JNTU RESULTS |
- Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) January-2012 Information Bulletin.
- CBSE to Offer Four New Vocational Subjects from Next Year.
- No permission for deemed medical university.
- If girls are educated, ‘angels’ will be found everywhere.
- IIM panel decides to share information on admission.
- JNTU-HYD : Revised Dead-Lines of B.Tech/B.Pharm Nov/Dec-2011 Exams.
- 439 MBA, MCA colleges on verge of closure.
- Why students no longer pursue CAT doggedly.
- IIMs to face audit every three years.
- Setback to 44 deemed universities.
| Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) January-2012 Information Bulletin. Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:58 AM PDT Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) January-2012 Information Bulletin. Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) January-2012 Information Bulletin. Click on the below links to Download the Official Notification : LINK 1(OR)LINK 2(OR)LINK 3
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| CBSE to Offer Four New Vocational Subjects from Next Year. Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:14 AM PDT CBSE to Offer Four New Vocational Subjects from Next Year. New Delhi, Nov 03 : Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, is likely to launch four new vocational subjects from next year, i.e. 2012. The Board has taken the step to boost vocational education and make it more scientific and market oriented. As per sources, the subjects to be taught from class XI onwards are logistics management, retail management, paramedic, and design. All these subjects/courses will be modular and credit based. Moreover, the certificates which will be awarded would also indicate the specific skill sets that the students acquire. According to CBSE, these new courses will be based on the number of hours and divided over specific modules with each module carrying specific credits. In addition, each module will offer a specific skill set so that even if out of seven modules a student completes four, he/she will have credits for those modules and would have acquired certain skill sets. While talking about the developments, CBSE Chairman, Vineet Joshi, said that the basic idea behind drafting the courses credit based is to make them scientific. The number of hours for the vocational courses can be credited which would help in case a student wants to shift to another course, he said. Furthermore, he said that the new courses will be based on the standards set by the National Skill Development Corporation which is now working on national occupational standards in various areas, which means that it specifies on jobs and the necessary corresponding skill sets required. Later, he also added that the credits will help the students if they opt for higher studies to institutions where credit system is accepted and equivalent credits can be measured. In addition, sources from the Ministry for Human Resource Development informed that CBSE will also launch a vocational course in IT from class IX as a pilot project in Haryana from 2012. ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| No permission for deemed medical university. Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:09 AM PDT No permission for deemed medical university. Vijayawada, Nov 03 : The State government will focus on strengthening the Primary Health Centres, secondary and tertiary care units and concentrate on providing better facilities for government doctors, Minister for Health D.L. Ravindra Reddy has said. "Permission will not be given for a deemed medical university, a decision to that effect has been taken," the Minister said. Inaugurating a medical education summit being organised as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences here on Wednesday, the Minister said sweeping changes were required in the health delivery system in the State. There was a marked reduction in the government spending in the health sector and as a result private hospitals mushroomed all over the State. Competing with each other they were exploiting patients, he said. Doctors were thinking on commercial lines forgetting their responsibilities towards public. The University of Health Sciences had a crucial role to play in producing the right kind of doctors, the Minister said. He asked the university authorities to focus on providing good medical education that produces doctors who would be useful in providing inexpensive and high quality medicare to the rural masses. Finding fault with the undue attention being given by the media to '108′, '104′ and Arogyasri, he said there was a need to improve infrastructure in government-run institutions. Every doctor should strive to be within the reach of the poor. Lauding former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao for establishing the Health University, he said the State government would support and protect it. He said attempts were made to undermine the Health University by private medical colleges, but the government did not permit it. Special invitee and Rajasthan University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor Panwar Raja said acute paucity of faculty in government medical colleges could be reduced by increasing the retirement age to 70. Medical Council of India (MCI) had increased the retirement age of faculty in teaching institutes to 70 and so the best teachers from government institutions were going to private medical colleges. The Minister responding to this said there were some legal hurdles to it. Source : The Hindu ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| If girls are educated, ‘angels’ will be found everywhere. Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:05 AM PDT If girls are educated, 'angels' will be found everywhere. Lucknow, Nov 03 : Women must be properly educated and given training in skill building so that they could find their rightful place in society. If girls are educated, "angels" will be found everywhere. If all educated girls speak with one voice it will be a great voice. This was stated by President Pratibha Patil at a function to mark the quasquicentennial celebrations (125 years) of the Isabella Thoburn College, first Christian women’s college of Asia, here on Wednesday. Ms. Patil expressed her deep concern at the rising trend of crimes against women and called upon the law and order enforcing authorities as well as society to create a safe and secure environment for women. She lamented that even as the country entered the 21st century, families were worried about lack of security for their women members. She suggested that girls be taught judo and karate for self-defence. "Self-defence is the best form of defence," she said.The President noted that in Rajasthan, where she had served as Governor, young girls were inducted in the police. The social condition of a nation could be gauged by the standing and status of its women. There was a strong correlation between women’s education and their overall progress, including their economic development. Ms. Patil pointed to illiteracy and lack of access to education and deprivation, which have existed along with the success stories of educated women, and felt this should reinforce the commitment to achieve the goal of education for all. "A paradox of sorts exists as far as women in India are concerned. On the one hand they have proved to undertake all types of missions and works and on the other they faced numerous challenges and discriminations emanating from social prejudices and social evils." While expressing dismay at incidents of female foeticide, practice of dowry and the helpless condition of widows, she said these issues needed to be handled by governments and society. Women’s empowerment was the need of society and the nation. As the country made progress on gender mainstreaming, more women would become partners in the activities of the nation and society. The President emphasised a "forward looking and comprehensive approach" to meet the challenges of an "evolving society." A special first day cover to mark the 125 years of the Isabella Thoburn College was released by the President. She also unveiled a plaque. Two college publications were released by Governor B.L. Joshi. The college had a humble beginning. It started off as a small school in a small room in the Aminabad locality here on April 18, 1870. Six girls, whose names are unknown, were its first students. It became the Lucknow Women’s College in July 1886. The institution owes it present name to the first American woman missionary and educationist, Isabella Thoburn. The college, which is affiliated to the Lucknow University, today has about 4000 students. Among the alumni are Mohini Giri, Laxmi Menon, Rajmata Vijaye Raje Scindia of Gwalior, Urdu fiction writers, Ismat Chughtai and Quraitullain Hyder, Mumtaz Jaan Haider, the first woman IAS officer, Asha Joshi and Sandhya Sahay. Source : The Hindu ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| IIM panel decides to share information on admission. Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:47 AM PDT IIM panel decides to share information on admission. New Delhi, Nov 03 : Failing to evolve consensus on having a common counseling for admission, the IIM Council on Wednesday decided that the institutes would share their admission information and co-ordinate their counseling systems. For the first time, IIMs have decided to go beyond the world of finance and business management and begin courses in areas like energy management, academic institution management, health management, agriculture management etc. A taskforce for establishing the contours of such programmes has been set up. In a bid to attract foreign students so that IIMs have a more diverse mix, the Council decided that IIMs should have a road show abroad. The older IIMs after completing their counseling session would share information about those who have not been able to make it and the other IIMs — mostly the new ones — would be free to take students from that pool. However,other IIMs would be free to have their own counseling sessions. "Admission policy of each IIM is sacrosanct. In order to ease pressure on students and assist the new IIMs in their admission processes it was decided that the institutes would share their admission information and co-ordinate their counseling systems," the HRD ministry said. Source : The Times of India ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| JNTU-HYD : Revised Dead-Lines of B.Tech/B.Pharm Nov/Dec-2011 Exams. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:13 PM PDT JNTU-HYD : Revised Dead-Lines of B.Tech/B.Pharm Nov/Dec-2011 Exams. JNTU-HYDERABAD : Revised Dead-Lines of B.Tech/B.Pharmacy November/December-2011 Examinations. The Principals of the constituent and affiliated Engineering Colleges are hereby informed that the University exam. branch issues the revised deadlines and dates associated with different events for the smooth conduct of B.Tech. Examinations (Regular and Suppl.) which will be held during Dec./Jan. 2011. The Principals are further informed that the Supplementary Examinations of I year and II Semesters of II, III and IV B.Tech/B.Pharm are rescheduled and shall commence from 26th December, 2011. The detailed time-tables of both Regular exams (commencing from 12-12-2011) and the Supplementary Exams (commencing from 26-12-2011) shall be communicated very shortly. Schedule for the University Exams Registration and the fee payment by the students to the Colleges:
