts its functions the Union Government of India. The board has the responsibility of conducting the final exams for class 10 and 12 every year in the month of March.

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CBSE: Students to lose grade on missing the Independence Day celebration

CBSE made a new announcement under which it mandated the class 6 to 9 students to attend the Independence and Republic Day celebration in order to get the grades.A teacher in conversation with HT said "this announcement is part of the new uniform assessment pattern which requires schools to assess students on their sincerity, attitude towards society, nation and other factors, which are hard to quantify. According to the new system, discipline has been separated from scholastic activities and will be graded separately." The grading system The grades will be given to students on three point basis with 'A' equal to 'outstanding', 'B' equal to 'very good' and 'C qualifying as fair.' However, this new move of CBSE has left many teachers and principals of many schools puzzled. "How can you judge anybody on sincerity?" asked Deepshikha Srivastava, the principal of Rajhans Vidyalaya in Andheri. "The best we can do is to ask the teachers to make a note in the calendar if the child behaves in an extremely anti-social manner," she added. Under this new announcement each school is supposed to come with its own mechanism to judge but this will become a hindrance in the process of standardization, said a principal. "Every school will do it differently. Some might mark students for attending national days, while others on their interactions with other kids," said Avnita Bir, principal of RN Podar School in Santacruz. "Under the CCE scheme, children used to love coming to school as we conduct several activities to make learning fun," said Raj Aloni, principal, Ram Sheth Thakur Public School in Kharghar. He added, "The formative assessments were fun and the focus was on all-round development."

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Changes in the engineering syllabi suggested by AICTE to meet the needs of the industries

In an attempt to meet and fulfill the needs of industries, a committee of subject experts has been set up by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), which will help in revising and formulating the new syllabus for engineering in India. The committee is in charge of revising the existing syllabi and suggesting the needful changes. Seeing the falling employment of the engineering graduates, AICTE decided to take the step. Meeting industry needs Working in the same direction, AICTE has issued regulations under which a single entrance exam for getting admissions in the engineering colleges was approved. The single entrance exam is named as NEEM (National Entrance Exam). HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar also asked engineering colleges to revise their engineering curriculum keeping the needs and standards of industry in mind. A dedicated committee to revise the syllabus The committee consists of sub-groups of experts of different subjects and each subgroup is headed by a professor from IIT.Prior to all this, AICTE had a model curriculum which used to serve as a base for the universities for preparing their own syllabus. For the first time in nine years, a committee of experts is all set to revise the existing syllabus and any suggestions in this regard will be submitted after summer vacation, just in time for the new academic session. Pradipta Banerji, former IIT-Roorkee director, welcomed the AICTE's decision to revise the syllabus and said "The crucial part is - it will be done in consultation with the industry. Most engineers remain unemployed because their skills are not in sync with industry requirements." "The fields of engineering and technology undergo changes every day, and we need to keep up with their requirements. Students need to have skills required by the industry. Some of the institutes are still teaching decades- old syllabi and using obsolete teaching tools," said a senior official from the human resource development (HRD) ministry. "There has to be a constant dialogue between educational institutes and the industry. Each institution, while applying for approval, will have to mandatorily certify the completion of this process. If they fail to do so, action will be taken against them," he added.

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UGC made Aadhaar card mandatory for students to get their degrees

In an another attempt by the government to make the admission process more transparent and free of fraud applicants, University Grants Commission (UGC) has made inclusion of Aadhaar number in degrees and certificates mandatory for the students. In addition to this UGC has also directed the universities to include the picture of the student. A certain report suggests that UGC, in light of the Finance bill passed in Lok Sabha, has made the changes.Government has also made aadhaar number mandatory for filling the taxes. More information on the report An official said "This notice from UGC comes in addition to the security features included in the degrees presented to students."UGC secretary, JS Sandhu, also directed the universities to include student's photograph and aadhaar number on certificates and degrees issued by the university to the student. Benefits of adding Aadhaar number Adding aadhaar number will bring uniformity and transparency in the system of higher education across the country.Mark sheets and certificates with security features will prevent the duplication. What universities need to do? "You are also requested to inscribe the name of the institution in which a student is enrolled as well as the mode of delivery (regular, part-time or distance)," Sandhu said. He further added "The standards applied for accreditation will be qualitative and can be adapted and applied to any of the types of educational institutions affiliated. The awarding of accreditation will signify that the school has met standards at an acceptable level and is willing to both maintain those standards and to improve in areas pointed out to them."

