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www.curriculum-magazine.com RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 8 No 4 magazine THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE February 16 2018NEWS in BRIEF A new era of higher education reforms begins University of. BirminghamChandrayaan-2 to go to UGC Notification on Autonomous colleges launches Indiamoon in April InstituteIndian Space Research Allows Top colleges to stand on their own The University ofOrganisation (ISRO) is planning Birmingham, UK recentlyto launch Chandrayan-2 Missionaround April this year. launched its India Institute inChandrayaan-2 is the country'ssecond mission to the moon. The India took a significant stride in mous status, which will permit 2(f) of the UGC Act. For this the the presence of Yashvardhantotal cost of the Chandrayaan 2 reforming its higher education them to start new courses and college should have at least 10 Kumar Sinha, Highmission will be about Rs 800 after country's national university programmes, set syllabi and even years of existence, must be Commissioner of India.crore. If the mission's launch education regulator the “fix fees for courses at their own accredited by either NAAC with The aim of the UBII is tocould not take place in April due University Grants Commission level. minimum 'A' Grade or by NBA increase the visibility, impactto unsuitable weather, the (UGC) issued new regulations on The regulation is applicable to all for at least three programme(s) and coherence of thewindow for launch is open till granting academic and functional Colleges/Institutions which are with a minimum score of 675 University's engagement inOctober this year autonomy to top performing affiliated to, or are constituent individually or a corresponding India; and more broadly toAccording to Dr Jitendra Singh, colleges in the country. A gazette colleges of Universities in the accreditation Grade/score from a encourage a greater awarenessUnion minister of state for notification (University Grants country seeking the conferment of UGC empanelled accreditation of India in the Midlands andAtomic Energy and Space, Commission (Conferment of Autonomous College status. agency. the UK, building academic,Chandraayan-2 is a challenging Autonomous Status Upon Colleges (of any discipline) cultural and business ties withmission as for the first time we Colleges and Measures for whether aided, partially aided and However, if the number of India. Its activities willwill carry an orbiter, a lander and Maintenance of Standards in unaided/self financing are eligible programme(s) being run by include academic research anda rover to the moon. He said that Autonomous Colleges) provided they are under Section the Institution is less than three, scholarship; teaching andit is a matter of pride that ISRO Regulations, 2018) was issued by postgraduate research; policyis launching Chandrayaan-2, UGC to this effect on February 12. Contd P3 analysis and debate; collabora-which will place India at a new Writing in Times of India tion with corporate partners;height in space technology. February 15th edition soon after Kendriya Vidyalayas steal the show and public engagement in promulgation of the notification, culture. Contd P3Australia—India Prof Arvind Panagariya, formertaskforce report on PhD vice-chairman of the Niti Aayog Poor quality lightingstudents mobility and B Venkatesh Kumar Chair,launched Centre for Public Policy andAustralia's leading group of Governance, TISS , said that impacts children'sresearch-intensive universities, GARs break away from decadesthe Group of Eight (Go8) long tradition of one-size-fits-all eyesight and schoolcomprising of University of regulations for our universities. ItWestern Australia, Monash may be mentioned that Prof performance: StudyUniversity, The Australian Panagariya has been a vocal criticNational University, The of UGC in the past and used his With Indian children spendingUniversity of Adelaide, The tenure at Niti Aayog to push for its on an average twelve hours aUniversity of Melbourne, UNSW reform including the present one, day under poor quality lighting,Australia, The University of concentrating in school or doingQueensland, and The Universityof Sydney, launched the “Report As per the new regulation, Green School Programme Awards: homework, Indian parents areon Australia—India taskforce on Colleges that perform well will becoming increasingly worriedtwo-way mobility of PhD now be able to apply for autono- Report on Page 4 about their children's eyesight.Students between India and As per a survey conducted byAustralia” on January 22 in NewDelhi. Contd P15 UNION BUDGET: Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), the Children, Education continue to remain world leader in lighting, 61% of unregistered as NATIONAL PRIORITIES Indian parents agreed that studying under poor quality, flickering light can damage a Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who presented child's eyesight. his fifth consecutive union budget on February 1, The study was conducted across once again failed to prioritize education and twelve countries including India children. In fact, the whole discourse around these and revealed that nearly half of two vital sectors is suffering from a lack of vision. all Indian parents worry that Children who constitute more than 40% of country's their child will need glasses in population continue to face neglect as their the future. To address this budgetary share in absolute terms is down in non- alarming and growing urban education provisions such as health and nutrition. emergency of child myopia, 50% of children in the country don't have access to more than half (55%) of Indian ORS even as diarrhea is the biggest killer among parents surveyed were willing children. For the last 15 years, allocation to the to purchase good quality child budget has been around 3% of the union Contd on P3 budget. CRY's CEO Puja Marwaha said, “The budget shows a minimalist approach towards INSIDE this issue children's rights. We cannot resolve large scale problems that affect upto 70% of India's children unless the country's policy makers stand up for what is right for India's children.” Contd P5 National Integration lCareer: Budget Analyst prospects P10 l FOCUS: Examination preparation P 9 Youth Camp in Sikkim l Challenges in Rural Development P8 lInterview: Dr Bertrand de Hartingh, country National Youth Project will organize National Integration Youth Camp in East Sikkim from 3 to director of French Institute, New Delhi P14 10 April 2018 at RankaTourism Complex

2 Curriculum February 16, 2018 News UpdatesAICTE Model Engineering Curriculum India. EdTech platform, Toppr, The IC3 Regional Forums is a first-of-its-kind initiative that bringslaunched together career counselors, teachers, school principals and university launches commerce admissions leaders. The primary aim of this forum is to provide access toKeeping in view the latest industry trends and the market requirements holistic college counseling to students across the world through streamin all major engineering subjects and be made available to all empowering the high schools. Apart from India, these IC3 Regionaluniversities and enginnering institutions in the country, a revised Forums will also be held at high schools across South Asia, Southeast For Indian students, commerceAICTE model curriculum has been prepared and was launched last Asia, and the Middle East countries. is the second most popularmonth (in January 218). The number of core credits has been reduced The day-long workshop saw experienced career advisors and university stream, after science, and offersto 60 credits with a core comprising basic sciences. This is a suggestive representatives from around the world exchange ideas driving the latest a plethora of careercurriculum and concerned university /institution is allowed flexibility global trends in the field of career counseling, and discuss ways to opportunities. It is constantlyin readjustment of courses/credits within the overall credit structure. incorporate global insights into the education system in India. The evolving in its relevance withinThe decision for this for model curriculum was taken in the 49th participants emphasized the importance of creating a conducive all industries. However, itsAICTE council meeting on March 14, 2017. environment for students to explore their interests by relying on their potential remains largelyAICTE constituted subject wise heads of committees from IITs with natural strengths and aptitudes. Delegates agreed on the urgent need to untapped within the EdTechrespective team of 2-3 academic experts along with industry expert to set up counseling offices in high schools and provide access to career sector. Toppr aims to extend torevise the model curriculum of undergraduate engineering courses. counseling and college admissions guidance, considering the growing commerce its success withSimilar exercise is done for programmes at diploma and postgraduate complexity of making career choices in an environment of increasing digitizing the science stream -level in engineering, MBA, PGDM, Pharmacy,Architecture, etc uncertainty. The event was also marked by the presence of over 26 particularly for board, medicalRevision of curriculum is not stand alone measure of bringing in university admissions representatives from 5 countries, including over and engineering entrance examreforms in technical education and will also be supported by various 15 universities from the U.S. preparation. With centres in overinitiatives like industry-institute interaction and internship of students 17 cities, the platform's userin an industry. Induction program for students and other mandaory Global Music Institute's campus base has grown to over 2.5non-credit curses and internships are part of this curriculum. A novel inaugurated million students last year, withconcept of Virtual Laboratories has also been introduced in the Model increasing penetration in tier-IICurriculum. Lauding the initiative, the union minister of HRD Prakash The new state-of-the-art-campus of one of India's leading music colleges and III cities. It is well on itsJavadekar said that as we are all aware that engineering education is – the Global Music Institute (GMI) – was inaugurated by musicians way to becoming an attractivegaining new heights and contributes a substantial share in the overall Shubha Mudgal and Raghu Dixit on February 4 in Greater Noida. one-stop destination for millionseducation system, the youngsters pursuing engineering studies need to It was a musically and aesthetically pleasing afternoon featuring some of students looking forbe well equipped and updated with the latest technological trends and wonderful performances by many well-known artists including Adhir comprehensive after-schoolindustrial requirements. This is possible only when the students and Smiti, Kamakshi Khanna, and Anhad and Sarthak. Kids associated online learning solutions.undergo studies with an updated and evolving curriculum to match with the NGOs Music Basti, Slam Out Loud, and Dribble Academy also Commerce students will be ableglobal scenario. gave beautiful performances that caught everyone's attention. Special to prepare for examinations such“The IET, which has always worked towards improving the technical performances by GMI faculty and students left one and all enthralled. as IPCC, CAT, CPT and ICWAeducation through its many initiatives, is happy to see the change in Speaking about the event, GMI founder Aditya Balani, said, “We are on Toppr.syllabus that now focuses on technical education, problem solving and thrilled to have formally inaugurated our campus. The fact thatcatering to industry requirements. We look forward to see how the luminaries from the field of music graced the occasion with their CollegeDekho Raisesstudents will adapt to the changing industry trends.” commnred presence is an honor for us. This is just the beginning of our journeyShekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the IET, India. towards providing aspiring musicians with all-round music education USD 2 Million for ItsAccess the full model curriculum on https://www.aicte- and giving them exposure to more than just classroom modules..”india.org/sites/default/files/Vol.%20I_UG.pdf Congratulating GMI and its founders, veteran classical singer Shubha Third Round of Funding Mudgal said, “What GMI is doing is indeed commendable. I congratulateIndia State of Forest Report 2017 is out Aditya & Tarun for realizing their dream and setting up an institute that is CollegeDekho.com, a leading at par with global standards. One thing that saddens me is that society ed-tech platform has raisedAs per the latest edition (15th ) of the India State of Forest Report 2017 currently does not give so much importance to art. We invite and another USD 2 million from(ISFR) released in early this February, 15 states/UT's have above 33 recognize celebrated musicians time and again but when it comes to ManCapital, GirnarSoft andper cent of the geographical area under forest cover. Out of these States formal music education, we as a society don't encourage that. I hope that other investors as a part of theand Union Territories, seven States/UTs namely Mizoram, GMI and its holistic approach to music education will change that”. third round of funding.Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, CollegeDekho will use theNagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur have more than 75 per cent forest India's first Formula Student racing female driver, amount to further strengthen itscover, while 8 states - Tripura, Goa, Sikkim, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Sanjana Dhulla makes a mark technology, expandDadra & Nagar Haveli, Chhattisgarh and Assam have forest cover collaboration with internationalbetween 33 per cent to 75 per cent. About 40% per cent of the country's India's first Formula Student racing female driver, Sanjana Dhulla from colleges and to increaseforest cover is present in 9 large contiguous patches of the size of 10, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, made head turn as she won the 3rd marketing activities, which will000 sq.km, or more. place in acceleration at the Formula Bharat competition. She was the only include more offline campaigns.As per the ISFR 2017, the total mangrove cover stands at 4,921 sq km female driver amongst 200+ drivers across 90 teams, The online platform lets studentsand has shown an increase of 181 sq km. All the 12 mangrove states “I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to be considered as the driver compare colleges, selecthave shown a positive change in the mangrove cover, as compared to for the competition; this just shows the faith put in by professors and courses, determine cut-offs forthe last assessment. Mangrove ecosystem is rich in biodiversity and teammates. I am glad that I made my college proud,” Sanjana said. She is their desired courses and accessprovides a number of ecological services. part of the Orion Team which consists of students from Mechanical, other career-related content.The total growing stock of India's forest and trees outside forests is Electronics and Computer Sc. branches ranging from S.Y. to L.Y. of CollegeDekho also supportsestimated as 5,822.377 million cum, of which 4,218.380 million cum engineering. The team has five female members Shreya Rajmane, students from selecting theis inside the forests and 1,603.997 million cum outside. There is an Sanjana Dhulla, Ketki Sanghai, Kopal Gangrade, Nishi Bhemani relevant career study optionincrease of 53.990 million cum of total growing stock, as compared to based on their strengths inthe previous assessment. Out of this the increase in growing stock, handling various departments from suspension, electronics and guiding them through thethere is an increase of 23.333 million cum inside the forest and 30.657 composites departments. admission process.million cum outside the forest area. The total carbon stock in the Orion Racing India, the Formula student team from K. J. Somaiya CollegeDekho prides itself oncountry's forest is estimated to be 7,082 million tonnes, which shows College of Engineering, stood 1st in the overall ranking at recently providing authentic,an increase of 38 million tonnes, as compared to the previous concluded Formula Bharat 2018 held at the Kari Motor Speedway, comprehensive and unbiasedassessment. information about collegesThe extent of bamboo-bearing area in the country has been estimated at before seeking admission.15.69 million ha. In comparison to the last assessment done in 2011,there has been an increase of 1.73 million ha in bamboo area. The TOEIC Listening andgrowing stock of the bamboo in forest has been estimated to be 189million tonnes. There is an increase of 19 million tonnes in the Reading Test Updated,bamboo-growing stock as compared to the last assessment done in2011. The total annual potential production of timer from trees Changes to take effectoutside forest has been estimated at 74.51 million cum. TheGovernment has recently enacted a Bill in the Parliament for taking out from April 2018bamboo from the tree category, where it is grown outside forest areas.This will encourage people to grow bamboo on private lands, which Educational Testing Servicewill be helpful in increasing the livelihood opportunities for farmers (ETS), the creator of theand also enhance the green cover and carbon stock of the country. TOEIC® Program, announced updates to the format ofIC3 Regional Forum discuss need for questions used in the TOEIC ® Listening and Reading test. TheCareer Counseling changes, which will more closely reflect the evolving useAmerican School of Bombay, India's premier international school, on of English in the globalFebruary 10 hosted the Mumbai leg of the 2018 IC3 Regional Forums, workplace, will take effectwhich saw participation from more than 60 educators from across the beginning with the April 2018world including 30 educators from Maharashtra. Educators public test administrations.deliberated at length on issues that directly affect career development By taking the updated version ofand college admissions of the ever-growing student population in the TOEIC Listening and Reading test, individuals can demonstrate that they have the relevant English communication skills needed in today's global workplace. In return, organizations can be confident

Curriculum February16, 2018 3 News Update Contd from P1 Green School Programme Awards:APPOINTED UGC Notification on Autonomous colleges KVs steal the showProf. Errol D'Souza, as the new That Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) or Central Schools continue to be 'the best school model' in India was proved yet again, whenDirector, IIM Ahmedabad, Errol Expert Committee for consider- two KVs from Kerala--Kendriya Vidyalaya Ottapalam and ation of the Commission and its Kendriya Vidyalaya Army Cantt, Pangode—walked away with theD'Souza is a Professor of then each of the programmes approval thereof. 6.5 If an prestigious Changemakers Award at the Green School Programme autonomous college has obtained Awards ceremony held in New Delhi on February 7. In all five awardsEconomics, and the Dean of should secure 675 or more marks. the score of 3.51 and above on a 4- were given in this category. The other three schools awarded for their Point scale from NAAC or a innovative green school approach based actions with measureableFaculty, at the Indian Institute of Accreditation status must be valid minimum of three programmes positive change include Delhi Public School Patna, The Fabindia have been accredited by NBA School, Pali, Rajasthan and The Motilal Nehru School of Sports, RaiManagement, Ahmedabad. He at the time of application. Provided with a minimum score of 750 (Sonipat). Continuing with good showing of KVs, Kendriya Vidyalaya individually or a corresponding 1, RCF, Kapurthala, Punjab was adjudged the best school under Airobtained his Ph.D as a University further, the existing autonomous category. Green School Programme Awards is an imitative of the Delhi-basedGrants Commission National colleges will be required to comply environment advocacy think tank, Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) started in 2015 to promote and encourage schools adopts greenResearch Fellow from the with this eligibility condition practices. Under this programme, the schools can register for free for an online Green School Audit and submit information on the prescribedJawaharlal Nehru University, New within a maximum period of five form. CSE rates the school with focus on solid waste and water and sanitation. The green schools scoring above 70% are thus benchedDelhi. years from the date of notification marked and visited for data validation and video documentation. Schools are also awarded in Air, Energy, Food, Land, Water, and Waste of these Regulations. The constitu- categories. For the present awards, 1193 schools had registered of which 54 schoolsA Vellayan, Executive Chairman ent colleges shall also undergo accreditation Grade/score from a made it to green category, 357 to yellow category (Between 50%-of Murugappa as Chairman of IIM s e p a r a t e a c c r e d i t a t i o n b y UGC empanelled accreditation 68.9%), 640 in Orange (35%-49.9%) and 142 schools failed to impressKozhikode. He is an alumnus of NAAC/NBA/UGC empanelled agency, the college shall be and were in red category. The 54 schools were visited and interviewedwell-known educational institu- accreditation agency to and then 35 schools short-listed. Of these 13 made it to the final.tions such as Doon School, Sriram be considered eligible. granted extension of Kendriya Vidyalaya Ottapalam, the top rated school, is a living exampleCollege of Commerce, Aston Colleges accredited autonomous status for of best environment friendly school and by the accounts presented andUniversity, UK and University of with a score of 3.0 and further ten years without shown by the student presenters a wow green environment withWarwick Business School, UK. He above, up to 3.25 on a 4 on-site visit. vegetable garden,has been honoured with Doctor of p o i n t s c a l e o f The new regulations herbal garden,Science (Honoris Causa) by the NAAC/corresponding allows review of existing flower gardenTa m i l N a d u A g r i c u l t u r a l NBA score / corre- courses/programmes after it partneredUniversity and Aston University, sponding accreditation score from and, restructure, redesign with KVK andUK. a UGC empanelled accreditation and prescription of own Krishi Bhawan for courses/programmes of study and seeds. It phased agency at the time of application syllabi by autonomous colleges. out all tube lights, increased windowDr. Himadri Das as the new shall be considered for grant of The colleges would be autono- floor ratio by 33%,Director of MDI Gurugram. He autonomous status with an on-site mous to formulate new has a solarhas a B.Tech. and MBA from IIT visit of the duly constituted Expert courses/programmes within the capacity of 400Delhi and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Committee. (ii) Colleges which nomenclature specified by UGC Kwh. The biogasthe University of Virginia, USA. have a NAAC score of 3.26 and as per the Specification of plant supplies Degrees 2014 and amended from power to above, up to 3.50 or a correspond- chemistry lab of the school. The school has added vermi compost pit and manure is usedK a u s t u b h S o n a l k a r a s ing NBA score or a corresponding time to time and also evolve in its gardens. methods of assessment of students However, perhaps the greatest change that occurred in this school and allPresident–HR & CEO–Essar accreditation Grade/score from a performance, conduct of winning schools was ban on packaged and junk foods, doing away with examinations and notification of canteens and plastic lunch boxes. For eating healthy the KV OttapalamFoundation. Kaustubh holds a UGC empanelled accreditation results. students bring home cooked food in steel tiffins and is consciously made Autonomous colleges need not blanched for nutrition value.bachelor's degree in Science from agency for one complete cycle and pay affiliation fee to the parent At Kendriya Vidyalaya 1, RCF, Kapurthala, Punjab, the school does not university every year. Onetime fee own any vehicles. 99% students and staff commute by non-pollutingthe University of Mumbai and has also accredited accordingly in the can be paid at the time of confer- mode of transport – Bicycles or on foot.The Window Floor ratio – 10 per ment of autonomous status. Such cent is above the minimum (5 per cent). Similarly, in food, the honora master's degree in Personnel second cycle, shall be considered fees can be decided by the went to the Pragyan School, Greater Noida, Uttar Prades, where School Executive council of the parent Mid Day Meal is provide to all students including the breakfast. EastManagement from the University for grant of autonomous status university. Point School, Delhi won in energy, DRV DAV Public School, Phillaur, Punjab in land(it added 16200 sq mtr for more green cover to itsof Pune (HR & Behavioural without onsite visit by the Expert biodiversity park) and Indirapuram Public School, Pratap Vihar, Delhi won best award in waste category for efficient waste segregation.Sciences). Additionally, he is a Committee. According to the overall report card, more schools are adopting solar energy; not for show but for use (119 schools have solar, 116 solarChartered Fellow of CIPD (United The colleges are required to adhere heaters of which 42 both solar energy and water heaters). More schools are harvesting the raindrop; conserving water (434 schools have RainKingdom) and Chartered Fellow to University Grants Commission's Water Harvesting, 127 store it; 176 schools recharge; 125 do both. But we find only 20 have filter units).of CPHR (Australia). Regulations like (a) curbing the Mankind is en route to a population of 9 billion by 2050, the maximum limit that planet earth can support in terms of natural resources including menace of ragging in Higher land, and fresh water. And, unless the young generation develops a proper attitude towards environmental health, coping with enormousMBD founder, late Ashok Education Institutions Regulations The autonomous colleges can fix challenge that will emerge in coming years, will be very difficult to 2012; (b) UGC (Promotion of fees of the courses at their own tackle. According to Dr Bhure Lal, chairman of EPCA (EnvironmentKumar Malhotra, honoured Equity in Higher Educational level, constitute their own Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority), the epidemic diseases Governing Body, Academic like cholera, malaria, dengue, dysentery, hepatitis, etc will becomeAshok Kumar Malhotra, the Institutions) Regulations 2012; (c) Council, Board of Studies and commonplace.Founder of the MBD Group—a UGC (Grievance Redressal) Finance Committee. The “We know that we have a crisis; air is polluted, rivers are dying, garbagefirst-generation entrepreneur and Regulations 2012, etc. in letter and autonomous colleges shall is leading to bad health and diseases, in this scenario, schools willone of the pioneers of the spirit. continue to receive funds as being remain the demonstration places (labs) of learning for both solutions aspublishing industry in India—was The application of colleges covered done before the grant of autono- well as breeding of change makers,” said Sunita Narain, well-knownhonoured with the title of under section 6.4 (ii) and (iii) of mous status, if any. environmentalist who is director general of Centre for Science &' P u b l i s h i n g I c o n ' a t t h e the said regulations shall be Environment (CSE) besides editor of Down to earth magazine.International Publishers Congress considered as the report of the According to her the number may be small, but these are questions of life2018 on February 12. and therefore change must excite us.International Publishers Congress Contd from P12018 was hosted by theInternational Publishers Poor quality lighting Univof Birmingham’sAssociation (IPA) with the Indianmember, Federation of Indian impacts children's eyesight India InstitutePublishers (FIP), in New Delhiafter 26 years. lighting that can positively Vice-Chancellor Professor SirAshok Kumar Malhotra, perhaps impact their child's eyesight and David Eastwood commented:the youngest publisher ever who performance at school, in “Our India Institute marks anpublished a self-authored book addition to improving their diet. important milestone in our long-when he was just 13, was a true This is also supported by a standing relationship with Indiavisionary; he dreamt of creating an report from the World Health and re-affirms the University ofMBD product for every literate Organisation (WHO), which has Birmingham's deep and strongperson. He was a force in shaping shown that excessive near work commitment to engagement withthe publishing sector in India and can increase the risk of myopia the country. From reducing theelsewhere; not only did he and that spending more time impact of refrigerated foodunderstand the significance of outdoors1 can help. It comes up distribution chains, to helpingcreative learning, but he was also a time when the World Health make India's cities moreinstrumental in modernising the Organization is predicting that sustainable cities, our researcherspublishing businesss. Today one in two people will be short are forging links with theirMBD Group is one of the leading sighted by 2050] counterparts that will changeEducation Companies in India Academic performance and millions of lives for the better.”with over six decades of domain children's stress levels are also a The University's relationshipexperience. source of concern for Indian with India began in 1909 with theMonica Malhotra Kandhari, parents, with parents looking for first cohort of Indian studentsManaging Director, MBD Group practical solutions that will have travelling to Birmingham tosaid, “I am overwhelmed by this a positive impact on their child's study for degrees in Mining andrecognition accorded to my father well-being and performance Commerce. Since then, thewhose vision and legacy had laid academically. University has providedthe solid foundation upon which The study of covered over 9,000 education to around 2,000 Indianthe MBD Group stands today. As a adults across twelve countries alumni, with some of India'sfather, he is the perfect role model including India, China, USA, finest and most distinguishedfor me”. Czech Republic, and France. minds educated at Birmingham.

