Education and Career

Patna, July 18: During the Lok Sabha elections in April Maoist rebels blew up a portion of a school building in Bihar’s Gaya district to prevent security forces from using it as a camp. Three months later, authorities of the Patluka Bunyadi (Basic) School are yet to re-open it.

“Fear of the Maoists kept the teachers from opening the school. They stopped coming to school,” said Rajendra Prasad, a resident of Patluka village, located under Barachatti police station in Gaya district, some 100 km from here.

New Delhi, July 17: They are just out of their school uniforms, but are completely clued in to what is in and what is out as far as college fashion goes. Checked cotton shorts, mini skirts, spaghettis and loose tees — Delhi University’s freshers have indeed made the campuses colourful and hep.

The good old pair of blue jeans remains a staple for most boys and girls this year, but a lot of them are vouching for airy and comfortable shorts for the sultry summer.

New Delhi, July 17: There was a time, not so long ago, when a visit to a Delhi bookshop to browse its section of Indian literature would be a somewhat depressing experience. There would a handful of stellar stand-out names, of course; Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and one or two others. But the collection would be a half-hearted affair, seemingly there more out of duty than joy, and usually it would be hidden away at the back of the shop.

Chandigarh, July 17: The five government schools upgraded to senior secondary level by the Education Department two years ago don’t have any takers in the Class XI admission season.

Even as the centralised admission process closed on Tuesday, these schools have not drawn students for the second consecutive year.

Six seats have been filled in GMSSS in Sarangpur, and 12 in GSSS in Raipur Ali Khurd — in these schools 60 seats are available in Humanities, the only stream introduced in these schools.

Ludhiana, July 17: The proposal by the HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal regarding abolition of class X board examinations has evoked mixed reactions from the city-based academicians and educationists. Some find this policy a good one while others feel it of no importance

New Delhi, July 17: Under the watchful eyes of college seniors to prevent ragging, the first day of college for Delhi University freshers was full of the usual college buzz.

Smartly dressed, the freshers explored the college canteen at North Campus, attended orientation functions and visited the students’ favourite haunt — the Kamla Nagar market.

New Delhi, July 16: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday arrested an official of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and a middleman for taking a bribe of Rs.500,000.

Acting on a complaint of the owner of an engineering college in Andhra Pradesh that the AICTE official had demanded Rs.2 million for the inspection and approval of his college, the investigating agency arrested the AICTE member secretary K. Narayan Rao and middlemen S.B. Subba Rao.

New Delhi, July 16: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with U21Global, Singapore, today launched a joint post-graduate programme in IT Management for July 2009 session.

IGNOU and U21Global have invited applications for a joint post- graduate programme in IT Management leading to Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Information Technology from IGNOU and an Executive Certificate in Global Information Technology Management from U21Global.

New Delhi, July 16: Should the education imparted at madrassas be broad-based to include subjects like English, maths, science and computers to make it employment oriented? The proposal by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has not found favour with madrassa authorities, though it has been welcomed by many Muslim intellectuals.

New Delhi, July 16: In a bid to bridge the gap between the demand and supply in the education sector, the government is open to the idea of attracting private investment, foreign universities and also ready to adopt PPP route.
Announcing this in Parliament, the human resource development (HRD) minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, said, the gap is huge, Rs 4,00,000 crore, and the government is not in a position to meet the investment requirement on its own.

Mumbai, July 16: If one door closes, another opens, believes engineering graduate Sukesh Mehta.
The 22-year-old, who completed his bachelor of engineering in June from an institute in the suburbs, was set to join a mid-sized IT company in Bangalore as a program analyst from this month. But the joining has been deferred by two months as the company is working on a strategy to improve margins.

Shimla, July 16: Two students of Himachal Pradesh PG College have been booked for ragging their junior, the police said today.

Bhopal, July 16: The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to open a Drama School here and a steering committee has been constituted for the purpose.

