Education and Career

New Delhi, February 09: The Midday Meal (MDM) scheme catering to 12 crore children is all set to increase manifold with the implementation of the Right to Education Act � is likely to get a paltry increase of Rs 6 crore in the 2011-12 general budget. Last year, Rs 10,380 crore was allocated for the scheme.

The likelihood of a nominal increase in allocation to MDM, sources said, could seriously affect the implementation of the RTE Act. “There would not be enough fund to feed lakhs of new and out-ofschool children who will come into the school system this year,” a source said.

New Delhi, February 09: The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) placement session on Tuesday got a huge response from recruiters as the institute achieved 100% placement. Post-recession, the highest domestic package offered this year is of Rs 15.51 lakh, up from Rs 13 lakh last year. It also witnessed a 10% increase in the average domestic package. The highest international package this year is US$ 150,000, which was offered by Olam International.

New Delhi, February 09: The Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) has sent out new reading list for students of classes V to XII, prepared in consultation with the Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC), in order to inculcate the habit of reading among school children. The list for the first time include works by Indian authors.

Hyderabad, February 09: EThames Graduate School, one of London’s leading colleges, on Tuesday opened its India campus in Hyderabad.

Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Daggubati Purandeswari inaugurated the college, where students from around India can study for British qualifications, and benefit from the best teaching methods and latest classroom technology. The campus has come up in Ameerpet area in the heart of the city.

Shimla, February 09: A day after four students were buried alive after a boundary wall of their school collapsed in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district, Education Minister I.D. Dhiman on Tuesday ordered a survey of all schools in the state to check unsafe buildings.

“Dhiman directed the education department to conduct a survey of the school buildings to avert any mishap in future in educational institutions,” an official told the sources here.

He said the step was taken to ensure the safety of students in the schools.

Patna, February 09: Bihar has become the first state in the country to put complete details of classes I to VIII of all its 70,000 government schools online on the website SchoolReportCards.com.

Aligarh, February 09: “Head and neck cancer is still the biggest challenge in India and Palliative Care can play an important role to reduce the difficulties of a cancer patient”, said Dr. Mhoira E.F. Leng, Director of Cairdeas International, United Kingdom while addressing the inaugural function of theSymposium on Cancer Pain and Palliative Care.

The symposium had been organized by the Department of Anesthesiology of the J.N. Medical College at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

Mysore, February 09: The University of Mysore has announced the B.T.H. (Modified Scheme) Examination Nov/Dec 2010 Results today at 11:30 AM IST.

The results are available on the following websites:

www.ExamResults.net
www.KarnatakaEducation.net
www.Results.KarnatakaEducation.net

Students just have to type their registration number and their marksheet would be displayed instantly.

–IANS

New Delhi, February 09: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has announced the Professional Competence Examination (PCE) and Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) November 2010 today at 1:00 PM IST.

The results are available on the following website:

www.ExamResults.net

The ICAI is a statutory professional body that regulates the professions of Chartered Accountancy in India. It is the second largest accounting body in the world.

–IANS

Washington, February 09: Popular students are more likely to torment their peers, says a new study.

“Our findings underscore that attaining and maintaining a high social status likely involves some level of antagonistic behavior,” said Robert Faris, assistant professor of sociology at University of California-Davis, the study co-author.

The study also finds that students in the top two percent of the school social hierarchy — along with those at the bottom — are the least aggressive, the journal American Sociological Review reports.

Kolkata, February 09: The elite Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur suffered a blackout and lockdown for more than three hours after a wild elephant entered the campus and caused panic among the students, faculty and staff, officials said.

The elephant entered the campus around 7 p.m. on Sunday after knocking down a portion of the boundary wall. The staff hurriedly closed all campus gates, leaving one at the rear open for the tusker to exit from.

All lights of the campus were switched off as the elephant was turning violent and seemed to be charging at lights.

New Delhi, February 09: Several top private business schools in India have decided to petition high courts and the government against a contentious new rule by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the nation’s apex regulating body for technical education.

Chandigarh, February 09: Students of a dental college affiliated to Panjab University (PU) on Monday ended their six-day-old strike as the varsity authorities agreed to remove the institute’s director, Krishan Gauba.