4 Curriculum February16, 2018 Lead News FeatureNISA: We will not let Government closea single school in DelhiNational Independent Schools that “today the marginalised and the same. This committee was A science odysseyAlliance (NISA) has strongly economically weaker sections are assigned the task of preparing acondemned government's order restricting their expenditure to report on the possibility of to secure sustainable futureto discontinue all academic ensure that they can provide a legalising non-recognized at BHIS, Noidaactivities from the upcoming private school education to their schools. But, according to thesession in the unrecognised children and are joyfully information received by the Right By Autar Nehruprivate schools across Delhi. bypassing the temptations of free to Information (RTI), theStirred by the suspect timing of uniforms, free books and mid-day Directorate seems unaware of any If the real education comes through hands on learning, role play,this announcement, Mr meals etc. provided by the such mandate or committee. peer learning and fun, then the students of Billabong HighKulbhushan Sharma, National government schools. But the Thus, instead of waiting for the International School (BHIS), Noida were bang on the right mixPresident, NISA; has called this administration wants to arrest report of the committee and during the three days of schools annual Science Exhibition and Clubmove a disaster and an attack on their right to choose schools for granting recognition to schools, Culmination from February 8-10. The whole school from corridors tothe pursuits of the poor people their children and is engaged in instructions to close educational classrooms presented a lively buzz and layers of excitement as eachwho aim to provide quality efforts to shut down small schools activities in such schools appear club did its best to showcase its chosen activity to the fullest.education to their children. by menacingly bringing up to be an ill-fated attempt to divert From kindergarten to senior grades, all children looked busy andEnraged by this decision, Mr egalitarian demands on infrastruc- attention from the actual issue of eager to talk about their stall, models, prototypes, games, posterSharma said that “the expansion ture and licensing of such schools abysmal pre-board results of presentations and hold the breath 'panel discussions'. You wouldof private institutions has under the RTE”. government schools.” forget if we're talking to school children when they would turn socreated a parallel education Reminding the promises made by Announcing the convening of a convincing about insisting on engaging you in interactive games,system, a system that is now in the government, he mentions how 'Maha Dharna' (mass protest) on knowing how much carbon you're using by calculating your energy,danger. The litany of require- “Mr Manish Sisodia, Education April 7, 2018 in Ramlila Maidan food and other habits. And, when it comes to gaming and if it is youments under the Right to Minister of Delhi; had assured to on issues related to the schools, who developed one, then literally the world changes with the bunch ofEducation Act threatens to wipe resolve the problem of budget Mr Sharma reiterates that “NISA these very passionate coders explaining you by almost cajoling you toout a mechanism that facilitates private schools and issued a will not let government shut any play this game much like a poet in good olden days wanting to readquality education to millions of mandate of constituting a schools in Delhi and all possible his creation to you.children in the country.” committee to be led by Mr Yogesh steps will be taken against this 'Nurturing Future Citizens By Enhancing Sustainable Development',Elucidating further, he laments Pratap Singh on June 16, 2017, for move to protect the rights of the theme of the three-day event was an was an exciting explorative adventure full of surprises and a window to a viable future activitiesNEWS YOU CAN USE planning, media relations, and thought process presented with experiments like Kaleidoscope of strategic storytelling, client artistry, Knowledge engineering, Green Footprints, the Cosmos,TERI School of Advanced inviting applications for the next servicing and business flavours of infinity and more. round of incubation program development. The basic Then, life skills and fun games counters titillated you beyondStudies announces (BIP/18/R1) and interested parameter to apply for the expectations. Managing e-waste by turning this waste into decorative entrepreneurs and startups can programme is graduation in any items was revealing as was a jugaad eco-friendly fridge withoutAdmissions for various apply till March 20, 2018 by discipline. Students awaiting final electricity. The everyday science from know your fruits and going to website iimklive.org year results can also apply. vegetables to bio-filters, creating beautiful paintings and decorativecourses and submitting the application Link to apply - pottery appeared mesmerizing and so easy. 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Curriculum February 16, 2018 5 Lead Feature IIUNION BUDGET:Children, Education continue to remain unregistered as national prioritiesContd from P1 HIGHLIGHTS OF CBGA, this clearly shows public investment in higher education has EDUCATION been way lower than required. If the government continues to In view of Rajye Sabha MP, Ravi Prakash Verma, one of the BUDGET withdraw its resources for higher education, it would give a further pioneering Right to Education voices in India, for at least 5-10 boost to privatisation of the sector. years, India need to have a focus on her children. “Today's youth are restless. Children are subjected to abuse every second and don't Industry Reactions expect them to have a normal behavior if they don't have a value system that will inculcate in them the capacity to behave and deal l Ekalavya Model We whole-heartedly welcome the Government's plan and focus to with various situations,” he adds. Another MP, D Raja of CPI, who Residential School will be move classroom black boards to digital boards. This will help has been a teacher himself in his early career, feels provisions such set up in every block with immensely in standardizing and ensuring teaching content and as running water in toilets and sanitary napkins for girl students more than 50% Schedule quality and increasing outreach particularly in rural areas where must be a thrust area if girl children are to be supported in real Tribe (ST) population and there are impediments such as teacher availability and teaching sense. at least 20,000 tribal materials. In its budget analysis the budget analysis think tank, CBGA finds persons by 2022 to provide Embracing technology is progressive with a proposed National the allocation for National Scheme for Incentive to Girl Child for quality education to tribal Programme to direct efforts in the area of Artificial Intelligence Secondary Education has decreased from Rs. 320 crore in 2017-18 children. towards national development focused on research & development (BE) to Rs. 256 crore in 2018-19 (BE). With all its hype, against an and its applications allocation of Rs. 100 crore in 2016-17 (BE) under 'Beti Bachao Beti l We also welcome the emphasis to be given to training of untrained Padao', only Rs. 29 crore has been utilised. teachers and allocation of 1 lakh crore for education research. Also, A highlight of the education budget include holistic development of l Prime Minister's Research praise-worthy is the plan of at least one medical college every three education from pre-nursery to Class XII by removing segmentation, Fellows (PMRF) scheme to constituencies. However, government further increased the which means merger of SSA and RMSA in a sense. Done without be launched covering the education cess by 1 percent which will be a blow to the middle class extension of RTE Act for universalization of the crucial secondary 1,000 best B.Tech students --Association of Publishers in India (API) education, the government has demonstrated lack of seriousness each year from premier towards education and the merger is fraught with the risk of institutions and providing The proposal to open 18 new schools of planning and architecture in administrative 'policy paralysis' in school education segment. them facilities to pursue order to to generate skilled designers and architects will create the According to Prof Praveen Jha, professor of economics at Ph.D in IITs and IISc with necessary impetus and awareness towards the importance of design Jawaharlal Nehru University, this government is repeatedly a “handsome fellowship” in every aspect of education be it urban planning, architecture, complete lack of seriousness for which he was feeling utterly for giving the desired management or engineering is welcome. depressed. “In the name of education, there is no attempt to engage impetus to research and --Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Gupta, Director General, World University of with the issue without any degree of seriousness,” he said while development in India. Design slamming Niti Ayog as the worst institution in post-independent India as according to him its work has no fact or logic and unless l I was also looking for specific incentives to enhance private and there is evidence, “how can you make a roadmap?” According to philanthropic participation and industry-academia collaboration in him resource mobilization has been globally produced outcomes lArun Jaitley also allocated the sector, given that India spends only 0.7% of its GDP on research. though Niti Ayog thinks differently. Rs. 1 trillion to a new A strong governmental push in the form of an innovation policy will “Through this tokenism, we'll continue to have sub-standard, sub- scheme called Revitalizing help. The 'PM research fellows' need not be restricted to only elite optimal cheap labor production because of the continuous neglect of Infrastructure in School public-funded institutions — one needs to create an entire the larger society and we are forgetting the citizenship is shared and Education or RISE to ecosystem of excellence in the country, and not just a few islands of we are laying its foundations with education,” he said while integrate its school merit. addressing a seminar organized by RTE Forum in New Delhi post education sector—from -- Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University budget presentation. pre-school to class Teachers again fail to find the emphasis in this year's budget. 12—implying merger of The fact that the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) would According to Kiran Bhatty, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy several school schemes in be suitably structured for funding this initiative is a much Research, New Delhi, while teacher training has been emphasised, the near future to revitalize appreciated provision. the budget for the Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission for the infrastructure of Increase in digital intensity in education and envisaging move from Teachers and Training has remained stagnant at Rs 120 crores schools in the country. ''black board'' to ''digital board''; using technology to upgrade the allocated last year (RE Rs 100 crores). There is, however, an skills of teachers through a digital portal “Diksha”; national program increase in budgetary support for strengthening teacher training l on artificial intelligence under the aegis of Niti Aayog; mission on institutes of Rs 70 crores but that appears to have come at the cost of Cyber Physical Systems and a test bed for 5G technology at IIT appointment of language teachers amounting to Rs 40 crores (item lPlans to set up two new Chennai were among the other encouraging initiatives. 20 on p188). This does not bode well for the huge shortage of full-fledged schools of --Vijay Thadani, VC and MD, NIIT Ltd teachers in general but especially in tribal areas, which has planning and architecture, otherwise been mentioned as a focus area. 18 new schools of planning Machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, quantum and architecture in the IITs communication etc. are going to drive future jobs and hence a According to CBGA, the Ministry of Human Resource and NITs and investment national programme catering to these disciplines is a welcome Development (MHRD) has been allocated Rs. 85,010 crore in 2018- of Rs. 1 lakh crore in four initiative. District Wise Strategy to improve the quality of education 19 (BE), a seven percent increase from the previous year's allocation years for higher and achieving standard learning outcomes based on the results of (Though the education budget has increased in absolute terms, its educational premier the National Achievement Survey, for me, is a path-breaking share in total government expenditure is continuously decreasing. A institutes are a shot in the announcement, made for the first time. similar picture is observed when the education budget is compared arm for the sector and will --Utpal Ghosh, CEO & President, UPES – Dehradun with the country's GDP (Figure 6.2). This reduced priority is also further the Government's highlighted in Economic Survey 2017-18. The survey said “of the agenda of education for all. We are very happy to see the continued focus on research and 6.6 percent of GDP on social sector, 2.7 percent goes to education in development in the education sector. We at SRM are committed to 2017-18, down from 3.1 percent in 2013-14”. Though it has l creating an innovation and R&D focused institution and we believe attributed this reduction to limited fiscal space to increase that we are completely in sync with the aspirations of the expenditure on critical social infrastructure, a state-level analysis by Government in reaping rich demographic dividend and this is CBGA shows that during the first four years of the Fourteenth possible through high quality education. Finance Commission period (which ends in 2019-20) states have --Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, President of SRM University actually increased their expenditure on the social sector including education. In the five years of the NDA government, more than 60 percent of the RTE and MDM budget has been financed through cess. While the collection of cess began as a measure to inject additional amounts to supplement the government's own support, it grew to be more of a substitute. The budget also announced the government's plan to launch a major initiative named “Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022” with a total investment of Rs.100,000 crore in the next four years to step up investments in research and related infrastructure in premier educational institutions. The allocation under Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) has increased from Rs. 250 crore to Rs. 2,750 crore. According toFor developing comprehensive understanding of Studying We believe that the announcement of Rs 1 lakh crore to revitaliseAbroad options and processes, we bring you the most authentic and upgrade education system will be a game changer towardsand latest content from SchoolApply.co.in. 