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India's first information technology (IT) finishing school, the Mysore-based Raman International Institute of Information Technology (RIIIT), is negotiating with the Chandigarh administration for setting up an institute there. "We are discussing with the Chandigarh government whereby we would be able to use the premises of the government educational institutions," S V Venkatesh, founder and CEO, RIIIT, said.
Finishing schools are supplementary training schools targeting graduates from different fields in an attempt to make up for deficiencies in the education system and offer certificate courses in executive excellence, soft skills and groom them to expected industry standards. The one complaint in the Indian IT industry is the non-availability of readymade talent that fits into a job. While companies do conduct training programmes, the need for an IT finishing school has been felt as it cuts short precious time for the employers.
The institute has held two rounds of discussions with the Chandigarh administration and one more round is in the offing, Venkatesh said. According to him, RIIIT is planning to set up IT finishing schools in five major cities soon and is looking out for joint venture partners in other cities.
"We are not in favour of franchisee model as ensuring quality will be difficult. On the other hand, having an equity stake would enable us to enforce quality in all our schools," he added.
RIIIT functions out of a 30,000 square feet campus in Mysore that can have 1,000 students. The institute now plans to put up a new building on five acres allotted by the Karnataka government. (IANS)
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Nearly 180 educational institutions in Kerala are in the waiting list to have National Cadet Corps (NCC) unit on their campus, indicating the popularity it has gained in the state. Kerala expects to get another 15,000 additional seats for NCC cadets of the total 200,000 seats cleared for the entire country by the central government as the quota for the next five years
"In the country, Kerala ranks eighth with a total strength of 75,000 NCC cadets from 462 schools and 211 colleges. Of this 32 per cent comprise of girl cadets," said NCC deputy director general Brigadier O A James.
"The biggest impediment in the increase of seats is the lack of trainers who have to be deputed from the defence forces. The state government is fully prepared to support the growth of NCC in Kerala. 75 per cent of the financial support comes from the centre and the rest from states," added James.
In Kerala there are 32 NCC battalions of the Army, five of the Navy and one unit of the Air squadron. (IANS)
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Science should help make human lives better, former president A P J Abdul Kalam said in Madhya Pradesh state capital on Sunday, adding that moral science should also be part of the school curriculum. Addressing the concluding function of the Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan, Kalam said that science should be used to meet the challenges of life. These, he said, include doubling the agriculture production, expansion of communication facilities, rural development, generating more job opportunities and reducing the gap between the urban and rural India. Earlier, Kalam tipped school students on how to achieve success in life and merit in education and also exhorted teachers to impart them education with human values. "Subjects like moral science be taught in schools at least once in a week to inculcate values of love and compassion among students," Kalam emphasized while interacting with students and teachers at the Science Expo organised on the occasion.
Before the start of the question forum, Kalam continued with his precious advices to the children for half an hour and urged them to follow the advice Mahatma Gandhi's mother had given him when he was nine. She had, according to Kalam, told Gandhiji, "God will bless you if you serve human beings for all your life." The education system, he said, should be such that it instils in the minds of students the capacities of inquiry, creativity, technology, entrepreneurship and moral leadership and asked students to make their first contribution towards development of the nation by excelling in studies.
Kalam also told them that knowledge is the amalgam of creativity, righteousness and courage. "When you are equipped with knowledge, you can solve any problem with confidence." Talking about creativity, the former president said it means the urge to learn which leads to creation of thought that ultimately leads to knowledge. "When joined together, all these things make you great." The former president also talked about his vision to make India a developed country by 2020. "In the India of my imagination, there would be no chasm between village and city, adequate drinking water would be available, agriculture would be developed, values of life would not be defied and the government would be transparent and free of corruption."
Stressing that the top priority in the country should be given to agriculture, education, spread of information and technology and women's education, he said, "This India would be the most ideal place on the earth to live." (IANS)
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As many as 33 private engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have been ordered to be closed down for collecting high tuition fees from students, said the education minister K Ponmudi. It has written to the 'All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)' recommending it to de-affiliate 33 engineering colleges and to take action against them. "We have written to the AICTE to take action against these colleges for collecting fees more than the amount fixed by the government, Ponmudi said.
However, the government plans to set up 20 new engineering colleges. The government is also planning a Common University Act to "streamline the functioning of institutions," he added. The 20 new engineering colleges planned will be under the new Act. These colleges "will fulfil the long-felt need for an engineering college in each district of Tamil Nadu," Ponmudi said.(IANS)
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The Delhi High Court, has asked all unaided minority schools in the capital to implement the Ganguly committee's recommendations. A bench comprising Chief Justice M K Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Khanna stayed the previous order, which gave unaided minority schools the liberty to not follow the recommendations of the Ganguly committee. Justice B D Ahmed, had on Feb 8 ruled that the unaided minority schools did not come under the purview of the Ganguly committee. The committee was appointed by the Delhi High Court and is headed by the 'Central Board of Secondary Education' (CBSE) chairman Ashok Ganguly.
In its reports submitted to the court, the committee had suggested various measures to change the method of admissions to nursery classes. Admission parameters proposed by the Ganguly committee included the neighbourhood policy, the sibling factor, educational qualification of parents, and alumni status. But after a hue and cry by schools and parents, the committee reduced points for siblings, educational qualification of parents and alumni status and increased points on neighbourhood policy.
The revised formula, which was submitted by the committee to the court in July, also gave preference to the poor sections of the society, which not many schools are following. The next date for the hearing is Dec 3.(IANS)
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In the latest example of British universities collaborating with Indian institutions, the University of Ulster and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, have begun working on developing intelligent robotic devices to help severely disabled people become independent. Experts from both institutions have teamed up to build the world's first robotic arm, which responds to brainwaves and can be mounted on the wheelchair. The three-year, 154,000 pounds ($300,000) project is jointly funded by India and Britain under the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).
Elsewhere, the Newcastle University Business School has announced an alliance with the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) to further strengthen its international ties and allow student and staff exchange, research and the development of new courses. While the quality of Indian research in some fields such as IT, mathematics and management is universally respected, Indian students are valued by British universities for their familiarity with the English language, higher academic performance and ability to pay high fees applicable for international students.
Explaining the University of Ulster-IIT research project, Girijesh Prasad, project leader and senior lecturer at Ulster's School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, said: "Thousands of people suffering from neuro-muscular disabilities such as motor neuron disease (MND) and spinal cord injury (SCI), may be completely paralysed.
The project is expected to speed improvements in the lives of people with movement disability due to old age, disease or injury. The main project objectives are to investigate a brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows a disabled person to control a smart wheelchair and robotic manipulator combination by thinking, a visual tracking system for operating the wheelchair as an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to provide mobility, and the development of a robotic arm for the natural execution of actions desired by the disabled user.
This project involves the recruitment of three new postgraduate research students to assist in the joint programme of research. It also includes intensive research exchanges between the two institutions by Ulster and IIT Kanpur researchers and senior research students.
Martin McGinnity, director of the Intelligent Systems Research Centre, said: "We are delighted to have been successful in gaining this award. There is intense competition for UKIERI research funds and our success is thus all the more pleasing.
Announcing the Newcastle University-IIFT collaboration, Newcastle chancellor Lord Chris Patten said: "We want to see more Indians in Newcastle and more of our researchers in India. As a world-class university with a highly regarded business school, we feel it is very important to attract world-class minds. (IANS)
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