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Sikkim Manipal University- Directorate of Distance Education (SMU-DDE)has announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), a premier state-owned, Government University in Edinburgh and one of UK's largest Universities.The collaboration between SMU-DDE and ENU aims to foster advancement in teaching, research, academic collaboration, cultural understanding and to create avenues for enhancing student experience.It will create a strong foundation to encourage exchange and sharing of academic, scientific and cultural experiences. ENU will be an academic partner with SMU-DDE by providing academic training and infrastructure to fulfill the educational needs of the students enrolled.Under the scope of engagement, ENU and SMU-DDE will collaborate in...

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Lovely Professional University has signed two important MOUs with top Institutions of New Zealand, Unitec Institute of Technology (UIT), Auckland & Waikato Institute of Technology (WIT), Hamilton. These MOUs are Inter-Institutional Agreement of Co-operation for Programmes of Staff Student Exchange, Collaborative Research, Conferences and seminars, Co-operative learning, Development and Application of Educational Methods and Technologies, Visiting scholar programmes, Short-term training Programmes and projects etc. In this regard, detailed and separate MOUs have been duly signed by Dr Rick Ede, President and Chief Executive, UIT and Dr Monica Gulati, Registrar, LPU, on one hand and between Stewart Brougham, Director Inter-nationalization, WIT, and Er Aman Mittal, Deputy Director, Division...

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JSS college offers course in human rights - The Times of India

DHARWAD: The principle civil judge C Rajshekhar called upon educational institutions to inculcate human values among students during the course of education, so that they will conduct themselves as good citizens in their life.Inaugurating the UGC-sponsored certificate course in Human Rights at Janata Shikshana Samiti (JSS) College in Dharwad on Tuesday, he said human rights are the soul of democracy and respecting human rights means upholding democracy. He appreciated the initiative taken by the college in introducing the course.Principal of the college, Ajith Prasad, narrated how human rights had been violated in South Africa, America and India in the past and emphasized the importance of respecting human rights in a civilized society. He also explained the initiative taken by international...

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Only 30% pass GU MPhil test - The Times of India

Results of the entrance test for the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) course has failed to improve at Gujarat University. As much as 70 percent of the students who appeared in the test failed this year.Complying with the norms of University Grants Commission (UGC), Gujarat Universityconducted the admission test for 300 seats of MPhil programme in July. While more than 600 students appeared in the test for various subjects, only 30 percent of examinees cleared the test.Apart from Gujarati, other subjects like Sanskrit, Hindi and English had very few students clearing the test. While 34 students appeared in Sanskrit, only 2 students passed the test. Similarly out of 44 students who gave the test only 1 student passed the test and in Hindi 10 students out of 15 cleared the test in Hindi. However...

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Fake Institutes

Fake Educational InstitutionsThe Central Government, through University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), keeps a watch over the fake universities and the unapproved technical institutions. The UGC has identified 21 universities/institutions as fake running in various parts of the country, in contravention of the UGC Act, 1956, out of which 8 are in Uttar Pradesh, 6 are in Delhi and 1 each in Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Similarly, the AICTE had identified 348 institutions running technical and management courses/programmes in violation of the AICTE Regulation dated 6th January, 2005. Out of these total number of unapproved institutions, 75 each are in Delhi and Maharashtra, 52 in Andhra Pradesh,...

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PM seeks to increase private funding in research to 50%

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has suggested increasing private sector funding in Research and Development to 50% from the current 20%. The suggestion was made during a review meeting of eight ministries related to scientific research. The meeting was attended by representatives from science and technology, space, atomic energy, earth sciences, biotechnology, defence production ministries.Prime Minister spelt out the need to increase country’s footing as a major player in publication of scientific literature, "Prime Minister said that India's share in scientific literature published in international journals should be increased to 10% in the next plan," said an official.According to the sources, all participating departments were told to make most of the prevailing interest in India as an investment...

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Role of teachers crucial for RTE’s success: PM - Indian Express

Using the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today suggested that the dedication and commitment of teachers would be crucial for achieving the objectives of the Right to Education Act which has the potential to transform schools and lives of children.Interacting with a group of meritorious teachers here, Singh noted that teachers have a critical role to play in shaping the future of the country and they should inculcate progressive and rational attitudes among children maintaining a balance between tradition and modernity.He sought to strike a personal chord with the teachers by pointing out that teaching has always been “close to my heart” as he had started his career as a teacher.“The Right to Education legislation that we have enacted has the potential to transform...

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NCERT to get ‘university’ status: Kapil Sibal | India Education Review

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will now get ‘university’ status announced HRD Minister Kapil Sibal. The status will enable NCERT to address diverse issues and challenges in the education sector and also help its teachers draw professor level salary.NCERT should be made a ‘Centre of Education’ said the minister."I strongly suggest that we should work very hard to ensure that the university status to NCERT is brought about as quickly as possible," he said at a function.The status will also guide other organisations in this country to take the agenda of NCERT and its regional units forward. Sibal pointed out that the scholarship amount paid under the prestigious National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scheme is a "farcical" Rs 500 per month and assured to...

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'Schools still using dated teaching methods' - The Times of India

Two years have passed since the Bharatiya Jain Sangathana conducted a study on the quality of schooling in Goa, but the directorate of education(DoE) is yet to prepare a roadmap to improve infrastructure in Goa schools. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with the state government, pointed the lack of security systems in schools. It also drew attention to poor maintenance of toilets and lack of playgrounds.The state government had signed a memorandum of understanding with the BJS to conduct a survey on the quality of schooling in Goa.The study was submitted in early 2009, and the Goa government was to prepare a roadmap to improve the quality of schooling based on the report's findings. However, little progress has been made on the front. The BJS recommendations described how "an...

