www.curriculum-magazine.com RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 8 No 11 magazine THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE September 16 2018NCAER to Curriculum on Experiential Learning – CBSE to change examrelease New Gandhijis Nai Talim launched pattern of Class X, XII boardsSkills A new curriculum on Experiential Programmes for teachers. ThisFramework from 2020Learning – Gandhijis Nai Talim curriculum book has been brought was launched on September 5 in out simultaneously in 13The soon to be released report, New Delhi. Experiential Learning languages i.e., Assamese, Tamil, The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is reportedly'Skilling India – No Time to – Gandhiji's Nai Talim is expected Bengali, Odiya, Kannada, planning to change the pattern of question papers for the Class X and to inspire this movement to cover Malyalam, Punjabi, Marathi, XII examinations it conducts by 2020. The changes are meant toLose' by National Council ofApplied Economic Research progressively 25 crore students of Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi and assess students based on their analytical skills instead of pushing them(NCAER) will contain a new educational institutes at different English in consultation with the to mug up their curriculum, said a report by the Times of India. Theseskilling framework comprising levels in the country covering 80 state councils of educational are part of a revamp plan for CBSE Board examinations which alsoof three lakh primary school teachers and research and training along with includes releasing results early and holding tests for vocationalcomponents—Acquiring skills, 20 lakh secondary school the universities in the country. subjects earlier in February, it further said.Matching skills and teachers, spread over 17.5 lakh Speaking on the release occasion, The questions will focus more on problem solving with more shortAnticipating Skills. According primary schools and 2.5 lakh union HRD Minister Prakash questions carrying one to five marks, the report quoted a senior HRDto DG NCAER, Dr Shekhar secondary schools across the Javadekar Minister said that we minister official as saying. The stress would be on probing the criticalShah, there is skilling urgency country. This book and this would like to take experiential thinking abilities of students and test actual learning outcomes ratherin the country and India must project is a joint effort of the learning to all levels of education than allow students to score high marks by virtue of rote, the officialget rich before it gets old. Universities in the state, state involving all states and all further said.Portable social security is one SCERT and Mahatma Gandhi stakeholders. He said that the The CBSE is also planning to schedule its Board examinations so thatof the recommendations in the National Council of Rural Gandhiji's Nai Talim or basic the results for the same can be declared expeditiously. To this end,report besides simplifying skills Education (MGNCRE), formerly education was a holistic approach plans are to conduct the Board examinations in two legs - vocationaland rationalizing regulations. known as National Council of of developing body, mind and and non-vocational subjects. Since the number of examinees taking“Labor regulations inimical to Rural Institutes (NCRI), to soul (hand, head and heart), by tests in vocational subjects is significantly low, these can be scheduledskills must go and there must promote resilient India through making a productive art, craft or in February so that the exams for other subjects can be wrapped upbe incentives for skilled. The curricular interventions like community engagement activity within 15 days in March, the report said while quoting the MHRDflexibility from lifetime curriculum design, development as the centre of learning. Gandhi ji official.employability to transferable and capacitating teachers for said “by education I mean an all-skills is needed as in 2050 there higher education programmes round drawing out of the best in NTA schedule of Examination ...P 15will be a workforce of 1 billion offered by Universities and the child and man-body, mind and Against what should be the Ayushman Bharatin India, a thing the world has Autonomous Institutions in India. spirit”, said the Minister. mission guarded...P 8never seen before,” he added. The book contains basic princi- On the occasion of MahatmaBy end of 21st century, India ples of Gandhiji's Nai Talim (our Gandhi's upcoming 150th birthwould have grown old and will notes and interpretations), along anniversary celebrations, abe needing resources to support with the Work and Education movement is on across theits ageing population. curriculum for Schools, D.Ed, educational institutions in the B.Ed and Faculty Development country to promote Nai Talim,nnP3NEWS in BRIEF Reading Print is learning Karnataka to take cue from Delhi Education. E-content is enjoyable, doesn't contribute to learning. A sure way of Model driving children away from screens (devices) is getting them into habit ofLeft sweeps JNUSU poll reading books. Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has directed theThe united Left student group Under Samagra Scheme, ideas of greater minds, their (NAS) report, she said that state's Education Department to studyalliance swept the Jawaharlal integrated scheme of school foundation need to be laid from the promoting reading is critical for the steps taken by Delhi to improveNehru University Students' education that has subsumed classics. E-content is enjoyable outcomes and also advocated use the quality of education in schoolsUnion polls this year with a SSA, RMSA and Teacher but studies have shown it is not of theatre as a medium to get and have sought a report on it. In aconsiderable margin, defeating Education this year, schools are good for education,” she said children interested in non- series of tweets the Chief Minister'sthe ABVP which came second given Rs 20, 000 grant to buy while making her own love for academic books. Office (CMO) said Kumaraswamy'sin all posts. books from National Book Trust books known. According to her, The discussion that followed her government has prioritised educationAISA's N Sai Balaji was (NBT) and NCERT. The her own collection of books is remarks also raised some very at a meeting with officials of theelected president. The posts of ambitious scheme launched to around 8000 books and once she important issues. Well known department.vice-president and general make non-academic books retires from service, her plan is to children's author, Devika He has directed officials to submit asecretary were won by DSF's available to students from May open a bookshop in Goa. Rangachari, a historian brought comprehensive report on improvingSarika Chaudhary (2,692 this year is with the objective of Referring to recently released about the negative notions that the quality of education invotes) and SFI's Aejaz Ahmad promoting read habits in them. National Achievement Survey government schools. “There must beRather (2,423). AISF's Amutha The government is also intending Contd P3 no compromise,” he has said. TheJayadeep won the post of joint to revise the Vidyarthi Computer Chief Minister has suggested that thesecretary by 2,047 votes. Scheme with the goal of officials study the steps taken by improving content with Delhi government and submit aABVP retains DUSU hold illustrations and other guidelines. report recommending ways to Speaking at a Children's improve the quality of education inThe Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Publishing Conclave organized Karnataka's government schools.Parishad (ABVP) made a by business chamber ofcomeback this year in the commerce, FICCI in New Delhi The James DysonDelhi University Students' on Aug 25, Rina Roy, Secretary Award forUnion polls, winning the post Department of School Education innovation by IIT-Dof president, vice-president & Literacy MHRD outlined the studetnts,and retaining the position of need of reading to children for Rituparna Guha &joint secretary. The Congress- realizing the power of reading. “It Amit Kumarbacked National Students' is important to make reading Read on Page...13Union of India (NSUI) won fashionable by way of roping inonly the post of secretary. celebrities and icons becauseAnkiv Basoya won the post of reading is way to learning.president, Shakti Singh of Children need to be explored toABVPwon the post of vice-president and NSUI's lonewinner, Aakash Choudhary,won as secretary.
2 Curriculum September 16, 2018 News UpdatesGovt agrees to end PISA boycott, India Biomedical Research Park in Jhajjar Swachhta Hi Seva'to participate in 2021 The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) and All India Institute campaign launched in of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will together set up a Biomedical ResearchHaving not participated in the Programme for International Student Park in Jhajjar, Haryana, and embark on interdisciplinary research for a KVsAssessment (PISA) since 2012, India has now decided to end its “robust health care”. The agreement will include a joint Ph.D. supervi-boycott of the examination. sion programme and provision for adjunct faculty for the two institutes. In the run up to the fourthPISA — introduced in the year 2000 by the Organisation for Economic The institutes have already started on 20 projects. Their mandate extends anniversary of the Swachh BharatCooperation Development (OECD) — tests the learning levels of 15- to development of a drug delivery system, Artificial Intelligence, Mission, on October 2nd, 2018,year-olds in reading, mathematics and science. The test is carried out machine learning, robotics, advanced materials etc, B. R. Mehta, Dean which will also mark theevery three years. India stayed away from PISA in 2012 and 2015 on Research and Developemnt, IIT-D said. “The work on research park is commencement of the 150th yearaccount of its dismal performance in 2009, when it was placed 72nd yet to start, but the work on 20 projects is already underway. Both celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi,among the 74 participating countries institutes will be using their own funds for research. We didn't apply for government has launchedThe Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, has formally special grants from government since we wanted to begin as early as Swachhata hi Seva movement,decided to end this boycott. The ministry, The Indian Express has possible,” Mehta told IANS. IIT-Delhi director V. Ramgopal Rao called and aims at generating greaterlearnt, will dispatch a team of officers to Paris this year to negotiate the event a “historic day” for both the institutes. public participation towardsIndia's terms of participation in 2021 with OECD. “While the MoU will provide a detailed structure to all the collabora- Swachhta. Kendriya VidyalayaUnlike 2009, when schools in Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh had tions, it will also open a plethora of opportunities to work together on a Sangathan has launched thisparticipated, the Union government will request OECD to administer larger scale,” a statement by IIT-D said quoting the director. AIIMS campaign in all its 1125 schoolsthe test across all schools in Chandigarh in 2021. There are roughly Director Randeep Guleria said: “Technology has become an integral part in country.100 government, government-aided and private senior secondary of health care. There is a need to see how this technology can be used.” According to union HRDschools in the Union Territory. In addition to schools in Chandigarh, The two institutes have called for joint proposals, the last date for which minister Prakash Javadekar, whothe HRD Ministry is keen that all Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and is September 30. is also the chairman of KVS, theNavodaya Vidyalayas (NVs), funded and run by the Centre, also take students swacchagrahis are ourthe test. Bharti Foundation to support holistic ambassadors of cleanliness and will bring out positive changeSRM Institute of Science and Technology development of 150 Government schools through awareness and sensitiza- tion programs. He said that weAwarded A++ by NAAC in Jharkhand should collectively make an effort to make our country cleanRM Institute of Science and Technology, (formerly SRM University) Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, has and beautiful by personalizing signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Education the public hygiene. He alsohas been recently accredited with the highest grade A++ (A double Project Council, Government of Jharkhand. As per the MoU, Bharti appealed to give away the habit ofplus) by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). It Foundation will support Government initiatives in 150 schools, littering and inculcate theseis another feather to SRM's cap as it prides over being awarded the enhancing the overall schooling experience of more than 24,000 students values in our behavior to addresshighest ranking given to institutions. In the new accreditation process, and 500 teachers in the districts of Pakur, Godda, Dumka and Deoghar. the menace of filthiness.about 70% weightage is assigned to quantitative metrics. The Public –Private Partnership initiative is being rolled under the Satya While participating in aSRMIST's score of 3.55 on a 4.00 scale, makes it automatically Bharti Quality Support Program of the Bharti Foundation, which is 'Swachhta hi Seva' programmeeligible to be granted graded autonomy as Category I university as per already benefitting close to 2,00,000 students and 7,000 teachers across organized by Kendriya Vidyalayathe UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION [Categorization Of 12 states. Sangathan at KendriyaUniversities (Only) for Grant of Graded Autonomy] Regulations, Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation said, “Under the Satya Bharti Vidyalaya, Gole Market (New2018. On becoming a Category I University, SRMIST shall be Quality Support Program, we aim to work with school leaders to enhance Delhi), he along with studentsautomatically deemed to be under section 12B of the University the overall schooling experience of all stakeholders in these Government watched the interactionGrants Commission Act, 1956; it can also start off-campuses and schools. Our holistic development approach and school improvement programme of the Prime Ministerincrease internationalization. plan involves working in close coordination with educationists and with a cross-section of peopleIn October 2017, QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd), UK based world officials in the Education Department of Jharkhand, and we look forward from 18 locations across therenowned ranking agency has also rated SRMIST as a “4 Star” to working with them towards strengthening the existing education country at the launch ofinstitute with “5 Star” ratings in specific categories of Teaching, initiatives.” Swachhata Hi Seva movement,Employability and Inclusiveness. telecasted on DoordarshanSRMIST with 50000 plus students and 3200+ faculty members offers ‘Smart India Hackathon- 2019’ Channel.programs in the disciplines of Engineering, Medicine, Science, Javadekar envisioned of a plasticHumanities, Management, Law, Health Sciences, Dentistry, Hotel For the 1st time, Private industry/organisations and free India, as plastic is non-Management, Agricultural Sciences and Teacher Education and NGOs can also send their problem statements to stu- biodegradable and a verycertainly is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities in India. dents under SIH-2019 hazardous waste for our environment. He also assured thatHRD ministry pitches for national The third edition of World's Biggest Open Innovation Model - Smart these sanitation drives will be India Hackathon 2019 was launched on Aug 29. MHRD, AICTE, started in all schools across themadarsa board Persistent Systems and i4c have joined hands to make a hat trick with country to fulfill the Swachhta their highly popular and innovative Smart India Hackathon initiative Mission of Prime MinisterMembers of the HRD Ministry's NMCME have pitched for capturing (SIH). SIH-2019 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform Narendra Modi.details of unregistered madarsas in the country and setting up a to solve some of pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thusnational-level madarsa board with a suitable system for accreditation inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem Cabinet approves perma-to ensure their academic standards. In a recent meeting of the National solving.Monitoring Committee for Minorities' Education (NCME), panel Speaking on the occasion, Union HRD Minister said that in this new nent campus of 7 new IIMsmember Afzar Shamsi recommended that the data of unregistered edition of SIH-2019 over 1 Lakh+ students from around 3000 institutionsmadarsas be captured. will have the opportunity to work on challenges faced within the Public The Union Cabinet has approved“There are two types of madarsas, one which are 'registered' which are Sector Organizations and the Union Ministries. And for the 1st time, it the establishment androughly 20 per cent and the other one are 'unregistered' which are will also include problem statements from industry as well as NGOs. operationalization of permanentaround 80 per cent. All the data which the government is having is He said that while students would get a chance to create world class campus of seven new Indianbased on registered madarsas,” the minutes of the meeting quoted solutions for some of the top organizations in the world, it would also be a Institutes of Management (IIMs)Shamsi as saying. “There is a need to capture the details of the chance for organizations to meet the brightest young minds and brand at Amritsar, Bodh Gaya, Nagpur,unregistered madarsas and bring them within the ambit of registration themselves from hiring perspective. He informed that the students from Sambalpur, Sirmaur,so that a clear picture is available,” he said. Another member Jamshid IISc, IITs, NITs and AICTE/UGC approved institutions will also Vishakhapatnam and Jammu, andKhan said, “Madarsa boards in some states are defunct. While some compete to creatively solve problems and offer technical solutions. their recurring expenditure at astates have these boards, some like Maharashtra do not have any The Minister also informed that like its prequel, Smart India Hackathon- total cost of Rs 3775.42 crore (Rsmadarsa board”. 2019 would also have 2 sub-editions – Software edition (a 36-hour 2999.96 crore as Non-Recurring“It is suggested that there should be an all-India level madarsa board software product development competition) and Hardware edition (a 5 and Rs 775.46 Crore as Recurringwith suitable system for accreditation to ensure academic standards,” days long hardware product development competition). He said that Expenditure). These IIMs werehe said. “Madarsa should be linked with skill development council. In Public/ Private sector organizations and NGOs may join SIH2019 to get established in the year 2015-order to facilitate the spread of information amongst the madarsas innovative solutions to their problems in cost effective ways. 16/2016-17. These institutes arebesides making it available on the website, there should also be a move Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, Chairman, Smart India presently functioning from transitto spread an awareness campaign in their areas in which we members Hackathon 2019 said, “SIH has been trend setting. Following the success campuses.can contribute,” another panel member Suman Kumar said. of SIH2017 and SIH2018, it gives us extreme pleasure to unveil its third The total cost is assessed as Rs.The NCME is chaired by Union Human Resource Development edition - Smart India Hackathon 2019. In the last 2 years, students got an 3775.42 crore, out of which Rs.Minister Prakash Javadekar and consists of nominees from state opportunity to solve problem statements from government departments, 2804.09 crore will be spent forgovernments, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, academics, activists, this time they are getting problem statements from Private Organizations construction.Each of these IIMsadministrators concerned with minority issues and the HRD Ministry as well. This will increase their chance for employability and enterprising will construct an area of 60384officials. The main function of NMCME is to monitor minority opportunities.” Sqm, which will have completeeducation and the ongoing schemes of the Ministry targeted at the Secretary, MHRD, Shri R Subrahmanyam, said that it is exciting that the infrastructural facilities for 600community. It also makes recommendations to address the issues World's biggest open innovation model - Smart India Hackathon 2019 students in each IIM. Recurringrelated to recognition and affiliation of minority institutions. will also involve our win-win collaboration with all the private sector grants to these institute has also organizations. We hope all technical students make the best of this unique been approved @ Rs 5 Lakh per opportunity and make SIH2019 a grand success.” student per year for 5 years. Thereafter, the institutes are expected to meet their running cost / maintenance cost from the internal generation of funds.
