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WE the undersigned are concerned that Kapil Sibal, minister for human resource development, made an ex cathedra announcement, that the cartoon in the Class XI text book, found offensive by several members of parliament, would be removed, and that he was looking into other potentially offensive cartoons with a view to their possible removal. Whatever be the merits of the case [...]
Centrally funded Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are functioning in the country. Details of these institutes, location-wise, state-wise and total number of seats at present, are as under: Sl.No. Name of the Institute Location State Total number of seat at present 1. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 751 2. Pandit Dwarka PrasadMishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, [...]
Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC), a US-based organization, has built 60 schools in the remote villages of coastal Andhra Pradesh and plans to construct 40 more to provide spiritual education to Muslims. Under its platform, Rural Educational and Economic Development (REED), the organization has not only constructed the buildings of basic multipurpose one-teacher schools but also appointed trained Telugu-speaking [...]
Following are the important highlights of the Civil Services Examination, 2011, for which final result has been declared on 6th May 2012. The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2011 was conducted on 12thJune, 2011. A record number of 4,72,290 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 2,43,003 candidates have actually appeared. 11984 candidates were declared qualified for the [...]
Following the first India-Africa Forum Summit in 2008, India has announced establishment of various capacity building institutions in various countries in Africa. These commitments include the establishment of 4 Pan-African Institutions viz. (i) India Africa Institute of Foreign Trade, (ii) India Africa Diamond Institute, (iii) India Africa Institute of Educational Planning and Administration and (iv) India Africa Institute of Information [...]
Centrally funded Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are functioning in the country. Details of these institutes, location-wise, state-wise and total number of seats at present, are as under: Sl.No. Name of the Institute Location State Total number of seat at present 1. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 751 2. Pandit Dwarka PrasadMishra Indian Institute of Information [...]
LEARNING Student learn in many ways like seeing, hearing and experience. Some students remember materials when they have seen, some may remember things when they hear, and some more remember things when they experience physically. Learning is an automatic process. 30% population remembers what is heard, 40% population recalls visually and remaining persons remembers by experiencing. People learn in many [...]
Since inception of the Model School Scheme, proposals to set up model schools in 2,425 educationally backward blocks have been received from 24 States/UTs. Till 20.03.2012, model schools in 1,942 blocks in 22 States have been approved and funds have been released for setting up of 1,562 model schools in 20 States. For setting up of these schools, the sharing [...]
The Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question that the Indian Maritime University (IMU) commenced its new Extension Centre at Kandla, Gujarat on 22.08.2011. The said Centre is conducting pre-sea maritime training courses in the engineering and nautical disciplines. Kandla Port Trust is providing a fully furnished campus [...]
The Ministry of Human Resource Development plans to set up a Meta University at Delhi in which, Jamia Milia Institute, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi would participate. The main purpose of Meta Universities is to share learning resources by different universities by using latest technologies available in order to enable students to benefit [...]
The Government has assessed the requirement of electronic hardware in the country by 2025, and has taken significant measures to stimulate the growth of IT, ITES and electronic hardware manufacturing industry. To stimulate growth of the Information Technology and Information Technology enabled services (IT-ITES) and electronic hardware manufacturing sectors, a Task Force was set up by the Government in August [...]
The Government has assessed the requirement of electronic hardware in the country by 2025, and has taken significant measures to stimulate the growth of IT, ITES and electronic hardware manufacturing industry. To stimulate growth of the Information Technology and Information Technology enabled services (IT-ITES) and electronic hardware manufacturing sectors, a Task Force was set up by the Government in August [...]
The Government of India through its youth based flagship organisation Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has initiated a Pilot project namely Youth Employability Skill (YES) Project with the objective to enhance the employability of youth by running a variety of employable skill based training courses through recognized Vocational Training Providers (VTPs) for rural youth and youth club members in the States of North Eastern Region. This was stated by Shri Ajay Maken, [...]
That a large number of Indian schools are sub-par is a fact well known. But what comes as a surprise is that the quality of education imparted at these schools has not improved even though the country’s budget allocation for elementary education has doubled between 2009 and 2012. During this period, the amount of money earmarked for the Sarva Shiksha [...]
In the primary education sector, the reforms initiated in 2010-11, continued during the year 2011-12. This is stated in Economic Survey 2011-12, presented by the Finance Minister, Sh. Pranab Mukherjee, in the Lok Sabha today. The expenditure on education as a proportion of GDP by General government has increased from 2.72 per cent in 2006-07 to 3.11 per cent in [...]
Since time immemorial, education has been an important instrument for social and economic transformation. The technological revolution and the process of globalization have not only enhanced its salience but transformed it into a precondition for economic growth. It is the key to enhance our competitiveness in the global economy. Ensuring equity in access to quality education for all, in particular [...]
COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR SCHOOL EDUCATION & EX-OFFICIO PROJECT DIRECTOR, RMSA, ANDHRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD. NOTIFICATION FOR RECRUITMENT OF PRINCIPALS, POST GRADUATE AND TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHERS -2012 FOR MODEL SCHOOLS (Notification No.01/RMSA/Model Schools/2012 dt.06-02-2012) INFORMATION BULLETIN 1. RMSA, A.P., Hyderabad is establishing 355 Model Schools in identified Educationally Backward Mandals in the State of Andhra Pradesh. These Schools will start functioning w.e.f [...]
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India today launched Virtual Labs — a collection of ninety-one virtual laboratories containing hundreds of experiments in nine disciplines of science and engineering. As part of Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD)’s National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), Virtual Labs is part of a comprehensive undertaking to provide easily accessible [...]
Text messaging could be stunting children’s reading skills, a Canadian study has revealed. A study of students at the University of Calgary in Canada showed that those who texted more were less receptive to new words while those who read more books, magazines, and newspapers were more accepting of the same words, the Daily Express reported. “Our assumption about text [...]
Today, the quality of India’s primary education is a bigger concern than the number of small children who don’t attend school. India’s gross enrolment ratio, at 98 per cent at the primary level, suggests that almost all children of the relevant population are covered. That ratio drops to just 60 per cent at the secondary stage, which means that 40 [...]
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