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

CBSE to introduce framework to accredit schools

The CBSE is likely to come up with a framework for all its affiliated schools to accredit them. The step is being taken to make sure that schools are still focusing on the quality of education rather than focusing on fancy buildings. The board has already approached the quality council of India, an autonomous body whose job is to establish and operate national accreditation structure, in this regard. "CBSE has asked QCI to draft an approach paper to grade schools with more weightage to criterion like academic performance and learning outcomes, and reduce weightage to fancy infrastructure," an official said.This is not for the first time that CBSE is trying to come up with such framework for the schools. In 2012, the board launched the School Quality Assessment and Accreditation, under which 12 agencies were given the duty to access and rate the schools but, later the project was junked. "Unlike popular magazines, this will not involve ranking institutions, but rather, will establish a level of acceptable quality for all accredited schools while respecting the unique missions of the institutions involved. The standards applied for accreditation will be qualitative and can be adapted and applied to any of the types of educational institutions affiliated. The awarding of accreditation will signify that the school has met standards at an acceptable level and is willing to both maintain those standards and to improve in areas pointed out to them," the official said.

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CBSE: 2 semester system from class 6 onwards to help students prepare for the board exams

In order to help students to prepare for the board exams, CBSE has introduced a uniform assessment scheme which will be followed by all the schools affiliated to the CBSE. The scheme set forth a 2 semester system with half yearly and annual examinations from class 6 on wards. According to the reports, two periodic tests of marks 10 will be conducted every semester under the new system. According to CBSE the new assessment scheme will lead to the improvement in the education quality and will also prepare the students for class 10 board exams. This scheme will also aid the students to migrate easily from one school another. Why the new scheme? CBSE chairman RK Chaturvedi said, "To make students more confident about facing the Class 10 board examinations when they join the upper- primary stage in Class 6, we have decided to implement a uniform system of assessment, examination pattern and report cards." According to officials different school follows different kind of assessment and therefore issue different kinds of report cards to their students. "Due to disparities in the system, students from classes 6 to 9 face several problems whenever they migrate to another school. It has become imperative to have a uniform system that makes things easier for students and other stakeholders. It will help solve migratory issues between CBSE schools as well as other educational institutions," a senior official said. About 2-semester system Two periodic tests each of marks 10 will be conductedHalf-yearly written exam will be of 80 marksMarks will also be provided for the notebook submissionFor the annual exam students will be assessed on the 10 percent syllabus from the previous semester and complete from the second.Students from class 6 to 9 will get the grades from A1(91-100) to E(32 and below)

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Class 10 CBSE science board exam review: Easy and straightforward paper based on NCERT

The CBSE board exams for class 10 and 12 began on March 9 and yesterday, students of class 10 appeared for second major exam, Science. Around 19,85,397 students from class 10 as 12 are appearing for their board exams this year. Student's reaction Questions were all direct and an average student can easily score between 50 to 60 percent in the exam. The questions were based on NCERT and almost all students attended 80 percent of the paper. The diagrams were all from NCERT and easiest section to attempt was the chemistry.According to the reports students were quite happy with the science paper. They were satisfied with, how CBSE has framed the exam and majority of them are expecting marks above 75. In a conversation, students of Ramjas school Delhi said that physics contained some tricky questions otherwise exam was simple and straightforward.The duration of exam was 3 hours i.e. from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Initially 15 minutes were given to the students to read the question paper thoroughly. The paper was distributed to the students on 10:15 am. The CBSE class 10 Science exam was divided into two sections namely A and B. Section A comprised of theoretical part and carried the weight age of 70 marks while section B comprised of MCQs and carried the weight age of 20 marks.