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Curriculum September 16, 2018 5 Campus NewsAAU adds new tracks, courses now also in IGNOU starts Korean language programJapanese, Portuguese and Spanish Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched programme in “Certificate in Korean Language and Culture” from JulyBangalore-based Automation scope and develop and deploy enterprise infrastructure, deploy 2018. It is a six-month certificate programme. IGNOU inaugurated theAnywhere®, the leader in automations using Automation bots and ensure bot continuity by Korean Language Course at Korean Cultural Centre India, New Delhi.Robotic Process Automation Anywhere Enterprise built-in troubleshooting system Korean ambassador Shin Bong Kil, IGNOU Vice-Chancellor Prof.(RPA), has added new learning commands to provide quick integration and infrastructure. Nageshwar Rao,, Kim Kum Pyoung Director of Korean Cultural Centretracks tailored to different job turnaround to business Technical Support Specialist: India, Prof Anju Sahgal Gupta - Director of School of Foreignroles to its renowned educational requirements. This set of courses is designed for Languages, faculty members and students were present at the launchplatform, Automation Control Room Administrator: people on the first line of event on September 10..Anywhere University (AAU). This path teaches administrators assistance for installation, bot Shin Bong Kil said “We have been able to achieve yet another milestoneAAU courses are also now how to deploy RPA solutions, deployment and technical aid and in our consistent endeavor to promote Korean Language in India. First itavailable in Japanese, define plans to configure teaches commonly used was in JNU, then DU, thereafter in Jamia and now in IGNOU. SincePortuguese and Spanish. AAU is HA/DR, schedule bots and commands, functionalities, and IGNOU course is available to students from every part of India thetaking on the future of work with manage access control, resource limitations of RPA software. The introduction of Korean Language in this University is much importantthe mission of bringing RPA allocation and operational track teaches how to provide to us. For IGNOU also it is a matter of pride to have this course, which isknowledge and skills to performance. solutions to client queries about one of the most popular course. , I foresee much stronger economicuniversity students and Solution Architect: This set of RPA, perform software cooperation between the two countries. We expect Korean investment inprofessionals across all courses teaches solution maintenance, and provide support India to increase manifold through friendship programme such as Makeindustries worldwide. architects how to translate BA on software debugging. In India, Digital India, Smart cities etc. The demand of professionals“Many exciting new jobs are requirements into detailed and Sales Engineer: This track with Korean language skills will also increase in India. We therefore feelbeing created by RPA as scalable infrastructure design instructs sales engineers how RPA that the introduction of Korean Language course in IGNOU is aautomation requires a new type using RPA best practices, solves real-life business significant development. ”of skill set, and companies are modularize code through challenges. Engineers will learnlooking to hire people with multiple bots, and integrate how to analyze the complex FLAME Univ ties up with IE University Spaintraining and certifications,” said automation solutions into business problems andArvind Thothadri, Vice enterprise architecture to deliver recommend automation solutions FLAME University, Pune has signed a Memorandum of UnderstandingPresident, Global Training and a business value. that are feasible and yield the (MoU) with the IE University in Spain to collaborate on academic andCertification at Automation RPA Program Manager: This desired ROI, build PoC's to student initiatives, share best practices and generate cutting edgeAnywhereThe new tracks are: path is designed for a person with demonstrate RPA impact on research studies.Business Analyst: This track both business and technical client's existing processes, and The FLAME - IE collaboration is for an initial period of five years. Itteaches business analysts how to acumen having experience in give product demos. includes joint educational, cultural and research activities; newidentify the right processes for large scale RPA initiatives. It will Trainer: This path provides initiatives, faculty and student exchange programmes; joint executiveautomation, calculate FTE help RPM's to build peripheral access to comprehensive training execution programmes and co-hosted conferences and academic meets.benefits and build effort vision that is needed to develop materials including self-paced The collaboration with IE University is a step forward in strengtheningestimates, document and justify RPA adoption strategy, scale it to modules, training exercises, FLAME University's Global Connect Initiative.use cases, understand risk and the next level and setup Centers videos and online tests. Trainers María-Eugenia Marín, General Director, International Relations, IEdependencies and walk clients of Excellence Center that helps will keep pace with the future of University, said, “The collaboration between IE and FLAME Universitythrough the design of the customers succeed. work, receive globally recognized is firmly grounded on a common vision of the role of higher educationautomation process. IT Infrastructure Automation Anywhere Trainer institutions in developing global leaders equipped with anBot Developer: This track Administrator: This track will Certification and get training entrepreneurial mindset, a holistic perspective of the world, and anteaches developers how to help IT infrastructure opportunities by joining the understanding of the importance of a life-long learning journey. Weunderstand business administrators create and deploy growing network of global look forward to developing joint activities that will showcase theserequirements, identify RPA automations quickly, manage automation training teams. shared values.”opportunities, manage project them efficiently throughIC3 Conference 3rd edition consistently been on the rise and 2nd Edition of IC3 Awards will continue to grow.India needs 1.4 Million Career Counselors for The two-day event, hosted by KIC IC3 Awards were presented to school UnivAssist attendance grew by counselors for their outstandingits Student Population 40% in 2017 to 700+ delegates contributions to the field of career this year from leading high counseling. Over 207 nominationsThe 2018 Annual International Keynote speaker Karthik colleges with professional schools and global universities were received.Career and College Counseling Krishnan, Britannica Group, U.S., development opportunities and across India, South East Asia, Emerging Counselor Award:(IC3) Conference held on 29-30 Global CEO said, “Career guide students on what to study, North America, Europe, and H e m a l a t h a Yu v a r a j , O a k r i d g eAugust 2018 in New Delhi said counseling has long been a gaping where to study, and how to prepare Australia. International School, Bangalore;that India's 350 million hole in institutions and is even for a successful career.” The conference witnessed Counselor of the YearAward: Pragatistudents—the biggest student more crucial in the context of the The conference also unveiled a multiple breakout sessions, Pandey, The Aga Khan Academy,population in the world—need at sweeping changes in types of jobs special report 'A World on The insightful keynote addresses by Hyderabad; Molly Abraham Lifetimeleast 1.4 million career the world is likely to see in the Move: Trends in Global Student leading education experts, Achievement Award: Bridgetcounselors to maintain a globally light of emerging technologies Mobility' by Institute of networking opportunities and Herrera, American Internationalacceptable student-to-school- from artificial intelligence to gene International Education (IIE) other pre- and post-conference School of Dhakacounsellor ratio. therapy. Students will benefit highlighting that despite global events such as Workshops, 2. Student Recruitment/Admissions: Ganesh Kohli, IC3 Conference immensely from IC3's effort to uncertainty, the demand for Presidential Forum, Fair & Bela Brahmbhatt, Blue MountainsChair | President & Chief Mentor, empower high schools and international education has Symposium and Local University International Hotel ManagementKIC UnivAssist and Former High Visits. School, AustraliaSchool College Counselor said,“This year marks a majormilestone with the launch of theIC3 Institute to realize ourmission of establishing adedicated career counselingdepartment in all schools andcolleges in India and throughoutAsia. Never have students had somuch freedom to choose courses,careers, and countries than theydo today. These are however alsotimes of extreme uncertainty.Students need guidance andcoaching for career developmentlike any other discipline taught inschools. If India has to realise itsdemographic dividend, it needs toprovide one career counselor forevery 250 students it has”.