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| 439 MBA, MCA colleges on verge of closure. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:15 PM PDT 439 MBA, MCA colleges on verge of closure. HYDERABAD : As many as 439 MCA and MBA colleges in the state are on the verge of closure. They have sought permission from the government to transfer the few students who took admission to nearby colleges as most of their seats remained unfilled, after the second phase of counselling which ended on October 27. At the end of the second phase, 439 colleges (362 MCA and 77 MBA) got below 10 per cent admissions. The officials said the managements were left with no option but to transfer their students to other colleges as they can not run classes with such low intake.According to the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, only 113 out 636 MCA colleges and 444 MBA colleges out of 940 got more than 90 per cent admissions. The colleges which got below 50 per cent admissions may also want to move their students to other colleges as running colleges with low intake was not economically viable. Officials said after the second phase of counselling, the number of allotments increased by only 2,233. As many 42,982 seats remain vacant including 21,681 MCA and 21,301 MBA seats. The MCA course drew only 57 new admissions while MBA attracted 1,840.Making the situation worse, of the 49,162 total admissions after the first phase of counselling, only 38,775 students reported at the colleges and 8,372 students did not join the courses. As many as 2,015 students admitted to colleges cancelled their admissions, taking vacancies to 55,266 from 44,879 before the second phase. As another 336 new seats were added in the second phase, including 42 MCA and 294 MBA, the number of seats before the second phase was 55,602. The number of admissions, however, rose to 51,395 as there were 5,125 fresh allotments. Though there were only 2,233 new students admitted, the allotments increased due to re-admission by students who did not report at colleges after the first phase.Officials said the total number of admissions will be announced only after the last date of reporting at the colleges on Nov 5 in view of first phase dropouts. Source : Indian Express ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| Why students no longer pursue CAT doggedly. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:10 PM PDT Why students no longer pursue CAT doggedly.
Focus on campus placements, lack of peer learning culture seen as reasons "In the MBA class I go to, most of the students are software employees," says Nancy Paul, a final-year student of an engineering college. "Ten of us started preparing for CAT (Common Admission Test) a year ago but then as campus placements classes began, this took a backseat. Moreover, how many good B-schools actually admit fresh graduates," she wonders. Her views mirror those of many college students and reflect in the low number of candidates in the State taking competitive higher education examinations, particularly CAT – the entrance to 13 IIMs and over 150 business schools across the country. The highest number of aspirants comes from New Delhi (60,000), while Bangalore (around 21,200) and Mumbai come close, followed by Hyderabad and Pune. Chennai lags behind with only about 13,500 having registered. Perseverance and peer learning are vital in cracking CAT but the environment for both is lacking here as colleges focus on training students for campus interviews and students in turn look for getting into companies, say experts. Fewer incentives "Few colleges educate students about the other career options or even boast about its alumnus making it to the IIMs," says Ananthraman Mani, a city-based entrepreneur and an IIM- Bangalore alumnus. Also, with companies’ eligibility criteria coming down, it has become very easy for an engineering student to get placed from the campus in a company that has an office in Chennai. He/ she sees fewer incentives for toiling hard for CAT then, he adds. But even before the surge in jobs in the software sector, the number of students taking nationwide management entrances in Chennai was never that significant. "We have many people who willingly take to Chartered Accountancy here but the idea of an MBA as an important and lucrative pursuit is yet to gain prominence," says Jayaram K. Iyer, Associate Professor (Marketing), Loyola Institute of Business Administration. "Even the language on our campus is Hindi," he adds. "The proportion of employees in the software industry who belong to this part of the country is more. That shows that the pattern here is to focus on jobs after graduation," feels L.S. Ganesh, professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT- Madras. Students, however express different concerns. "There are only around three reputed B-schools in Tamil Nadu. The rising fee structure and the difficulty in convincing families to let you go far away discourage students who have already spent a lot for a B-Tech degree in a self financed college," says Sujatha Gunasekaran, who was preparing for CAT till she got placed with a IT major. Richa Prakash, an IT employee from Mumbai, a B-school aspirant, feels that the cosmopolitan exposure that one looks forward to in an IIM is not a priority for many here, and the coaching too lacks rigour. However, Prof. Iyer says that mobility may not be that big an issue since students from the State have always been known to go abroad for pursuing technical education. "Ability to communicate may affect our students while those from the northern