Education and Career

Pune, February 22: With the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations set to commence from February 23 and March 4 respectively, Pune division of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has launched a counselling facility for students appearing for these exams and their parents. Students with any exam and curriculum-related difficulties can call on these helpline numbers.

Those interested may call on the following numbers between 10 am and 6 pm for counselling during the exam period, said a press note.

Kolkata, February 22: Carrying posters and placards condemning terrorism, several hundred students and alumni of different schools and colleges of the city Sunday took out a rally demanding peace and security for people all over India.

The rally, organised by current and former students of various schools and colleges here, walked along various streets of south Kolkata after starting from the Park Circus five-point crossing and terminated the procession at Golpark.

Hyderabad, February 21: Human resource (HR) departments in various organisations need to recognise and reward the potential of employees besides giving performance-based benefits, Dean of Kolkata-based Unitedworld Business School (UBS), Anamitra Chatterjee said today.

“HR heads need to treat non-performers with respect. HR personnel should assess the potential of employees, give challenging assignments and if they falter, they need to be supported,” he said.

New Delhi, February 21: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to set up a campus in Nagaland in collaboration with the Nagaland Gandhi Ashram.

“The proposed campus, the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education and Development (MGIDE), will consist of schools of social work, agricultural development, teachers training, community college …,” IGNOU said in a release.

The school for social work within the MGIDE campus will be called Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Social work, it said, adding that the course would be launched from July this year.

–Agencies

Bhuwaneshwar, February 21: When 10-year-old Bikash Moharana deposed before a local court here as witness in connection with the murder of his father, little did he know that his educational backwardness would be exposed in public.

Though he was a class V student of Khalibagicha government UP School in this district headquarter town in Orissa, Bikash could not write his name when asked to do so by the court on Wednesday last and had to instead put his LTI (left thumb impression).

Ahmedabad, February 20: Adding to the inconvenience of 2.15 lakh students across the country, who appeared for CAT-2009, the results have been postponed to February end.

The above information is released in an official statement from from convenor of CAT-2009 at Indian official statement Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

Earlier the results were supposed to be declared by this week but due to certain reasons, now the results have been postponed.

New Delhi, February 19: The idea of starting second shifts in existing universities and colleges is doing the rounds in government circles.

A roundtable on higher education, set up by HRD Ministry, today discussed about such a measure which is aimed at utilising fully the facilities that remain unused after the class hours.

The committee, chaired by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, explored the possibilities whether facilities could be used for second shifts in the existing institutions.

Mumbai, February 19: To understand the process of teaching and learning in Indian schools, teachers from the Specialists’ Schools Association in the UK are in the city visiting Podar International School at Santacruz.

The 10 primary and secondary teachers have been observing classroom teaching from classes 1 to 12. “They have come here to understand our innovative teaching techniques, how we teach reading and our system of inquiry-based learning,” said Vandana Lulla, principal.

—-Agencies

Mumbai, February 19: Shortage of teachers continues to be a serious concern in government medical colleges. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had directed the state government to fill all vacant posts by May 2009. But 184 of the 1,173 posts of lecturers in the 14 state-run medical colleges-cum-hospitals in state are still vacant.

New Delhi, February 19: “No shoes, socks, belts or modern wristwatches” besides a ban on mobile phones, calculators and scraps of paper can be carried by students while appearing for school examinations in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu that is scheduled to begin next month.

This directive has been given to invigilators by the state Directorate of Government Examinations to curb malpractices and cheating.

Kochi, February 18: Online tutoring seems to have caught the fancy of many in Kerala with many enthusiasts from unemployed educated housewives to even 13-year-olds doubling up as teachers.

Akshay Kumar PG, aged 13 years is a sixth standard student of Green Valley Public school at Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district while Amal Mariyadas, another a sixth grader is a student at Bishop Moore Vidyapeeth in Alapuzha district.

Agra, February 17: Wrapping up a convocation address in three minutes might be unheard of, but it was what Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental did today.

The audience were left flabbergasted as the VC took less three minutes to finish his speech at the 75th convocation of the Agra University, now Dr B R Ambedkar University.

By the time, the distinguished gathering comprising award winners, doctorate holders and their proud family members got attuned to the address, which included mention of thanks for inviting him and congratulations to the awardees, it was all over.

New Delhi, February 17: A team from Jamia Millia Islamia has won the Asia round of the prestigious World Photography Award after defeating participants from nine other countries of the region.