6 Curriculum September 16, 2018 Special Theme Teachers Day 2018 Highlights 45 teachers presented with National AwardsVice President M. Venkaiah Medal, Certificate and Rs.50, 2018. This ensured that all of individualise learning. They must CBSE Teachers AwardNaidu presented the National 000/- as award money. them were given an opportunity know each child well and respondAward to 45 teachers for the year to place before the jury their to the learning needs of each and given to 37 teachers and2017 on the occasion of Teachers' The final selection was done by contribution and the work done every child in the classroom.Day. an independent Jury. The by them. Union HRD minister Prakash PrincipalsA total of 6692 applications were criterion adopted was to select Speaking on the occasion, Naidu Javadekar said that teaching is areceived from teachers from all those teachers who had shown said that 'Teachers are the key most respected profession and the Thirty Seven teachers and Principalsover the country. The number of innovation in their work and had Architects of National purpose of National Award to the from CBSE affiliated schools wereawards has been rationalized to added value to the school and to Development' and the basic Teachers is to celebrate the unique awarded by CBSE for their45. This has been necessary to their students. These nominated education must be in mother contribution of some of the finest contribution to the field of educationrestore the prestige of the awards teachers gave a presentation tongue. The Vice President said teachers in the country and to and innovations in classroom(under the earlier scheme the before an independent Jury that it is because of teachers like honor those teachers, who through teaching for the year 2017-18. In anumber of awardees had crossed comprising a senior education- you that our system of education their commitment have not only significant departure from the earlier300). The award carries a Silver ist, during 3rd week of August, is moving steadily towards improved the quality of school practice which was manual, CBSE greater heights of excellence. He education but also enriched the for the first time had invited online said that the teachers must make lives of their students. applications from the Principals and their instruction learner-friendly He said that to ensure transpar- Teachers for CBSE awards 2017- and this essentially implies that if ency, we have changed the 2018. we have to universalise quality selection process for National Besides the Principals the awardees education the teachers must Award for the teachers. This year, include Primary, Secondary and Sr. the teachers with innovative Secondary Teachers. For the first List of Awarded Teachers teaching methods, using the time awards have also been applications of ICT, creative earmarked for Performing Arts,Sh. Vikram Sonba Adsul, Assistant Teacher, ZPP School Bandgarwasti, Handalwadi, District learning, mobilizing community, Special Educators, SchoolAhmadnagar; Dr.Rameshappa G., Physical Education teacher, Govt. Jr. College, High promoting civic sense were Counselors, Vocational, PhysicalSchool Section, Vijayapura, Devanahalli, District Bangalore Rural, Karnataka ; Ms Manju selected. He further said that Education & IT Teachers.Balasubramanyam, Principal, Delhi Public School, Bengaluru; Sh. M. Shivakumar, teachers have been awarded the Union MoS Hrd Upendra KushwahaAssistant Teacher, Govt. High School, Cheemangala, District Chikkaballapura, Karnataka; national awards on their perfor- congratulated all the awardees andMs. Shaila R.N., Headmistress, Govt. High School T. Dasarahalli, District Bangalore North, mance and not on the recommen- other teachers across the nation. TheKarnataka ; dations. role of teacher is unparalleledSikkim : Ms. Mamta Awasthy, Headmistress, Govt. Primary School, Dongeythang, District This year, the Ministry of Human because “A teacher affects tillEast Sikkim, Sikkim; Ms. Karma Chomu Bhutia, Headmistress, Pakshep Jr. High School, Resource Development had eternity and you can never tell whereDistrict North Sikkim, Sikkim; Sh. Motilal Koirala, Principal, Govt. Sr. Secondary School, revised the guidelines for the the influence stops”. Teachers as roleKewzing, District South Sikkim, Sikkim; Sh. Hydros CK, Headmaster, Government Higher selection of Teachers for National models have long lasting impres-Secondary School, Moolankave, District Wayanad, Kerala; Sh. Vidhu K.P., Head Master, Awards (2017). From now sions on the students. ThereforeNSS LP School, Kappu, District Ernakulam, Kerala; Sh. Vidhu K.P., Head Master, NSS LP onwards, all regular teachers will there is a need to humanise educationSchool, Kappu, District Ernakulam, Kerala; Ms. Geeta Gangwani, Principal, Bal Bharati be eligible to apply and no by instilling values. The ministerPublic School, Rohini, Delhi; Ms. Manu Gulati, TGT English, SKV No. II Punjabi Bagh, New minimum years of service is said that the teachers must beDelhi; Ms. Pragya Nopany, PGT Physics, Birla Vidya Niketan, Delhi; Sh. Santosh N required. This has enabled competent to face the challenges ofGaonkar, Headmaster, Poira High School, District North Goa, Goa; Dr Gopal Jee, Head meritorious young teachers to the system and know how toMaster, Govt. Urdu Middle School, Banchauri, District Sitamarhi, Bihar ; Sh. Harinder Singh apply (under the earlier scheme, implement good practices andGrewal, ETT teacher, GPS Purana High Court, Nabha, District Patiala, Punjab; Sh. only teachers with minimum 15 educate since teachers are the nationSashanka Hazarika, Graduate teacher in Science, Dahi Higher Secondary School, District years of service were eligible). builders.Darrang, Assam; Sh. Khangembam Indrakumar Singh, Primary teacher and in-charge For the first time, all teachers Each award consists of a meritHeadmaster, Kumbi Sandhong Primary School, District Bishnupur, Manipur; Sh. Arvind Raj could directly apply and nominate certificate, a shawl and a cash prizeJajware, Assistant Teacher, Primary School Gopalpur, District Deoghar, Jharkhand; Sh. Pari themselves for the award (this of Rs 50,000/-.Baldevpari Javerpari, Teacher, Shri Barwala Madhyamik Shala, Barwala, District Junagadh, feature did not exist in the earlierGujarat; ; Sh. Patel Rakesh kumar Chandrakant, Head Teacher, Nava Nadisar Prathamik scheme). Avanse education loanShala, Nadisar, District Panchmahals, GujaratDr.Suman Jhakhar, Principal, G Mohta GSSS Rajgarh, District Churu, Rajasthan; Sh. President Ram Nath Kovind's offer for TeachersBasruddin Khan, Headmaster GHS Tapkan, District Mewat, Haryana; Dr Usha Khare, address at Sofia UniversityPrincipal, Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Jahangirabad, District Bhopal, Madhya (Bulgaria) on the theme “Educa- On the occasion of Teacher's Day,Pradesh ; Sh. Sunil Kumar, JBT, GPS Bandol, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh; Sh. tion as an Instrument of Change Avanse Financial Services (Avanse)Sarvest Kumar, Head Teacher, Primary School Moorghat, District Basti, Uttar Pradesh; Sh. and Shared Prosperity”coincided launched of an exclusive educationMohammad Imran Khan Mewati, Teacher, Government VarishthUpadhyay Sanskrit School, with Teachers' Day in India. loan offer to honour teachers acrossDistrict Alwar, Rajasthan ; Sh. GH Rasool Mir, Principal, Boys Higher Secondary School Speaking on the occasion, the India. Avanse will provide 5%Soura, District Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir; Sh. Omprakash Mishra, In Charge Head Master, President paid tributes to India's cashback of the funded tuition fee toGovt. High School, Jeypore, District Koraput, Odisha; Sh. Amitava Misra, Head Teacher, teachers, scholars and academics. student applicants who have at leastGobindpur Primary School, Gobindpur, District Purulia, West Benga; Sh. Murugan, Senior He said they have drawn from one parent as a teacher. To be eligiblegraduate teacher, Government Higher Secondary School, District Peren, Nagaland; Ms. India's age-old traditions of for this offer, the student has to optShesha Prasad Nadupalli, PGT English, KendriyaVidyalaya AFS, BEGUMPET, Hyderabad; learning and wisdom - and they for a post-graduate course of 2 to 2.5Ms. Sushila Rupji Pasaria, Incharge Headmaster, Central Primary Marathi School, District have contributed to India's years at any domestic and interna-D&NH, Dadra & Nagar Haveli; Sh. Lutni Perme, Headmaster, Govt. Secondary School reputation as a knowledge power. tional university. The offer is validPasighat, District East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh; Sh. Bandari Ramesh, School Assistant, Across continents, Indian for a period of 1 month fromZillaParishad Secondary School, Venkatapur, District Warangal Urban, Telangana; Sh. Narra scholarship and academic September 1, 2018 to September 30,Rama Rao, Headmaster, ZillaParishad High School, Borgaon P., District Nizamabad, excellence is recognised. It adds 2018.Telangana ; Sh. B S Ravi, Headmaster, ZillaParishad High School, Amaravai, District to the global economy and Eligible students can apply for theJogulambaGadwal, Telangana ; Ms. Meka Susatya Rekha, School Assistant, Nivedita knowledge structures – and it offer as a primary applicant for theKishore Vihar English Medium Aided High School, Rajamundary, District East Godavari, earns India goodwill. minimum loan amount of INR 4 lakhAndhra Pradesh; Ms. R Sathy, Headmistress, Panchayat Union Primary School, to a maximum of INR 30 lakhs asMalumachampatty, District Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu ; Ms. Jayanthi Sheshadri, English incurred for the cost of higherTeacher, Loyola School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.; Sh. Kirandeep Singh, Maths Master, education. The offer is valid for bothGovernment Senior Secondary School Sihora, District Ludhiana, Punjab ; Sh. Ishwari Kumar secured and non-secured loans andSinha, Assistant Teacher, Govt. Primary School, Chitaud, District Balod, Chhattisgarh ; Ms.Sutapa Sur, Headmistress, Kalikishore High School, Kakraban, District Gomti, Tripura; Sh.Narendra Kumar Tiwari, Principal, Govt. Higher Secondary School, Mitthunawagaon,District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh ;
Curriculum September 16, 2018 7 India Skills/entrepreneurshipsConference on Skill India supports Ayushman Bharat Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton Executive Education (WEE) have signed a Memorandum ofMotivating & Attracting One Lakh Arogya Mitras will be trained by Skill India supporting the Understanding (MoU) to impart financial knowledge and skills to recently announced Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Indian high school students across the country.Youth in Agriculture Yojana (PMJAY). Under PMJAY, National Health Agency (NHA needs The 9th and 10th grade students in Tier II and III cities would get a great to empanel public and private hospitals to provide health care services; it opportunity to have access to the courses from one of the world's mostThere are emerging challenges has been proposed to hire/depute Arogya Mitra at each Empaneled renowned business school, Wharton School. Wharton's specializedof empowering the youth to Health Care Provider (EHCP) to provide support in: (i) Beneficiary global courses will be offered to students in smaller towns through stateimprove their skills and to verification, (ii) Beneficiary authentication (with internet and without of art technology.enable them to stay in the internet), (iii) Beneficiary query management, (iv) Grievance The think-tank at the NSE and Wharton are in the process of designingagricultural enterprise in rural redressal, and (v) Handling emergency cases developmental and customized content for the course based onsituation. To address these National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under the aegis of the materials developed by Knowledge@Wharton High School andissues, certain economic Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Wharton Executive Education. This course will be delivered through amodels are to be created in the NHA, have signed the MoU wherein the duo will target to train these One digital platform and will enable students to understand intricacies ofvillages for developing certain Lakh Arogya Mitras utilizing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) finance.youth entrepreneurs in rural and other Skill Development Centres under the MSDE Skill Indiaareas who can be a guide to Framework. Adobe Digital Disha Programmeothers in the villages. The association will facilitate training and certification of all recruited/Realizing the importance of deputed Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitras by Healthcare Sector Skill With the aim to Spur Creative Thinking & Digital Literacy Acrossrural youth in agricultural Council (HSSC), the non-statutory certifying body for the health sector Vocational Institutes in India, Adobe on Sep 5 signed a Memorandum ofdevelopment especially from under the aegis of NSDC. Understanding (MoU) with NSDC and DGT. Adobe Digital Disha - athe point of view of food PMJAY has defined 1,350 medical packages covering surgery, medical programme focused on helping vocational institutes leverage the powersecurity of the country, ICAR and day care treatments including medicines, diagnostics and transport. of Adobe Spark to integrate creativity and digital literacy intohad initiated a program on The course module includes 45 hours of training (Online and One-to-one classrooms and curriculum, encouraging students to develop essential“Attracting and Retaining hands on training). NSDC has already conducted pilot training in select skills needed for jobs in the digital era. Adobe Digital Disha is expectedYouth in Agriculture (ARYA) States to assess the impact and learnings. Training of Master trainers has to touch the lives of over 1 million students and teachers across India byduring 2015-16. Under this also been conducted to support training sessions across the country. the year 2020.scheme, special efforts are These Arogya Mitras will be the first level of interface for the With Adobe Digital Disha, Adobe Spark with premium features, a funbeing taken up to attract the beneficiaries of the PMJAY, hence the quality of skilled workforce will and frictionless storytelling Creative Cloud application that runs in anyrural youth under the age of be critical to the success of the scheme. The funding of the trainings will web or mobile browser, is now available free of charge for education and35 years in agriculture so that be done under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). skill development. This will enable students to quickly and easilythe increase in the migration express themselves via graphics, web stories and video to creativelyof rural youth towards cities is Seven initiatives: approach their assignments as well as develop digital portfolios.controlled. Teachers can easily create digital lesson plans and tutorials using SparkIn order to meet the challenge The learning for a young MSDE starts applications. Adobe is also making significant investments to conductof providing sustainable capacity building sessions regionally for teachers and students alike.livelihoods for a rapidly showing Digital Literacy is a key pillar within the Government of India's Digitalgrowing population and to India and Skill India initiatives. The importance of fun and easy-to-usemotivate and attract youth in 1. To ensure standardization of training and learning across all creativity tools inside and outside the classroom has never been asagriculture, ICAR held programs, DGT has aligned its courses with National Skills crucial in the vocational and educational landscape than it is today.inaugurateda two-day Qualifications Framework (NSQF), a competency based framework. Aconferenceat NASC, New comprehensive instructional trainer manual for imparting NSQF aligned IIG Hosts Seminar with International JewelleryDelhi from 30-31 August on training was unveiled. This will help create a standardized skilledMotivating and Attracting workforce with high degree of horizontal and vertical mobility. Expert Tatyana PfaiferYouth inAgriculture (MAYA). 2. A tripartite MoU was signed between DGT, NSDC and Adobe India.The conference was organized The collaboration with Adobe will follow the launch of Adobe Digital A frequent visitor to renowned international jewellery exhibitions suchby the Trust for Advancement Disha - a program focused on helping Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras as Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, Top Marques Monaco andof Agricultural Sciences and ITIs leverage the power of Adobe Spark to integrate creativity and Baselworld, she offered valuable information on the types of jewellery(TAAS), Indian Council of digital literacy into classrooms and curriculum, encouraging students to showcased here. She also enlightened participants on what makesAgricultural Research (ICAR), develop essential skills needed for jobs in the digital era. Adobe Digital collectible jewellery and shared information on works by illustriousMS Swaminathan Research Disha is expected to touch the lives of over 1 million students and jewellery designers such as Wallace Chan, Anna Hu, Viren Bhagat andFoundation (MSSRF), Asia- teachers across India by the year 2020. JAR.Pacific Association of 3. A MoU was signed between National Skill Development Ms Pfaifer also spoke extensively on Indian handcrafted jewellery andAgricultural Research Corporation and IBM India to address the demand of skilled workforce offered advice to budding Indian jewellers who wish to take their workInstitutions (APAARI), Skill in futuristic job roles. NSDC is partnering with IBM Skills Academy to to a global platform.India, Agriculture Skill facilitate the provision of Asia Pacific Skills Academy's Badges, Career “At IIG, we are focussed on training our students in the best technologyCouncil of India (ASCI), Pathways, and related IBM offerings to promote and embolden the Skill and market practices so that they may be worthy competitors in theYoung Professionals for India Mission for the Future of Work through NSDC's approved training global market. We are extremely pleased to have hosted an expert of MsAgricultural Development providers. Providing students with career-oriented training program on Pfaifer's calibre and hope that her seminar inspired all those in(YPARD) andNational Bank technologies like AI, Cloud, Big Data, Cubersecurity etc., will better attendance.,” said Rahul Desai, Managing Director, IIG India, at theFor Agriculture And Rural prepare millenials for new collar jobs. With this tie up, Pradhan Mantri event.Development (NABARD). Kaushal Kendras will also be able to impart training using the virtual platform of IBM Mancheswar Campus of NSTI BhubaneswarNAHI MEANS NO 4. For the first time, affiliation has been granted to an ITI in Pune Cantonment for 5 trades. MSDE plans to open similar ITIs in other opensCampaign at Safeducate Cantonment areas 5. Affiliation has been granted to an ITI being run by Blind People's Bhubaneswar's first-ever National Skill Training Institute'scentres Association- Ahmedabad. Special Divyang friendly trades have been Mancheswar Campus was inaugurated recently by union skills minister affiliated in the ITI. It is the first affiliation given to an ITI catering to the Dharmendra Pradhan on a hired campus of 20000 sq. ft. space inSafeducate, Logistics Skilling skilling of Divyangs. MSDE plans to open similar ITIs in other states Dharmapada Building of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC)Company supports the socially 6. In line with the MSDE's mission to ensure the best quality of training at Mancheswar Bhubaneswar.National Skill Training Institutes (NSTI)empowering NAHI MEANS in ITIs, a special one month Crafts Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) which will function under Directorate General of Training (DGT) willNO Campaign to hold a special Course was also announced. This course will help ensure availability of include following training activities like- Trainers Training (Longworkshop with students to trained instructors in ITIs through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) term/Short term), Refresher Training (Long term/Short term), Re-create awareness about sexual mode skilling/ Up skilling courses and Certificate courses and Commonviolence, rape, safety and 7. A new course “UNMANNED AERIALVEHICLE/DRONE PILOT” Facility Centre (CFS).empowerment. The Nahi was launched to create trained people who can fly drones, observingMeans No campaign focuses standard guidelines and carry out its maintenance. It will help create a Amara Raja Skill Development Centreon changing mindsets and pool of trained manpower who can fly and control drones in line withcreating awareness about Ministry of CivilAviation's Drone policy holds Convocationsexual violence and assault.Safeducate would be imparting Financial knowledge and skills program for Amara Raja Skill Development Centre on Sep 10 conferred certificatesthese learning to its strength of in “Multi Skill Technician” to 101 students, during the convocation50,000 students across India, Indian high school students ceremony of its 6th batch. The awardees include 67 Boys and 34 Girls.starting from Noida this month. All of them are now placed withinAmara Raja Group.The Nahi Means No campaign The NSE Academy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of National The 'Multi Skill Technician Course' is 18 months, fully residential Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), Knowledge@Wharton course (blended with class room learning, workshops, sports, games, on (K@W), the online journal of research and business analysis of the the job training and various other cultural activities) offered free of cost to the rural youth. While the Students undergo on the job training at different factories, the Companies offer them stipend too.