and western parts of the country gain an edge on this front. Thus, we now get students from Lucknow and Ludhiana but not from Coimbatore or Madurai." Other paths Another factor, according to A. Venkatesh, an MBA trainer, could be the across-the-board decline in the number of students taking CAT as the test is no longer the only way to get into reputed colleges. "Students are considering other options too. They realise that finance and telecom, large recruiters of MBA professionals can be dicey fields, and this unrest does not go well with people, particularly from this part of the country. Many here opt for GMAT that provides opportunities in reputed colleges in Asia and western countries or go for correspondence MBAs from reputed institutes." However, the floating population of software employees from Chennai taking the test in cities they are working and vice-versa does not reflect in the numbers and this needs to be considered to get a clear idea about changing trends, says Mr. Mani. ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| IIMs to face audit every three years. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:00 PM PDT IIMs to face audit every three years. The IIMs will face an external social audit and peer review of their performance every three years, so that the government can "identify aberrations and take corrective measures", HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said after a meeting of the heads of all 13 IIMs here on Wednesday. This would mean that the premier management institutions would remain accountable to the government, while maintaining their autonomous status. The process of drawing up new Memoranda of Association to ensure that their administrative and educational functions are free of government interference has been completed at the IIMs in Ahmedabad and Indore, said Mr. Sibal. It is still underway at Bangalore, Lucknow and Kozhikode. The B-schools have also decided to share admission information between them in order to ease the pressure on students and ensure that seats are filled in the newer IIMs. For example, once it has published its own admission list, IIM-Ahmedabad could pass on details of applicants who did not make its cut-off to the newer IIMs along with their marks at the interview stage, so that the newer institutions can consider those students without a fresh interview process. The IIMs will also post individual admission criteria on their websites. In a bid to make the IIM curricula more relevant to the needs of the emerging Indian economy, Mr. Sibal said that an expert group would be set up to explore the areas which need management graduates, including non-core areas such as health, education and agriculture. "There was a consensus that we must shift our focus from providing personnel for investment banks," said the HRD Minister. "The IIMs must help meet the national agenda." In order to attract global students and faculty, the government plans to upgrade IIM accomodation and facilities to world-class standards, said Mr. Sibal, adding that funding could be finalised for the 12th Five Year Plan. In another initiative, IIM faculty could be shared through the National Knowledge Network, he said. Source : The Hindu ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur | ||||||||||||||
| Setback to 44 deemed universities. Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PDT Setback to 44 deemed universities. Centre says no ground to interfere with Tandon committee report The 44 deemed universities facing de-recognition on the basis of the Tandon committee report suffered a set back with the Centre informing the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there was no ground to interfere with the conclusions of the committee report. The panel appointed by the Human Resource Development Ministry in its findings said: "The committee of officers on examining the matter finds no reason to deviate from the conclusions drawn by the [Tandon] committee of experts." The report of the committee of experts was filed by the Centre in the Supreme Court after completing the process of review of these institutions. By an order dated April 11, the court asked the Centre to appoint a committee to review the functioning of the 44 deemed universities faulted by the Tandon report, by issuing individual notices, drawing their attention to the deficiencies, seeking explanation and to pass appropriate orders. Pursuant to this order the Centre appointed the three-member committee of officers. The 44 institutions then sent their individual responses to the deficiencies pointed out by the Tandon panel. Thereafter they were heard separately and were given a chance to make presentations whether the deficiencies had been rectified or not. The committee at the end of the review finally came to the conclusion that there was no ground to interfere with the findings of the Tandon report that these institutions did not fulfil the norms for a deemed university. On the question whether any of these 44 institutions required to be upgraded to the second category, viz. three years to be granted for complying with various parameters or whether a particular course fell within the domain of innovation or emerging area, the officers said this was an academic exercise and this should be left to the experts. The review followed an assurance given by the Centre in the Supreme Court that one more opportunity would be given to the institutions so that some of them could be upgraded into the second category. The case comes up for further hearing on November 22. Source : The Hindu ||| FirstRanker.com ||| - JNTU Hyderabad - JNTU Kakinada - JNTU Anantapur |
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