Education and Career

Attrition rate has drastically fallen in the IT, ITeS and the BPO sector thereby coming down to the levels of about 15-20 per cent during the last six months of calendar year 2012 as against about 55-60 per cent attrition rate during the corresponding period last year, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) stated on Saturday.
Rate of attrition at all levels of the organisation has seen a fall ranging between 45-50 per cent between January-June, mostly due to a fragile global economy, according to a recent industry specific survey carried out by the Assocham.

The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has made all arrangements for the smooth conduct of Group IV examination across the State on August 11-12.
Talking to media persons, APPSC secretary Poonam Malakondaiah said that 9,58,333 candidates have applied for the Group IV examination against the total posts of 1,335.
She said that the examination would be conducted in the 2629 centres across the State. She asked the aspirants to download their hall tickets from the commission’s website www.appsc.gov.in

The army is giving training in vehicle driving to the unemployed youth of remote mountainous areas in Rajouri and Reasi districts of Jammu and Kashmir under ‘Operation Sadbhavna’ (goodwill).

“A driving training exercise is being organised for the unemployed youths of Talwara, Reasi and areas of Rajouri district under Operation Sadbhavna (goodwill). It will enable them to get jobs or start self-employment ventures,” an army spokesman said.

The group consists of 25 youths who are given hands-on practical training with a good student-teacher ratio.

Promising quality education and bright job prospects, 18 educational institutes from Australia are touring six cities of India as part of an “education fair”.

According to Tom Calder, trade commissioner of the Australian Trade Commission, eight Australian universities were ranked among the top 100 in the world in 2011.

“We also have lower unemployment rates compared to the United States or the United Kingdom. An Indian student with an Australian qualification will easily get employed there,” Calder told IANS here.

“The universities also offer job assistance,” he said.

In a bid to resolve the dispute over land allotted to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus in Murshidabad, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the varsity will be provided with 273 acres of land for setting up the institution.

Initially, during the Left Front regime, the Aligarh Muslim University was allotted 288 acres of land to set up its campus in Murshidabad district. But later on, problems cropped up over 15 acres of land within the allocated 288 acres over compensation and some political issues.

Girls and boys start grade school with different approaches to arithmetic problems – girls favour a slow and accurate approach and boys a faster but more error-prone approach.

The girls’ approach gives them an early advantage, but by the end of the sixth grade, boys had surpassed the girls, a study by the University of Missouri says.

The study found that boys showed more preference for solving arithmetic problems by reciting an answer from memory, whereas girls were more likely to compute the answer by counting.

The Kerala government has given its approval to set up of a Rs.300 crore hospital and medical college in which the diaspora will be allowed to invest, it was announced Sunday.

The Kerala Institute of Medical Education and Research will come up in Alappuzha district in three years, an official said. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy cleared the project at a cabinet meeting last week.

In his budget speech, Finance Minister K.M. Mani had announced plans to set up five government medical colleges in the state. This is the first of them.

Text messaging offer tweens a short cut to send notes to friends and family, but it could also subvert language and grammar skills, point out researchers.

When tweens write in techspeak, they often use shortcuts, such as homophones, omissions of non-essential letters and initials, to quickly and efficiently compose a text message.

A university lecturer in China has been sacked from his post for asking women students to expose their private parts and touch themselves during a test, reported Shanghai Daily.

According to Guangzhou Daily, employed with the University of south China in Hunan province’s Hengyang city, Yu Xiaohua asked women students of the School of Nursing to take off their clothes, including pants, during a test.

The test simulates the physical examination for patients.

One of America’s top research institutions, the University of South Florida’s World Centre for India Studies, is introducing an undergraduate certificate in India studies beginning end-August.

Offering a broad curriculum that focuses on history, geography, society, politics, language, culture, philosophy and religion in India, the certificate is designed to give students an informative introduction to Indian society, according to a university release.

A South Korean student plans to launch a $500 satellite built from scavenged parts in a basement, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

“Making a satellite is no more difficult than making a cellphone,” said Song Hojun, 34, who said he built the OpenSat to show people they could achieve their dreams.

There’s a long history of do-it-yourself satellites being launched by scientific groups, but Song said his is the first satellite designed and financed by an individual.

An engineering student at university, Song regularly incorporated technology into his art pieces.

If your kid is usually found literally lost in the world of computer games, watch out! In Britain, children as young as five are being sent out of classrooms routinely for attacking fellow pupils and teachers as violent incidents in schools are on the rise.