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PhD test in November - Times Of India

It was decided at a meeting of higher education officials on August 26 that the common entrance test for PhD will be held in the first week of November. To prepare question papers of various subjects, different state universities have been roped in. The question paper will be based on syllabus according to the UGC- NET, CSIR, and ICIR. The entrance exam will have two question papers. The first one will be purely objective, while the second one will consist of both objective and subjective type questions. After the completion of the exam, three cut-off marks will be declared for general, SC/ST, and OBC candidates respectively.On the basis of these marks, a score card will be given to the student, which will be valid for two years. A student can then take admission in any state university as...

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Ordinance for Hindi varsity in Bhopal soon - The Times of India

The state government will promulgate an ordinance soon to set up a Hindi university in Bhopal, so that it starts functioning on December 25, coinciding with the birthday of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.The decision to establish a Hindi vishwavidyalaya was taken at a meeting chaired by chief ministerShivraj Singh, who felt that such a step would help contribute to promoting Hindi and help the language get status of a world language. The state also plans to make the inauguration of the proposed Hindi university a big event by inviting renowned scholars from all over the country, a release said.The meeting also discussed holding of student union elections in universities and colleges at the end of this month. The state higher education department proposed to hold elections in all govt universities...

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Work in rural areas, docs urged - The Times of India

The two-day workshop organized at community medicine department of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College came to an end on Saturday. The workshop was held to enable the students select topics for the community-based research programme, which is a part of their curriculum.On the second day, students of final year presented their papers on several topics including concerns over public health. They also presented research works done by their seniors in the previous years. Chief guest, state health minister Mahendra Hardia, appreciated the work done by the students. He also encouraged students to work in rural areas and slums to research on the health-related problems of the people.The minister said that health department will fund projects that are related with healthcare in rural areas. Lending an...

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University World News - INDIA: Ban lifted on distance postgraduate courses

The University Grants Commission has lifted its two-year ban on masters and PhD courses through correspondence, the U-turn apparently forced by legal opinion against the move following protests from universities, writes Basant Kumar Mohanty for The Telegraph. Open universities like Ignou and several general universities had protested the ban on the ground that their respective laws, passed by parliament or legislatures, allowed them to offer such courses. Ignou even continued to offer such programmes. Faced with the resistance, the higher education regulator sought legal opinion on whether it could override such powers conferred by the acts to the universities. Last month, the UGC held a meeting where it was decided to drop the ban. "An open university may be permitted to conduct MPhil-PhD...

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Executive MBA's in India - Business Leaders

Designed to meet the needs of managers, executives and other business leaders, Executive MBA programmes are highly in demand in India1 2 SEP 2011 Admin What is an Executive MBA programme?An Executive MBA programme (also called EMBA) is an especially designed course to meet the educational needs of managers, C-level executive as well as other business leaders. In two years or less, an EMBA programme allows professionals to earn a business-related graduate degree while working fulltime. During this period, professionals gain a wide range of new skills and sharpen their analytical abilities by combining coursework with everyday professional experience.The collective professional coverage of its participants is a unique aspect of the EMBA programme....

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Sibal, Montek differ on foreign education bill - The Times of India

Considered reformists in theManmohan Singh government, HRD minister Kapil Sibal and Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia are not on the same side when it comes to Foreign Education Providers Billand a slew of other educational legislations being planned by the HRD ministry. Ahluwalia's criticism has come out in the latest WikiLeaks disclosures. After a lot of initial enthusiasm, the HRD ministry is going slow on Foreign Education Providers Bill as a fresh round of discussion has begun. A cable from the US embassy in Delhi shows Ahluwalia expressing reservations about the Bill to William Burns, US under secretary of state for political affairs. "Hazarding that he was perhaps talking out of turn, Ahluwalia asserted that he was not very happy with the Foreign University...

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Division of R&D of LPU conducted Workshop for Research Procedures to motivate Faculty & Students

An elaborated Work shop for Research Procedures to motivate Faculty & Students was conducted by the Division of Research and Development of Lovely Professional University at Shri Baldev Raj Mittal Auditorium of the University. First of its kind, this workshop attracted more than 200 PhD aspiring faculty and students from different Departments of the University. Dean Research, LPU, elaborated in details HOW TO WRITE A DOCTORAL THESIS/ a Conceptual Research Paper. All participated actively in regard to learn and interact basically needed research procedures and out puts. Many students showcased and discussed their projects also with the experts.The Chancellor, Mr Ashok Mittal informed: "Only a few days back, a mentor group led by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has recommended 'the creation of...

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UGC can continuously impose conditions to make Deemed Universities imrove quality - The Times of India

The Madras high court bench has ruled that the University Grants Commission has the right to continuously impose conditions to make Deemed Universities maintain their quality as institutions of higher learning. Justice K Chandru dismissing petitions filed by 14 deemed to be Universities and Tamil Nadu Deemed Universities Association challenging the UGC(institutions to be deemed Universities) Regulations 2010, said institutions had willingly executed a Memorandum of Association agreeing to abide by the UGC guidelines and could not now go back on it. The rules aim at improving quality of education by reducing involvement of family members in managing institutions. The court said the concept of the Trust founder or founder having power to bring his family members does not arise having established...

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President calls on Govt., varsities to work together

The HinduPresident Pratibha Patil laying the foundation stone for IGNOU sothern campus in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Speaker G. Kathikeyan, A.Sampath MP, IGNOU VC V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai are also seen in the picture. Photo: C. Ratheesh KumarPresident Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday called on the Government and universities to work closely on socially relevant issues and to reach out to a broad segment of society.Laying the foundation stone for the Southern Regional Campus of Indira Gandhi National Open University here, the President said the country should cater to the educational requirements of its predominantly young population. After universalisation of primary education, it was time to work towards...

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