John Brumfield

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Exam pattern for students with special needs will stay the same : Balbharti

Two weeks earlier, the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharti) had proposed changes in the exam pattern for the students with special needs, who are studying in class IX and X but, has now canceled its own plans. In the last week of September, in a circular, Balbharti had proposed to give more weight to the internal marks in case of children with special needs. Currently, these students have internal marks in subjects of Math and Science. In an attempt to be more inclusive it was suggested in the circular to add 20 internal marks for language subjects and 30 internal marks for social studies only for the children with special needs. However, the proposal was opposed by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education and teachers. On Tuesday, Balbharti issued a new circular maintaining the original pattern for the students with the special needs. “For the ongoing academic year, we have decided to continue with the old pattern. We will hold further discussions and take the necessary decision for the next academic year,” said Sunil Magar, director, Balbharti.

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JNU’s School of engineering lacks infrastructure; faces students’ anger

Last year, the Jawaharlal Nehru University had approved setting up a school of engineering and claimed that it will start functioning within six months. The school started functioning but it has been facing constant anger from the students who complained that they are facing infrastructural issues with the school including the lack of a dedicated building. As of now, 104 students have enrolled in two programs namely Computer Science and Electronics and Communication Engineering. Earlier in May, Rector II Satish Garkoti in a statement had said that the admissions would begin in July and the infrastructure for the school is available. However, students enrolled in the engineering programs claimed that their classes are being held at the Convention Center and their labs at the School of Computer & Systems Sciences. “We have a timetable, but teachers never follow it. We have to always be prepared because at any point, we get an SMS saying that a class will be held in an hour. Also, in our class, there are 31 students, but there are only 29 computers. The other two have been told to get their own laptops,” claimed a student. Another student alleged that since the school was new, the JNU library does not have books on engineering and they are forced to buy new books every month : “We spend close to Rs 3,000 per semester on books alone…. We’re already paying over Rs 60,000 per semester — more than any other course — but what benefits are we getting?” Students said that they have raised the issue with the dean but to no avail. Dean R K Agarwal, however, claimed that he was not informed of any of such problems. “I have been meeting the students, there’s no such issue that they have brought up. There’s no problem of labs or computers. Classes are taking place at the Convention Center, because we don’t have classes big enough in any other School to accommodate so many students while the school is being built,” he said.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

UGC NET 2018 | UGC opened the window for NET 2018 form correction

UGC has opened the window for the candidates to make any corrections in UGC NET 2018 application form. Candidates who wished to do so can visit the official website -- ntanet.nic.in -- and make the necessary changes (if any). The last date for the window to close is October 14 2018. UGC NET 2018 exam is scheduled from December 9 to 23, 2018 and will be held in 84 different subjects across various test centers in 91 selected cities. The exam is conducted to determine the eligibility of the candidate Assistant Professor post only or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or both. The admit cards for the exam will be available to download from November 19 and the results for the same will be released on January 10, 2019. New exam pattern for the UGC NET 2018 From 2018 onward, the exam will be conducted by the NTA (National testing Agency) and in place of three papers, only 2 papers -- paper 1 and paper 2 -- will be conducted. Paper 1 -- Paper 1 will be of 100 marks and will contain 50 objective type questions. Each question will be general in nature (related to teaching/research aptitude of the candidate) and will carry 2 marks. The duration of the same will be one hour (9:30 am to 10:30 am) Paper 2 -- It will be of 100 marks and will contain 100 objective type compulsory questions. Each question will carry 2 marks and will be based on the subject opted by the candidate. The duration of the same will be two hours (11 am to 1 pm).