“The committee has recommended the repatriation of (institute’s director Krishan) Gauba and PU syndicate has approved it. In fact Gauba had himself expressed his willingness to go back to PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research). Now we would soon appoint the new principal of the dental institute,” Vice Chancellor R.C. Sobti told the sources.

New Delhi, February 09: The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus will reverberate with melodious Sufi songs on Tuesday when the varsity is organizing an evening of ‘Sufiana Kalam’ by Ustad Zila Khan.

“The performance will begin at 7.30 p.m. in Dr. M.A. Ansari auditorium and former chancellor of JMI Khursheed Alam Khan will be the chief guest. Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung will grace the occasion too,” a university official said.

New Delhi, February 09: Several parents in Delhi have been left stressed after their children have failed to secure nursery admission in any of the schools they had applied to, regardless of the number of schools they had applied in.

According to a chartered accountant father, Rahul Kapoor who had applied to 11 schools to get his son admitted to nursery, the reason for his son not being able to find admission anywhere is due to losing out on the alumni and sibling points.

Chandigarh, February 10: Taking serious note of the poor quality of construction work and the use of sub-standard furniture in all the 21 new model schools established under a centrally-sponsored scheme in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the matter.

Badal has sought action against the erring officers and contractors for the alleged irregularities. The decision was taken by Badal in a meeting with the principals of these schools here Wednesday.

Hyderabad, February 9: Mr Christopher, Secretary of State Council of Higher Education, has said that 50 per cent marks would be compulsory for getting qualified under convener quota of EAMCET.

Talking to the media here on Tuesday, Mr Christopher said the decision was taken to improve the quality of education. He said orders to this effect were received from the All India Technical Education Board. These orders would be implemented from this year itself, he added. He has, however, maintained that the decision would not have any influence on the admissions.

NSS

Hyderabad, February 08: A division bench of the AP High Court comprising Justice Ghulam Mohammad and Justice KG Shanker on Monday stayed the consideration of Dr S Jaya Bhasker Reddy for promotion to the post of a professor in pathology pending disciplinary charges against him. The bench made the interim order suspending an order of the State Administrative Tribunal.

Kakinada, February 07: Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education chairman P Jaya Prakash Rao today said they urged the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) not to sanction new engineering colleges in the state as there are already 700 engineering colleges.

Hyderabad, February 07: In what looks like a ray of hope for the Indians who have lost their student visas due to the closure of the California-based ‘sham’ Tri-Valley University, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has indicated that it is ready to consider reinstating the immigration status of the students.

“We received a message from ICE today indicating that they would consider the possibility of reinstatement of the student visa status through I-539,” Consul General at the Indian Consulate, San Francisco, Susmita Gongulee Thomas said.

Hyderabad, February 7: The Staff Selection Committee would recruit around 55,200 constables for Central Paramilitary Forces, for the first time. Hitherto, the respective CPUs used to make recruitment of constables (GD) on their own.

New Delhi, February 06:Struggling for your child’s nursery admission?

And if your child does not fall in categories like sibling, alumni, girl child, management or EWS quota, the chances of getting admission this year become even bleaker
With many schools having now released their lists for pre-school admission, it appears that there is very little room for the kids belonging to the general category.

Many parents, whose wards have failed to get through in the schools they have applied for, allege that the points system developed by the schools have come in their way.

Hyderabad, February 06: The shutdown of Tri-Valley University on charges of an immigration fraud and the consequent loss of student visa status by hundreds of Indian students, most of them from Andhra Pradesh, has unnerved those aspiring to study in the US as well as their parents.

Educational consultants in the city are being flooded with all kinds of queries about the universities in the US. From questions about the reputation of the universities to whether universities in the US are authentic in general, students and parents are rethinking it all over.

Hyderabad, February 6: The Jawahar Bal Bhavan and the “Aadhar” are jointly organising a three-day essay writing, elocution and painting competitions for school children in the Twin cities on the Bhavan premises at Public Gardens, Nampally here on February 5, 6 and 7 respectively.

Hyderabad, February 5: The Hyderabad district Social Welfare Department officials have extended the date of applying for the scholarships both new and renewals up to February 7.

In a press note, the district Social Welfare deputy director Mr Vijay Kumar said that though large number of students applied for scholarships, the details were not recorded before the due date, and hence the date was extended for three more days for the benefit of the students.