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Free Wi-Fi facilities to be launched in Bihar colleges and universities

After inaugurating the Bihar Entrepreneurs meet "Startup Bihar" 2017, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said "tomorrow on the occasion of state's Foundation Day celebrations, his ambitious program to provide free Wi-Fi facilities in colleges and universities will be launched." He said, "The program of providing free Wi-Fi facilities in all colleges and universities is going to start from tomorrow." Providing free Wi-Fi service in universities and colleges is one resolve of good governance under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Requirement of Wi-Fi "It's an era of internet and youth need it to download knowledge materials. So, the government has decided to provide free Wi-Fi facilities to all colleges and universities of the state," the Chief Minister said. He also said that in order to help young entrepreneurs in starting their venture the government of Bihar has taken several initiatives."Incubation center is being established in different educational institutions in the state to help young entrepreneurs," he said. Industries Minister Jai Kumar Singh and Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh also attended the function. Startup in Bihar Any entity incorporated or registered in Bihar no more than 5 years ago and has an annual not exceeding INR 25 cr. in any preceding financial year and is working towards innovation, development, deployment or commercialization of new products, processes or services driven by technology or intellectual rights is knows as a startup.

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To ensure transparency and prevent cheating in board exams Bihar government may conduct exams online

On Tuesday, Bihar Chief Minister told about the Bihar government's plan to introduce the online board exams in order to bring transparency and prevent cheating during the exams. He said that government is all set to bring the new exam pattern into effect by making the tests and evaluations online.As per the reports, he said "This will bring for overall transparency and to end chances of manual interference.'' He further added, "We are also mulling online evaluation by taking information like questions asked, the name of the evaluator, answers and model answers to the online system." Topper's scam In 2016, Bihar's government reputation was slandered when topper's scam came into light which exposed mafia's involvement in the state's education system. This year as well, the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) paper was leaked due to which the exam had to be cancelled. BSSC paper leak led to the disapproval of as many 56 intermediate colleges and their affiliations were cancelled as the exam muckrake came into light. Nitish Kumar said"in last few years, the state government had worked hard to improve the education sector, particularly school education, but due to vested interest of some people, the sector has earned a bad name."

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State wide education program launched by Kerala Government for the transgender community

In an attempt to uplift the transgender community and to provide them equal opportunities, Kerala government has decided to come up with an education program for the community. In India, Kerala is the first state with transgender policy which aim at ending the social stigma towards this sexual minority group and help them with non-discrimination and justice. Moving forward in the direction of education, a 10 day long state wide survey was also launched by the Kerala government. The main purpose of the survey is take the head count of the community members across Kerala. P S Sreekala, director of state Literacy Mission which conducts the education program and survey, said "it is a first-of-its-kind venture being carried out for the minority group in the country.The Literacy Mission already has its equivalency course and other programs. We are planning to bring the TGs under this program," Transgender survey "As an initial step, we have launched a state-wide TG survey. With its completion, we will get a clear picture about the total number of people belonging to the minority group in each district," she said. The special classes for the TG community will organized with the help of civic authorities. Other minority sections State Education Minister C Raveendranath said "the core objective of the literacy program is to create a society without marginal sections.""The existing syllabus in the program will be followed in the case of TGs also," Sreekala said. However, the government doesn’t intend to stop with the TG community as government also has the plans to bring other marginal sections of the society such as migrant workers and coastal people under this education program. In recent times Kerala has come up with TG friendly initiatives for uplifting them and to bring them into the main society. These initiatives ensure TG community, equal access to social and economic opportunities, resources and services, right to equal treatment under the law, right to live life without violence and equal rights in decision making bodies.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Class 10 students caught cheating on camera in UP Board class 10 math exam

"History does repeat itself". This idiom cannot be truer when one looks at the UP board class 10 board exam. This time class 10 students were found cheating with open books. According to the reports, this time several students were caught cheating on camera. Some of the students were copying from each other and others have opened the books in order to cheat in the exam. Few students also went outside the examination hall in order to exchange the notes. More on the report According to the reports class 10th students appeared for the Math exam.During the exam both boys and girls were found cheating.Students were seen copying from carbon copies, books and each other during the exam.Students also carried open books for the purpose of cheating during the exam. Last year also, UP came into limelight for the impudent practice of cheating during the examinations. Last year the cheating was caught by local people from Fatepur Sikri based Mahatma Kapil Dev Inter College. Similar cases also took place at Jagner area of Janta Inter College, B N Saraf and Ram Ram Singh Inter college where students scaled the institution walls and passed chits to the examinees for the purpose of cheating. Following the reports of cheating, UP board has decided to re-examine the answer sheets of all candidates who scored more than 90% in their class 12 or 10 exams conducted this year.This year, UP Board has made all preparations in order to tackle cheating during the examination centers by installing CCTV cameras at all examination centers. But, reports suggest that either cameras are not functioning properly or thee are inadequate in number in order to cover all children appearing for the examination purpose.