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6 Curriculum February 16, 2018 Lead Feature IIIndustry Reactions on Education/skills sector Budget proposalsThe Budget 2018 has highlighted technology as a key driver in the planning and execution of important schemes and programmes. This EPF reprieve for womeneducation sector. The efforts by the government will give impetus is also expected to help smoothen the process of mapping learning employees will improve theto tech-based educational reforms and further boost digital outcomes with curriculum across all levels. female participation rate in thelearning and MOOCs to reach out to more students and thereby --Ratnesh Jha, Managing Director, Cambridge University Press, South Indian workforce. It isprovide access to quality education. Asia particularly gratifying to seeA focused step to leverage research in new-age technologies such that the government is alsoas the Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education is critical to the future of India and any relaxations in taxes taking steps to tackle the issueBig Data and launch of PM's Research Fellow Scheme will on education and technology would have been an added benefit. of talent gap due to a lack ofencourage industry-relevant research. This will aid in preparing Recognising the importance of teacher training is another significant adequate skilling.students to compete at a global level and also, to face challenges step to boost quality education in the country. We eagerly await the --Sashi Kumar, Managingposed by new technology. Leading B-Schools in India have already details and plan of action from the government following the Director, Indeed Indiataken the cue of increasing digitization and have introduced announcements.programs based on Business Analytics and Machine Learning. --Zishaan Hayath, CEO & Co-founder, Toppr.com The budget announcementsEmphasis on initiatives such as Digital India, Start-Up India and made have little to offer forMake In India to truly reap the benefits of our dynamic nation. The I think the steps taken with regard to education are more technocratic higher education in the country.focus on enhancing the quality of education will usher in the new than path-breaking, something that I had come to expect from this Whereas the finance ministerIndia that we aspire. government. Nevertheless, I am glad that they realize the importance offered several initiatives for the--Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, S.P. Mandali's Prin. L. N. of supporting education as a sector. This is the only way that India can school education which involvesWelingkar Institute of Management Development and Research hope to become the leader among nations, which it has long aspired transforming classrooms to to be. The challenge would lie in implementing these initiatives digital classrooms, setting up ofThe main budget highlight is the focus on vocational training for effectively in order for these to deliver. the Eklavya Schools for theyouth for the tourism and textile sector Another scheme which is --Kuldeep Surolia, Director Sorsfort School, Bangalore and Sadvidya tribal population and enhancingnew is the Access to SWAYAM education portal online, which will be proponent the scope of teacher's trainingintroduced with 350 online courses All these initiatives are an to bring in quality into theextension of the last budget which showed its intent on providing I support the recommendation of treating education holistically school education, he hadskill based education without any segmentation and division of class from primary and nothing special to offer to theAt the Higher education level the significant statement is to provide above. And mentioning to focus on integrated B.Ed program soon will higher education sector.greater administrative and academic autonomy to good quality surely help to shape our future minds. Setting up of the long pendinginstitutions These will be identified based on accreditation and --Pradeep Jolly, Founder of Early Learning Village School and Railway University and the newranking provided by NIRF framework This is also pertinent in the Wonderland School Schools of Planning andcontext of the much talked about Indian Institutes of Management Architecture seems like a(IIM) Bill that promises to grant autonomy As announced, specifically for the education sector, having an lopsided approach to a select--Prof. D K Batra, Marketing, IMI-New Delhi integrated B.Ed. program, with teacher-training as its main focus, will sector within higher education. boost the workforce towards being more aware and skilled. The finance minister has madeThe allocation of 1 lac crore for the development of education --Vandana Arora, Principal of Nahar International School, Mumbai no provisions for creation ofinfrastructure ties in well with the intent to augment digitization infrastructure in the higherand the 'shift from blackboard to digital board', which is consistent There is a great disparity in terms of education infrastructure and education space that could havewith the Digital India mission, and will resonate with India's young systems in private schools and state-run schools and a scheme like led to higher GER (Grossdemographic. The focus on teacher training continues from last RISE scheme (Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education) Enrolment Ratio). The Financeyear's budget announcement and it exemplifies the renewed focus shall be instrumental in bridging the gap. We at BCTA welcome this Minister spoke abouton this noble profession given that teachers are the principle pivot move for we firmly believe that pedagogy should be an ever-evolving technology being the biggestin the learning eco-system. phenomenon and we are more than happy that the Government is driver for enhancing the quality--Sivaramakrishnan V, Managing Director – Oxford University Press investing a sizable amount in it. of education in the country.India --Sumeet Nath, Secretary & Treasurer, Baptist Church Trust However, we could not find any Association (BCTA) incentive to the Ed-TechThe Union Budget 2018–19 looks promising for the education . companies working in this spacesector. Announcement of setting-up 24 new medical colleges across the to help institutions implement--Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO and Co-founder, Next Education country will open up more seats for medical graduates. Besides, and use technology for bringing upgrading many existing medical colleges is also an excellent move by in Total Quality Education. WeDigital education is the only way to revamp our education system to the government. The improvement of standards and establishment are also grossly disappointed byprovide quality education to every child in a vast country like ours. of new medical institutes will not only help the aspiring medical Higher Education Services notIt's a high time to leverage digital infrastructure to connecting students with more options, it will also help in increasing the Gross being exempted out of thestudents in Rural Areas with Teachers/Mentors from Urban Areas. Enrolment Ratio. provisions of GST that could--Naresh Challagulla Founder/CEO of StudyMonitor (Subsidiary of --Aakash Chaudhary, Director Aakash Institute have provided a fillip to theYITSOL group) sector. “The Government in the budget has clearly acknowledged the need --Shantanu Rooj, Founder &The government acknowledging the requirement to train people on to improve the quality and scale of education across the country, CEO, Schoolgurunew technologies like Blockchain, Robotics and Artificial intelligence through a continued digital push. Overall, it is a well thought throughwas very encouraging. This will encourage professionals to develop budget with the needed focus for the Education sector.” The right use of investment inspecific skillsets leading to a better up-skilled workforce. With this --Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON the Indian education sector willpositive step for the sector, we expect a better and future ready provide an impetus to create anIndia. The launch of Sankalp to skill youth and increase of Pradhan Mantri environment where learning is--Nikhil Barshikar, MD, Imarticus Learning Kaushal Kendras will give major impetus and thrust to the skill seamless for students development movement in India. The initiative to establish India irrespective of their learningWhile teacher training is explicitly mentioned in the FM's speech, International Skill Centres to offer advanced training and courses in proficiencies or geographicaltraining on leveraging technology in education across the board has foreign languages will not only help our skilled manpower to seek job locations. Additionally, the focusnot been defined and this will be critical to see the impact of opportunities outside our country but also make these skilling to upgrade teaching skills willdigitisation of education. programs aspirational. The announcement of creation of 70 lakh job also play a vital role in the way--Prateek Bhargava, CEO, Mindler opportunities will contribute positively towards building a robust young India learns. This will economy. Job creation will mean getting skilled manpower for those ensure and encourage studentsThe 2018 Budget looks very promising for the education sector. The jobs which is a good sign for the skilling industry. to love what they learn. Overall,Government's plan to leverage technology in the education sector One of the area which we were looking forward was GST exemption if the planned investment isis a big leap forward. Their allocation of Rs. 1 lakh crore for research on all skill development programs. But looking at various other done in the right way, it will be ain the field of education is also a much-needed step. announcements supporting the skill development arena , I would like huge boost for the economy ,as--Rohit Mann, Director, Lancers International School, Gurgaon to congratulate the FM for a very forward looking budget. it will create a the right set of --Sanjay Bahl, CEO and MD, Centum Learning talented workforce for India.The reskilling of teachers through the portal Diksha will not only And also, for most Indians,improve the quality of education but will be a gamechanger for the While there was anticipation about a new employment policy, there education is still the only way toentire education ecosystem. was no indication of a formal policy being announced anytime soon. make it big in life.”--Rohit Manglik, CEO, EduGorilla(an edtech startup) However, it is heartening to hear that there have been 70 lakh formal --Byju Raveendran, Founder & jobs created in the past year and that the government plans to spur CEO, BYJU'SThe decision to treat education holistically without any job creation in the country through various incentives and reformssegmentation is a welcome move and will lend greater synergy in that were announced, such as the EPF contribution. Additionally, the

Curriculum February 16, 2018 7 India Skills/entrepreneurshipsNurses and midwives Adani Vidya Mandir & vocational training Hiring revives in 2018– India Skillsseeking work in theUK and Ireland centre in Surguja, Chhattisgarh Report 2018can now take OET Adani Foundation part of the Adani Group, a global integrated India Skills Report 2018 – a joint initiative by PeopleStrong, a infrastructure conglomerate, on February inaugurated a special leading HR solutions and HR Technology Company from India, and Wheebox, a Global Talent Assessment Company, in collaborationThe Occupational English Test CBSE school Adani Vidya Mandir (AVM) and a Vocational Training with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says that employability amongst the fresh talent has increased significantly in the past 5(OET) for healthcare Center (Kaushal Vikas Kendra) at Surguja, Chhattisgarh catering years. While in 2014, the percentage of employable population was a paltry 33%, it has achieved a 5.6% increase to rest at a respectableprofessionals, offered by towards the welfare of the children and youth of the tribal 45.60% this year.Cambridge Assessment English communities in Surguja, Chhattishgarh, in presence of Chief While this might not be the most positive news today, but the change(Part of the University of Minister, Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh. that has happened over years looks tremendous. The key domainsCambridge) and Cambridge The school will cater to 12 villages in the surrounding mining areas, where the increase in employability has been very significant isBoxhill Language Assessment, is and will also include nearly 561 students belonging to tribal Engineering, B Pharma, MCA and other focused professionalnow accepted by the Nursing and communities. The school currently offers CBSE curriculum till the courses. The finding has been that focused vocational courses areMidwifery Council, UK (NMC) creating more job ready candidates than generic courses. Also the courses where practical experiences and internships have been madeas proof of English proficiency 10th std and offers each child with free-of-cost study material, part of the formal course content are faring better. Another important finding from the supply side came in the form of a drop infor overseas-trained nurses and uniforms, conveyance and food. Adani Vidya Mandir will emerge as employability amongst MBA courses. Though there are no visiblemidwives for registration the torchbearer of education in the state of Chhattisgarh. evidences for the same but it seems that with exponential increase inpurposes. The Nursing and Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Priti Adani, Chairperson, Adani the number of MBA colleges the quality of talent is dropping whichMidwifery Board of Ireland Foundation said, “We are delighted to see that Adani Foundation is needs attention.(NMBI) has announced also it touching new heights. As India's leading infrastructure Backed by renowned partners like Pearson, United Nationswill formally recognise OET for conglomerate, we understand the importance of providing the right Development Programme, AICTE, AIU and various stateoverseas-trained nurses and governments, the fifth edition of India Skills Report was launched by Member Secretary, Niti Aayog Launched India Skills Report alongmidwives for registration amenities to ensure children receive high quality education and with DIPP, MSME, Labour and MoRD secretaries at CII's event in Delhi on February 9. It captures insights and trends from the largestpurposes, from 02ndJanuary, appropriate skill development for a fruitful future.” employability test that was spread out to 5200 Universities and2018.