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SEVEN NEW COURSES,FIVE DEPTS THIS YEAR
Students on board to decide new syllabi for Madras univ

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Chennai: The University of Madras has decided to include students in drawing up new syllabi and give their views on updating existing courses in each department.Four student representatives,including two alumni and two final year students,will have to be part of the departmentboardof studies.It alsodecidedtostarttostartseven newcourses andfive newdepartments from the new academic year.
On queries by some academic council members on the inclusion of student representatives,vice-chancellor G Thiruvasagam saidon Saturday,I came to know that the board of studies of some departments has drawn up courses without the participation of non-academic members.Industry-academic collaborations are not possible without expert advice and suggestions from outside.
He said the board of studies could meet any number of times to decide on the course content,and that the involvementof studentswas mandatory.The management andcriminology departments were already making use of alumni with good results.Affiliated collegestoocould adoptthis,he said.
Educational consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi said,Such a move could help departments gauge industry expectations from students.But,the students should have exposure and should be able to contribute suggestions.
The chairpersons of the board of studies of all departments,who have decided to constitute a committee to recommend a new patternof question papersfor bothundergraduate and postgraduate departments,havebeen askdto convene a meeting in two months to come up with proposalsfor newcourses and new subjects.
The university has decided to start MA in Christian Scriptures;Jain Studies;Saiva Siddhanta,Saiva Agamas and Panniruthirumurai Classics;South and Southeast Asian Studies;MPhil in Saiva Siddhanta;PG Diploma in Sociology of Development;and Diploma in Buddhism under the choicebasedcreditsystem.Admissions to the courses will begin from the academic year 2012-2013.Five new departments network systems and information technology,bio-informatics,material science,socialwork andwomen studiesin theuniversity willbestartedin the next academic year.
A committee to identify vacancies in each department has been constituted.

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Two-timing colleges may face varsity whip

Affiliation Of 3 City Institutions Withdrawn

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Chennai: The University of Madras is cracking down on arts and science colleges that do not prescribe to norms.Self-financing arts and science colleges that have started other institutions,including engineering and teacher training colleges,on the same campus could be disaffiliated,it has said.
Three arts and science colleges were disaffiliated last month for not having adequate infrastructure and faculty and two other colleges given time till March 31 to fill up teacher vacancies and appoint qualified principals.
On the sidelines of the universitys academic council meeting on Saturday,vice-chancellor G Tiruvasagam,said,Colleges are not supposed to encroach and make use of land exclusively meant for the use of an arts and science college.But we find that some managements share land,buildings,and sometimes even teachers between their arts and science and engineering colleges.Such flouting of norms can be considered as grounds for disaffiliation.
The land required to set up an arts and science college within city limits is three acres now.Some colleges,launched when the requirement was 10 acres have since used the same land documents to get approval for engineering colleges,teacher training colleges,teacher training institutes and even schools.
An inspection committee comprising members of the university syndicate has been set up to conduct inquiries and find out land availability,whether the same piece of land has been put to multiple uses and whether any other college or school has been started on the same land.
After its report is submitted,college managements will be given a chance to offer explanations.If found unsatisfactory,the syndicate can recommend their disaffiliation.The process will be completed before the start of the next academic year,Thiruvasagam said.
The university has only approved 42 of 114 new courses colleges have sought approval for.
It has received eight applications for starting new self-financing arts and science colleges and to start colleges that offer professional courses like MBA and MCA.
Through the disaffiliation of the three colleges last month the university wants to send out a message to affiliated colleges to have adequate infrastructure and faculty.The university cannot always be a spectator, Thiruvasagam said.
The college development council has drawn up a list of faculty of each college with qualification and photographs,so there can be no duplication.This information will be soon put up on a website.

