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Saturday, July 30, 2011
'Bring changes in higher education' - The Times of India
JAIPUR: Senior Congress leader and Union minister of Road Transport and Highways, C P Joshi drew the attention of HRD minister Kapil Sibal for public private partnership in higher education. He hinted Sibal (without naming him) for bringing fundamental changes in the higher education system to bring it in consonance with the need of the time. He was addressing a meet of 40 vice-chancellors from different universities on the first day of a two-day West Zone Vice-Chancellors' Conference at the City Palace hotel in Udaipur. The conference is being organised by Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. The theme of the Conference is "Higher Education in India: A Perennial Quest for Excellence". Experts and academicians discussed...
HRD clears the air: Madrasas not under ambit of RTE - Indian Express
Clarifying its stand on Right to Education with regards to madrasas across the country, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has said that madrasas imparting religious instruction do not fall under the ambit of schools as defined under section 2(n) of the RTE Act.“The Madrasas are protected under Article 29 and 30 of the Constitution. The RTE Act does not come in the way of continuance of such institutions or the rights of children in such institutions,” a statement issued by the HRD Ministry said.Darul Uloom in Deoband and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had earlier slammed the RTE Act, saying it would interfere with madrasa education in the country.In November 2010, the HRD Ministry had issued guidelines under Section 35(1) of the RTE Act, clarifying that madrasas...
Government unveils national database on academic qualification - Indian Express
Incidences of forged certificates could soon become a thing of the past with the Government today unveiling a pilot project which would be the national database of storing academic qualifications in an electronic format.The database by National Academy Depository would facilitate online verification of academic awards issued by boards and universities, thereby identifying attempts made to use fake and forged academic certificates.Students can also overcome their fear of losing a certificate as they too can can access the database anytime and anywhere.Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which had initiated the pilot project, would make available the database of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2011 and CBSE Board XII exam 2011 on this interface to begin with."This will be a...
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Stay ordered on ranking of engineering colleges
The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed a single judge’s order directing the Anna University to publish the academic ranking of all affiliated self-financing engineering colleges under the Anna University of Technology (AUT), Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchy, Tirunelveli and Madurai.Ordering an interim injunction on a plea of the Association of Management of Coimbatore Anna University Affiliated Colleges, the High Court bench, comprising justices Elipe Dharma Rao and M Venugopal observed that the cardinal principle of law required to be satisfied by the petitioner - N Ramprasanth of Manachanallur village in Tiruchy district - was that he had approached an appropriate public authority to address his issue but it kept pending or was dealt with in an illegal manner. However, he had failed...
Government looks into excess fee claims
CHENNAI: The government on Tuesday met with officials over allegations that some private engineering colleges were collecting excessive fees. Earlier, Higher Education Minister P Palaniappan expressed concern over student protests at two colleges over the issue. His comments to Express came on the sidelines of his visit to the engineering counselling centre at Anna University here on Tuesday.Over the last couple of weeks, students of two self financing colleges went on a rampage protesting what they claimed was an arbitrary fee. “We are being charged extra amounts under new names like administration fee etc. Moreover, they charge us exorbitantly for transport even for short distances. When we say we don’t need transport, they refuse to let us travel to college on our own, saying it is compulsory....
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Admissions officers crossing the line
Former university admissions officers are being faulted for leaving their positions and taking lucrative jobs at private education facilities, enticing students and parents by being experts in the college admission process.
As a blatant example of this, a former admissions officer at Korea University surnamed Park obtained a job at a college admission consulting institution identified as “T” in southern Seoul in June right after leaving his job at the university. The institution received about 3 million won ($2,840) for four consulting sessions run by Park.
A director of a hagwon near T said, “As [Park] has been working in the field, selecting students for the university until recently, he knows extremely well how to prepare and write up documents for university admissions.”
In 2009, the...
Monday, July 25, 2011
AKU court approves move on affiliation-Indian Express
Aryabhat Knowledge University (AKU) court on Saturday decided to grant affiliation to different government technical institutions, including medical and engineering colleges, from 2011-12 session.AKU court (Senate), at its meeting held here under the chairmanship of vice-chancellor S N Guha, approved the executive council (Syndicate) decision to grant affiliation to three private technical institutions of the state.HRD minister P K Shahi, who also attended the court's meeting, said that the state government would write to its technical institutions to get themselves affiliated with AKU as soon as a university's resolution to this effect is received. He also pleaded for some amendment in the university's statutes with regard to affiliation of an institution with AKU. Shahi observed that court's...
BEd exam schedule worries students-Indian Express
The students are a worried lot due to the rigid examination scheme proposed by Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University for the BEd course. The students are in dilemma whether they will be able to revise the syllabus without any gap in the examinations schedule.
As per the proposed examination scheme by CSMU for BEd this year, the examinations will start from July 27 and end in the second week of August and there is no gap. This has increased academic burden on the students.