(For more The Kaushal Vikas Kendra's state-of-the-art facility with ground Professional Institutions in India. The test reached out to more than 5details:www.occupationalenglisht plus one structure will cater to 1000 youth across different trades. It is lakh students across 29 states and 7 Union Territories on the talentest.org) a modern workshop with separate hostel facilities for 80 boys and supply side, along with India hiring intent – a primary researchThe first healthcare regulators to girls each inside an integrated lush green complex encompassing survey on the talent demand side that reached out to over 120+recognise OET in the UK and cafeteria and recreation facilities. The institute will offer training in employers across 12 major industry verticals.Ireland, NMC and NMBI As per the India Hiring Intent survey, organisations across sectors expect 10-15% of increase in hiring intent from last year to this year.respectively join a wide range of various trades such as electrical, hospitality, fitter and welder, mining While Retail, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance sectors are expecting increase in pace of hiring, sectors like ITES, Software,healthcare boards and councils in skill with simulator, sewing machine operation (tailoring) and also Hardware and IT also foresee a moderate change in hiring numbers.Australia, New Zealand, Dubai computer lab facility. This year the report has laid special focus on future jobs and theand Singapore who recognise impact of automation to understand how they see jobs evolving inOET for registration across 12 BSDU collaborates with Arya Group of response to technology and innovation. The results are astounding: 69% of the respondents clearly foresee the impact of automation.healthcare professions - Dentistry, and Genus Power for Skills Adding to this, 24% employers indicate Analytics and 15% foresee Artificial Intelligence as the emerging jobs.CollegesDietetics, Medicine, Nursing, Another interesting insight from the report is that close to 80% ofOccupational Therapy, candidates assessed are keen to explore internship opportunities andOptometry, Pharmacy, Training they believe that internship will help them in being employable, whereas 85% of the candidates feel that they are not fully equippedPhysiotherapy, Podiatry, Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) announced that it with information or guidance to take a conscious, thought-out careerRadiography, Speech Pathology has signed a MoU with Arya Group of Colleges and Genus Power for decision.and Veterinary Science. OET is providing Skills Training to the Students. “At BSDU we are offeringalso used by leading healthcare best class training workshops to the Polymechanic, Automotive, 17 social entrepreneurs honoured by Schooleducators for entry and exit for Social Entrepreneurs India and PwC Indiatesting, to ensure students have Electrical and Carpentry skills students to train. MoU with Arya The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) India felicitated 17the work-ready English language Group of Colleges and Genus Power is one another example of our social entrepreneurs on February 5 for graduating from its flagship Social Start-Up Fellowship programme, an initiative supported byskills on graduation. commitment to bring Swiss Duel System of Education and Training PwC India. Attending the programme were Satyavati Berera, COO, PwC India, Shalabh Mittal, CEO, SSE India and Jaivir Singh,GIIS organizes for Skill India. Under this MoU, BSDU & Arya Group of Colleges Chairperson, SSE India and Vice Chairman, PwC India Foundation. The graduating class of 2017 -18 is working on social enterprises inEntrepreneurship will nurture the talent by giving best practical learning by availing the fields as diverse as livelihood, healthcare, children and womenBootcamp advanced machineries and technology. And Genus Power will welfare, disability and technology, education, policy conduct the internship programme for the students and based on their implementation, and community development through arts and cinema and rural development.Global Indian International performance they may also be hired,” said Dr. SS Pabla, President of Acknowledging his team's efforts, Shalabh Mittal said, “At SSESchool (GIIS) recently organized BSDU. India, we believe in bottom-up social change and help social'Entrepreneurship Bootcamp' for entrepreneurs work in broken markets or in the poorest ofits 30 students in one of its India SSRDP “Kaushal Vikas Se Rashtra communities. The 17 fellows graduating today make us proud and are testament to the fact that our learning approach has the ability tocampus. After successfully Vikas”congregation in Delhi empower entrepreneurs to start, grow and scale. We build cohorts ofimplementing around four fellows with diversity in mind, striving to achieve a balance of backgrounds and helping us keep everyone grounded to the causebootcamps in its Singapore In its commitment to empower unemployed youth by providing and the purpose of social enterprise.”campus, this was conducted in subsidised vocational training programs in the tier 2 & 3 cities andIndia with a vision to make remote rural areas of India, Sri Sri Rural Development Programmestudents adept to new age (SSRDP) Trust with National Skill Developmentlearning methodologies and equipthem with a global edge. Such Corporation(NSDC) organised “Kaushal Vikas Se Rashtra Vikas”bootcamps are part of the congregation at Thyagraj Stadium, INA Colony in Delhi on Januaryinitiatives taken by GIIS's Global 21.Centre for Innovation and The event was graced by Poojya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankarji whoEntrepreneurship (GCIE) which felicitated 500 Yoga instructors with the certificates in Recognitionaims to promote innovation, of Prior Learning (RPL) of Yoga under Pradhan Mantri Kaushalcreativity and entrepreneurial Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), a flagship scheme of Ministry of Skillskills in the students. It is a Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The Yoga Instructorsjourney from ideation stage to thecreation of a company which hailed from 17 different locations of 5 states of India. 50 candidatesincludes tactical guidance, team from the state of Jammu & Kashmir also participated and shared theirselection, business modeling and experience.pitching of ideas with confidence Mahesh Girri - Member of Parliament East Delhi, Praveen Saxena -to real investors. The professors CEO at Green Job Sector Skill Council, Gaurav Kapoor - Seniorfrom INSEAD and Ivey Business Head – Media & CSR at NSDC, Prathiba Puja from BWSSC, DeepakSchool made the entire session of Sharma, Trustee at SSRDP, Dr. R.S. Rathore, Director at AICTE,idea generation and pitching veryseamless for the students. Devjyoti Mohanty – Director at YLTP and Digvijay Kharote –LinkedIn 'Scheduler' to Director at SSRDP were also present at the event.automate candidate SSRDP has skilled more than 90,000 youths in the year 2017. Taking cognisance of the interest of entrepreneurship among the youth, aninterview scheduling Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) has been started by SSRDP and today 200 participants of EDP were conferred theLinkedIn has launched 'LinkedIn certificates with linkages to Sri Sri Tattwa (as the retailer) andScheduler', a tool that automates SSHDP (for microfinance).initial interview scheduling forrecruiters and candidates, directlyvia InMail.

8 Curriculum February 16, 2018 VIEWS (Edit/Guest Column...)OPINION: Budgeting the Challenges in Rural DevelopmentTime to declare schools as Dr. Nitesh Dhawan, Public Servant and Authora national asset o f w o r s h i p , e t c . ) a n d sectors as well as social a target of providing everyWith government's aggressive push ondigitalization in education, there is risk of a electronic connectivity welfare schemes – most of poor person a house of hisdifferent kind whereby policy makers andadministrators may set onto a different path. (phone, internet, cable, etc.) which benefit rural popula- own by 2022. Construction ofSchools, teachers and classrooms, facing aneglect already, will be further pushed to margins In the times when prime as proposed in the form of tions – for the next financial 51 lakhs houses in rural Indiaand a time will come when some people will focus is on developing P r o v i s i o n o f U r b a n year largely reflect the trends under the Prime Ministerdemand scrapping these altogether. smart cities and achieving Amenities in Rural Area of the past few years. In Awas Scheme this year and asSocialization must have been the mostprogressive and critical factor in human evolution planned urbanization, there is (PURA), by Dr. A.P.J.Abdul several cases, in fact, the many the next year is alsoand quest for advancement through inventions,technology development and various arts, would a growing need to attend to Kalam, the former President budgetary allocation is less being targeted, but thebe a response to it. The digital connectivity maybe an offshoot of the very same process and if it the issues of around 6 lakh in his vision 2020 . than that for 2017-18. The allocation for the scheme hascreates physical distances between people, it canstill be considered progressive. However, when it villages in the country. The In a national scenario, the allocation for agriculture, for been cut 5% from last yearcomes to the formative years when impressionsare created for life in young minds, things can total rural population of India i m p e r a t i v e s f o r r u r a l example, has been raised by and pared to Rs 27,505. Itsturn not only regressive but potentially volatile infuture. account for almost 70 % of development are broadly 12.8%, the same as the last rural component has been cutSchools, classrooms and playgrounds are placesof peer interaction and learning for life. Teachers the total population of the constitutional, demographic time. The allocation for the from Rs 23,000 crore to Rsare a medium of facilitating this learning andimportantly they are human with emotions. No country. This enormous and socio-economic in r u r a l s e c t o r h a s b e e n 21,000 crore. Thus overall,virtual technology can perhaps can match thesocialization that actual places and people can population contributes about nature. The socialistic pattern increased by 1.8%, much less the mismatch between theachieve.In context of Indian society, which is diverse in 50% of the nation's GDP. of society and the adoption of than the 19% hike in the policy intent and the actualseveral ways starting from economic Most of the raw materials the concept of a welfare state previous budget. Similarly, outlays in the various ruralclassification to caste, languages, cultures, used in industries are induce an obligation on the the increase in the allocation sector programs are clearlyreligion and regions, etc, schools have played a agricultural products which part of state to execute its for social sector schemes in surreal.pivotal role in harmonizing it. Schools have been come from the rural popula- directive guideline in letter this budget is 14.5% as Financial constraint is not thethe reason behind hearing national anthem or tion. Although the overall and spirit. Socio-economic compared to 21.4% in 2016- only issue. The problemsunfurling of national flag in a vast majority of urban population is less, the justification is based upon thevillages. Schools and classrooms have been the rate of development in terms higher side of rural strata 17. The government expendi- pertaining to infrastructureplaces where patriotism has been nursed. These of social and economic accompanied by its tradi- ture on the health sector will development in ruralare the places where egalitarianism looks real and infrastructure in urban areas tional way of subsistence. grow by just 2.8% in 2018-19 communities are related topossible. is not in parity to that in rural The demographic compo- as against 36.5% in the current discrepancy betweenAbout half of the country's 1.30 billion areas depicting rural-urban financial year ending March. planning and execution , lackpopulation is young and already a trend of divide in the country. There is nents clearly suggest the The government has not of will on the part of adminis-violent behavior and juvenile crimes is making also a difference in access to manner how majority of the increased the budget for the tration to stimulate theeverybody jittery and if it adds more proportion, quality educational and population is engrossed with Mahatma Gandhi National development process,then we may have to look for costly solutions in health services in urban and rural poverty and income Rural Employment Guarantee bureaucratic delays andtimes to come. Instead of rehab centres andwidespread drug trafficking network, the country rural areas. Among persons of inequalities with inadequate Scheme from the current Rs unwanted interference, lackshould look at mitigation measure to prevent the age 14-29 years, nearly 18 % and poor basic infrastructure 55,000 crore, despite the fact of proper integration between'youth' disaster. in rural areas only are able to in rural areas. The existing that this amount has proved structure and its correspond-Schools more so in government sector in majority operate a computer in today's dogmatism pertaining to insufficient to pay the wages ing function, and profitof states are in a state of inertia and neglect. A world, where computer rural versus urban, agricul- even in the current financial making approach of non-few policy measures can set them right quickly. literacy is of highest priority. tural versus industrial, labor year. Several states have governmental organizationLike if schools are declared national assets, S i m i l a r l y, t h e l i m i t e d versus capital and centralized exhausted the funds allocated and voluntary sector. Theregovernment priorities may change accordinglyand these will become true gurukuls of a a new capacity of rural economy to v e r s u s d e c e n t r a l i z e d under the scheme and have are lots of schemes andIndia. accommodate the increasing planning, are not the only been demanding more money initiatives being taken with Your Attention Please! population disregards the barriers in our progressive to pay the pending wages. common objectives which has We have Grown in Size. Curriculum magazine is now labor force as surplus and goal. The actual causes lie in Creation of a Fisheries and created a sort of messed up a full tabloid size (25 x 38 cm) compelled to migrate to large the inadequate economic and Aquaculture Infrastructure situation with too many cities. Thus, there is a need to social infrastructure. Development Fund and an stakeholders involved in the encourage reverse process of In the recent budget of 2018- A n i m a l H u s b a n d r y execution process. This migration to rural areas 1 9 , c o r p u s o f R u r a l Infrastructure Development requires convergence of through proper development Infrastructure Development Fund with a total corpus of Rs schemes having similar goals of rural infrastructure and Fund (RIDF) maintained by 10,000 crore was also and target groups with clear basic amenities by creation of NABARD has been raised to announced, but the actual identification of roles and income generating avenues Rs 30,000 crores. Long Term allocation in the budget is just responsibilities for various and improving the quality of Rural Credit Fund would be Rs 47 crore. Similarly, budget bodies. Similarly a same life. set up for the purpose of also mentions about Rs 2,000- program may not be viable for However, in the past two providing refinance support c r o r e A g r i M a r k e t all the areas, which demands decades, significant strides to cooperative banks and Infrastructure Fund for a r e a - s p e c i f i c a p p r o a c h were made towards ensuring Regional Rural Banks with developing nearly 22,000 relying on need-based survey rural road connectivity, rural an initial corpus of Rs 5,000 rural Haats into Grameen of the region. The rural e l e c t r i f i c a t i o n , b a s i c crores. An outlay of Rs Agricultural Markets and for d e v e l o p m e n t p a r a d i g m education, sanitation and 50,000 crore for Short Term upgrading the 585 existing should integrate professionals hygiene, but still much needs Cooperative Rural Credit has Agriculture Produce Market h a v i n g b a c k g r o u n d o f to be done to upgrade the- been allocated. These are Committees, however, there is community development, physical connectivity (roads, definitely welcome steps to no allocation for upgrading social welfare administration, transport facilities etc.) , strengthen rural economy. the Haats. In the new budget, social research, participatory economic connectivity ( T h e F i n a n c e M i n i s t e r the government has also cut research appraisal etc. to banks, commercial organiza- recently pointed out that the funding for another rural improve qualitative outcomes t i o n , e t c . ) , k n o w l e d g e since rural economy and electrification scheme, Deen and encourage establishment connectivity(school, college, agriculture are not doing Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti of employment generating vocational education, etc.), well, it requires support from Yojana, by about 30%. industries to give fillip to the s o c i e t a l c o n n e c t i v i t y the government but the The budget spelt out about rural economy. 