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கல்லூரி Admissionகளில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் சம்பாதித்தான்.கொள்ளை தலைவன் வினோத்குமார்

சென்னை: உல்லாச வாழ்க்கை வாழ்வதற்காகவே கொள்ளைத் தொழிலுக்கு வங்கிக் கொள்ளை கும்பலின் தலைவன் வினோத்குமார் மாறியதாக தகவல்கள் வெளியாகி உள்ளன.
வினோத்குமாரின் வாழ்க்கை
மேற்கு வங்காளத்தில் இருந்து கல்லூரியில் சேர்ந்து படிக்க சென்னை வந்தவன் தான் வினோத்குமார்.
காட்டாங்குளத்தூரில் உள்ள ஒரு தனியார் என்ஜினீயரிங் கல்லூரியில் சேர்ந்து படித்தான்.
வெளி மாநிலமாணவர்களுக்கு அடைக்கலம் கொடுத்தான். கல்லூரிகளில் சேர விவரம் தெரியாமல் வருவோருக்கு வழி காட்டினான். அவர்களை தனக்கு தெரிந்த கல்லூரிகளில் சேர்ந்து விட்டு ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் சம்பாதித்தான்.
உல்லாச வாழ்க்கை
அந்தப் பணத்தை உல்லாச வாழ்க்கைக்கு பயன்படுத்திக் கொண்டான். உள்ளூர் அழகிகள் தொடங்கி மும்பை அழகிகள் வரை அனுபவித்தான்.
சுகம் தொடர பணம் தேவைப்பட்டது! விளைவு கொள்ளையில் போய் முடிந்தது!
தம்மை நாடிவந்த பீகார் இளைஞர்களை இணைத்துக் கொண்டு கொள்ளை கும்பலை உருவாக்கினான் வினோத்!
சென்னை புறநகர்களான பெத்தேரி, காட்டாங்குளத்தூர் பகுதியில் வினோத்குமார் நன்கு பரிட்சயமான மாணவனாகவே இருந்திருக்கிறான்.
அப்பகுதி மாணவர்கள் என்கவுண்டர் பற்றியும் மாணவர் வினோத் குமார் பற்றியும் நேற்று பேசிக் கொண்டனர்.
அவர்களது பேச்சின் மூலம் அவர்களுக்கு வினோத்குமார் நன்கு பரிட்சயமானவர் என தெரிய வந்தது.
வினோத்குமார் கையில் எப்போதும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் பணம் புழங்கும். உல்லாச விரும்பி, அழகிகளுடன் உல்லாசமாக இருப்பது பிடிக்கும் என்று சில மாணவர்கள் பேசிக் கொண்டனர்.

வினோத்குமார் படம் பத்திரிகை, டெலிவிஷன்களில் பார்த்த பொத்தேரி பகுதி ஆட்டோ டிரைவர்கள், இவனை அடிக்கடி தாங்கள் பார்த்ததாகவும் இந்த பகுதியில் எல்லோருக்கும் நன்கு தெரிந்தவன் என்றும் கூறிக்கொண்டனர்.
புரோக்கர் கமிஷன்
வினோத்குமார் ஒரு மாணவரை கல்லூரியில் சேர்த்து விட ரூ. 50 ஆயிரம் வரை கமிஷன் பெற்றதாக ஒரு மாணவர் கூறினார்.
இதற்காக வட மாநிலங்களில் பல ஏஜெண்டுகள் உள்ளனர். அவர்கள் தங்கள் பகுதி மாணவர்களை அழைத்து வந்து வினோத்குமாரிடம் விட்டு விடுவார்கள்.
அவன் எல்லா வேலையையும் செய்து முடித்து கமிஷன் வாங்கி விடுவான். கல்லூரி கட்டணத்துக்கு ஏற்ப 10 சதவீதம் வரை கமிஷன் பெற்றுக் கொள்வான்.
மாணவர்கள் என்பதால் போலீசார் அவர்களை சரி வர கண்காணிப்பதில்லை. வாடகைக்கு வீடு தரும் உரிமையாளர்களும் கைநிறைய வாடகை-அட்வான்ஸ் கிடைக்கிறதே என்று சரியாக விசாரிக்காமல் வீடு கொடுக்கிறார்கள்.
மாணவர்கள் போர்வையில் குற்றவாளிகள் தங்கி விடுகிறார்கள். இது சென்னை நகர மக்களின் அமைதியை கெடுக்கிறது.