8 Curriculum September 16, 2018 VIEWS (Edit/Guest Column...)OPINION:Teachers Day: An occasion for Ayushman Bharat Program Booster forchampioning cause of teachers Ailing Health Sector in IndiaThe profession and position of teacher has been always Dr. Nitesh Dhawan, Public Servant and Authorsignificant in Indian civilization. From ancient periods Ayushman Bharat Yojana or care systems: Private health care inadequate basic infrastructure is oneto modern days, teacher mentors have been National Health Protection provision in India, by of the issues.immortalized by the achievements of their pupil. Scheme is a holistic program which Bernman.A.Peter (1998), the The anganbadi workers are supposedWhatever the system, the teachers in every age have had aims to provide a service to create a evidence suggests that a significant to look after and organize a villagean imprint on the contemporary history and advancing healthy, capable and content new effort has been made to establish a health nutrition day over a targethuman civilization. India. It has two main objectives, viable, universal public delivery population of 1000 people whichIn India, teachers, post-independence especially in the firstly to create a network of health system in India. That effort has makes them overburdened to workfirst couple of decades have been a force multiplier in and wellness infrastructure across the succeeded in creating a much more effectively and achieve the predeter-consolidating nation building and patriotism. By virtue nation to deliver comprehensive accessible infrastructure of facilities. mined goals. The proportionate targetof their levels of education and knowledge and primary healthcare services, and It has had some notable achieve- population that they work for is nottraditional respect within society, teachers were seen as secondly to provide insurance ments in increasing immunization commensurate with the human andchange agents. Their integrity, commitment and respect coverage to at least 40 percent of and reducing fertility. But it has been physical resources available at thefor constitution and its ideals was always a way to India's population which is primarily severely constrained by limited centres. The whole exercise is anenlightenment and success of government's socio- deprived of secondary and tertiary public funding and effective inter-departmental affair involvingeconomic initiatives. care services. Health sector in India implementation. health department, integrated childBut with the national objective of achieving faces critical challenges in terms of According to Mohan Rao et al, there development services, basicuniversalization of education, teachers increasing turned disproportionate resources available is a shortage of qualified health education and panchayati rajinto statistics and clerks for filing plethora of reports. A and accessible to the people, the workers and bringing them to rural departments. This makes coordina-large number of people who got into teaching efficacy of the institutions involved in and remote areas is very challenging. tion between different agencies aprofession are there not because of their passion of the process and systemic loopholes Underinvestment and poor gover- difficult proposition. It is critical tolikening or because of their training and expertise but that inhibit the fulfilment of predeter- nance are two main issues. the final outcome of the wholebecause of the employment opportunities that the mined goals. It's not only about the There is a multiplicity of factors that process. There are usually grievancesuniversal enrolment and provision of schools created. decreasing financial allocation to the combine together to produce pertaining to these agencies notThe infamous story of about 90% of teacher training health sector but more importantly as outcomes. It is these fine backward putting their best of efforts leading toinstitutes' almost selling teacher qualification degrees to how effectively are the partners and forward interlinkages that play a inefficacy of the system's functioning.has been retold so many times that any researcher sees acting coherently to produce the crucial role in catering to the health Though each agency has its specifiedmost teachers as fundamentally fraudulent and without positive results. needs of the common people. Over set of roles, the procedural barriers asvalues that define a teacher. The government instead of Malnutrition among women and the whole duration of research we well as behavioral traits involved inresponding to national emergency of teacher shortages, children remains abysmally high came across several factors like- the delivery system act as a restraint indid move administratively to check and control despite several thousand crores spent inadequate basic infrastructure, lack obtaining the results.malpractices in training institutes without annually on supplementary nutrition of physical resources, inaccessibility The grievances of anganbadisimultaneously increasing teacher education capacity. programmes. The State Nutrition issues to the health delivery systems, workers, ASHA, ANM workers andNow that four year degree program has been approved, Mission in various States has the complexity of designed procedures, other healthcare staff also relate tothe situation may start improving after five years. That holistic aim of providing community overburdened health personnel, low wages which leaves themmay be a long term measure. health services (immunization, pre insufficient remuneration, lack of dissatisfied and less inclined towardsBut again the big picture as of now hasn't improved. and post maternity services to the inter-departmental coordination and their duties and responsibilities. TheyWith private sector schools effectively galloping and expected mothers, village health last but not the least the behavioral demand increase in remuneration inaccounting for about 30% of enrolment in the country, nutrition day and family planning) traits of human beings that act as accordance with their workload. Theythe situation from regulation point of view is very grim. and creating awareness about healthy inhibiting factors in achieving the are supposed to maintain 14 registersAt least in government sector, teacher qualifications and behaviour. These are being imple- desired outcomes of the programme like- M.C.T.S register, integratedstandards are met on paper, in private sector, there are mented through the coordination Under the state nutrition mission the reproductive health care register,thousands of schools including a large number of between different departments like- village health nutrition day is health index register, ASHA diary,madrasas, where norms may be absent completely. Integrated Child Development observed on weekly basis. The idea is pre-natal observation and immuniza-Interestingly, much of teacher workforce almost 90% is Services, health, panchayati raj and to create awareness about the various tion diary besides other records. Thefemales. And, why they enter the profession primarily is education to produce backward and health facilities that are available at staff lacks all the essential knowledgebecause of it being a tradition having acceptability and forward linkages to the whole the community level and provide to maintain these records and data.partly because it offers some flexibility to be near your purpose. immunization and pre and post natal Moreover they feel over burdenedhouse and attend to household chores and family The empirical study conducted by services to pregnant mothers, with such paper work and treat it asmatters. And, typically, the career to begin with is Bisht, Pitchforth and Murray (2012) children between 0 to 5 years additional task. They lack sufficientunstable owing to marriage, transfer of spouse, children on Understanding India, globalization alongwith adolescents upto 19 years motivation to perform such activities.rearing and household work. It is only after a certain and health care systems reveals that of age. There have been numerous The several centers have dysfunc-age that a woman teacher becomes a 24 X 7 teacher and India is an illuminating case for inhibiting factors that are adversely tional and faulty weighing machinesgives her best. So, if the age criteria is suitably tweaked representing healthcare as one of the affecting the nutrition mission. The with inadequate availability ofa large number of women teachers will become largest sectors in terms of revenue and anganbadi centres are not equipped necessary medicines which alsoavailable within the system. employment, and is expanding with the basic infrastructural defeat the very purpose of wholeIf goals of student outcome are a criterion of success of rapidly. The private sector accounts facilities like proper and adequate mission. We need specialist commu-our education system, then teachers must be able to add for more than 80% of total healthcare space, furniture and publicity nity health workers at the grassrootssuccess and value to significance. For this, there must spending within India. The disap- material due to which management level. The accountability should bebe a technology policy for empowering them pointing feature of Indian healthcare of desired activities become difficult fixed and adequate financialdemocratically wherever they are. Now, we are at a system lies in meagre allocation of and fail to fulfil its objectives. The resources and incentives should bestage where it has become quite evident that teachers just 4.2% of its GDP to this sector by road connectivity to the VHND made available. Ayushman Bharatcan't be replaced by any means not even by the government, ineffective and centres is hampered due to kuchha Yojana is a great initiative but itsophisticated communication & IT technologies, it is underutilization of funds as well as roads besides its distance from the should not repeat the same oldtime to rededicate towards the cause of teachers with lack of emphasis upon R&D as target group. This causes low mistakes rather learn from previousfull honor and honesty. compared to other global nations. outreach of these people to such experiences and fulfill the set In his research on Rethinking health centres. 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Curriculum September 16, 2018 9 SpotlightApprenticeships along with Graduation Degree Programscan bring about a revolution in Higher Education in the countryShantanu Rooj and Kavita RoojHigher education is meant provide students with a for the students, several service programs. is detrimental to the society and to act as a pathway, University-level qualification and providersand job aggregators help NR Narayana Murthy once made the nation. Education has tolaunching students into the the employment experience while Universities take steps to ensure an interesting observation about deliver results to the satisfactionwider world in the expectation allowing them to share the cost of that the demographic profiles of change: 'Growth is painful. of the stakeholders, the societythat the currents will guide them their education with employers. degree apprentices remain Change is painful. But, nothing is and the economy – the question isinto a job. In practice, many Germany, which has had a culture balanced and also maximise as painful as staying stuck where exciting, difficult, challengingstudents get stuck in the of apprenticeship for hundreds of opportunities for young people you do not belong'. Higher and existential! Things mustdoldrums because employers years, has been quoted as the from lower socio-economic education does not belong to the change!demand evidence of specific flagbearer of the apprenticeship backgrounds, geographically doldrums where it is stuckexperience even from fresh movement. UK, which in the late disadvantaged areas and minority currently. The chronic neglect ofgraduates aspiring for their first 1990s not only had high unem- groups. higher education is untenable andjob. Lack of work experience for ployment but had the same kind of Universities realise that a multi-a fresh University graduate is pessimism among the unem- modal offering – a combination of Education Development Impact Bondonly the natural order of things ployed that the U.S. now faces, Online, Offline, On-Campus andand hence whether this decided to revive the country's On-the-Job - is a much more launched in Indiadeficiency counts as a skills gap apprenticeships, which had nearly effective way to deliver highis a matter of debate. But died out. Between 2003 and 2012, quality purposeful and employ- A coalition comprising HRH Prince Charles's British Asian Trust, theirrespective of where the fault the number of apprentices grew able education. These pathways Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation and Tatalies, with the educators or the from 75,000 to 800,000 and is are clearly defined in the field of Trusts, together with the Comic Relief, the UK Government'semployers, there is a need for now about 1 million a year. In medicine and law; even our Department for International Development (DFID), the Mittalpathways that lead individuals Australia, apprenticeships are chartered accountancy program is Foundation, and British Telecom, launched the world's largest educationinto jobs. employer-led, with government based on the concept of appren- development impact bond: “Quality Education India” DevelopmentCEOs from around the world as a partner at the table. ticeships (on-the-job learning). Impact Bond (DIB).consider skill gap as one of their For companies, apprenticeship Several Universities in the The first phase of the fund raised USD 11 million and the consortiumtop five pressing concerns. In programs would mean that country have moved beyond the wants to use this as a springboard to double the DIB in size in theboth developed and developing instead of waiting fruitlessly for old-style 'apprenticeships' by coming years. To date, this is the largest DIB globally for education andcountries skill-gaps constrain skilled workers to walk in the making a university degree a core the largest DIB in India with a potential to be significantly scaled upcompanies' ability to grow, door, they could build the part of the apprenticeship further. With this new and innovative social finance tool, the consortiuminnovate, deliver products and workforce they need. The experience. Several Universities aims to improve literacy and numeracy skills for more than 300,000services on time, meet quality apprenticeships provide the in India are also crafting courses to children, drive focus towards outcomes in the development sector andstandards and meet environ- students the opportunity to build meet the skill demands of the local transform the way education is funded in India. While traditionalmental and social requirements. their trade skills by learning on the industries – BSc in Mechatronics funding streams are under severe pressure, innovative financingClosing skill gaps would job while the university degree is an innovative course provided mechanisms such as DIBs, are a complementary tool to attract newimprove productivity, employ- provide the foundation of the by the TeamLease Skills private capital and will also play a major role in bridging the financingment, and enterprise creation, underlying principles. University in Gujarat to cater to gap to achieve the UN's ambitious Sustainable Development Goals.both in the formal and the Government's role would be to the demands and the skills Finance minister, Arun Jaitley, launched DIB at a ceremony in Newinformal sector. The concerns supply enough funds to help shortages of the local industries! Delhi on September 11.employers have with the skills subsidize the stipends of the Although in their infancy, degree DIBs are results-based finance mechanisms. The 'outcome funders' onlyof young graduates and their apprentices, certify that the programs that are linked to pay for successful results. If the outcomes are not achieved, the fundersdifficulty with filling vacant apprenticeships meet certain apprenticeships are growing in do not pay. The working capital that enables the organisations to deliverpositions, stem from two minimum standards, push popularity across the world. the programmes comes from 'risk' investors who can recover theirsources: 1) skills shortages Universities and colleges to align Spurred on partly by students capital and earn a return if the programme is successful – in this case, if(scarcity of candidates with the themselves with an apprentice- who, given increases in fees and pre-determined education outcomes are met.necessary skills for the job) and ship movement, and help create a the diminishing returns from just a2) skills mismatch (a qualitative culture where apprenticeships are graduate degree, quite rightlychallenge where companies do seen as a head-held-high route for expect more from their universitynot find fresh graduates a student to get to his/her first job. experience than previousemployable even when they In recent years, several large generations, and partly by forwardhave the right qualifications on companies in India, with some thinking higher educationpaper). support from the government, institutions who have spotted a have increased their intake of gap in the market for alternativesUniversities, on the other hand, apprentices. Universities with to a traditional degree. However,have a pressing need to deliver strong links to local industries and such a wholescale change in theoutcome, which in most cases, is those that understand regional design and delivery of undergrad-employment. Most employers skills shortages have an advan- uate programs, and in some casesare sure that undergraduate tage. These institutions can, with postgraduate courses, is not easy.education delivered by the some external help, start Universities will need to thinkUniversities does not produce functioning as 'anchor institu- structurally about how appren-the type of workers that the tions' – the academic hubs of local tices fit in with their other studentsindustry requires. All development. The new arrange- while the staff, academic andUniversities face the difficult ment is also good for employers administrative, will need totrade-offs between cost, quality and students. Students are not rethink their roles to best supportand scale and hence need to saddled with the pressure of this new type of learner and tofocus more on the University course fees: they study engage meaningfully with theirpurpose.Getting students to online on their smartphones at employers. While the majoritymeaningful employment is one their own flexi-timings, pay no haven't invested enough time andof the paramount goals of higher fees (net of stipend received) and effort to develop links witheducation. will graduate with several years of employers, several serviceApprenticeship linked degree work experience that will be providers like Schoolguru andprograms were introduced in transferable into other jobs and TeamLease are showing the wayseveral European countries to industries.While this is fantastic through their industry connect