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Curriculum February16, 2018 11 Campus Buzz11th Honda Young Engineer and Scientist's Award presented Next Education funded research laboratory at Honda Motor India Pvt. Ltd. (HMI) on January 29 presented the 11th Edition of the Young Engineer IIT-Bombay and Scientist's (Y-E-S) Award for 2017-18 to 14 students from India's premium science and technology institute, the IITs, across India. Next Education India Pvt. Ltd, a pioneer in K–12 education has entered Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan, presented the into collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Programme in Educational Award to the students in recognition of their outstanding all-round performance in academics. Technology (IDP-ET), IITB, to set up a Next Education Research Lab at Kazuko Matsumoto, Director, Honda Foundation was also present. the latter's campus. With this first-of-its-kind association, IITB's IDP- A scholarship of cash equivalent of US $3000 each, was presented to 14 students selected from six ET department aims to create innovative research-based products that IITs - Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur and Hyderabad on the basis of their Cumulative aim to bring in a learner-centered pedagogy through ICT in the realm of Grade Point Average (CGPA), Essays and 2 rounds of personal interviews with the selection school education in India. The products are envisaged to benefit a wide committee of Senior Honda Executives and Shirish Garud, Director- TERI, the chief assessor of the range of stakeholders starting from school leaders to teachers to students selection committee. to e-learning companies. The awardees for Y-E-S Award 2017-18 in India are: Satyam Mohla and Pranjal Jhaveri from IIT Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO & Co-founder, Next Education India Pvt Ltd, Bombay, Ankesh Gupta and Mohit Goyal from IIT Delhi, Sukrut Sridhar Rao from IIT Hyderabad, said: “With an upsurge in the number of educational technology Shivangi Ranjan, Kumar Kshitij Patel and Preetham Paul Sunkari from IIT Kanpur, Ayan organisations in India in the last few years, the volume of content has Majumder, Bindu Sancheti and Piyush Nanda from IIT Kharagpur, Hari Ramachandran, Anand also increased considerably. But, to ensure that the content's quality is Anjimeti Rajasekar and Aniket Kamthe from IIT Madras not hampered, we thought of setting up a research lab with one of the Y-E-S Award is bestowed every year, to bright students of the IITs after a rigorous evaluation by a most renowned educational institutions.” panel of senior Honda executives and prominent Indian scientists. Prof Sridhar Iyer, Head of IDP-ET and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, IITB, said: “In today's teaching environment, the K–12 teachers need a tool to evaluate the impact of the content they use while teaching. Since an audiovisual integration alone cannot be an effective teaching–learning resource, identifying a way of validating the quality of the digital content available on different platforms was an obvious choice for us. We believe that our research work will help not just teachers but also those who are dependent on the online platform for quality information.”. WUD launches Professional Program in Automotive Modelling (PAM) The World University of Design (WUD) has announced a specialized Diploma program in Professional Automotive Modeling (PAM). The 2- stage advance diploma will be offered in close collaboration with Desmania Autostudio. The Course will include the essential techniques of hand modeling for pre-visualizing final products in clay and/or digital modeling of designs inAlias. The Professional Automotive Modeling (PAM) programs will prepare graduates for employment as a 3D modeler in the transportation and product design industries. The Program is designed to prepare the student for high demand positions at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the auto and product industries. The University offers two choices of tracks to study i.e. Clay and Digital. One can opt for both the tracks but only one track of study can be completed at a time. Before taking the next step for Advanced Diploma program students must complete the diploma successfully.Impelz 4.0 – 4th edition IMT Hyderabad's Annual Fest held Tula's Institute ties-up with ChileInstitute of Management when needed. IMT Hyderabad attracted UniversityTechnology(IMT), Hyderabad, A live musical performance was Budding entrepreneurs who camehosted Impelz 4.0 – the two day, held by SwastikThe Band: popular together to pitch in new ideas for a Dehradun-based Tula's Institute, one of top engineering colleges infourth edition of its Annual band from Chandigarh, for Coke business to convince prospective Uttarakahndon Feb 12 announced its global tie-up with Chile UniversityNational Management Fest in last Studio. Swastik The Band brought investors. Jagriti another event to enable students expand their knowledge horizon and get world-classmonth on January 17 that also the perfect blend of Hindustani pulled out the major crowd. The exposure through this exchange program. The aim of this tie up is also towitnessed outstanding perfor- culture and the core essence of Nukkad Nataks on various themes enable students participate in International Research Programs andmances by Navrang – The college Indian Culture intertwined with a performed by different participat- create a better cross-cultural learning among the students from both thedramatics team and The plethora of cultures. Followed by ing colleges was huge hit. countries.Paradigm Shift – The music band Swastik's power-packed perfor- Rebuttal, was another event which This collaboration one of its first kinds of such initiatives between bothof IMT-H. mance was the DJ Night by DJ was aimed at exercising the the countries will create better opportunities and learning values amongStudents from host of B-Schools AbhishekRuparel from Tipsy debating and public speaking the students, faculty members of India and Chile .such as JBIMS, MICA, IIFT, Stories, a young, modern, popular skills of the participants. The Announcing the tie-up, Ms. Silky Jain, Executive Director of Tula'sNMIMS Hyderabad, IBS lounge in Hyderabad, made the competition was two-fold with the Institute, “This development is indeed a proud moment for all of us atHyderabad, SIBM Hyderabad, crowd dance to heart's content. first round, speech craft, as an Tula's. We are optimistic that this new staged development will play aVIT Chennai and more actively Finacea event tested the financial extempore round and the second vital role in enhancing the educational skills among students of both theparticipated in competitions that acumen and presence of mind of & final round in the form of a countries.”required real-life managerial its participants. debate termed 'the rebuttal'. Anita Nayar, Chile Ambassador for India commented, “Chile and Indiadecisions, risk-taking, foresight, E-cell Pitch Up event was hosted Mudra, the dance event, gathered has a lot in common but are separated because of barriers likeand the ability to bring change by the entrepreneurship club of a great audience around the knowledge, geography etc and we surely need initiatives like this to amphitheater. bring the two worlds together as countries and as people”. Wanted Man Friday The audience was full of adrena- in Dehradun line with people cheering and ICAI's talent hunt focuses on 'commerce roaring for their respective teams For production and other coordination work of and the grooving over the steps, literacy' Curriculum magazine (this publication) in the music and the competitive- Dehradun on part-time basis. ness. A band performance with To inculcate the idea of commercial prudence for a healthy economy, the Richa Khurana and Karan Kumar Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) commissioned a talentJournalism/PR/Liberal Arts students or Retired Gupta as vocalists rocked the hunt program – “Commerce Wizard” – last year. In the second edition ofperson preferred. stage. the talent hunt program the participation was open on an all India level A Ramp Walk event Amaya by where a mammoth 15400 students participated.Please write us at the following email: Antrangana club kept its pace to The talent hunt was constituted for creation of large pool of [email protected] provide students with great population can regular conduct qualitative and quantitative assessment amount of enjoyment. IMT and be part of nation building. It is meant for strengthening the HYDERABAD performed on the ecosystem to popularize commerce education across the country theme of love, lust and power and amongst secondary, senior/higher secondary, graduate students. gathered the major cheering of the Seeing the response in the previous edition, Commerce Wizard-2017 crowd. was divided in two levels of online tests. Out of the 15400 students who participated in the Level-I, 5228 students from different class (XI, XII and Graduation) qualified for the Level-II of the examination. Finally, 4473 students appeared in the Final level where 584 students from Class X, 1531 from Class XI, 1477 from Class XII, and 881 from Graduation

12 Curriculum February 16, 2018 Campus BuzzIMT Ghaziabad a United Nations PRME which included IIM Ahmedabad, MDI Gurgaon, IIM Indore, IIFT ICAI holds Annual Delhi, FMS Delhi etc. The event was inaugurated by ShovanaChampion Narayan (Kathak Guru), Anil Shastri (LBSIM chairman), and Convocation Prof. DK Shrivastav, Advisor Corporate Interface.IMT Ghaziabad (IMTG) was selected as one of the champions of The highlight of Tatva '18 were the famous Punjabi singer Jassi ceremonythe United Nations - Principles for Responsible Management Gill and Babbal Rai performed at the Star Night . The DJ NightEducation (PRME) initiative on January 23, 2018. PRME witnessed foot-tapping music played by DJ Tatva K and Famous The Institute of CharteredChampions Group comprises a group of B-Schools engaged as Comedian Jeeveshu Ahluwalia won the core of the gatherings of Accountants of India (ICAI)PRME signatories from across the world, committed to making people by his comic drama act . The festival included over 50 organised its annualbroad-scale implementation of sustainability principles a reality. events hosted by various academic clubs of the institute convocation on January 24,Highlighting the need for developing the next generation of leaders encompassioning diverse topics like Best Manager, IT Quiz , 2018 to award certificates ofwith the necessary knowledge and skills to achieve the United Young Bulls 3.1, Atitviza 6.0, Auto Biz ,Markoniks ,Fly and membership to over 2500 newNations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Hustle, Big Budget Talk , Alphaaz ,Concurso, Callidus 6.0 , Games members and facilitate rankannouncement was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, , Saudagar ,Kartavya, Stock Pick , The Nation wants to know , holders of the recent CASwitzerland. Within less than a year of joining the PRME as an arthneeti 3.0 etc . In addition to this many cultural events were also examinations at New Delhi.'Advanced Signatory', IMTG succeeded in earning the coveted organised like Vocaholics , Street Play by four different college The Convocations at 8 centresrecognition of joining the league of 38 leading B-schools from all like IP University , JMC College, Maitri College and Laxmibai across India were alsoacross the globe that has been meticulously selected by the UN- College , Fashion Show , Vogue Night , Udghosh, Nritya, Fortrock organised simultaneously.backed PRME Initiative for the 2018-19 Champions Cycle. , Twirl Up etc. Injeti Srinivas, Secretary,Tasked with contributing to thought and action leadership in Ministry of Corporate Affairsresponsible management education, the goal of the PRME 5th Corporate Summit on Talent was the Chief Guest at theChampions group is to work collaboratively to develop and ceremony organised at Newpromote activities that address the United Nations' Sustainable Management at Jaipuria Delhi. The gathering was alsoDevelopment Goals (SDGs), and to deliver value for business and addressed by CA. Naveen N.society at large The 5th Corporate Summit Talent Management: driving success D. Gupta, Vice-President, through talent was organised by Jaipuria Institute of Management, ICAI and Central CouncilRepublic Day at IIM Shillong Indirapuram, Ghaziabad on feb 3 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Members, ICAI. Kaushambi, Ghaziabad. The summit was inaugurated by P.Indian Institute of Management, Shillong celebrated the Dwarakanath, Director – Group Human Capital, Max India Ltd. 'Leadership Bank69thRepublic Day with exuberance on a pleasant morning. The The topics such as new role of artificial intelligence in Human Conclave' at IMIevent witnessed a march past by the security officials of IIM Resource, Knowledge Management, and adaptive organizational DelhiShillong, followed by hoisting of the national flag and a rendering learning were discussed and addressed by the panel membersof the national anthem. during discussion. International ManagementDr. Amitabha De, Director, IIM Shillong, in the presence of faculty Shishir Jaipuria, Chairman, Jaipuria Group of Institutions said, Institute (IMI), New Delhi,members and students in attendance exhorted, \"We should reflect “The main aim of conducting such summits is to help understand hosted its first everupon our past, and with vigor work towards our future goals. We the students the views, success stories of eminent people in the “Leadership Bank conclave”have been bestowed upon a rich legacy and we must do our best to industries and motivate them to learn and aspire.” amidst loud cheer andcarry it forward.