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Now,a 4-yr degree marries engg with management

Ramya Manoharan & Ishan Srivastava TNN

Chennai: Most engineers aspire for a management degree.How else do you explain the fact that 64% of the candidates who applied for the Common Admission Test (CAT) in 2011 had an engineering background Against this backdrop comes the announcement of a BTech course that has two majors one engineering and another management.
From the next academic year,VIT University in Vellore will offer two major subjects in its BTech programme.Students will have the option of pursuing regular engineering majors or study an engineering subject as the first major and a management subject as the second.This is done in response to industrys need for engineers with strong background in management subjects.Many engineers become project managers in 10 years.This course could reduce the time significantly while equipping them with skills to get on the job soon, said university vice-chancellor V Raju.
To get a BTech degree with two majors,students will have to take 10 extra subjects in human resources,marketing,finance or general management.The students opting for two majors can still complete the degree programme in four years.However,they will have to devote two of the summer sessions one at the end of the second year and the other at the end of the third year to complete the requirements for the second major.
There have been precedents.Cognizant started a course of software development and management in VIT University in 2000.The aim was to bring in the elements of management within a course on software.It wasnt done to recruit a particular type of students.The reasoning was that such students may fare better when some of them hold managerial positions after a few years, said a Cognizant official.
Students who complete the required credit hours can also complete a full-time two-year MBA in three partnering universities in the US in one year.Appropriate credits can also be transferred for the MS programme offered by the universities,said professor Raju.
Some industry sources are skeptical.I dont see companies making their recruitment decisions based on the existence of two kinds of credits,giving preference to dual-degree students.They will still look for graduates with a good grip on fundamental engineering skills.Yes,if a candidate is able to show a good understanding of business,he might stand to benefit,but it wont be due to the course tag, said an official of a top Indian IT firm.
There are a few such courses in India or the US.Naresee Monjee Institute of Management Studies introduced a similar programme for integrating management and technology courses three years ago,but it hasnt been successful,said educational consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi.Companies are always going to prefer management graduates with significant experience over fresh graduates with both technology and management majors.I dont think it gives the students of this new course any major advantage.This is especially true for universities like VIT,where 90% of the hiring is done by IT companies, he said.

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75% of CBSE students opt for Class 10 boards

Many To Shift To State Board For Class 11

M Ramya TNN

Chennai: More than 75% of Class 10 students in CBSE schools in the state have opted for the board exams this year,with the Chennai zone alone recording more than 57% this despite the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) making board exams optional in a bid to reduce exam-related stress on students.
The main reason behind the trend is that many students want to shift to the state board syllabus after Class 10.The marksheet does not give any indication of whether we have taken a school-based or board exam.Even after the state governments directions to admit students from CBSE schools,we found that most school authorities preferred to take in students who have taken the board exam, said a Class 10 student of Bala Vidya Mandir.
A teacher of Chinmaya Vidyalaya,who declined to be named,said students preferred to take the boards because they had study holidays,which gave them time to revise between the exams,while the school exams were conducted at one go.While the board exams extend up to March 26,the school exams are from March 3 to 12.
Completing exams within a week holds a certain charm for students like A Deepshika,a Class 10 student of Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School.She said,I was sure that I wanted to take the board exams all through Class 9 and even for a few months in Class 10.But,I finally opted for the school exam as I wanted to secure a seat in Class 11 and also because the exams will be over in a week.
Some believe that when they take the board exams their school assumes that the student is going to seek admission elsewhere.With the paucity of seats in Class 11 in CBSE schools,students fear that those taking the school exam will be given preference over others who opt for the boards.
Correspondent of Shree Niketan Group of Schools P Vishnucharan said that it made sense for students in small schools to take the board exam,while those in leading schools need not bother.