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Venkaiah Naidu urged NITs to focus on innovation

“Innovation is no longer a luxury but a necessity for a country like India and institutions like NITs should focus on innovation in a big way,” said President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday. Naidu was present at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Warangal in Telangana and praised the institution for its initiatives to promote technological and scientific research. He insisted that technological institutes such as NITs should focus extensively on the innovation. Observing that India is progressing towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy by 2025 he said that the growth story of India has stormed the world by surprise and that foreign businesses wish to invest in the nation’s markets. “The innovation should keep the coming 20 years in mind and it should also be clean and green”, he said. “Innovations help in combating corruption and pilferage of subsidies. Innovation makes it possible to overcome the most pressing problems of our time efficiently and effectively,” Naidu said. The Vice President said as the nation is preparing to cut the red tape and lay the carpet for the world it must also work on making its procedures simple and transparent. He also insisted that the institutes like NITs need to have links with the industries and its alumni. The Vice President also hoped that engineers passing out from the premier institutes like NITs will use their knowledge to address the societal problems related to drinking water, health, transportation and education and will contribute greatly in improving the lives of the people.

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IIT B to train 30 women Entrepreneur for the Start-Ups

Under the new program launched on Monday, a total of 30 women entrepreneurs will be trained collectively by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment. The ‘Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ (SINE) at IIT-B has entered into a collaboration with the ‘Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment’ (WEE) to launch ‘Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Mentorship Program’. The program will be supported by the Department of Science and Technology and NITI Aayog. Through the program, the institute hoped to train and improve the visibility of the women entrepreneurs in the Indian start-up ecosystem. Poyni Bhatt, CEO of SINE, said: “It is a well-documented fact that the proportion of women entrepreneurs is really low, although there is no specific database to prove that. To address this, we have started the programs, through which we will groom women who have ideas for start-ups.” “In August, we gave a nationwide call for applications. We have women from technology sectors, media as well as the social sector,” said Bhatt. The training will be conducted by the institute between October 7 and December 30 and the best business idea will be chosen by the jury and will receive a prize money of INR 20 lakhs.

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AIIMS PG 2019 | Registration date for the July session postponed

The registration date for the AIIMS PG exam has been postponed to October 18. Earlier, the registration process was scheduled to begin from October 6, 2018, for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) entrance examination. Now, the registration facility for the exam will be available for the candidates from October 18 on the official website -- aiimsexam.org. The entrance examination for the AIIMS PG is held bi-annually, usually in January and July. For the January 2019 session, the registrations had started on August 31, 2018 and exam for the same is scheduled on November 18. The admit cards for the exam will be released in the first week of November. AIIMS PG exam offer admissions to the candidates to five MDS programs along with approx. 499 MD/MS seats in Basic Clinical and Clinical Sciences. Apart from the main center at Delhi that was established in 1956. There are six more centers of AIIMS across the nation in Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur, and Rishikesh. AIIMS PG eligibility criteria The medical aspirant should have an MBBS degree for MD/MS and BDS degree from an institution recognized by Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India.Candidate must have completed one year of rotating internship on or before January 31, 2019.The general category candidates are required to have secured a minimum of 55 percent aggregate in MBBS, while the candidates belonging to SC/ST category should have scored an aggregate of 50 percent.

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

JNU’s Special Center for E-Learning offers Sanskrit and Pali courses

In an attempt to reach a wider audience of the nation, Delhi based JNU university has approved the online language courses including languages such as Pali and Sanskrit. These online courses provide a unique opportunity to the candidates who are interested in learning ancient languages. According to the proposal approved by the council of JNU, the three courses will be M.A. (Sanskrit), Certificate of Proficiency in Computational Linguistics and Certificate of Proficiency in Pali. All the three courses will be offered by the Special Centre for E-learning at the university. JNU is also working on other online courses in an attempt to provide students with the high-quality education, available in JNU, across the country. The AC meeting also adopted the "UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualification for Appointment of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges, 2018" and "UGC Regulations (promotion of academic integrity and prevention of plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions), 2018." "The Academic Council adopted these regulations and in order to bring JNU's Ordinances in conformity with the UGC Regulations 2018, relevant draft amendments to the existing JNU Ordinances were adopted and the Academic Council decided to form a committee to further fine-tune the Ordinances incorporating relevant suggestions from various Schools and Centers," the statement said.

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