10 Curriculum September 16, 2018 ClassroomOf Gods and Godmen – A Literary PerspectiveDr. Jagdish BatraThe 14th century English poet Wilderness' to get guidance about In these our times, with the Coming now to stories of gods young and the old trying to wooGeoffrey Chaucer's The meditative practice (tapasya) for proliferation of self-styled and goddesses, we know that our whoever they have fancy for!Canterbury Tales, a story book which he is renowned, and indeed godmen like Asa Ram, Ram epics and myths provide a We also have writers who wish tomostly in verse, is still read with appears to be so because he is very Rahim, Virendra Dikshit, Ram Pal potential repertoire of stories for present a different viewpoint thatrelish. For one, it gives a thin and bony even as his disciple et al, against whom cases the present-day novelists who like lies suppressed in the originalrepresentative picture of the is his opposite in physique. When involving heinous crimes like to re-tell them in their own way text. The Palace of Illusions bycontemporary society, warts Hatterr requests the Sage to utter rape, murder and subversion have which may or may not be near the Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni re-and all, in witty and humorous some words of wisdom, the Guru been proved or are going on at original version. The re- tells Mahabharata fromcouplets. Churchmen, in demands offering (dakshina) in present, the spiritual industry is in representation of haloed mythical Draupadi's point of view. TheChaucer's time, were known to advance! for a strong bashing from the tales in exotic form has become a perspective is different here –be corrupt. Describing the Canst thou, my nephew, spare me litterateurs. lucrative venture so that the tribe clearly a feminist one – in whichlifestyle of a monk, Chaucer thy trousers, thy jacket, thy shirt, It does not mean that there are no of authors of such texts is ever on Draupadi's relationship withwrites: “He was an easy man in thy shoes, thy cuff-links, thy serious godmen portrayed in the increase. Starting with Ashok Krishna and Karna is presented.penance-giving/ Where he watch, every accessory thou hast Indian English fiction. As we Banker, who has some 50 novels Karna's Wife by Kavita Kanecould hope to make a decent on thy person? Speak if thou wilt.” proceed in our search, we come to his credit which are based on banks upon the version ofliving.” Also, Before I could say for what old across Anita Desai, one of the myths, there is a long list of Mahabharata from anotherBut strong enough to butt a (sic) how, the disciple approached leading novelists of India. In her practitioners of this art. perspective.bruiser down me spontaneously, with a dirty novel Journey to Ithaca, we find The doctor-turned-mythologistHe knew the taverns well in towel in his hand, bearing the an Italian named Matteo and his Here is an example from Devdutt Pattanaik, however, has aevery town orange textile imprint of India's German wife Sophie taking Banker's Siege of Mithila, one of different approach in that heAnd every innkeeper and G.I.P. Railway, fully expecting of lessons in spirituality from an his early works. Sita is a researches the stories and tries tobarmaid too me a posthaste denuding!” (52). Indian female guru referred to as braveheart who excels in martial find their justification. As anBetter than lepers, beggars and Hatterr has, however, been the “Mother” only. Matteo tries arts and is responsible for saving example of his seriousness inthat crew. hypnotized into surrendering all meditation the way he is taught by Ram and Lakshman from the dealing with the myths may beIn our own country too, the that he has, in return for that sole the Mother. His relentless pursuit clutches of robbers in a jungle! cited a brief episode ofpriests and godmen have been towel! It is later revealed that the of his self-ordained goal pays off: Manthara is pastmaster in voodoo Mahabharata in his book Jaya.the butt of ridicule. In early two in the ashram were brothers Then, as he continued to gaze at it, and is implanted in Ayodhya by The story goes that the PandavasIndian English literature, we dealing in old clothes back in he saw that what was perfectly Ravana, whom she invokes and he had a wonderful palace in a veryhave the inimitable G.V. Desani Lucknow and this was their balanced there in a cleft in the tree appears right there! She even beautiful city. As Duryodhanawhose novel All About H. ingenious way to collect stock! In was not a stone at all but a circle, transforms a serving girl to look was walking carelessly, he fellHatterr is considered a classic fact, all the saints portrayed in the and it contained within it another like Kaikeyi, who goes about into an artificial pond, which gaveon the basis of its rather off- novel happen to be charlatans circle, and another, that there was naked, “brushing against the the illusion of hard surface, atbeat, extravagant witty prose -- only. no beginning and no end to them; guards” but the guards would only which Draupadi let out a peal ofsomething that is can be called a Similarly, Rohinton Mistry, in his they were infinite; there were think that the queen had taken laughter and taunted him as “theprecursor of Salman Rushdie's A Fine Balance portrays a certain infinity. […] and to his dazzled more of “soma than she could blind son of blind parents.”style of writing. The Bal Baba. The word 'Bal' is eyes they revolved within each hold.” Duryodhana felt hurt and took hisprotagonist, Hindustanwala actually baal in Hindi which other and yet remained perfectly In Amish Tripathi's The revenge later when he defeatedHatterr, a Eurasian of mixed means the hair. This Baba accepts static, maintaining a total balance Immortals of Meluha, part of his the Pandavas at the game of chessstock, has different the hair because he collects these and harmony that could be Shiva trilogy, Lord Shiva is seen and tried to disrobe Draupadi inpredicaments after he lands in and sells these, having been a hair divine.” addicted to smoking marijuana the presence of her five husbandsIndia. He has come in search of cutter himself! How a guru But despite having lived long despite warnings! He is an and all courtiers. Pattanaikspiritual enlightenment and achieves that status in India was enough in the ashram, Sophie is ignorant and diffident tribal deduces the lesson from thismeets seven gurus known for beautifully described in R.K. not convinced. She goes after the chieftain. He does not know the episode that one should not maketheir specialization in different Narayan's Guide, where we find past of the Mother and is able to meaning of the sacred word fun of one's disabilities –spiritual fields, but each the protagonist mistaken for a locate her antecedents as a dancer 'Aum'. Nandi is not the mythical something so much valued inmeeting turns into an adventure guru because of his dress. In who later renounced the world. bull acting as the vehicle of the these times!that disillusions him further. Khushwant Singh's novel Burial The story shows the power of god but rather Shiva's guru whoOn one occasion, Hatterr, as at the Sea, we find a female guru faith, for where Matteo succeeds, enlightens him about the meaning (The author teaches at O.P. Jindalreporter of a newspaper, goes to riding a tiger – in naked state – Sophie fails to have the glimpse of of Aum! The city of Ayodhya Global University, Sonepat. Hisinterview the 'Sage of evoking lust in the protagonist. the divine. surpasses the most passive views are his own)_ societies of Europe, as we find theEnvironmental peace is a prerequisite for the development of the nationThe Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that we must Former We offer Bulk integrate Art and Culture into our education system. He was Presidentaddressing the gathering after giving away Lifetime Achievement Pranab SubscriptionsAwards to painter and sculptor, Satish Gujral, renowned Violinist, MukherjeeT.N. Krishnan and Theatre personality, Ratan Thiyam, organized began his ofby the Legends of India, on August 31.. innings as aThe Vice President said that culture plays an important role in teacher at IIA. Curriculumimproving the quality of our lives. It has a direct impact on every His first lecturefacet of our life - from education to tourism. was on magazineThe Vice President said that refinement, sublimation and the Constitutionalability to see 'extraordinariness' in 'ordinariness' is at the root of Provisions for toart. We need to preserve this ability that brings a creative and Socio- Schoolsartistic touch to our lives through music, dance, theater, sculpture Economic call us atand other arts,. We should at the same time focus on nurturing Inclusivity:talent and providing enough opportunities for our youth to learn Theory and 8076071802music, dance, sculpture, painting and other fine arts, he added. ParliamentaryThe Vice President said that Share and Care is the core philosophy Practiceof our nation. Environmental peace is a prerequisite for thedevelopment of the nation and we should Love and Live withNature, he added.
Curriculum September 16, 2018 11 Campus BuzzMilestone: MEC College of The courseware is expected to empower students with the required Indian robotics student competencies of product engineering design at the very beginning ofEngineering sends out first batch of their engineering education and would help create an industry ready wins fellowship workforce that is also globally competitive. Students will learn to usegrads advanced design tools such as - Fusion 360,Inventor and apply the Australia: PhD student and social technical skills and design thinking skills in their projects in subsequent roboticist Siva Leela KrishnaIn a historic day for Mahindra École Centrale (MEC) College of years. Chand Gudi has been awarded aEngineering, 218 engineers of the 2014-2018 batch gradauted in the fellowship by the Australianfirst ever convocation ceremony conducted on Aug 29 in Dr. V. G. Gaikar, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy of Science to representHyderabad. Mahindra Group, in collaboration with École Central Technological University, said, “Introducing courses like Product Australia at the 6th HeidelbergParis (now CentraleSupélec) and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Design engineering adds immense value to the engineering graduates by Laureate Forum,23 - 28University (JNTU) Hyderabad, established the college in 2014. making them aware of several phases of the product design in real world, September 2018. from concept to execution, and most importantly, using an integrated The highly prestigious event inThe convocation held at the Tech Mahindra Learning World, approach. We believe that this course shall help in learning new tools and Germany brings top 200 mostInfocity, Hyderabad saw various eminent personalities from technologies and develop culture of pluralism of different engineering qualified leading youngindustry and academia. The Chief Guests - Uday Kotak, Managing disciplines towards a common goal. Subsequently, this may lead to mathematicians and computerDirector & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Vineet Nayyar, Chairman, startups from the Institutes based on the products developed as part of the scientists from around the worldMahindra Educational Institutions and Chairman, Executive course” to engage in a cross-generationalCommittee, Mahindra École Centrale; and C.P. Gurnani, Member, scientific dialogue with NobelExecutive Committee (MEI), Managing Director and CEO, Tech Make Mistakes. More the merrier and take experience laureates of the most prestigiousMahindra conferred degrees upon the first batch of graduating from them to enrich your life: Prof PADMA, Chairman, prizes in their fields including thestudents during the convocation. Roots Collegium Abel Prize, the Turing Award, and the Nevanlinna Prize and Fields\"It is not enough to be a top class engineer, it is equally important to ROOTS Collegium, a 10-year old group of educational institutions Medal.be a business leader. A holistic education is quintessential in shaping hosted its 8th Convocation ceremony at Hotel Daspallah in Hyderanad Computer science is one of thethe leaders of tomorrow. At MEC, we train students in Humanities, on September 2. Navin Mittal, Commissioner of Collegiate Education younger scientific disciplinesEconomics, History, Philosophy; so they can relate technical was the Chief Guest with E. Suresh Kumar, Vice Chancellor of English represented and Chand is one ofsciences to the real business environment,\" said Vineet Nayyar, and Foreign Languages University—EFLU and former Registrar of only 30 of the 200 researchersChairman, Mahindra Educational Institutions and Chairman, Osmania University was the Guest of Honour. Navin Mittal administered who will deliver a presentation atExecutive Committee, Mahindra École Centrale. oath to the outgoing students. the Forum.“Today is a great day for Mahindra École Centrale, reaching the first Originally from Tenali, Andhragraduation convocation in its young history. This is a great achieve- IIITian from Kharagpur, Suresh Reddy, Chairman & CEO of Lycos Pradesh, during his formativement for all the partners of this project, for the MEC faculty and Internet Ltd was the key note speaker. Under his leadership the Lycos years, Chand interned at covetedmanagement, and for all the students and their families. group has raised $100 million in equity and debt over a period of 7 years. research organizations fromCongratulations to the new graduate students from Centrale group!” Graduation is not an end of learning, but, it is beginning of the learning across the globe including Indiansaid Hervé Biausser - President of CentraleSupélec and Vice said Suresh Reddy, Internet Entrepreneur, delivering his key note establishments such as IndianChairman, Mahindra École Centrale & Gérard Creuzet - Délégué address. You have graduated and going into ever changing world. Space Research OrganizationGénéral - Groupe Centrale. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our world. In fact we are working (ISRO) and Defence Research hard to teach computers how to take away our jobs. Better be prepared for and Development OrganizationSet in a sprawling 130-acre green campus replete with the latest new challenges, he told them. (DRDO).technology backbone, high-end laboratories, workshops and Roots started small in 2008 with 19 students. Now has two campuses and “My studies and initial workrecreational areas, MEC was set up with the overarching idea of 1300 pursue their BA, B.Com, Inter and Hotel Management studies. experience in India provided mecreating ''New Engineers'' - leaders who accept no limits, entrepre- Going to start a 3rd campus. Roots is the first college in Telugu States to with a foundation to build uponneurs who drive positive change, and innovators who think have introduced Toastmasters in a college. my career as a young researcher,”alternatively, to solve today's problems. This philosophy is a DNA explains Chand. “I decided tolevel fusion of both the École Centrale ethos and the Mahindra Rise 7th Annual Convocation Marks the Remarkable come to UTS because of thephilosophy. quality of research and equip- Journey of IIIT-D ment. I will return to India after aDBATU to integrate design thinking in few years because my ultimate On 25th of August, 2018 the Indraprastha Institute of Information dream is to have a startup in Indiaengineering education Technology hosted their 7th Convocation. It is the time when graduands in the field of robotics.” become graduates with the degree scrolls in their hands. The smiles with Chand is currently in his fourthWith an aim to create an evolved education system built on the a shade of pride on the faces of the students say a lot about their accom- semester of research at UTS'foundations of design thinking, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar plishments. Such smiles were seen at the 7th Annual Convocation of Innovation and EnterpriseTechnological University (DBATU) announced that design Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, where more than 200 Research Laboratory, also callededucation will become mandatory across the 78 Engineering students from varied engineering disciplines were awarded degrees and 'The Magic Lab' in the Centre forcolleges that are currently affiliated to the University. With this medals. The Director of IIIT-D, Prof. Pankaj Jalote with all IIIT-D Artificial Intelligence.announcement, DBATU becomes the first technological university students, alumni, and faculty warmly welcomed the Chief Guest Shriin the country to integrate compulsory design education into the Rajan Anandan, Vice President, Google India and South East Asia, Shri Newcastle backs call forengineering curriculum. The announcement will impact nearly Anil Baijal, Chancellor & Honorable Lt. Governor of Delhi, and Shri7000 second year Mechanical engineering students in 78 engineer- Kiran Karnik, Chairman, Board of Governors. new work visa for inter-ing colleges in Maharashtra. The course is optional for other The occasion was special not only for the graduates who worked hard tobranches of Engineering. earn the reputed degree, but it also turned out to be a remarkable event for national studentsAn expert committee formed in 2017, under Rashtriya Uchchatar IIIT-D as it celebrated the milestones achieved during the 10-year-oldShiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) along with industry representation from journey. This year, the statistics account for 6 Ph.D. degrees, 122 B.Tech Published by The HigherAutodesk, NASSCOM and Sector Skills Council recommended the degrees, and 97M.Tech degrees and 1 dual degree. Education Policy Institute andinclusion of design centric foundation courses in engineering Recognizing the efforts and endeavors of students during their academic Kaplan International Pathways, aeducation. DBATU strongly believed in this idea, following which course, IIIT-Delhi honors them with several medals and awards apart report shows the impact to the UKit mandated the product design course, effective from the academic from the honorary degrees. Chancellor's Gold Medal went to Rounaq of welcoming 231,000 newsession for students enrolled in 2017 who are currently in the second Jhunjhunu Wala; Best Academic Performance in B.Tech (ECE) to international students each year.year. The product design engineering course to be implemented by Akshay Sethi; Best B.Tech Project Award (Entrepreneurship) to Akash The report indicates thatDBATU is certified by industry bodies such as NASSCOM and was Deep Singh; Best B.Tech Project Award (Engineering Track) to International students contributedeveloped jointly with Autodesk, a world leader in 3D Design Himanshu Vahini Ummalaneni. nearly £700m to the North Easttechnology, and in consultation with leading manufacturing economy each year, supportingcompanies such as Tata Technologies, Larsen & Toubro, JCB India IIMA HR Leadership Conclave Series 2018 takes hundreds of jobs and businesses,and Imaginarium. with Newcastle East being one of over Hyderabad the constituencies where international students make the IIMA organized the third edition of its HR Leadership Conclave on 'The greatest contribution. Future of Work, Workforce and Learning' on Sep 1 at The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace, Hyderabad. The theme of this year's conclave Professor Chris Day, Vice- was “Disruptions & Learning”. Chancellor and President of Eminent panellists shared their expert opinion on two topics: “Building a Newcastle University, said: Design Thinking Culture in Organizations” and Leadership “Newcastle University strongly Development for Successful Digital Transformations”. Mr. K. supports this proposal which we Padmakar, Director – Human Resources, Bharat Petroleum Corporation believe is an essential step to Limited, a panellist, shared thoughts about the conclave, “Conclaves of make Newcastle and the whole of industry academia interface are critical in enlightening all minds. the UK, more attractive to the Towards this extent this conclave was very enlightening and has given international students and me a lot to mull over.” graduates who make such a vital Prof. Biju Varkkey, Faculty Chair of IIMA HR Leadership Conclave contribution to our community elaborated on, “The conclave focused on the emerging and latest and economy.” practices in Learning and Development function globally and how it can According to Universities UK, be applied in the organizations. Keeping the fast changing developments the move would allow the UK to globally in mind, IIMA Conclave offered a platform for leaders of compete with other popular various organizations and from Government to discuss and explore destinations such as Australia and Canada who have more welcom- ing student visa policies.