EXAM CRUNCHER

No.of students taking board exams in Chennai zone: 96,959 No.of students taking school exams in Chennai zone: 55,366 No.of students taking board exams in TN: 16,466 No.of students taking school exams in TN: 5,418

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Woman lawyer held for cheating seven of 1.32 cr

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Chennai: A 44-year-old woman lawyer from Bangalore was arrested in the city on Monday for cheating seven people with the promise of medical seats in a private college in Bangalore.Lydia Ryan collected 1.32 crore from the seven but failed to deliver on her promise.She was nabbed from her Anna Nagar apartment where she has been living for the past few years,police said.She was later remanded in judicial custody.
The incident came to light when Velu,a businessman in Pernampet near Vellore,approached joint commissioner of police (west zone) K Shankar seeking action against Lydia Ryan for cheating him after taking 20 lakh in two installments for a medical seat for his son Kathiravan.
Velu,who said he was introduced to her through a common friend,Ramesh,claimed he handed over the money at her apartment in R Block,6th Avenue.When he didnt get the promised seat,Velu asked Lydia to return the money but she began dodging him before finally vanishing.
Lydia initially denied cheating the complainant.Subsequently,we received six more complaints from people who claimed Lydia cheated them with similar promises.Later,she admitted to the offence and promised to pay the victims soon, Anna Nagar assistant commissioner S Balasubramanian said.
Lydia had collected 17 lakh from Raj Kumar of Puduchery,15 lakh from Navin of Cuddalore,20 lakh from Gurupriya of Tiruvannamalai,21 lakh from Vishnu of Gingee,20 lakh from Radhika of Ambur and 20 lakh from Gunasekaran of Cheyyar,police said.
Police said Lydia Ryan,who completed her law course in a Bangalore college,was registered with the Madras Bar Council in 1991,but didnt renew it later.Her husband Mahesh Ryan is a financial consultant.

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Solar-powered school fined for low EB bill

State Electricity Board Tells Non-Profit Institute Meter Is Faulty,Asks It To Pay Up.10,000

Vivek Narayanan TNN

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB),which oversaw an outrageous mismanagement of resources leading to an unprecedented power crisis in the state,has imposed afine of 10,000 for a faulty electricity meter on a non-profit school that runs mainly on solar energy.
The boards slap-happy decision to take action against the Tiruvannamalai school flies in the face of rules that make TNEB responsible for the replacement of defective meters.To make matters worse,the board has pulled the plug on the school,leaving it without power.
Arunachala Village School in Vediyappanur village,Tiruvannamalai,200km from Chennai,was set up in 1999 with one classroom and 40 students,to provide education to poor children.It now has 203 students,from kindergarten to Class 5,who have access to computers.
The school spent 8 lakh on 29 rooftop solar panels in September 2009 so it could be self-reliant and save electricity.Though there are eight hours of power cuts in the locality,we dont have any problem.We rarely use electricity from the grid, a senior official of the school said.Since our consumption of electricity is very low,we have been able to save 3,000 annually on power bills. Since the school does not charge fees,it asked for a subsidy from the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA).Christudas Gandhi,the former managing director of TEDA,promised on a waiver,but nothing has come of it so far, the official said.
Last September,some TNEB officials came to our school and told us we would have to pay a fine of 10,000.They said our meter had been defective for two years and recorded very low consumption.We tried to explain that we mostly use solar energy and that,anyway,the board has to replace the meter,but they refused to listen to us, he said.
The school officials refused to pay the fine,so the TNEB officials came around again.This time they asked us to pay an amount based on average consumption since the meter became faulty in April 2009.When we protested,saying we regularly paid for the power we used,they removed the fuse, the official said.
When contacted,the TNEB Tiruvannamalai region superintendent engineer said he would look into the issue.
The school,however,is not holding its breath.The government says it is promoting solar power in the state,but TNEB appears to be doing its best to discourage the use of this renewable energy source, the school official said.
vivek.kn@timesgroup.com

