By 2015,Karnataka aims to achieve 100% literacy. Under Sakshar Bharath Mission, Karnataka should increase the literacy level to 85% by 2012, and to 100% by 2015.The scheme also aims at making girl children persue higher education.
As per the 2001 census data, Karnataka’s literacy level is 66.6% with male literacy at 76.1% and female literacy at 59.1%. To speed up the work, officials have to focus on districts which have below average literacy rates.
The government is planning a legislation that will make corporal punishment to a child an offence not just for educational institutions and care givers, but also for parents, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Just like in the US, children in India will be able to take parents or relatives to court for cruelty.
The proposed punishment for the first offence is one year imprisonment or a fine of Rs.5000 that can be raised to three years imprisonment for a second offence with a fine of Rs.25000.
At present, guidelines issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) are the only deterrent against corporal punishment.
The proposed prevention of offences against child bill 2009 is in the final stages of approval and is likely to come up in cabinet soon.
Born on September 9, 1987, Dr. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi completed his high school at the age of nine and earned his Bachelor in Science at the age of ten and M. Sc. at the age of twelve. In August 2009, he got his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science at the age of 21. He submitted a 33-page long Ph.D thesis on “Generalizations of the Quantum Search Algorithm”. At the age of seventeen, he also co-authored a research manuscript with Lov Grover, inventor of a quantum search algorithm that goes by his name.
He received wide public attention in 2001, when he was shortlisted by the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) to participate in a Nobel laureates conference in Germany. Later, the DST officials claimed that it was a mistake to shortlist him, and that he was a “fake prodigy”. Following the controversy, Tulsi suffered from depression, which according to him, cost him a Ph.D. seat at IIT. He decided to “fight back” by earning a Ph.D. and gaining recognition as a scientist.
He entered the Guinness Book of Record after getting Ph.D from Indian Institute of technology at the age of 21 in 2009.
Tulsi is listed as one of the most gifted Asian youngsters by TIME magazine, mentioned as “Superteen” by SCIENCE, “Physics Prodigy” by The TIMES, “Master Mind” by The WEEK and listed by OUTLOOK as one of the smartest Indian youngsters. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project of Fabrica, Benetton’s research centre in 2007. He was invited by Luciano Benetton for a dinner in honor of Al Gore on Jun. 14, 2007 in Milano, Italy. Tathagat’s story was showcased by National Geographic Channel in the program My Brilliant Brain. The episode named “India’s Geniuses” was aired on 13 Dec. 07 and was hosted by Bollywood actress Konkona Sen Sharma.
He was also offered a teaching position at the Waterloo University in Canada with an attractive pay package but he did not accept the offer.
Tulsi claims to have had deep spiritual experiences “beyond what is normal”, and says that he has ‘special’ abilities.
The UK government allows foreign students to work part-time. The students union in the universities can help you. National Union of Students (NUS), is a voluntary organization spread across the UK to cater to the needs of students.
The work is just part time and it is not a white collar job. Students will get the work at restaurants, pubs, super-markets, gas station and so on.
Though there is no fixed wage , prescribed by the government. Currently it is 5.65 pounds per hour. Your wages will be deposited directly to your account. This is just some pocket money. This won’t support your maintenance or tuition fees.
There are different work timings for graduate and postgraduate students. Graduate students can work up to 20 hours a week and undergraduates can work up to 10 hours a week. And you cannot work beyond the prescribed time. If you work beyond the prescribed time, your student visa will be cancelled.
Some universities do allow the students to work at their computer centers , libraries or hostels. There are even jobs in various departments like assisting in projects or doing some paper work. However nothing is guaranteed.
It is not mandatory to work while you are studying. Your primary focus is to study. after studies, you will get time to earn money. Once money starts coming, students make the mistake of neglecting their studies. If you think you can work part time and raise tuition fees, you are wrong! This won’t work out. Remember, low grades is definitely a black mark on your certificate.