Overall, primary, secondary and special school pupils were suspended 161,540 times in 2010 -11 for assault or verbal abuse, which is 850 pupils a day, Daily Express reported Friday.

Official statistics have revealed that about 90 youngsters, aged between five and 11, were ordered out of the classroom on daily basis in 2010-11.

A total of about 63,000 fake students entered Britain in 2011, and 59 percent of the total number of Indian pupils were bogus, a report by a British campaign group said Wednesday.

The study by Migration Watch UK, based on the findings of a Home Office pilot scheme, said the highest percentage of bogus students came from Myanmar at 62 percent.

It was followed by India, Bangladesh and Nigeria with 59 percent, a press statement said.

To take minor away from the Maoist way, Jharkhand government has decided to provide conditional free education in private institutions to Maoists, who surrender, and to their children in addition to the existing surrender policy.

Hitherto, education had been provided to them only in government institutions, Cabinet Secretary N N Pandey said.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arjun Munda yesterday.

A golden opportunity for those who want to learn spoken Arabic. Complete Arabic speaking is taught in just 6 months which will make it easy to understand Quran. The first batch will begin from August 25. Limited seats available. Interested persons can directly reach Madarsa Tajveedul Quran Hashmia, Nadeem colony or call on phone no 9989306395.

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According to Director English Language Training centre Osmania University, Dr. B Y Raju, the centre is sponsored by the UGC where courses such as Basic Interactive Communication Skills in English for students, house wives, teachers and workers and Advanced Communication in English for professionals are being started.

Certificates will be given to successful candidates after the completion of course. The course will begin on August 6. For admission and other details call on 040-27091926 and 270984531.

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National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in collaboration with NIELIT (DOEACC), M/o Information and Technology is offering one-year Computer diploma course, which include MS-Office, Tally, Web Designing, C-Language, Hardware, DTP etc.

Invoking super heroes such as Batman or Superman could help parents get their children to eat healthy, says a study.

Just as Popeye inspired a generation to eat spinach, these role models could help children make healthy choices, according to Brian Wansink, professor of marketing and director of the University of Cornell Food and Brand Lab.

Hordes of animated first-year students thronged the Delhi University colleges on the new academic session’s first day Monday that was dominated by interactions with seniors, orientation programmes, mime shows and street plays.

The new students, popularly known as freshers, looked to get acclimatised to their colleges and the university campuses in north and south Delhi.

Many freshers, wary of ragging despite a ban on it, were pleasantly surprised with the treatment they got from their seniors.

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Delhi Police Chief Neeraj Kumar urged students Friday to help his force educate children from economically weaker sections.

Speaking at an orientation for new students at Ramjas College in Delhi University, he called upon the students to join the outreach programmes of Delhi Police.

“The programmes will help prepare the children from weaker sections for higher education as well as civil services,” he said.

Kumar also said his force would seek to ensure better safety for disabled students studying in Delhi University.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was Thursday appointed as the first chancellor of the upcoming Nalanda International University in Bihar, an official said.

“Decision to appoint Amartya Sen as first chancellor of the university was taken Thursday in its meeting of the board of governors here,” said the official of the state education department.

After Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh also Wednesday announced it would give free net books to 4,000 topper students of Class X passing out from government schools in the state and continuing with their higher studies.

A decision in this regard was taken by the cabinet at its meeting presided over by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal here.

A government spokesperson told IANS that the decision would cost the government Rs.6.50 crore.

Though the Presidential polls are yet to held, Gondwana University has already described UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee as “the 14th President of the country” in a just-published textbook.

The book, ‘Democracy in India’, has been prescribed for first year students of BA (Political Science) for the ongoing academic session of the newly-formed varsity.

Page number 84 under chapter 4 of the book, published under the heading ‘Union Executive’, has a chart of the Presidents of India in which Pranab has been mentioned as “the 14th President of India”.

The government has raised Kendriya Vidyalaya admission quota for MPs from two to six seats in the wake of increased demands from the Parliamentarians.

With this, roughly 6,000 seats in the KVs would be filled up on the recommendations of the Parliamentarians, HRD Ministry official said after a meeting chaired by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal with KV Board of Governors.

At present, there are 1,087 Kendriya Vidyalayas with over one million students in its roll across the country.

The development comes following Sibal’s assurance in Parliament during the Budget Session in this regard.