POWER SAVER: Solar panels on the roof of the school in Tiruvannamalai

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Self-financing engg colleges may be allowed to hike fees

M Ramya TNN

Chennai: Self-financing engineering colleges in the state,who waited six years for a fee hike,are likely to get it this year.They have written to the fee committee under Justice N V Balasubramanian asking that fees for engineering seats under the government and management quota to be doubled.
The fees have long been kept at unreasonable levels,considering the kind of pay scales for teachers,the rising infrastructure costs and electricity charges incurred by colleges.We are hopeful of getting the long-awaited hike this year, said the head of a self-financing college.A senior official in the higher education department said the wait could end this year.
A consortium of self-financing engineering and professional arts and science colleges in the state had urged the government to double the fees from.32,500 to.65,000 for government seats and at least.5,000 more for management seats.We have asked for a reasonable hike.Even if the committee cant meet these expectations,we expect to get the fee structure raised at least to.50,000 or be allowed to fix our own fee structure for the management seats, said the head of another college.
Individual colleges have submitted requests along with their balance sheets,asking for fees to be hiked from.75,000 to.1.5 lakh.

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Committee to finalise fee by end of May

Some suggested that the fee committee take the recommendations of the AICTE-appointed Justice Ranganath Mishra committee into consideration while fixing the fees.
Some said a major chunk of fundswentto pay teachers salaries.Many self-financing colleges are outside city limits and plaguedby frequent power cuts.An engineering college cannot run without back-up power.So we are forced to invest a large amount of money on ensuring power back-up for at least the labs, said the head of a self-financing college.Collegessay a reasonable revision would help curb the menace of self-financing institutions collecting high capitation fees.
In 2006,the committee settled on the current fee of.32,500 for a government seat and.62,500 for a management seat.Academics admit that at present few colleges abide by this limit while charging fees from students.This limit,they say,sets an unreasonable ceiling for fees and forces colleges to seek capitation fees.The capitation fee for a seat could go up to.10 lakh depending on the college and the department.College managements claim colleges did not collect a capitation fee five years ago when they were allowed to fix their own fees.
The 500 self-financing collegesin thestatehavebeen given time till April 12 to submit expenditure details with proof.The committee is expected to finalize the fee structure by the end of May,and make the announcement before the single-window counselling for admissions begins in July.

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50L fine for univs failing to stop bias

HRD Ministry Plans Move After Complaints Over Rise In Discrimination

Himanshi Dhawan TNN

New Delhi: Institutions found negligent in preventing discrimination may face a fine of Rs 50 lakh,according to a new amendment proposed by Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry.
The ministry plans to introduce a provision in the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical Educational Institutions,Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill to ensure that institutions will be held responsible for discrimination on the basis of caste,gender or religion.
The move comes after a mounting number of complaints from colleges,including the recent suicide of a Dalit student at AIIMS.An HRD ministry official said that institutes could attract a penalty ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 50 lakh if evidence was found that the college had not worked actively to prevent discrimination against a student.The bill will have to be cleared by the Union Cabinet.The complaints will be dealt by an internal committee of the institution initially.If the student fails to get redressal s/he will have the option of approaching an ombudsman who will be tasked with conducting an independent assessment.
The student can approach the tribunal who will go by the ombudsmans report,if there is a case of negligence, the official said.
There have been an increasing number of complaints from educational institutions especially medical colleges.According to National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) chairman P L Punia,complaints have come from premier institutions.Earlier,people used to accept discrimination as their fate.Now,they feel there is a redressal mechanism and we have seen an increase in the number of cases, he said.
Some of the complaints that the commission has received include a suicide in September,2011,of an metallurgical engineering student at IIT-Kanpur student.

