John Brumfield

Friday, February 1, 2019

A special panel to decide Ph.D. students’ incentives: Government

An inter-ministerial committee has been set up to work out the incentives for the research scholars and enhance the fellowship of Ph.D. students, a senior official said on Thursday. Talking about the special committee, Department of Science and Technology Secretary Ashutosh Sharma said “it will have officials from variousministries, who will examine all fellowship related matters that have abearing on enhancing the value, quality and experience of doctoralresearch, including the quantum of fellowship”. "We want to look at the value of Ph.D. in a holistic way. Ph.D. students are the backbone in progress of a country as they strongly contribute to various fields. An empowered committee has been formed to bring all ministries together to periodically visit the quantum of fellowship and incentivize research," Mr. Sharma said. He was speaking at a press conference held at the CSIR Science Centre. The conference was also attended by Renu Swarup, the secretary of the Department of Biotechnology (DST), and Shekhar C Mande, the director general of CSIR and secretary of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. Union minister Harsh Vardhan could not attend the conference but later said that he is happy about the initiative to provide financial and academic incentives. In the statement, the Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate change, said "science and technology is a fast-moving area in which a dynamic and holistic vision is required to secure the future of the nation and this will be a performance-based addition to the enhanced fellowship." On Wednesday, the government announced a hike in fellowship amount which will benefit the 60,000 research fellows. Mr.. Sharma said that there is a need to reduce the gap within quality and quantity of research. "Sometimes quantity of research gets marred by the quality of research which may not be up to the mark. This gap needs to be reduced and quality of research can be improved by improving the incentives for it," he said. "We will consider what and how much incentive is to be given after the full budget comes," he added.

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NTA released the answer keys for the CMAT and GPAT exam

The answer keys for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) and Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) have been released by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The answer keys for the CMAT and GPAT exams are available on websites -- ntacmat.nic.in and ntagpat.nic.in respectively. Candidates who are not satisfied with the answer keys and recorded answers can challenge the same by paying a processing fee of INR 1000 per question through credit/debit card. CMAT answer key -- https://ntacmat.nic.in/ntacmat/root/LoginOption.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFW7rqU2bYmG6mxzpPbVKbd4= GPAT answer key -- https://ntagpat.nic.in/ntagpat/root/LoginOption.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFTbSQqzsK0JFEaUwTMiSYCU= A total of 64,582 candidates registered for the CMAT 2019 exam and 42,827 candidates registered for the GPAT 2019 exam. The CMAT 2019 was held in morning shift (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m) while the GPAT 2018 was organized in the afternoon shift (2:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m). “The NTA’s decision on the challenges shall be final and no further communication will be entertained,” says the official CMAT and GPAT notification. The results of both the exams will be compiled on final answer keys.

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JKBOSE class 12 results for the Kargil Division released

Results of class 12 (part 2) exams for the Kargil division have been released by the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE). Candidates who have appeared for the exams can visit the official website -- jkbose.ac.in and check their results using their roll numbers. Steps to check the JKBOSE 12th Result, Kargil Division Students can follow the below-mentioned steps to check the results Visit the official website as mentioned aboveOn the home click on the link for the desired Class 12 results’ linkOn the new page, enter your roll number and nameSubmit the details by clicking on the submit buttonYour result will be displayed on the screenDownload the result and take the print out of the same for future reference The results of class 12 for Kashmir division and class 10 and 12 for the Leh division have already been released by the JKBOSE. The results of class 10 regular exam 2018 (Kargil division) were released by the JKBOSE on January 22, 2019.