\" The Director also discussed the IIM Bill and Neeraj Narang, Director, HCM, Product Strategy, Oracle India, noteworthy take-aways onhow it frames the future of this academic institute for the coming addressed the participants on knowledge mapping techniques. The 20th January 2018 in presenceyear. With the introduction of the Bill, Rajiv Gandhi Indian second panel discussion comprised of creating right culture for of Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITIInstitute of Management Shillong would soon be called Indian developing habits and willingness of knowledge, focus on high Aayog. The conclave focusedInstitute of Management Shillong. performing organizational approach and creating a high- on key issues concerningThe patriotic celebrations were continued with fervent students performance culture in the areas of working. The third panel banks in the country, such asparticipating in kite flying and bonding over the pleasant whether discussion was about understanding the fundamentals and Non-Performing Assetsof Shillong. implementing a strategy of employee engagement and interaction, (NPAs), Insolvency and where Rajnesh Khosla, Head, HR, LG Software India addressed Bankruptcy Management.Annual management and cultural Fest the students. How can Leaders and managers act as powerful employee engagement was advocated by Seema Singh, GM, Sales India's firstTatva'18 held at LBSIM and Marketing, New Holland Fiat India, Rohit Saraf, Deputy VP, HR, Ratnakar Bank Ltd., Prashant Sharma, Head Talent Student CEOLal Bahadur Shastri Instituite of Management hosted its Annual Management, UFLEX Ltd and Ms. Kiran Bhatia Tandon, Head,Management, and Cultural fest TATVA '18 at its Dwarka campus Talent Management, Stryker. Challengerecently. This year theme of the fest \"Tatv\" is \"Arohan-the Dawnof New Era”. More than 30 colleges had participated in this fest Wooplr, one of the hottest startups with marquee investors,IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Trichy and IIM Calcutta win CFA Institute Research Challenge India finals calls on aspiring entrepreneurs among Indian college studentsCFA Society India announced IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Trichy, and ýCRISIL Global Research & Analytics, Pramod Gubbi, CFA, MD to join the hunt for Wooplr'sIIM Calcutta as winners of the national final of its CFA Institute and Head of Equities, Ambit Capital and Pankaj Murarka, next CEO. A program that isResearch Challenge India 2017–18. These future investment Founder, Renaissance Investment Managers, were the judges. both a highly paid internshipmanagement professionals will represent India at the Asia Pacific The 11th edition of the Challenge saw the participation of 55 and an opportunity for studentsRegional competition to be held on 25–26 April 2018 in Kuala business schools from 25 cities across four zones. They pitched to witness what it is truly like toLumpur, Malaysia. their equity research on four companies—Indigo (Inter Globe head a firm with theEight teams—IIM Indore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Trichy, NMIMS, Aviation), Hero MotoCorp, Titan and Asian Paints—in a brief, #CEOForAMonth challenge.Mumbai, AIMS Institute, Bengaluru, IIM Calcutta, IIFT, Delhi, time-bound presentation followed by a round of questions. The winning student can getIIM Raipur—participated in the national final. Suresh “As an association of investment professionals, our endeavour is first-hand experience in makingKrishnamurthy, CFA, Senior Director, Global Head of Research – decisive choices, game- to interact with the next changing deals and cultivating generation of investment positive synergy in a team, professionals, build their working directly with Wooplr's understanding of the CEO & its team. investment management Starting 2nd February 2018, the industry, and mentor them challenge invites the youth of to build successful careers. India to prove their mettle, The CFA Institute Research showcase leadership abilities, Challenge gives them a adaptability, and creativity in a unique opportunity with given task for highly prized live environment equity internships as well as Rs.10 research almost akin to the Lakhs in giveaways. The mega practical world. 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Curriculum February 16, 2018 13 Campus BuzzSixteen students from Delhi-NCR honoured Mad Over Maths The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a National level examination cum scholarship program. The scholarship program iswith Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards Future tours part of the ongoing conducted by NCERT and students studying in class X are eligible Bonjour India saw the launch of for NTSE 2018 examination and selection procedure. NTSE 2017Sixteen students from Delhi-NCR won top honours across 'Top in Mad over Maths - a special was conducted on November 5 for Stage I.the World', 'Best in Country' and 'Best Across' categories for their session of the Future Tour,exceptional performance in the Cambridge 2016 - 2017 dedicated to IT and Mathematics EuroSchool Thane song feature in globalexaminations at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards at Chennai Mathematicalceremony held in New Delhi on Feb 16. Institute. German albumThirty-two students across North and East India have received Mad over Maths section of thecertificates in the 'Top in World', 'Top in Country' and 'Best Across' Future Tour focused on EuroSchool Thane brought was the only Asian school to be selectedcategories. This includes 16 students from Delhi-NCR region, 10 Mathematics and Information to feature their song for a German album EINE WELT – One World.from the rest of North India and 6 from East India. Apart for Technology Mathematics. It The contest, which received 400 global entries, was organized byMathematics, for which there have been the highest number of highlighted and honoured French Engagement Global in association with the German Federalaward winners, students in North and East India have also excelled and Indian talents and President's school development policy.in a broad range of subjects like Physical Education, Global achievements and included a EuroSchool Thane's song ``Ich Bin Ich - I am me`` – has beenPerspectives & Research, French, Art & Design, Applied plenary session for students to selected in German contest “Dein Song Fuer Eine Welt” - Your songInformation & Communication Technology, German and Chinese meet experts in the field of for One World, an initiative towards creating an album aimed at(Mandarin). Mathematics and information world peace and harmony. Students between 10-25 years took part inThe awards ceremony was attended by Ruchira Ghosh, Cambridge technology; a presentation of the contest.Regional Director- South Asia, Tanay Ghosh, Manager North and French programmes of The participants were required to create a song which was themedCentral India and other members of the Cambridge India team, as excellence in Mathematics to around global development – covering issues like racialwell as parents and teachers. stress the importance of discrimination, gender inequality and religious discrimination. TheGautam Goyal from DPS International School, Saket scored top mathematical training in song was required to have original lyrics and voice composition. Themarks in the country in Economics and Physics in Cambridge improving students' participants were to abstain from voice enhancements.International A Level. Elated at his performance, he said: “The employability; one-on-one The selected student bands from across the globe were invited toCambridge curriculum helps students develop independent, meetings between students and Berlin where they professionally recorded the song. The album is toanalytical and perceptive minds. Cambridge International A Level French higher education be released by Germany's Federal Minister for Economicrequires studying ideas in depth, understanding their origins and institutions to learn more about Cooperation and Development later in 2018. The album will have aapplying them in the real world to solve real life problems. They opportunities to study in France; total of 23 original songs.helped me achieve excellence by encouraging me to think beyond a series of roundtables and EuroSchool Thane Principal Rajani Pattabhiraman said,the textbook, engage in research and apply my thoughts to situations workshops on Fundamental “Participating and winning the contest as the only Asian team, andin the real world. These are skills that are needed by the world today Maths, Applied Maths, the youngest as well, has indeed been a reflection of EuroSchool'sand will help us in our future endeavors.” Computational Maths, Cyber philosophy of Balanced Schooling that encourages the right mix ofBharat Gangwani, Mayoor School, Ajmer who won a Top in country Security and Machine Learning, academic learning and co-curricular development. We thank ouraward for excellence in Physical Education in Cambridge IGSCE to discuss latest scientific German teacher Ms. Priyangu Savla, who was instrumental insaid, “The Cambridge curriculum is quite intense and engaging at achievements and to explore new securing the opportunity for our students and in training them to winthe same time. It gives you the tools necessary to pursue your partnerships; a Math competition the contest.”passion for a subject. I started to focus on my health a year before bringing together Indian and The students' contingent includes Doorva Pant (11) and Vedantimy Cambridge IGCSE course began and was quite determined to French students from 10th and Pravin Raut (11) from Grade 6, Khushi Paresh Vora (12) and Tanishaimprove my skills as a sportsperson and an athlete. I understood that 11th grade in order to create a Prameet Savla (12) from Grade 7, Pravalika Gumma (12), Taniyawhile physical education is challenging, this subject would give me promising young community Bamnodkar (13), Arya Mahesh Dhakate (13) and Aditya Divekar (13)the best opportunity to test myself. After completing my schooling, I around Mathematics. . Enis- from Grade 8, Urvi Thakurdesai (14) and Divya Jairam (14) fromwould like to pursue a course in International Relations, Politics or Bahri Dermikol (Lycée français Grade 9.Sociology for my graduation alongside a minor in a language.” de Delhi), Rania Daki (Lycée The group along with their German teacher Ms. Priyangu Savla Louis-le-Grand, Paris), Nimat learnt about the opportunity through a German newsletter. The schoolBook written by Manav Rachna School Gill (DPS Gurgaon), . Writika formed a special group Innocence to compose and sing the song. Sarkar, (DPS, Gurgaon) andstudents released Shania Zaveri (NSS-HSIS, Sharada Vidyalaya in Hyderabad Mumbai) were the winner team.The students of Manav Rachna International School (MRIS), Sector celebrated 95th Anniversary46, Gurgaon released their much-awaited book titled “LIMITLESS” 8th Delhi-NCR Regionalin the school campus in the presence of Dr. D Suresh (IAS), Shamsherganj situated 95-years old KG to PG 'heritage' educationalCommissioner, Gurugram Division; Dr. Prashant Bhalla, President, Brain Bee contest held institution, Sharada Vidyalaya, , a group of educational institutionsManav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI); Dr Amit Bhalla, celebrated its 95th Anniversary today at it 4acre old premises in theVP on Feb 12, Medanta – The Medicity Old City of Hyderabad on Feb 3. The school was started exclusivelyLIMITLESS, an anthology of short stories by these fifteen organised the 8th Delhi-NCR for girls in 1922. Four generations of the so many families studied inpromising young writers is as varied in story ideas as the authors Regional Brain Bee quiz contest this school. It is a KG to PG group of educational institutions whichthemselves. Each story is unique in its presentation and the choice of in association with Indian was visited by Mr. Mirza Ismail, the Prime Minister of Nizam inplot. There is fiction, plagiarism, suspense and also interestingly National Brain Bee recently in 1947 and Shri Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the then President of Indiastories based on real-life experiences. which biology students of class in 1963 and late Shri. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, Chief Minister of AP.Dhriti Malhotra, Principal, MRIS 46 said: “The journey of writing 11 from several schools in Delhi Shakuntala Devi, Founder Trustee and Secretary, Jayanth Tagore,stories and compiling them in the form of a book started in MRIS NCR participated and tested their Trustee, Lakshmi Naik, President of Governing Council, Pradeepsome time back. Fifteen writers were short-listed and identified after knowledge about the human Chander Jain graced the celebration. Speaking on the occasion,three rounds of screening. They were then mentored and taken brain on topics such as Jayanth Tagore said, the school stands as testimony to the history ofthrough the entire process of writing a book under the Young intelligence, emotions, memory, Hyderabad and is one of the very few oldest living schools in the city.Author's Series mentored by Quill Club Writers. During the entire sleep, vision, hearing, sensation, We have started this school exclusively for girls when girls were notprocess, these young writers gained a greater understanding of the Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's allowed to get out of house. Since then we have educated thousandsnuances of writing which helped them work on their skill and evolve disease, schizophrenia, of girls, he said.as fine writers”. addictions and brain research. Pradeep Dev, who graced the occasion as the guest of honour lauded Subham Chopra from Salwan the school management for their contribution towards empowering Tanvi Ganesh Joshi is Public School, Rajinder Nagar, girl child. The real empowerment starts with education he told the New Delhi was declared winner 3000 plus gathering. Bhopal City Topper in at the end of an exciting and enriching session. Champion of NTSE Stage-1 the regional contest, Subham will next compete with winners from Tanvi Ganesh Joshi has been declared as other states at the 11th Indian Bhopal City Topper and 2nd State National Brain Bee Topper amongst Girls in Madhya championship finals in April Pradesh and has scored143 marks out of 2018. The national level winner 150marks (MAT+SAT).She is a Four will go on to participate in the Year Classroom Program student of International Brain Bee FIITJEE Bhopal Center .Exuberant with Championship, scheduled to take the joy of success, Tanvi said “The place in Germany during the competition was very tough indeed and Forum of Neuroscience (FENS) it was a battle of brains, where concept conference in July 2018. and reasoning were the keys to answer The Brain Bee contest focusses the questions in limited time. Qualifying on the need for innovative in this kind of exam warrants rigorous solutions for treating diseases ofpractice and I am immensely thankful to my faculty at the brain and central nervousFIITJEEBhopal Centre for raising my IQ to such competitive level system. It aims to get studentsthrough the study materials, doubt-clearing sessions and interested in neurosciences bypersonalized guidance, which have been one of the notable reasons highlighting the existing andof my success this far.”