In 2010,dalit student Raj Tepan rode horseback to Rajasthan University vice-chancellors office in a bid to refute a professors derogatory comments about their community

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Forum raps varsity,orders fee refund

Dennis Selvan TNN

Trichy: The Thanjavur District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has ordered Sastra University (deemed) to refund the Rs 1,12,000 paid by a student who got admission in the National Institute of Technology,Trichy after one year and wanted his original certificates back.
M Sriram enrolled for a BTech course in the university on July 9,2008.After two semesters,he paid Rs 36,000 for the third and attended classes for about 25 days when he got admission in NIT.He demanded his original certificates from the university which asked him to pay the fees for the remaining five semesters to get the certificates.
Srirams father B S Manohar then requested the vice-chancellor of the university for a partial waiver and the latter agreed to accept 50% of the remaining fee Rs 88,500.
Manohar paid the money but later wrote to the Consumer Protection Council which filed a case before the Thanjavur consumer redressal forum.
The council said the universitys action was against the norms of the UGC.It also quoted a Madras high court judgment which said a college could not withholding a transfer certificate.The university said the parent had agreed to the condition that no refund would be made and that it had accepted only 50% of the course fee.After hearing both sides,the district consumer forum directed the university to pay Rs 1,12,000,including Rs 88,500 paid for the remaining course fee with 6% interest from October 11,2009 till the date of payment.

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HC limits powers of state to run varsities

Cannot Set Pay Scales,Lay Down Service Terms

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Chennai: A Tamil Nadu government order aiming to wield the power to make appointments,set pay scales and lay down service conditions for non-teaching staff in state-run universities,has been struck down by the Madras high court.The December 13,2006 order would enable the government to take over the universitys powers,set uniform pay scales and limit the categories of universities non-teaching staff from about 50 to just 6.
Justice V Dhanapalan,declaring the order as inoperative,said: If the administration of universities is allowed to be interfered with by the executive according to his whims and fancies,it would tantamount to usurping the powers of the authorities,which are vested with such powers.
The matter relates to an order issued by the higher education department,apparently to bring uniformity in service conditions of non-teaching staff and change the salary and other benefits of the university employees in tune with government employees.It is the governments stand that different universities adopted different scales of pay to their non-teaching staff.Universities not sound in financial position found it difficult to accede to demands from non-teaching staff to match their salaries with that of affluent universities.
Based on an expert committees recommendations,it sought to have only six category of non-teaching staff junior assistants,assistants,superintendents,assistant registrar/ controller,deputy registrar/ controller.At present there are nearly 50 categories of nonteaching staff in universities.
The Madras University Staff Association,however,challenged the validity of the executive order,stating that the order had been passed without executive competence.On its part,the university too submitted that the syndicate alone was empowered to appoint faculties and staff,fix salaries and define duties and service conditions.
Justice Dhanapalan rejected the advocate-general A Navaneethakrishnans claim that no prejudice or legal injury had been caused to the university employees.He said: Universities,being body corporates having perpetual succession,have got a separate legal entity,and,as such,the rules framed by the government shall not be applicable,unless specifically adopted by the universities are constituted.
Noting that the executive power of state available under Article 162 of the Constitution shall be confined only to filling gaps not covered by existing rules,Justice Dhanapalan said that once law occupies the field,it will not be open to the state government to exercise its executive power.The impugned order defines service conditions,appointment and pay scales of non-teaching staff of universities,which are conspicuously covered by the existing rules of the statutes of universities.Therefore,the rules are not silent but are very sound on the particular point,he said.
Noting that the order would defeat the very objects of the statutes,the judge said such power could be exercised after making suitable amendments to the statutes by the legislature.