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NTA released the results for the JEE Main Paper 2

The results of the JEE Main Paper 2 held by the newly formed National Testing Agency have been released. The exam was held in January 2019 and results for the same are now available on the official website -- jeemain.nic.in. This year a total of 1,80,052 candidates had registered for the exam of which 75,658 were females, 1,04,393 were male candidates and one was transgender. The score for the exam have been declared in percentile format and two boys Gudla Raghunandan Reddy and Gollapudi N Lakshmi Narayanan from Andhra Pradesh have score 100 percentile. According to an official working with NTA a total of 1,45,386 candidates appeared for the exam. NTA has also released the final answer key for the JEE Mains 2 exam and candidates can check the same by visiting the official website of the NTA. The official ranks for the exams will be released after the agency has conducted another exam in April. Steps to check the results Students can follow the below-mentioned steps to check the results Visit the official website of the NTA as mentioned aboveOn the homepage click on the link ‘JEE Main paper 2 result’A new page will open. On the new page enter your application number, date of birth and code given on screenClick on the submit buttonYour result will be declared on the screenDownload the result and take the print out of the same for future reference Earlier, NTA had declared the results for the JEE Mains paper 1 on January 19. The JEE Mains paper 2 was conducted on January 8, 2019.

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

ESMA invokes on account of upcoming UP Board exams

On the account of upcoming board exams in Uttar Pradesh, the UP government has invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) which bans all the strikes in all the services related to the secondary education board for the next six months. The government took the decision as the exams are approaching and strikes can affect its smooth functioning. Exams for class 10 and 12 will commence from February 7. The exams for class 12 will end on March 2, 2019 and for class 10 they will end on February 29. “In public interest, any strike in services related to secondary education board has been banned for six months,” an official release said. According to the reports, more than 58 lakh students will appear for the Uttar Pradesh Madhmik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) this year. Last year, the government had deployed the Special Task Force (STF) of UP to keep a check on education mafia in UP and prevent any malpractices during the exam. This year also, it is expected that the government will deploy CCTV cameras and mobile jammers at the exam centers to prevent cheating during the exams.

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Helping students think rationally should be the main aim of the education system

On Wednesday, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu urged to re-orient the education system which can help the students learn to think in rational and independent terms. This will enable the students to face the challenges of the world which are getting complex day by day. "An education which balances the head, heart, body, and spirit alone can be called a truly holistic education. The child should not only be able to acquire and absorb knowledge but should also be able to apply the knowledge in real life situation," said Mr. Naidu. He interacted with the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, and other schools from Tamil Nadu at Upa-Rashtrapati Bhavan and recalled that India has a great tradition of 'Guru Shishya Parampara' in which teachers and students used to engage in a constant dialogue. "Such great tradition should be reflected in our modern education system. These discussions were recorded and have been handed down to us from the ancient past in the form of Upanishads," he added. Mr.. Naidu said that schools’ learning system should allow students to enjoy the schooling and help them in making life-long learners. Mr.. Naidu said that real learning takes place only through "observation", "reading", "discussion", "reflection", "analysing" and "synthesizing”. Mr.. Naidu also urged that teachers should go beyond the teaching academics and help them develop skills which they can use to navigate through the complex modern world. He also urged parents to interact with their children and understand their issues as this will prevent them from falling into depression.

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Under EWS, IIT-Delhi to increase its seats by 12.5 percent

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) has decided to increase its seats by 12.5 percent this year and by the same percentage in the following year in order to implement the EWS quota for the Upper caste group of the society. The HRD ministry has already asked all the universities and institutes of the nation to implement the new EWS quota from the new academic session and finalize its implementation plan by the March 31. “We will increase seats by 12.5 per cent this year and the remaining the next year. We are supposed to submit our financial requirements regarding this to the government, which we are in the process of doing. The communication has to go to the central JEE coordinating office too, as they need to know the exact number of seats (which will increase),” IIT-D Director V Ramgopal Rao said. He said that funds will be required only to create additional hostel space for the students and classroom space is not an issue. “We roughly have 10,000 students and need to take in 2,500 more students. Our large hostels have a capacity for about 800 students. So we require at least three more hostels. But we don’t have space for new hostels, so we will need to demolish our 50-year-old hostels, which have about 300 seats and make larger hostels,” said Rao.

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