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Option of pursuing PhD through distance education mode is no longer available: UGC circular

UGC issued a circular stating that any PhD degree obtained through distance mode of education will no longer be valid. It further stated that only full-time and part-time programs will be recognized as degrees.The decision came as UGC said that in order to maintain standards in higher education PhD should be regular mode only. The decision was announced on February 22 in a meeting. ''PhD degrees which are pursued either full time or part time will be treated as degrees awarded through regular mode, provided these are in conformity with the existing statutes/ byelaws/ ordinances etc. However, the PhD acquired under distance mode is not permitted.'' UGC issued another circular asking Colleges to upload the information on PhDs received by their staff and students with special mention to mode under which they were pursued. Colleges have been directed to share this information with the UGC ASAP. Most of the registered universities offered PhDs only in regular mode or part-time mode with the exception of few open universities like Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as well as Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU). M A Khan, Registrar, MU said, ''We only allow full-time research students (with or without scholarship) or those who work on it part-time, but definitely never a distance program," said M A Khan, registrar, MU''.

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Gujarat Board Exams: Students caught cheating; FIR lodged against class 10 student

Cheating is going all high as this is exam time and India. With cases sprouting one after another, one more case came into light in Gujarat in which students from class 10 and 12 were caught cheating. In recent case over 20 students were caught cheating during the exams which were being conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. According to the latest reports, District Education Officer, Ahmedabad, N M Mehta confirmed that FIR has been lodged against class 10 examinee. The examinee is a student of Doon School of Achievers in Maninager. During the math exam on Monday, the examinee was caught when he was copying answers with the help of his cellphone in Ahmedabad center. One student each from Ahmedabad and Surendranagar and two from Rajkot were caught during class 12 general stream, Economics Exam. Irked by the heedless attitude of the school authority and academic staff, Saurashtra University slapped the school principal and teachers of KK Parekh Commerce College with a hefty amount fine of Rs 12 lakh as they allowed mass cheating during the board exams.

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India to launch its first sign language dictionary in both print and video format

India is all geared up to release its first sign language dictionary, which is being developed by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center (ISLRTC). The dictionary is first of its kind and aims at bringing the uniformity in sign languages used by hearing and speech impaired people. Features of the sign language dictionary So far the dictionary consists of 6,032 Hindi and English words along with the corresponding graphic representation of the signs which are used in daily life.The dictionary is under development and will be released in both print and video format.This dictionary will bring uniformity in language among 50 lakh hearing impaired people and 20 lakh speech impaired people in the country as they will get a uniform language to communicate with each other.The dictionary will include about 6,000 words n English and Hindi from every possible aspect of life such as legal, medical, technical and academic.Every word in the dictionary will be accompanied by its illustration and video counterpart. i On the occasion of inaugurating a two-day national conference titled 'Empowering Deaf through Indian Sign language', Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said " A comprehensive Indian Sign Language Dictionary is the need of the hour to facilitate communication between the hearing and speech impaired and create a basic database for further policy making."

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DU will fill 9000 empty ad-hoc posts this year: Prakash Javadekar

DU will fill 9,000 empty ad-hoc posts this year: Prakash Javadekar

HRD minister Prakash Javadekar recently announced about DU getting ready to fill 9,000 ad-hoc teaching posts this year in the University. When asked that there is no such provision about the part time employment, he said that government is trying to make all the ad-hoc posts permanent. Javadekar said "temporary and ad-hoc teachers receive the same salary as Assistant Professors and there is no discrimination between them." Reasons behind such decisions "Now, the solution is that within one year, all these posts will be made permanent and not temporary,"Javadekar said during the Question Hour. He further added "the government wants to fill up all the vacancies and has been monitoring the teacher recruitment process for the same reason." "As far as the Delhi University is concerned, now we have solved the problem which was pending for 10 years and we are tracking it every month," he said He also told that government is mandating that every 15 days the vacancies in all 41 DU universities be notified. The information regarding all this will soon be made available on the University Grants Commission's (UGC) official website.

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