Kolkata, June 29: Nothing, it had ever seemed, could make the Trinamool and the CPM see eye to eye in West Bengal. Then human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal came along. His idea of education in the country not only created a storm everywhere, it brought together the Trinamool and the Left Front on common ground. Both parties are opposed to the Sibal’s proposals.
New Delhi, June 29: Yashpal, said Kolkata in his recommendations regarding the National Curriculum Framework 2006 he had suggested the abolition of “traumatic board exams”, but not to do away with the state boards.
Sydney, June 27: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy says every possible effort will be made to ensure that attacks on Indian students in Australia are not repeated, adding that the authorities will ‘pursue those responsible’ for the assaults.
Pune June 27: While educationists in the city welcomed the suggestion of Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal to do away with the Class X exams as it will reduce the stress on children, the SSC Board officials have raised some doubts over the logistic issues it can bring up.
“The capacity of junior colleges connected to high schools is less in the state and students have to move out to junior colleges attached to senior colleges after Class X. In that case, the students will have to appear for Class X exams,” they said.
Pune, June 27: The city witnessed 84.21 per cent of successful candidates in SSC, implying that there are 2,71,721 students who couldn’t manage to get through.
In an initiative to help these students get over their failure and create an optimistic approach towards their future, Maharashtra Education Society (MES) and Ahmednagar Shaharwasiya Mitra Mandal have organised Himmat Shaala, a school where the students will be taught the basic syllabus along with motivational techniques.
Melbourne, June 27: The Australian government is conducting an audit of its rapidly burgeoning vocational sector, one of the biggest education providers for Indian students but which is also widely believed to be misused for gaining permanent residency (PR) status.
Policymakers and educationists believe that the over 1,000 vocational institutes in the country, of which 400 alone are in Victoria state, have become moneymaking machines, many of whom compromise on the quality of education by hiring agents who are given hefty commissions.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27: The Self-Financing Engineering College Managements Association has decided to fix the annual fee at Rs.35,000.
The Association representatives decided to fix the fees at Rs.35,000 following talks with Education Minister M.A.Baby over phone on Friday night. The Association was demanding a fee of Rs.40,000 earlier.
The announcement of the schedule for centralised allotment process is being delayed owing to the dilemma in finalising the fee structure.
Chennai, June 27: Even after a day of the release of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions rank list and with the Directorate of Medical Education releasing MBBS admission rank list on Monday, the Directorate of Government Examinations is showing no sign of easing the panic of students.
Over 1,700 students have applied for re-evaluation, with maximum requests in Chemistry and Physics subjects and though several of the students have been informed of their revised marks they are yet to get their marksheets from the department.
New Delhi, June 26: The Deutsche Bank Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) University to support its management programmes in infrastructure.
Under this MoU, three Deutsche Bank scholarships will be provided per year for the MBA (infrastructure) programme offered by TERI for a period of three years.
Patna, June 26: The newly set-up Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in this Bihar city will start its doctoral programmes from next month, an official said Friday.
“IIT-Patna will become the first among the eight new IITs set up last year to start PhD programmes,” institute official Subhash Pandey said.
The IIT will have PhD programmes in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Pandey said that interviews of the applicants are underway and there are 30 vacancies.
New Delhi, June 26: Even as the temperature touched a sizzling 41 degrees Celsius before mid-day, students along with their parents made a beeline for various colleges as Delhi University (DU) began its admission process Friday.
Armed with umbrellas, hats, sun glasses and water bottles, the youngsters, however, had scores of queries before they took admission in a college “more or less” of their choice.
New Delhi, June 26: The government will take all steps to enact the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2005 to provide free and compulsory education to children aged 6-14, and push for the process of examination reforms, including making Class X examination optional in accordance with the National Curriculum Framework-2005.
Thanjavur, June 26: The Periyar Maniammai University(PMU) here had signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the US-based Institute for Research in Management and Advanced Technology(IRMAT) to offer Master of Business Administration(MBA) in International Management.
A release from University said here today, there will be international internships and student exchanges with Universities in Europe, United States, Japan and Korea.
