ASERF News Bulletin on Education

E-bulletin No - 26

 Date:      1st  December    –15th   December, 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 

Action Plan to help UGC implement strategies of 11th Plan: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has identified the Action Plan strategy for implementing the strategies of the 11th Five Year Plan.  To operationalize these components, the UGC is preparing the Action Plan on these goals and issues through experts/Committees. The identified experts/Committees will submit the detailed Action Plan on these goals and issues within a period of one month to enable UGC to implement the Action Plan during the 11th Plan…………………………………..

News

·   Reforming higher education

·   Adopt Raghavan panel’s recommendations to check ragging- SC

·   Apex court includes private colleges in anti-ragging ambit

·   AFMC refused deemed university status

·   AICTE attitude will hit industry hard

·   Institutes giving foreign degrees illegal: AICTE

·   AP govt. for ban on homework

·   Assam to bear cost of Adivasi girl’s education

·   Government to open 2,50,000 vocational schools in next 5 years

·   Haryana to honour outstanding girls

·   No poll duty during teaching hours: SC

·   Punjab govt. wants pvt. firm to recruit 14,000 teachers   

·   Punjab reserves 10 percent seats for poor students

·   HC dismisses CFA plea to conduct courses in India

·   HRD report expresses concern over non-utilization of varsities' fund

·   India to set up education loan guarantee authority

·   Medical apex body to be set up on the lines of UGC

·   More aid for vocational education can help reduce U.S. dropout rate

·   Only 3,492 colleges graded by NAAC

·   Taking India to the next level of innovation

·   UGC admits circular was an error

·   UPTU to release official list of technical varsities

Analysis/Opinion/Innovative Practice

·   Bridging the gap for young workforce

·   Creating excitement in engineering

·   Education can transform youth into 'human capital'

·   Education should be a right

·   Exploding Demand: A Threat to the MBA?

·   Gandhi becomes talking point

·   India delivers on education, schooling, health

·   India is emerging as knowledge super power: DRDO Chief

·   Welcome to the India-made foreign degree

·   India's Working Age Population Growing in Size, Lacking in Education and Skills

·   Recruit poorest of the poor from SC/ST community'

·   Resurgent Rajasthan

·   Set Schools Free

·   Visually Impaired Students Study Math Using Innovative Software

Resources

·   OECD says India needs more reforms; economic growth to slow from H2

·   Is India serious about Millennium Development Goals?

·   India slips down the education ladder

·   Why Muslims are backward in India?

·   National Knowledge Commission: Notes before the meeting

·   Only 21% teachers in Bihar are Class X pass

·   Top 30 off shoring hotspots announced

·   Poor finances impede education plans

·   Research on reservation in India

·   Social mobility 'affecting education'

·   Tool kits to raise teaching standard

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                                                                                                                                                         Dr. Mithilesh Kr Singh

Director, ASERF                                                                                                                                                Editor, ASERF E-bulletin

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