The committee’s first meeting, chaired by Culture Minister Laxmikant Sharma here yesterday, discussed the School’s structure and syllabus. A decision was taken to constitute a jury of national-level experts for selection of a School Director, an official release said.

A committee would be set up to finalise the syllabus and prepare courses according to present-day requirements.

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New Delhi, July 15: There should be absolutely no ragging when Delhi University starts its new session Thursday, police said Wednesday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Sagar Preet Hooda said anything that leads to or is even remotely seen as promoting ragging will not be condoned.

‘No incidence of ragging or conduct by any student, whether by words spoken or written or by any act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness a fresher or any other student or indulging in rowdy or indiscipline activity will be allowed,’ Hooda said.

New Delhi, July 15: Indian students going abroad for higher education will in future be registered by the authorities here, parliament was told Wednesday.

This will be part of the government’s e-governance project aimed at making the process of emigration “simple, orderly and transparent”, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said in the Lok Sabha.

A database of Indian students going abroad is targeted for completion by the end of 2010, the minister added.

New Delhi, July 15: The Medical Council of India has recommended derecognition of eight medical colleges across the country, six of which are run by the Government.

While five of the medical colleges were from Madhya Pradesh, one each was from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

In reply to a question, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, the MCI inspects the colleges in order to maintain the standard of medical education and health services in the country.

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Washington, July 15: US President Barack Obama has said he is laying the foundation of an education system which would help America compete with China and India in the 21st century.

“We have already taken some steps that are building the foundation for a 21st century education system here in America, one that will allow us to compete with China and India and everybody else all around the world,” Obama told a cheering crowd in Warren Michigan where he announced the American Graduation Initiative.

New Delhi, july 15: When Kapil Sibal announced his idea of restructuring the entire education system, it was met with a mixed response. Some believed it was good to reduce the stress level of students while others had their own reservations over the issue.

The changes that he proposed were making Class X board optional, marking system to be replaced by grading system and free education up to Class XII apart from regularizing Madarssa education. These are revolutionary changes and can set up the agenda for the future of education in India.

Ludhiana, July 15: On the first day of the seven-day admission schedule beginning today in Panjab University affiliated colleges, Government College for Women registered the highest cut-off percentage in the most sought-after courses like BCom and BCA among all the colleges in the city.

Tiruchirapalli, July 14: She is a software engineer with a difference. While she writes with her right hand, her left hand simultaneously generates mirror images of those words.

Possessing an ability to effortlessly write with both her hands, R Vaishnavi can write English, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit.

Vaishnavi, who had completed her B E in computer science, writes with her right hand as most people do, but at the same time she can generate mirror images of those words with her left hand.

New Delhi, July 14: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposals to make the Class-X board exam optional and allow internal assessment in which the pattern of questions would be similar to those in the board exam, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

To ensure that the quality of education is not affected, the CBSE would ask the schools to complete the required course of study of Class-IX and X as per the Board’s scheme of studies and follow prescribed textbooks, Minister of State for HRD D. Purandeswari said in a written reply.

New Delhi, July 13: Much before Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal aired his views, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had plans to make Class 10 board exams optional, parliament was told Monday.

The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) – 2005 has recommended that the board should consider, as a long term measure, making the class 10 examination optional, thus permitting students to continue in the same school, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) D. Purandeswari told the Lok Sabha.

New Delhi, July 13: Nearly two-lakh engineers and 1.32-lakh diploma holders were unemployed in 2007, the Ministry of Labour and Employment told the Lok Sabha on Monday and said 15 million jobs would be created in public and private sectors by the end of Eleventh Plan.

However, these number are likely to have gone up with several engineers and diploma holders loosing their jobs during the on-going recession.

New Delhi, July 13:Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday said that an NGO will now be roped in to impart ‘better services’ in the form of informal and vocational education to women and children in the ten state-run homes for juveniles and others in the capital.

Dikshit, after the cabinet meeting, said: ‘It has been decided to involve an NGO to provide better services of non-formal education along with vocational training for the children and women staying in the homes run by the department of women and child development’.