12 Curriculum September 16, 2018Campus BuzzIIM Kozhikode celebrates 22 years of aca- high. Around 630 projects were a part of the competition. The judges Phase II Building of IIIT- were thoroughly mesmerized by the innovative presentation of students Delhi Campusdemic excellence with 3D Model and heartily lauded their efforts. In the Industrial Design Category, the students from Blue Bells Public Indraprastha Institute of InformationIndian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) completes twenty School designed a water cistern to be attached to the tap which would and Technology, Delhi (IIIT-D) gottwo years of academic excellence,on August 21, 2018. As part of the control the wastage of water and also the water collected would be used its Phase-II in Delhi Campus on 21st23rd anniversary celebrations, Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of for generation of electricity. They complimented their presentation with August 2018. Chief Minister ofPuducherry, IPS (Retd) delivered the 23rd Foundation Day lecture. the 3D Model. In the Graphic Design, the students designed a Logo for Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal inauguratedIIM Kozhikode has decided to create 60 additional seats exclusively their Gaming Company and brought laurels for the alma mater. The the new building of IIIT-D in itsfor women in their prestigious postgraduate programme in manage- students used all the latest tools for making their Logo attractive and campus. Currently, the institute has ament (PGP) from the next academic year. These seats will be supernu- appealing. fully-developed infrastructure,merary and will not affect the chance of candidates in existing seats. Expressing her happiness on the feat, Mrs. Arpita Acharya, Vice spread in 25 acres in Phase III ofProf. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode said that the Principal, Blue Bells Public School, said, “We are proud of our students Okhla Industrial Estate. The campusaffirmative action is in line IIM Kozhikode's legacy of enabling who have performed well. We hope that by emphasising the importance which includes lecture halls,increased participation of women in leadership positions in the of technology and pedagogical design principles, our students will classrooms, research labs, instruc-industry and the community. better understand their place in the modern world. The purpose of tion labs, boys' hostel, girls' hostel,Delivering the Foundation Day lecture Lieutenant Governor Kiran Competition was to get the best out of the students and take their dining and student centre, tennisBedi encouraged the students to build their foundation by living each classroom learning to the world outside. National & International level court, baskday to the fullest, prepare for the unexpected and be grateful for the competitions help students develop competitive & innovative spirit.” etball court, and volleyball, etc.,present. Beaming with success, Dhruv Punia, a Class IX student of the school accounts for the total built-up area ofFounded in 1996, IIMK was the 5th IIM set up by the Government of says, “We went right ahead to build and operate the kind of system that is 33, 000 sqm. In 2015, the instituteIndia. The Institute has grown significantly in its intellectual output, often talked but rarely implemented. The Jury was impressed, in felt the need to expand its campusstudents, resources and infrastructure in these years. The institute was particular with our exceptional creativity, unrelenting diligence, and improve the infrastructure toranked #6 among all management schools in the recent 2018 NIRF enthusiasm and true passion. I would like to thank our school for deliver the students better educationrankings for higher education launched by the Ministry of Human providing us a great opportunity to showcase our talent.” and training.Resources Development in 2016.Starting in 1997 with a batch of 42 students in its Post Graduate Birla Vidya Niketan wins Fortis Psych - ED Startups and entrepreneursProgramme (PGP), IIMK is on a high growth trajectory today. PGP in the domain of Waterstudent's intake for 2018 was 420 students i.e., 10 times increase in 22 2018 Conservation and technol-years thus making it one of the fastest growing management school in ogy with Israeli helpthe country. Additionally, IIMK is successfully mentoring IIM The National Finals of Fortis Psych - ED 2018 was successfullyAmritsar, the 15th IIM in the country, since October 2014. concluded on Sep 4 amidst great enthusiasm at Fortis Memorial BSE Institute Ltd is joining hands Research Institute, Gurugram. The quiz witnessed the participation of with Sasha Infrastructure Pvt. LtdIIIT-Hyderabad turns 20 880 schools across 299 cities, out of which six schools made it to the leading water and infrastructure national finals. The Zonal Round was held across six cities where the Services Company that is pioneeringOn September 2-3, IIIT-Hyderabad celebrated its 20th anniversary and top 72 schools from across the country battled it out for a coveted spot in the use of Water and Infrastructuralincluded a global alumni meet, deliberations and panels and a the finals. · best practices and technologies fromshowcase of the institute, its research and innovations. The finalists gave each other tough competition. The quiz took on Israel in India. The objective of theA plenary panel discussed the Institutional Models of the Future; with several forms, which included rapid fire rounds, crosswords, a guess collaboration is to promote startupsAjay Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, and Jayaram Valliyur, Director - who questionnaire, multiple choice questions, a buzzer round and a lot in the domain of sustainable water-Amazon Development Center, Hyderabad, AjitRangnekar, Director more. Students greeted each round with immense enthusiasm and related infrastructure and services.General, Research & Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) and Prof competitiveness. The quiz tested their knowledge of psychology and The MOU was signed by ShriVasudeva Varma, Dean R&D, IIIT-H. related fields, pushing them to think logically and analytically. Ambarish Datta, MD & CEO – BSEProf Raj Reddy, Chairman, IIIT-H Governing Council reminisced on Winning Team Birla Vidya Niketan said, “We are ecstatic to have won Institute and Shri Romiel Samuel ,the founding objectives of the institute. Prof P J Narayanan, Director, Psych – ED 2018. It has been a tremendously riveting and enjoyable MD, Sasha Infrastructure, Israel.IIIT-H shared an overview of the institute and its future plans. A short journey. The competition was demanding, fast paced and thorough in its The purpose and nature of the waterfilm on Making of IIIT-H, How it All Started was featured as well, execution. We learnt about teamwork; team dynamics and team infrastructure investments needsfollowed by a tour of the showcase of the institute, its research and motivation. It has challenged us, taught us, puzzled us, and above all have significantly expanded to Waterinnovations. encouraged us to further our knowledge of psychology.” Supply and Sanitation, floodSpeaking at the celebrations, Prof P J Narayanan said, “Twenty years . The winner Birla Vidya Niketan got a prize of Rupees 50,000, (name of protection, drought management,of IIIT-H is a significant milestone for us. We are extremely pleased to school) the first runner up Billabong High International School Mumbai and water quality management.see our students making a mark in their respective fields. Our research got a prize of Rupees 30,000 and the Second runner up Sunbeam School Innovative startups can reduceis today ranked among the top in the country in several areas, such as Varansi got a prize of Rupees 20,000, respectively. G.D. Goenka overall investment needs andRobotics, Computer Vision, andAI. Undergraduate research continues University offered scholarships to the winning team as well as runners improve capital efficiency throughto pay rich dividends for the institute, in terms of a large, global up teams. Moreover, all participants in the zonal rounds received books improving the operational efficiencydiaspora of researchers who stay engaged with the institute. Our by Rupa Publications and educational resource material by Eupheus and effectiveness of existing watergraduates are eagerly absorbed by the global product and research learning. The six finalists also get a chance to do an exclusive psychol- infrastructure. This collaborationgroups in top companies, such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, ogy internship with the mental health department at Fortis Healthcare. will focus on driving this innovationAmazon, etc. Twenty years on, we clearly see the emergence of an in India with the involvement ofalumni team that pushes our goals forward, just as the founders KIIT Gurgaon workshop on spoken language organizations from Israel who areenvisaged at the beginning. world leaders in this domain. TheFrom just 50 students in the first batch to around 1800 students in 28 technologies initial startups shall be in the field ofprograms, the institute is now widely ranked as the No 1 institute in AI water well refurbishment, ground(computer vision, machine learning and data mining, and Natural Gurugram : KIIT college of engineering Gurgaon organized its 6th water recharge, waste waterLanguage Processing) in India, and Asia's 2nd best institute for international workshop on spoken language technologies for under treatment, etc. which shall createrobotics. resourced language . The delegates from 22 countries participated in sustainable impact in water tech.IIIT-Hyderabad has also been also been selected as the First Indian this conference which included India ,Japan ,Taiwan ,South AfricaUniversity to receive Amazon Alexa Fund Fellowship by Amazon for ,Malaysia and Russia . Director General of the Department of Dovetail specially designed2018-19. It has also been chosen by American payment technology Electronics and Information Technology STQC Umesh Kumar Classroom furniturecompany Ripple for its University Blockchain Research Initiative. Nandwani and Professor Al Amin Yusuf of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) were the keynote Dovetail, a company in furniture &Blue Bells Public School shines at Industrial speakers. fixture for retail outlets and Al -Ameen Yusuf said that in internet Hindi language content is less educational institutions, hasDesign Championship than one percent which is mostly spoken in India and it is very necessary launched a unique range of to have regional language content in internet like Japan and China have. Classroom furniture that will for theGurugram: Students of Blue Bells Public School comprising of Dhruv Umesh Kumar Nandwani said that with the help of Digitlal India first time introduce schools to futurePunia, Bhuwan Mohan, Karunesh Yadav and Arjun Singh clinched the Program various indian langauages are being researched and govern- learning trends such as flexibility,coveted Second Position in the recently held Industrial Design ment is in the process of developing regional languages functionality and ergonomics inCategory in Design Championship organized by Mindbox. Adding on Director General of KIIT College of Engineering Shyam Sundar classrooms. Crafted to perfection,to the achievements, in the Graphic Design Category, the students, Agarwal said that unless the digital content is unavailable in regional the new range includes Nordic desk,Gaurav Marwah, Namo Jain and Lakshay Tyagi bagged the Second language, language development is difficult. He said that there are more Spaghetti Desk & Chair and ShinePosition. than 6000 languages in the world and only few are well represented Desk. “Future LearningIndustrial Design Championship is a platform for school students who digitally. India alone, with a country of 780 spoken languages and 86 Environment” is a first of its kindwant to showcase their talent as it encourages the students to think out different scripts that reflect its incredible diversity, has lost around 250 programme initiated by Dovetail toof the box. The competition is divided into the categories: Game languages in the last 50 years and many more are at the verge of getting build awareness among schools andDesign, Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Movie Making. It was extinct. educational institutions about theheld across India in 7 cities viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, A major focus of this workshop is on Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan importance of planning for infra-Hyderabad, Pune and Coimbatore respectively. Students and their languages, but study on other under resourced languages are also structure that enables them to adaptFamily Members from all over India were eligible to participate in this encouraged. to fast changing learning trends. As acompetition. part of the programme,The event saw the enthusiastic participation of 90 renowned schools of Symbiosis Institute of Media Communication Hosts COMVISAGEDelhi & NCR (Khaitan, DPS, DAV, Shiv Nadar, G.D.Goenka, Modern 2018School and Maharaj Agrasen etc.) and the level of the competition was