Zubair Ahmed and Akshat Jain of the institute”s AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC) and their teacher Farhat Basir Khan will now compete with five other teams from other parts of the world for the title.

Nagpur, February 17: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari will open a two-day seminar here Feb 21 to mark Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s 52nd death anniversary, the organisers said Wednesday.

The seminar has been organised by the New Delhi-based Friends for Education and the United Students Association of Nagpur.

Scholars from all over India will converge here to present papers on Maulana Azad, a freedom fighter who was also a scholar, statesman as well as eminent educationist.

—-IANS

Lucknow, February 17: Over 1,500 girls from a private college here have been busy shaping up the careers of illiterate and unemployed villagers in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Students of the Sardar Patel Mahila Mahavidyalaya (SPMM) in Barabanki district, some 35 km from Lucknow, hold literacy camps in villages, offer career guidance to youth, run programmes to generate self-employment for poor women and undertake a number of other social initiatives to elevate the living standards of the rural populace.

New Delhi, February 16: Efforts are underway to hold a single national-level entrance test for students to get admission into engineering, medical and commerce courses from 2013, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said.

“Efforts will be put to hold an All-India national test in Science and commerce from 2013. This will smoothen the admission process into engineering, medical, economics and commerce courses,” Sibal said, addressing a meeting of the Council of School Board of Education (COBSE) here.

New Delhi, February 16: Two students and a faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia have made the institute proud by winning the Asia round of the prestigious World Photography Award and now they will compete with five other teams from other parts of the globe for the title.

Zubair Ahmed and Akshat Jain of the institute’s AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC) and their teacher Farhat Basir Khan through their creativity and passion won the Asia round of the World Photography Award by defeating participants from nine countries, a spokesperson of the University said today.

New Delhi, February 16: In a bid to strengthen cooperation in health sector, India today announced ten fellowships at a premier institute here for member countries of ‘Partners in Population and Development’ (PPD).

The announcement was made by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at a meeting of the executive committee of PPD held in Dhaka yesterday. He was chairing the meeting.

New Delhi, February 16: From the 2011 academic year, all school boards across India will have a common curriculum in science and maths for Classes 11 and 12, to give students a level playing field and help them in taking competitive examinations.

This was announced Tuesday by union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal.

“Today is a historic day for all students. There will be a core curriculum in the science stream (both science and mathematics) for all school boards across India. This will be implemented in 2011,” Sibal told reporters.

New delhi, February 16: Efforts are underway to hold a single national-level entrance test for students to get admission into engineering, medical and commerce courses from 2013, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said.

“Efforts will be put to hold an All-India national test in Science and commerce from 2013. This will smoothen the admission process into engineering, medical, economics and commerce courses,” Mr. Sibal said, addressing a meeting of the Council of School Board of Education (COBSE) here.

Bangalore, Feb 16: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has announced the results of the AIIMS All India PG Entrance test for admissions into medical and dental colleges for the academic year 2010.

The results of the AIIMS entrance exam 2010 are available on official website of the AIIMS.

The All India Post Graduate Medical and Dental Entrance Examination or AIPGMEE 2010 was held on Jan 10.

Kapurthala, February 16: An institute opposing the setting up of a Centrally allocated polytechnic college in the Bhoalth area today threatened to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the state government’s move to its establishment over land issues.

Harjit Singh, president of Sant Prem Singh Karamsar Khalsa College, Begowal which is in possession of eight acres of land where the foundation stone is to be laid for the new institute, today told reporters that the management would move the court on the issue.

New delhi, February 16: The recently revised grades by the University Grants Commission (UGC) have also made the teaching community accountable for works other than teaching. According to the UGC guidelines, “Teachers have to stay for 40 hours in the institution and effective teaching for 20 hours in a week.”

New Delhi, February 15: Jamia Millia Islamia is setting up a Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research that will offer several courses including a doctoral degree in the subject, with the aim of helping children from the underprivileged sections of society.

Bhubaneswar, February 15: An 11-year-old boy died in Orissa after he was beaten up by his class teacher in school for failing to answer a question, the boy’s family alleged Monday.

Ajaya Kumar Jena was punished in George High School at Bargarh town, some 380 km from here, Jan 29 after he failed to answer a question asked by his class teacher, Jena’s uncle Krushna Chandra Barge told IANS.

After beating Jena, the teacher asked some students who had answered the question to also punish him.