14 Curriculum February 16, 2018 Interview Dr. Bertrand de Hartingh, Country Director of French Institute in India' Bonjour India’ has opened up a variety of possibilities for exchange The third edition of Bonjour India festival celebrating Indo-French partnership in innovation and creativity and spread over four-months across 30 cities in India commenced in November 2017. The festival will come to a close early March with two ceremonies , a scintillating cultural performance in Delhi and later a knowledge summit. Dr. Bertrand de Hartingh, Country Director of French Institute in India who is the General Curator for Bonjour India 2017-18 spoke to Curriculum magazine on this extraordinary exchange event between two countries. Some Excerpts:Give us a sense of Bonjour India and France. Michelin starred scholars for scientific workshops. capacity to be daring and possibilities for exchange: fromIndia's experience and Chef Alan Passard owner and chef It also gives enterprises a platform innnovative, as the time limitation innovation in the surgical field tojourney so far? of the three star restaurant Arpege to express their needs in a rapidly (24 hours) drives risk-taking and the production of video games,With Bonjour India 2017-18, in Paris, will create unique changing economy. The different decision- making. The students and animation. There is aIndia and France has come prestigious dinners using his themes of this project are: will get a first-hand experience of something for every student intogether to create, innovate and signature styles. Passard will Mathematics & Computer what it takes to create an France's top universities.partner towards a progressive bring a refreshing taste of this Science, Electric mobility & enterprise through learning-by- Any advisory you would like toand sustainable future and we garden-to-table cuisine right the Connectivity, Agronomy & Food doing, from the initial idea to provide to Indian studentshave been able to achieve what High Tables. Processes, Natural resources and drawing up a business plan. They through this interview in termswe expected of so far. What about the concluding Bio-Products, Urban Planning will immediately get to put to of study opportunities inThe third edition of Bonjour ceremony? and Eco Energy. action the theoretical data and France? And also, someIndia 2017-18 celebrates the There will be two closing The STEAM Series comprises of information given by coaches support services that yourIndo-French partnership, ceremonies : the public one will two events around project-based who will guide them through the office offers in this regard.aiming to shape next decade of take place in Delhi, where The creative learning that aims to process. At the end of 24h Against Yes, France welcomes you.human exchange between the Bonjour India is bringing Transe connect Indian and French open- the Clock in Entrepreneurship, France aims to up the number oftwo countries. It has been Express with Celestial Carillon, source innovation and fablab each team will present its project Indian students in Frenchunprecedented given the an aerial performance inspired by communities. STEAM school to a jury of professionals who will institutions from 4,000 to 10,000ambitious scale this time. Calder that combines theatre, gathers 100 participants from pick the two projects that go by the year 2020. More and morePeople at the forefront of their music and fine arts. A bewitching various backgrounds at a 10-day through to the final. courses are taught in English, andfields share their inspiring orchestra of 17 bell-ringers and fablab at Maker's Asylum, a space We have also just showcased tuition is free for studentsjourneys as they change society aerialists is lifted 55 meters dedicated to co-creation and France at India Art Fair. Through studying in the French medium inthrough their innovation and skyward in this magical concert sharing. Teams comprising its creative excellence and by state universities. There alsocreativity. The events were and theatre where audiences face engineers, architects, designers, making art accessible to all, more and more scholarshipsorganized collaboratively artistes, and the machinery of the social entrepreneurs will design France sets the international available every year to Indianacross cities and disciplines carillon is confronted with the innovative solutions to the urban standard in the fields of art and students. Also, Campus Francewith performances, debates, architecture. It will be a treat to challenges defined by UN's culture. Bonjour India partners offices in various Indian citiesseminars and exhibitions. With watch. The second one will take Sustainable Development Goals. France's talent for making culture can help you through the entirearound 100 programmes and place a bit later with the Assembling solutions through a source of employability with procedure, from helping you findprojects in over 30 cities across Knowledge Summit. rapid prototyping, participants India's immense potential in arts and contact universities all the20 states & union territories, Coming to education, because it will test them at Makers' Asylum and culture. Culture is serious way to visa applications andBonjour India provided a is our area of interest, can you facilities while being mentored by business in France, and art a advice with accommodation inplatform for enduring list some of the initiates or Indian and French experts. matter of public concern. India France.partnerships across all domains projects that were part of this Mad over Maths: is a special Art Fair, a hub of artistic andthat will take us into the future: four-month festival? session of the Future Tour which academic exchange, proved to be Lastly, can you also throwfrom arts to new technologies to We have curated multiple highlights and honours French the perfect venue for a rendezvous some light on campus artsustainable environment. education related events. The and Indian talents and with France, and where renowned programme?What were or are some of the Knowledge Sumit is the first ever achievements in Mathematics and French designer Matali Crasset Campus art is a network ofremaining key events of this Indo-French Higher Education Information Technology. The showcased France's creativity. French higher educationfour-month long festival? and Research Summit took place session included: plenary session Audiences at the Fair, including institutions offering courses inBonjour India has three key in Delhi on 8th December'17, to for students to meet experts in the students, also discovered over art, design, fashion, music orpillars - Smart Citizen, Go bring together those who will field of Mathematics and 400 arts programmes offered in architecture led by AgenceGreen, High mobility. And just shape academic and scientific information technology; A France. Campus France, with the supportlike all the previous events, the partnerships over the next five presentation of French What are some of the areas that of the Ministries of Higherevents illustrate three concepts– years. The two-day event focused programmes of excellence in you might have identified for Education, Research andinnovation, creativity and on quality assessment, the rise in Mathematics to stress the future human exchange Innovation, Europe and Foreignpartnership for bringing number of students, pedagogical importance of mathematical especially among the students Affairs, and Culture, as well astogether the minds of people of innovation, need-based skill training in improving students' and faculty? ANDEA (National Associationthe two countries to imagine a development, among other issues employability; One-to- one France has always been known of Art Schools). The Frenchfuture. of consequence to education and meetings between students and for its creativity in the field of arts. Institute in India participated forAmong the remaining and he research. Alongside plenary French higher education This year at Campus France, the first time with its own stand atupcoming events of the festival, sessions involving leaders and institutions to learn more about Matali Crasset's booth invited the tenth edition of the India Artthe audience will be delighted to stakeholders, parallel discussions study opportunities in France; A students to a glimpse of the Fair (IAF) as part of Bonjourwitness Samghata, where fostering cooperation in the math competition bringing educational opportunities that are India, with the ambition toFrench composer Thierry Pecou thematic areas closely linked with together Indian and French offered in France in the field of present the diversity of trainingwill bring Indian and western the Future Tour. students from 10th and 11th grade arts, everything from fashion to offered in France in the artisticmusicians together through his The Future Tour is a series of in order to create a promising jewelery making, to product fields. Presented on-screen at thenew composition. Then Weight thematic rendezvous between young community around design, to painting and fine arts. stand, but also accessible on theof Joy is a project that works scientists, academics, companies Mathematics. Besides this, France is also a shelves to visitors, the Campuswith dancers with disability. and students from India and 24 hrs Entrepreneurship global leader in innovation. Art stand displays a vast choice ofAnother event is specially France. In continuity with the challenge: This project places Cutting-edge science and over 400 courses, from Artscurated to connect Indian Knowledge Summit, it lays out Master and Doctoral students in technology can be researched and management and curatorialstudents with French companies the roadmap for Indo-French an entrepreneurial situation for 24 explored for students and France courses, cinema, jewelry toand universities named as The collaboration for the next decade. hours non-stop. Ten teams of 7 is equally a wonderful fashion or 3D animation.Future Tour. It is a series of This programme connects Indian members each will be grouped educational destination for Students can apply online on thethematic rendezvous between students directly with French around projects with a specific faculty and students the fields of spot by following the advice ofscientists, academics, companies and universities, while theme. The entrepreneurs-in- science and engineering. Bonjour Campus France representativescompanies and students from gathering researchers and training will develop their India has opened up a variety of present on site.

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The taskforce is jointly chaired by “Being part of India's globally University of Bath's 'Young IndiaAccording to Shachindra, Co- Professor Peter Høj, Chair of the strong economic future is Student of the Year 2018' awardfounder of Pustakkosh, “Student Go8 and Vice-Chancellor of the important to the Go8. We are not aneeds from sports equipment like University of Queensland, and group of universities which is Namit Makhija, a student of year fees on his course of course,cricket bats, badminton rackets or Professor Devang Khakhar, content with signing an MOU Vasant Valley School, Delhi was BSc(Hons) Internationalmusical instruments like hobby Director of IIT-B to increase the then flying back home. We always presented with the Young India Development with Economics.guitars, casio or even student two-way flow of PhD students take our commitments seriously Student of the Year 2018 award by The joint runners-up for thefurniture is needed only for a betweenAustralia and India. and ensure we deliver on research University of Bath's Chancellor, Young India Student of the Yeartemporary phase. We thought to The report has specifically looked projects and programs and HRH the Earl of Wessex, Prince 2018 competition arestep in to fulfil this requirement by at the barriers and disincentives teaching. We have made that clear Edward at a glittering ceremony, ApoorvGoyal of Dehradun'sgiving a cheaper option for the that currently limit two way flow to the Indian Government. held, on February 7 at the British Welham Boys School andsame on a rental basis.” of students between Australia & “There are a number of areas Council Delhi. Earlier, he was Vaibhav Gupta of Gurgaon- India, examine how business where we have offered our announced as the winner of an based Delhi Public School. TheAwarness Program on sector can promote the need of services to the Indian essay competition started this year two runners‐up received iPad PhD skilled workforce to provide Government and we hope those by UK-based University of Bath Minis from the Chancellor at theMinority Upliftment in industry ready PhD graduates, are accepted and that we can, for Indian students. awards ceremony. Moreover, all and develop strategies to address especially, partner strongly in the This was the first edition of the other finalists were given aEducation these issues. mobility of PhD students between Young India Student of the Year certificate of merit. “As a group we are incredibly our two countries. It is also an competition, which was organizedTo create awareness about outcomes-focussed and therefore important focus to have Go8 by University of Bath's Faculty of WIMUN India 2018 inschemes for minority in private India-focussed, says Ms Vicki academics and supervisors assist Humanities and Social Sciences. Agra this Apriland government schools, an Thomson, Chief Executive of the you as partners to train your In this essay-writing contest, 11thawareness program has been prestigious Go8. “As Indian leaders of tomorrow and your and 12th class students from WIMUN India 2018 will be heldorganised by Delhi Minorities government has launched a academic workforce. That is a Indian schools were invited to from April 27th - 1st May inCommission (DMC) in Baptist number of initiatives to reform focus because India is developing write an essay of maximum 2,000 Agra at the Jaypee PalaceChurch Trust Association (BCTA) Indian economy, Make in India so strongly and so quickly it will words on the topic 'Would India Convention Center. The Worldcampus on Civil Line, Raj Niwas being of foremost importance; we most definitely need this trained benefit from more open trade - for Federation of United NationsMarg. The program was attended have looked at how Indian workforce as a matter of example with the UK?'. Associations (WFUNA) is aby various schools in the city. companies and Australian urgency.” As the competition winner, Namit global non-profit organizationSpeaking on the occasion, companies based in India can Thomson said that it should not be has been awarded £3,000 towards representing and coordinatingAnatasia Gill, Member of DMC jointly sponsor Indian students to forgotten that the Go8 had been in the first year of the fees on a the membership of over 100said that due to lack of knowledge study on PhD projects relevant to a large number of very successful Humanities and Social Sciences national United Nationsand awareness about education their businesses. This will provide research partnerships in India for undergraduate programme at the Associations and their thousandsschemes for minority among a large base of highly qualified, many years and from those years, University starting in September of constituents. WFUNAstudents as well as parents due to industry ready PhD graduates to “we see India as a partner for the 2018. The prize amount will be supports the inclusion of peoplewhich the most deserving students India and will help in adding value long-term. It is a nation where we taken directly off Namit's first from different walks of life inare left behind availing the to Indian government's initiatives have made many lasting formulating ideas and solutionsbenefits. through positive impact at the friendships and equally effective“Near about 42 NGO have joined industry level in India” she says. research alliances,” she said.us in this programme and throughthem we are organizing meetingsat various schools and evenresidential areas to aware peopleabout the government policyregarding the education schemesfor minority,” she said

New Teacher Development announcements from The Teacher FoundationBangalore-based Teacher The Teacher Foundation (TTF) has announced two professional development courses for teachers, New Teacherand Teach Now. New Teacher is a full-time Alternative Teacher Education Diploma which includes 11 months of coursework and 5 monthsof internship and coaching support in school. Course is starting on the 28th of February and classes will run from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM,Monday to Friday at The Teacher Foundation, Ulsoor.Teach Now is also beginning on the 28th Of February '2018. Teach Now is an online, 9 month (6 months weekly once virtual class + 3months clinical practice) curriculum for teacher preparation built on internationally-recognized standards of best teaching practices, InTASC.