ASERF News Bulletin on Education

E-bulletin No - 11

Date: 20th February - 6th March, 2007

Welcome to ASERF News Bulletin on Education, a free By-Monthly E-Bulletin to keep you abreast of the relevant and latest Educational - news, views and policy research - from India and abroad. 

Aspects  

Quality in Higher education Intuitions

Education is the bastion of human development as well as the harbinger of peace and tranquillity which tend to generate vision of the enlightened. Both the private and public universities should provide quality education by using the updated curricula and state-of-the-art technology so that students can make themselves worthy to face the challenges of the 21st century……………………………..

News

·   India needs to develop manufacturing base for higher economic growth: ADB

·   Foreign Educational Institutions Bill approved

·   Bill will not result in best of varsities entering India

·   India issues regulations for entry of foreign varsities

·   Himachal to introduce IT education in every elementary school

·   India Inc sees positive growth for economy

·   Now, Indo-Pak cooperation in education field

·   India needs more quality PhDs

·   Yale, Stanford give India the miss

·   AICTE action against erring institutes

·   Centre does not hold State for allocation of funds

·   Education bank to help students proposed

·   India Inc wanted more, much more

·   IT and ITes sector to employ 1.63 mn people by 2007

·   Top NASA journals for free?

·   200,000 more schoolteachers to be appointed in 2007-08

·   AICTE moots engineering college clusters

·  1% higher education cess to fund wisdom, reservation

·  Kalam announces vision plan on higher education

·  Mohali to be new knowledge centre for north India

·  UGC plans to raise enrolment of students in higher education

 

Analysis/Opinion/Innovative Practice

· Unchain & Unshackle Saraswati - The Goddess of Learning!

· Can India fulfil its promise?

· Crystal gazing India’s workforce in 2020 AD

· Health, education allocation small: UN

 

· How bad is the Indian talent crunch?

· Education to move the country forward

· To fund secondary and higher education, capacity expansion

· Higher education gets a raw deal

 

· Higher Education Cess: On whom and from when?

· India's budget

· Reduce government control in education’

· Wasted education

 

Resources

· Three out of four MBAs are unemployable, says study

·  Kids get a raw deal in budgets

·  India's report card out, Kerala no. 1

·  Teachers oppose Right to Education Bill 2006

·  Class Act

·  Education for all by 2007: Impossible

·  Impressive growth in secondary, higher education: Survey   

Announcement

Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation (ASERF), has instituted ‘Dr Stya Paul Young Educationist Award’ for honouring Young Educationists who have demonstrated their potential by making an impact on Indian education.

A Citizen of India below the age of 45 years, who has published books, research papers in Indian or international journals on any aspect of Indian education such as Early Childhood education, elementary education, teacher education, higher education, technical and professional education is eligible for consideration for the award. The published work should be such as is indicative of the author’s original contribution to the advancement of educational thought or improvement in educational practices in the Indian context. The Award comprise a cash amount of Rs. 50,000/-, a robe of honour and citation.

ASERF invites application from the eligible scholars for the Award of the year 2006. The prescribed format along with the terms and conditions can be downloaded from the ASERF Website http://aserf.org.in or obtained from ASERF’s office.

Partnership

Dear Partners,

The Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation (ASERF) invites news, articles, resource material, opinions and analyses on relevant educational issues in the Indian context that can be highlighted in our weekly e-bulletins and on the ASERF portal.

We request if you could spare a few moments of your valuable time to have a look at our website and guide us on our regular initiatives.

Aditya Berlia

Director, ASERF

Past News Bulletin: Vol. 1 ;  2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9; 10

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