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5.23L ELEMENTARY TEACHER VACANCIES
HRD ministry plans changes in teaching and curriculum

M Ramya TNN

Chennai: The shortage of teachers in the school and higher education sectors has caught the attention of the human resource development ministry.It has proposed a National Mission on Teachers and Teaching to recommend initiatives and changes.
The mission will address issues such as faculty shortage,recruitment policies,capacity building of teachers for improvement in qualification,pedagogic skills,technologyenabled teaching,training and teacher absenteeism and accountability, said the ministry in a document spelling out the agenda of a meeting of state higher and technical education secretaries this month.
Recent analysis by the ministrys department of education shows that there are 5.23 lakh vacancies of school teachers at the elementary level,and that 5.1 lakh teachers must be appointed to meet the pupil-teacher ratio spelt out by the Right to Education Act.Around 35% of faculty positions are vacant in Central universities,50% in 19 state universities,and 40% in 14 others.
The ministry estimates that 7.74 lakh teachers do not possess the prescribed qualifications.Under the Centres flagship scheme for secondary education Rashtriya Madhaymik Shiksha Abhiyan,1.79 lakh teachers need to be appointed in secondary schools.Secondary school teachers need more training in English,math and science,academics have said.
Data also shows that the institutional capacity for teacher trainers needs to be improved.Only 892 institutions with an approved intake of 28,957 students are recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education to prepare teacher educators.The ministry has said this capacity has to increase to 40,000.The University Grants Commission is taking steps to develop the institutional capacity to prepare teacher educators.However,even state universities need to be requested to take action in this regard, the ministry said.
The national mission has proposed setting up Schools of Education in 40 university departments in Central,state and deemed universities,and others,including the NCERT regional colleges of education,to integrate teacher education with the higher education sector.The schools are expected to take up research in neglected areas in the curriculum,pedagogy,assessment and evaluation in teacher and school education,and make long-awaited changes in teacher education curriculum.
Each school will have a centre for pre-service education,one for curriculum research,policy and educational development,learning and pedagogic studies,assessment and evaluation professional development of teacher educators,and a centre for teacher resource and academic support.
Another recommendation is to set up four regional centres of educational management in the Indian Institutes of Management to offer a postgraduate diploma in education management for heads of teacher education institutions.The ministry has arranged a meeting of state higher and technical education secretaries in New Delhi on April 13 to discuss the states involvement in the projects.
ramya.m@timesgroup.com

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One leaving IIT course midway cant reappear in JEE: HC

New Delhi: Leaving an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) course midway or after confirming the admission will now cost students dear as the Delhi high court has held that this would bar them from reappearing in the entrance test in the following year.
Justice Hima Kohli has upheld the decision of IIT authorities that students who leave a course after confirming their admission would not be allowed to appear in the next joint entrance examination.
The courts order came while dismissing a plea filed by Prateek Rohilla who withdrew his admission to IIT-Madras after paying the registration fee last year.Rohilla wanted to appear in the IIT-JEE-2012 scheduled for April 8.
The court said that such attempts by candidates,who once qualified in IIT-JEE and later sought to withdraw from the seat allocated to them,resulted in immense financial strain on the institute.
In this attempt,the institute would have to keep a seat vacant not just in the first year but right through the course that may extend up to five years as in the present case, Justice Kohli said in an order passed last week.
Apart from this,the course is extremely prestigious and every seat is precious and cannot be permitted to be wasted in such a manner, the court said refusing to accept Rohillas petition.
Rohilla moved the court against the IIT decision after it informed him that he cannot reappear for IIT-JEE 2012 exam as last year he withdrew his admission after paying the registration fee.
As per clause 3.5 of the information brochure of IITJEE-2012,which lays down the eligibility criterion for appearing in IIT-JEE-2012 : Candidates who have taken admission (irrespective of whether or not they continued in any of the programmes) or accepted the admission by paying the registration fee at any of the IITs,IT-BHU (Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi or ISM (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE-2012. AGENCIES