Curriculum September 16, 2018 13 ACCOLADESAmit Kumar and Rituparna Guha from IIT-D win The James Dyson Award 2018Their 'SAMARTH' has been built with the potential toempower wheelchair users to become more self-sufficientDyson, the British SAMARTH helps in shifting potential in it to reduce the pain two runners-up: INALI - The unloading operations for the Hercules technology company, wheelchair users to any other and inconvenience caused a lot Bionic hand and Cargo Ground C-130 at austere locations where they this year recognised medium e.g. a bed, a car and vice many suffering people in India,” Built-up System (CGBS). do not have any other infrastructure toAmit Kumar and Rituparna versa in an easy, safe and say Rituparna and Amit as they INALI THE BIONIC HAND is a rapidly offload cargo from the aircraft.Guha, Masters of Design convenient way. It also gear up for the next step of this low-cost electronic prosthetic The need for this capability becamestudents at IIT Delhi, as drastically reduces the efforts of journey which is “designing the hand, specially designed for apparent during the Indian Airingenious talents during the care givers in handling of innovation for manufacturers.” people living with upper limb Force(IAF) disaster relief operationssecond edition of the James patients, especially during While the idea to bring about a amputation and are from to Nepal during the 2015 earthquakeDyson Award. The students were transfer. The idea of creation was required change is in place, there developing countries. In a country when the IAF's Hercules C-130recognised for their innovative finalised through various visits is a long way to go. Next steps for like India it was found that 85% of aircraft immediately responded withcreation that solves a problem – to hospitals and care homes that Amit and Rituparna are to make people with upper limb aid but were unable to rapidly offloadSAMARTH, and felicitated with gave Amit and Rituparna a the product ready for purchase in amputation are living without any their cargo due to lack of availableINR 170,000 as prize money. deeper understanding of issues markets, and by investing the solution because they can't afford infrastructure. The team identified thisSAMARTH is an assistive faced by wheelchair users like prize money. The healthcare and it. Thus INALI was ideated by a 25 requirement and as part of themechanism which provides an the fear of falling, portability and medicine industry is growing in year old engineering student, to be Lockheed Martin's Roll-on/Roll-offeasy, safe and convenient way of Repetitive Strain Injury for India in order to aid everyone the cost effective solution Payload Design University Challengeshifting wheel chair users from caregivers. Thus the team started while being cost competitive. In developed for people living have conceptualized and designed thiswheelchairs to other mediums, brainstorming on ideas that such a scenario this innovation without any prosthetic care. vehicle.and eases the life of care givers revolved in merging desirability, aims to develop a product which CARGO GROUND BUILD UPas well as the users themselves. feasibility and viability of the can compete in India's growing SYSTEM (CBGS) is a novel air-As per the 2011 Census in India, solution. healthcare industry. transportable, unmanned groundabout 2.68 Cr people out of a Numerous prototypes were built, This year, the James Dyson Award vehicle (UGV) designed forpopulation of 121 Cr are affected from Medium Density set out for ingenious inventions handling cargo loading andby disabilities, which is 2.21% of Fibreboard laser cut prototypes from India and across 26 otherthe total population. Of these, of the wheel, to a scaled-up countries. After receiving a20% are mobility impaired acrylic laser cut 3D digital tremendous amount of entries, thewheelchair users. Amit and modelling version. The process activity was closed by a rigorousRituparna, 25 and 26 years old took about 4 months, with judging process involving arespectively, drew inspiration for several versions of the wheel reputed panel. Prof. Ravithis medical aid while tested for strength and stability, Mokashi Punekar, Department ofinteracting with several such eventually leading to a full-scale Design, IIT Guwahati, from themobility impaired patients at the wooden prototype. There were panel says, “Samarth is a productCheshire Home for Disability. more than 10 prototypes and 3 innovation following a HumanDuring their visits they realised improvisations made over time Centred Design method that isthe lack of an effective solution and an investment of around Rs. immersive, iterative andwhich could efficiently shift 18,000- 20,000 in the process to conceptually enriched bypatients to and from wheelchairs. get to the final prototype. engaging the end user in anFurthermore, the team identified “Many sleepless nights at the empathetic and participatorythat this was a problem haunting Design studio, repeated visits to manner. The jury felt that themost patients suffering from the Indian Spinal Injuries proposal holds novelty and isparaplegia in India. Keeping Centre, Cheshire Home for pragmatic. It could easily bring athis as the central focus, they Disability and rounds between smile to the care-giver as also thestarted their journey to find a wholesale markets, numerous end user.” The national winnerssolution which could positively prototypes and lots and lots of from India will now proceedimpact the lives of these patients, feedback brought us to what we towards consideration for theand also make them more self- call 'SAMARTH'. We have International Top 20 shortlist.sufficient. nurtured this because we saw Accompanying SAMARTH areIIM Bangalore takes Public Policy Conference on in the University of Calcutta by a faculty member of the school. This In a series of four experiments, the could lead to institutional changes. EnAble India was also able to researchers asked participants to'Inclusion & Exclusion: Policy & Practice' to the connect with Dr. KP Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill write a letter to another person who Development and Entrepreneurship, to think about skilling for persons had a touched their life in a meaning-national capital and energizes networks that can with disability ful way. The researchers asked the letter writers to predict howbring about change Expressing your gratitude is more powerful surprised, happy and awkward the recipients would feel, then theyThe three-day XIII Annual Public Policy Conference, organized by than you think followed up with those recipients toIIM Bangalore's Centre for Public Policy (CPP), at the India Habitat measure how they actually felt.Centre in New Delhi from August 23-25, provided increased visibility It is common knowledge that practicing gratitude is a healthy habit. But The results, published in the journal,for the CPP in Delhi and among policy makers. For many individuals when it comes to writing letters of thanks to people who have made a Psychological Science, find thatand agencies, this conference provided an exposure to the range of difference in your life, the excuses pile up quickly. participants systematically miscal-complex issues that the IIMB faculty at the Centre for Public Policy are You worry you will sound trite or cliché. It feels socially awkward. You culated how much people appreci-working and researching on. The event being held in Delhi was think that the other person already knows that you are grateful, and that ated being thanked.appreciated and there was an expectation of continuing this tradition. your letter of thanks won't really make a difference. “Expressers significantly underesti-The conference successfully provided a forum for discussions and Not so. New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of mated how surprised recipientsdeliberations along with new perspectives on issues. For example, Business finds that people significantly underestimate the positive would be about why expressers wereAmita Baviskar made the suggestion of linking consumption of a impact a letter of gratitude has on its recipient. grateful, overestimated howbrand of noodles with a perception of social inclusion. Dr. KP In the study, \"Undervaluing Gratitude: Expressers Misunderstand the awkward recipients would feel, andKrishnan, in his closing address, mentioned that skilling initiatives had Consequences of Showing Appreciation,\" Chicago Booth Professor underestimated how positiveto address aspirations. Jeyasree Ravi, founder of Palam Silks, talked Nicholas Epley and University of Texas at Austin's Amit Kumar recipients would feel,” the research-about taking kanjeevaram to the young and modern Indian woman. All discover a wide gap between how little senders think their letters of ers write.of these and other sessions provoked one's curiosity and brought forth gratitude will affect the recipient and the high level of happiness the The researchers also find that theinteraction. Another important session was the Diversity and Inclusion recipients feel upon reading the letter. letter writers were unduly concernedin Higher Education session that highlighted IIMB's pioneering efforts “There's so much talk in the world—both in academic literature and in about their ability to express theirin access and inclusion of marginalized groups, including caste, PwD, the popular press—that expressing gratitude is good for you,” says gratitude skillfully. While the writersand so on. The panelists reinforced the need for continuous and open Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Booth at the time of the research. worried about choosing the rightdialogues on contentious issues. “But that doesn't seem to line up with how often people are actually words, the recipients were happyThe conference also helped forge new connections and potential articulating their appreciation in daily life. So, we wanted to find outcollaborations. For example, EnAble India, that provides services for why—what are the barriers holding people back?”persons with disability, was specifically requested to help out a student
14 Curriculum September 16, 2018 News FeatureHappiness Curriculum: AAP Govt's pathbreaking initiative UNODC launches 'Education For Justice' initiativeAam Aadmi Party (AAP) led and provided vital research inputs anger, jealously etc and other to promote SDGs in Indiagovernment in Delhi last month and then became part of the radical influences in life. And ifon July 2 rolled out a new change. Happiness Curriculum they live the present in a positive Education for Justice (E4J), an initiative of the United Nations Office onpathbreaking education launched by Dalai Lama in mindset, many things of the past Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was developed as part of UNODC's Globalinitiative called 'Happiness presence of Delhi Chief Minister and coming future will be seen by Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration. It is aimed atCurriculum' for sensitizing Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM who them in a constructive way,” says building a culture of lawfulness among children and youth through theover eight lakh students on is also the education minister and one expert on condition of provision of age-appropriate educational materials on topics related touniversal human values and about 18000 teachers on July 2, is anonymity. criminal justice, crime prevention and the rule of law and the integration ofemotional wellbeing in about the latest addition in this approach The curriculum and happiness those materials into the curricula of all education levels. In 2017, E4J1000 Delhi government towards improving government class is essentially a full period of created a resource guide to incorporate crime prevention, criminal justiceschools. Going by the initial schools in Delhi. about 45 minutes with a structure and other rule of law aspects into Model United Nations (MUN)and informal assessment, the Even though life skills program of discussions and activities. Conferences.intervention in the form of a through YUVA was available for Mindfulness is a form of At the secondary and tertiary education levels, MUN conferences stand outregular 'happiness class' for quite some time within the concentration exercise where the as successful initiatives to promote education on the United Nations and itsclasses nursery to VIII, education establishment of Delhi, children are told to concentrate on mandates. This is done through the active involvement and leadership ofprepared by State Council of constitution of the Cell for Human present and sounds around with students, as well as the teachers who supervise them. UNODC, through itsEducational Research Council Values and Transformative eyes closed for a couple minutes Regional Office for South Asia (UNODC-ROSA), has partnered with(SCERT), the equivalent of Learning (CHVTL) within DIET both to start with and at the close. Worldview Education to promote E4J among schools in the region,NCERT at state level, in at Darya Ganj set the ball rolling The syllabus consists of half a particularly through its impact initiative - MUN for India.consultation with five NGOs for a meaningful intervention. page to one page stories or According to Worldview, over 800 schools in India participate in or hostworking in the field of life Under the chairmanship of a concept notes/scenarios. These Model United Nations conferences every year and they believe that theseskills, child psychology and deputy director level officer, a are not the usual moral values schools and their students can be ambassadors for taking forward the SDGsallied spheres, is suggestive of group of principals, vice- education stories but situations in agenda within schools. Reflecting on the importance of students andits likely success. principals, SCERT psychologists real world examples. The teacher teachers in strengthening the global goals, Suruchi Pant, DeputyAccording to highly placed and others brainstormed to make introduces it and then children Representative of UNODC-ROSA said, “I believe that change for a bettersources within the expert an innovative intervention that have to respond and get into role tomorrow is only possible if it is championed by young leaders. In thiscommittee which framed this would be targeted at 'mindset' play etc. “We have to involve direction, Model United Nations serves as an exciting platform forcurriculum, teachers have change of children so that they each and every child in the class Teachers, Educators and Students to promote basic human values ofstarted reporting learning start perceiving things from a and for this we can go with a story respect, compassion and ethics through the promotion of the SDGs.improvements in subjects like positive perspective. for a week. As it is not UNODC calls upon the youth and children of South Asia to join our effortsMathematics. “It is too early to Subsequently, in February this examination based, more and to make this region safer and peaceful for all.”conclude any impact, but year, proposals were invited from more students speak up their mindseveral teachers are feeling a expert groups for preparing a and then through peer listening Oxford University Press organises Columbanchange,” the source said while curriculum that would be develop a perspective. And as isclarifying that the impact transacted in classrooms with desired we are making attempt to Open Quiz in New Delhianalysis will be done only after impact. involve the last child so that thea full academic session next Five NGOs-- Dream a Dream, impact is felt across the board, “ Year after year the Columban Open Quiz has rolled out questions which hasyear. Blue Orb, Circle of Life, says a teacher serving in Delhi engaged interest of best minds to participate in the quiz. Oxford UniversityEducation has been a major Abhibhavak Vidyalaya and government secondary. Delhi Press organized the par-excellence yet gruelling quiz in New Delhi onarea of focus for the AAP Labhya Foundation were chosen government in addition to 1000 August 24 (Prelims) & 25, 2018 (Finals). The venue of the quiz was St.government in Delhi ever since among 1500 applicants to work secondary and senior secondary Columba's School.it assumed power in February alongside CHVTL committee for schools also owns about 500 The Columban Open Quiz is widely acknowledged as being both the largest2015. In the current fiscal, preparation of this curriculum. Sarvodaya Vidyalas with primary and the most prestigious school quiz in northern India. The two-day megaDelhi government has allocated The 50 odd expert group classes. The bulk of primary event witnessed over 908 students participating in the quiz. All the 40Rs 13,999.7 cr for education, comprising experts from different education government schools in schools present there had the best minds working on the questionnairewhich is 26 per cent of the total domains including 30-40 Delhi come under the three trying to make their way to the top; post the taxing and testing prelims,budget and an evidence of government school teachers were municipal corporations. quarters, and semi-finals.education being prioritized. It part of this exercise with focus on “Most curriculums are made Quizmaster, Architect, Author and the brain behind the questionnaire ofwas under this zeal that the five major verticals – keeping IQ of about 50% of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Kunal Savarkar hosted the final quiz and hadpresent government in order to mindfulness, self-awareness, children in mind, while as the gripped the audience and students alike with questions that got the teamsimprove outcomes in harmony, critical thinking and other half is neglected by our thinking hard about possible answers.government schools embarked emotional intelligence. Under this education system. We need to DPS Noida School gave a tough time to rest of the teams present to emergeupon several strategies and Happiness Class handbook for look at how best we can engage as a winner. The second place was secured by Columbus School and thirdinitiatives including systemic teachers have been prepared in both teachers and children in a winner was Modern School, Barakhamba Road.changes. After Chaunnati and four categories Nursery- process to make our nextPragati initiatives in 2016, Kindergarten, Classes 1-2, generation better human beings. Next Education to digitalise Indian K-12which were aimed at helping Classes 3-5 and Classes 6-8. That will address several evilsslow learners, last year, the About 18000 teachers are being and shortcomings in their lives schoolsteacher development oriented to facilitate this program and society. That is how this newcoordinators program and which is also regularly being innovation is positioned,” says In its uninterrupted efforts to deliver effective pedagogy, Next Education,principal cluster meets were followed and monitored by Shailendra Sharma, Principal one of India's leading tech-based education solutions provider and a pioneerstarted. It was essentially the observers and experts. Advisor, Directorate of in the K-12 segment, is gearing up to diversify its business and collaboratefreewheeling environment and “We studied happiness Education, Delhi government. On with more schools across the nation. The tech-based education solutionsbelongingness generated framework and concluded that if it being asked if the AAP provider wants to look beyond delivering products such as digital content,within the system that is linked to purpose, then children government, which is at labs and academic software, to providing combined integrated solutions toacademicians within the would be better equipped to shun loggerheads with private schools, schools in the K-12 segment in order to fulfill students' holistic learninggovernment set up opened up negative emotions like hatred, plan any directive to take this needs. Next Education aims to emerge as a comprehensive academic offering to private schools in partner to schools under the NextSchool program and partner with 150 Delhi, he says,” No we have no private schools from across the country within the next three years. such plans but anybody is free to In the past 18 months, Next Education has delivered its program to nine implement it.” schools from Rajasthan, Bihar, Bangalore, Chennai, and Delhi. A Chief With crime graph steadily going Academic Officer was appointed to look over the operations. up and depression and other Commenting on the program, Beas Dev Ralhan, Co-founder and CEO, mental diseases nearly assuming Next Education India Private Limited, said, ÒThe Ministry of Education epidemic proportion, an and state governments have introduced stringent regulations for schools to innovative intervention of such shut operations over compliances and non-performance. The current state large scale is welcome. It has also of education is witnessing a lot of problems due to lack of infrastructure and tremendous research value and poor academic capabilities. Due to the operational battle, the academic multiplier potential. Therefore, quality gets compromised. A lot of schools want professionals to handle the the happiness index that comes educational aspect to gain more admissions and ensure positive results. after its assessment will be That's why we decided to intervene and take care of all the academic eagerly awaited. responsibilities of these schools.