—–Agencies
New Delhi, June 25: As Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal mulls over the idea of doing away with the “traumatic” Class 10 board exams, students, educators and parents gave mixed reactions. They are not sure whether the move would relieve stress or add pressure to Class 12 board exams.
The minister has said that the Class 10 board exam was not necessary as it laid undue pressure and traumatized students and parents.
“The choice of whether Class 10 boards should be scrapped… is something that school teachers and parents have to decide,” Sibal told a news channel here.
New Delhi, June 25: New Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal is strongly in favour of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in India’s education sector and also plans to ‘synchronise’ madrassa education with the mainstream.
‘FDI must come into India. Entry into the education sector must neither be limited nor over-regulated. I want the system to be accessible from outside too,’ Sibal, 61, who is a practising lawyer, told IANS in an interview.
New Delhi, June 25: A law to prohibit and punish malpractices in the educational system will be brought within 100 days, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.
“We are going to bring a law to prevent, prohibit and punish educational malpractices in the country. It is meant to make the system more transparent,” Sibal told reporters of his ministry’s plans in the first 100 days of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government after being returned to power.
Anyone breaching the law should be punished, he added.
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New Delhi, June 25: In what could be a pointer towards the government’s seriousness to bring in substantial reforms in education, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has indicated that the government could abolish the Class X Board examinations to lessen the “trauma” on young students.
The Human Resource Development Minister has outlined his ministry is looking into the feasibility of abolishing the strenuous 10th exams that give sleep less nights to the parents and minor students – often resulting in psychological problems before and after the exam.
New Delhi, June 25: In what could be the pointer to the government’s seriousness to bring in substantial reforms in education, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has indicated that the government could abolish the Class X Board examinations to lessen the “trauma” on young students.
The Human Resource Development Minister has outlined his ministry’s is looking into the feasibility of abolishing the strenuous 10th exams that give sleep less nights to the parents and minor students – often resulting in psychological problems before and after the exam.
New Delhi, June 24: Stating that the government was committed to improve and reform education standards in India, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday an apex panel on higher education will be formed soon.
The autonomous National Commission for Higher Education and Research, which will encompass in itself the existing professional councils and regulatory agencies, including the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Medical Council of India and the AICTE, will be formed within the first 100 days of the new government, Sibal told reporters.
Aligarh, June 23: Noted Islamic scholar Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, Maulana Ataur Rahman Qasmi and chaudhary Mateen were elected as members of Aligarh Muslim University Court which is the supreme governing body of the university.
Former Chief Justice of India and Chancellor of AMU, justice A M Ahmadi presided over the meeting where the three were elected.
The court passed the annual accounts of the University and the audit report of the Principal Accountant General, an AMU spokesman told newsmen here today.
Melbourne, June 23: Indian students have been placed in the high risk group for visa breaches in Australia along with Bangladeshis and Cambodians, a development that may result in tightening of immigration rules for them.
Based on a review of the student visa programme by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship across all applicant countries, Indians were bracketed with Bangladeshis and Cambodians as a ‘level-four’ risk, which is the second highest risk category.
New Delhi, June 23: Pune University has become the first government-run institution in the country to open a centre abroad.
The university has recently opened a campus in UAE. The centre is set to offer courses from this session.
“The university is also planning to open another centre in Uganda. The intention is to expand the reach globally in providing quality education,” Dr Narendra Jadhav, who was the vice chancellor of the university till last week, told PTI.
Hyderabad, June 22: Minister for Secondary Education, Residential School and Adult Education, D Manikya Varaprasada Rao has said that the State Government would fill up 50,000 teacher posts shortly.
Participating as a chief guest in a two-day annual valedictory function of a Children’s Consultation Meet ‘Asha Kiranalu’ organised by CAP Foundation, Minister warned that in case of any negligence on the part of teachers, appropriate action would be initiated.
New Delhi, June 22: Ashish Agarwal is getting used to sitting in front of a computer for three hours at a stretch. He takes no breaks, just scrolling up and down the screen in search of answers. Ashish is preparing himself for the biggest change that the Common Admission Test or CAT has ever seen. The test will be computer-based from now on.
“The time it takes to solve a question has increased, for example for RC and DI questions we have to read the passage and then attempt them,” he says.