"I am confused that how will I manage to revise the whole course content as the syllabus is quiet lengthy and it's impossible to revise the whole content in a single day," said Nupur, a student appearing in BEd exams. The list of such students is long.
"I teach in a private school and got very less...
Common entrance test for all private varsities mooted - Indian Express
The first-ever conference of university Vice-Chancellors, including private universities and Himachal’s only Central University, organised here favoured Common Entrance test for admissions to private universities, beside adopting uniform pattern of teaching programmes.The conference held at the initiative of the Himachal Pradesh University’s Vice-Chancellor ADN Vajpai to mark the 42th Foundation Day celebrations of the varsity also proposed for introducing only those courses which are in demand.The Vice-Chancellor admitted the need to maintain high standards of teaching, introduction of faculty exchange programmes and organising frequent workshops and conferences for ensuring quality education.There was also a proposal to form an organisation of the vice-chancellors to boost cooperation in...
Karunya University ranked among top private colleges in India -South Asia Mall
A Christian minority institute has ranked top among private colleges in South India as well as across the country.
Karunya Institute of Technology ranks 21st of the top 50 private colleges in India, according to a comprehensive survey conducted by the Indian Express. The ranking is based on several academic indicators. The Indian Express daily also placed Karunya Institute on the 10th position among the top 25 private colleges in South India. Others in the list included Bangalore Institute of Technology, Hindustan University and IIT Hyderabad. “The institute’s ranking is a reflection of our teamwork and dedication. We are extremely proud of our achievements and we want to set the bar much higher than we have in the past,” commented Paul P Appaswamy, Vice Chancellor, Karunya...
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Private players keen to set up universities in state
Punjab is all set to become a hub of specialised universities for different academic streams. At least 10 private players, including the Reliance Industries group led by Anil Ambani, Bharti telecom (Airtel group), Lord Diljit Rana, Chitkara group, Ryat and Bahra group and the SGPC are keen to set up their universities in Punjab.
In fact,they have already sent their proposals to the Punjab regime which has nearly finalised the recruit of the Bill and the policy to be place in place to allow the setting up of universities in the private sector in the state. Earlier, the state regime had allowed the setting up of the Lovely University near Jalandhar and the state regime had then enacted a law with particular reference to that university.
Though, as more and more groups are showing interest...
Monday, July 11, 2011
HIGHER EDUCATION: TO PROFIT, OR NOT TO PROFIT?
HIGHER EDUCATION: TO PROFIT, OR NOT TO PROFIT?
The Government has seemingly decided to embark on further liberalising the higher education sector along a patchwork process commenced in 1978, getting the private sector to provide higher education. As has been argued, universities must play a dual role in their mission: creation and dissemination of knowledge as the primary mission, and training of skilled workers as the secondary mission.
But there can also be higher education institutes for the purpose of training skilled workers. The attempt of the government appears to have been to allow those who are able to pay, to buy higher education, by widening the options available to seekers of higher education. Accessibility for bachelor’s degrees should be broadened as there are a large number...
Admissions over, many look beyond RU - Times Of India
Admissions over, many look beyond RU With the third cut-off list announced, the most sought-after Maharani's Girls College has closed its doors to a little over 7,000 students, who couldn't make it owing to less percentage in their Class XII examinations. The college has a total of 2,400 seats for all the disciplines, i.e., commerce, science and arts, and received 9,000 application forms.The announcement has brought cheers to only a few students as 95% of seats were already filled in first two cut-off lists. The full-fledged new session will likely to begin from Monday. The college's B Com pass course was closed at 90.80 per cent. Even in self finance course the cut-off was a record high 88.62 per cent for the general category. "For the past...
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
A case in point - The Times of India
A case in pointConsidering the fact that better advocacy skills is the need of the hour, 10 young advocates from acrossIndia will be trained for one month at the National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) under the Rajiv Gandhi advocate training scheme.Elaborating on the scheme, inaugurated on June 27, Srikrishna Deva Rao, registrar of NLUD says, "The ministry of law has initiated this step of training 10 young advocates who are below the age of 30 at regular intervals. To start with, chief justice of all 21 High Courts and chairmen of all State Bar Councils have selected 10 advocates who will be participating in the programme."The training programme, which commenced on June 27, will end on July 23 and will be conducted in two phases. In the first phase, selected advocates will be taught the basic...
UGC gets into survey mode to understand higher education
UGC gets into survey mode to understand higher educationThe Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has decided to undertake a nationwide survey on the state of higher education in the country, including the Allahabad University.In a communication sent to the directors and vice-chancellors all the higher educational institutions of the country, the University Grants Commission(UGC) has urged the respective universities to identify and nominate a nodal officer, who will be assigned the task of coordinating and collecting data of the university and its colleges for the purpose of the survey, said AU registrar, Prof J N Mishra."The National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) would be conducting the huge survey that is likely to be completed in a year's time,"...