Curriculum September 16, 2018 13 News Feature IISpirituality 'Science' could be the next horizonBig plan to make Quantum Physics experiential in IndiaUSA-based retired professor with the backing of authentic consciousness. The Vishwalayam everything may soon change with The educational program aims to of physics, Dr Amit scientific research on quantum campus aspires to build the our kind of work,” he addd. inculcate a holistic andGoswami, who is best known for science and consciousness. largest meditation pyramid for Saying that quantum healing is a transformational system based onhis research and activism on This one-year program will this purpose.” new paradigm in healing Dr Amit the fundamentals of ancient wisdomQuantum physics and comprise of 20-days of intense According to Prof Anil Sinha, Goswami feels there is a vast with the backing of authenticconscience, has found a team of classroom teaching sessions and conscience is the ground for scope of bringing spirituality and scientific research on quantumsupporters in India, which will the rest of the curriculum would wellbeing and through research science together. He emphasized science and consciousness. Thetogether take his concept and be given through internet. The on neuroscience, genetics and the importance of India as a cradle Vishwalayam will have a Pyramidwork forward. IITian Anil Sinha, objective is to assimilate the ancient knowledge system, the of spirituality where a very Meditation center, Educational hub,credited with co-founding practice of right thinking and right role of consciousness is getting advanced civilization and system Quantum Integrative healthcare,“Consciousness Engineering living in congruence with the established. “That matter is of knowledge had developed ages Organic farm, Quantum village,Research Foundation” at means of earning livelihood by ago and how his research in Community kitchen and a QuantumPyramid Valley, Bangalore which integrating science of Quantum sciences has shown that Entrepreneurship developmenthas established a Meditation Lab consciousness into our lives. The the “consciousness is the ground center with an overall objective toand a global conference on first batch of 40 students from 12 of all being”- a truth recognized help transform the emotionallyQuantum Energy Medicine is part countries has started the course by our ancient wisdom that stressed and meaning and purposeof the team. Dr. Valentina Onisor, program last month. created institutions of higher deprived dissatisfied lives of today'sIntegrative Medicine and There is a grand plan of learning e.g. Taxila and Nalanda. generation, and nurture a new breedtransformational expert who establishing a Quantum Activism He averred that a revival of this of professionals and leaderstravels with Dr Goswami for Vishwalayam (globalized) village ancient knowledge based on the according to Quantum principles.Quantum workshops is also in the probably in Rajasthan in next paradigm of modern science These professionals will help createfoundation team. couple of years. Dinesh Kukreja, provides us with viable and a happier and more intelligent andDinesh Kukreja, a businessman CEO, Quantum Activism Village sustainable models for achieving purposeful society.from Jaipur, himself a professed Foundation said that, “We are global peace, prosperity andquantum activism enthusiast has going to establish Quantum happiness for all.joined force with Prof Sinha and Activism Vishwalayam includingset up a company by the name of a community living space with anQuantum Activism Village initial investment of Rs. 100Foundation to realize dream of Crores. The Vishwalayam will beestablishing a 300-acre village on spread over around 300 acres ofthe 'quantum' concepts. As a land which will have facilities forprelude to the main project, the promoting holistic living, befoundation has come up with a its completely self sustained andinaugural course as a One-Year provide an ambience forCertification Program in transformational teaching &Quantum Science and Conscious learning for professionals andLeadership. This course will have leaders from different walks oftwo semesters, first would life. It will have conducive spacesconcentrate on self-development for meditation, self healing,and the latter would focus on growing own food, energy andprofessional development and waste management- all based onintegration. The educational recognition of the principle ofprogram aims to inculcate a primacy of consciousness. It shallholistic and transformational also harness the positive energiessystem based on the of the pyramids that have beenfundamentals of ancient wisdom shown to influence all things of NTA schedule of examinations between December 2018 to May, 2019Examination Mode Registration Dates Downloading Admit Date of Examination Results cards 9th to 23rd Dec 2018 10th Jan 2019UGC-NET Dec 2018 Computer based 1st to 30th September 19th Nov 2018 6th to 20th Jan 2019 31st Jan 2019 2018 6th to 20th April 2019 30th April 2019JEE Main I Computer based 17th Dec 2018 28th Jan 2019 10th Feb 2019 1st to 30th September 5th May 2019 5th June 2019JEE Main II Computer based 2018 18th March 2019CMAT & GPAT Computer based 8th Feb to 7th March 7th Jan 2019 2019Examination: NEET (UG) Pen & Paper exam (in 15th April 2019 single session) 1st November to 30thNovember 2018 1st November to 30th November 2018
16 Curriculum September 16, 2018 Potpourri/News ExtraIndia needs a large number of entrepreneurs: Small Private Schools across the CountryPresident TiE Delhi-NCR Observed Black DayTiE Delhi-NCR celebrated the Startup Jerusalem: In Member, TiE Delhi-NCR and More than 60 thousand schools across the country affiliated witch5th year of India Education Sardul Seth, Partner - Advisory state, CBSE and ICSE boards observed Black Day on the call ofEntrepreneurship Day 2018 on addition, TiE Delhi-NCR hosted Services, Ernst & Young LLP. NISA. Schools from Delhi, UP, MP, Bihar, Assam, Nagaland,Aug 29 in New Delhi where the finals of Start-up Jerusalem Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kashmir, Himachal, Punjab, Haryana,expanding entrepreneurial where Kerela startup- Genrobotic TiE Young Entrepreneurs Chandigarh, Maharshtra, Telangana, Andhara, Kerala, Tamilnaduopportunities in education Innovations emerged as the Felicitation Ceremony had maximum participation.sector were discussed. winner and will represent India at Schools functioned with all teachers and staffs wearing BLACKEducators, edupreneurs, the Startup JLM Festival, held in To conclude the event, TiE Delhi- RIBBON, schools and buses with BLACK FLAGS and sentinvestors and academicians November this year. TiE has been NCR felicitated high-school representation to the honorable Prime Minister.converged to throw light on the engaging with The Israeli s tudents w ith TiE Young Teachers, Drivers, Schools Management are behind the bar andchallenges, innovations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs since Entrepreneurs (TYE) award for schools have closed down in the name of safety. Students' educationwinning strategies & the way last six years bringing global bringing honor to the country on a is in stake.ahead for startups in the sector. opportunities to the Indian global platform. 'Jhutpat', an Demands to restore autonomy of schools and dignity of educators.Geetika Dayal, Executive entrepreneurial landscape. instant delivery service startup Management and principals not to be penalized for accidents. NoDirector, TiE Delhi-NCR, said, From over 160 entries all over bagged the 'Best innovation/ arrest and no school closure before the proper investigation.\"Year on year, through the IEED India, 6 finalists presented their Maker's Faire' title at the TYE The national federation of associations of budget private schools,initiative, we bring to the startup pitch at the event after Global competition held at National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), observed BLACKforefront path breaking startups extensive mentoring. The pitch Arlington, USA in June. DAY today in protest of increasing government intervention in daywho are reforming education in with the idea of converting Competing with 20 TiE teams to day school management. Teaching and Non Teaching Staffsthe country along with investors manhole to roboholes with their across the world, the TiE Delhi- Safety are in Stake and there is an immense need for Teacherswho are betting big in the sector. 'Bandicoot' robots for cleaning NCR alumni earned the Protection Act to ensure safety of teachers, principal, schoolWith the presence of sewer holes appealed the jury that recognition, & was represented management, drivers and support staffs.academicians & educators too at comprised of Itay Ben –Hamo, by Japjot Singh at the event. Mr. Kulbhushan Sharma, National President of NISA said- in Indiathe event, we enable wholesome First Secretary, Embassy of Israel, we always have a higher value for teachers. But in recent days& relevant conversations Pradeep Gupta, Chairman and After the Supreme Court because of the discriminatory policies against safety of teaching andadding value to the audience.” Managing Director, CyberMedia Decision on Article 377 not teaching staff number of teachers, principal, school management, Group, Subinder Khurana, Board drivers and support staffs are behind the bars today. Teachers are being treated as criminals. \"Beti Bachao Beti Padhao\" slogan is just “AAJA SAIYAAN” Get the an eye wash as literate Betiyan those who are working as a teachers and for the betterment of the education are behind the bars today. MrWE Need Your Support Highest Hit Sharma alleged government for this approach in handling safety and security of students, teachers and support staff. The female teachersCurriculum magazine in a small and subtle way has The first-ever music video on and female principals are soft target in the ambit of law. The teacherschanged the way education sector was seen by LGBT “AAJA SAIYAN” got the have been arrested without proper investigation and immediatelymainstream media. Apathy and unimportance best highest hit on youtube it filling Non-Bailable sections. The safety of teachers is in stake indescribed the scenario. But we have shown that somewhere shows that viewers our country. NISA has planned to file a PIL to have TeachersEducation sector is indeed a media space where are interested to know about the Protection Act in place to save teaching and non teaching staff thoseessentials of journalism can be not only practiced but insight of LGBTQ community. who are contributing to the education system.combined with pressing issues of education sector. Now Vinay Rathore Lead vocalist andmainstream media is slowly providing prime space to managing director of Rotten Adapt, move or die: animals and plants react toeducation stories. We have been able to create a ripple. Guitars said \"Even I am straightBut at the same time cost of publishing has increased but I understand the pain of climate change - studymanifold. This has put a lot of pressure on our resources. separation and the black pictureWithout external funding, our publication may lose behind the life of LGBTQ Nature is on the move as plants and animals react to the threat ofsteam. community and it's aftermath. extinction from climate change by changing their location orWe are truly an interdisciplinary, intra segmental media AAJA SAIYAN entire team behaviour – a critical review reveals.outlet for education; the fascinating and challenging welcome the step of Supreme Scientists at the University of Birmingham are working witheducation stories that we seek issue after issue remain Court of India and waiting for the archives of living fossils to help understand how current species willour passion. legislation on the same. react to an ever-warming planet. The study of these archives,We now seek your help. This video is an initiative which combined with predictive modelling will allow us to forecastPlease address your queries to editor at began in 2017 as an idea to help changes in biodiversity due to future climate [email protected] the LGBTQ and provide them a Their work is showcases as part of a major international effort to legal aid and make them review current trends in biodiversity response to climatic change, led independent but now it has grown by experts at the University of Copenhagen's Center for into a YouTube-based music Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, and published in Trends in video with the help of more than Ecology and Evolution. 20 Artists. The video shooting Co-author Dr Luisa Orsini, Senior Lecturer in Biosystems and was taken place at Delhi and Climate Change at the University of Birmingham, said: “Archives of Ghaziabad for 6 months.\ living fossils are the key to understanding how species will react to future global change. 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