In the next four years, the primary & secondary schools in Karnataka will get revised text books, where the attempts will be made to cover other aspects apart from academics.
Text books will be revised based on the National curriculum Frame work (NCF) 2005, from the present academic year & will be done in phased manner. For classes 1,3&5, text books will be revised in 2010-12.For classes 2,4,6&8 text books will be revised in 2013-14.
The aim of revising syllabus is to develop common ability of children. The training will be given to teachers afterwards. There is an option that retired & senior teachers & parents along with students should be invited for the discussion. These are the ones who interact with children most of the time. Even mothers should be able to highlight more issues.
A senior teacher is of the opinion that text books are not in touch with social realities of the country. They don’t touch Indian’s poor population. There is no emphasis on Indian values, no mention of terrorism or farmer suicides.
We have to make the students more conscious of problems facing the country today and in future. There is a lot of disconnect between reality & text books .
So the revised syllabus should in such a way that it should boost the self confidence of the students with holistic approach.
Right to education is the fundamental right of all citizens in India. India has taken a big step forward bimplementin Right to education as fundamental right of all citizens. It will give a much needed push to Universalisation of elementary education and Compulsory primary education which becomes foundation for further expansion of secondary and higher stages of education in the future.
Features of RTE Act -2009.
1. It gives every child the right to a quality elementary education.
2. All children aged 6-14 shall have the right to free and compulsory primary education at a neighborhood school.
3. No direct or indirect fees (uniforms,text books,mid-day meals,transportation,etc)need be borne by the child or parents to obtain primary education.
4. The government will provide schooling free of cost until a child’s primary education is completed.
5. All schools must comply with certain infrastructure & teacher norms. Two trained teachers will be provided for every 60 students at the primary level.
6. School committee or local authority will identify children above six & admit them in appropriate classes.
7. School shall constitute school management committees comprising local officials, parents, guardians & teachers.
RTE mandates inclusion of 50% of women & parents of children from disadvantage groups in SMC’S .
The SMCs will monitor the utilization of government grants & the school environment.
8. Finance commission has provided Rs.25,000 crores to state to implement the law. In next 5 years Rs. 1.71lakh crores will be required to implement the act.
9. The new act mandates that even private educational institutes have to reserve 25% seats for children from weaker sections.
10. RTE law will benefit close to one crore children not attending school. Almost 92 lakh children are out of school.
11. The state governments will undertake household serveys and neighborhood school mapping to ensure that all children are sent to school .
12. state governments and local bodies will have to establish primary schools within 1 km of the neighborhood. For children of class 6th to 8th the school should be within 3 km of the neighborhood. In the absence of a school in a small hamlets , the state government shall make adequate arrangement like free transport and residential facilities .
13. With the regard to the number of teachers concerned , currently more than 5.23 lakh teacher posts are vacant. To bring the teacher-pupil ratio to 30:1 as prescribed by the RTE act .5.1 lakh additional teachers are required .
Addressing the nation, the prime minister Manmohan Singh gave his own example to convey how education can ensure that no child stops dreaming .
PM said ,”I was born to a family of modest means . In my childhood I had to walk a long distance to go to school .I read under the dim light of a kerosene lamp. I am what I am today because of education.”
A look at colleges offering women studies.
Indian Association for women’s studies was established in 1982, following a national conference on women studies in 1981.
TISS, MUMBAI
The postgraduate degree programme looks into areas ranging from feminist theories to women’s development.
Student would focus on researches and field work.
MYSORE UNIVERSITY
The university’s centre for women’s studies was established in 1989. Postgraduate degree and diploma programmes are being offeres are being offered
JAWAHARALAL NEHARU UNIVERSITY, DELHI.
The women’s studies programme of the JNU was launched in 2000. At present it offers optional postgraduate and MPhil programmes
CENTRE FOR WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, NEW DELHI.
Supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, this autonomous institution has MPhil/PhD programme
PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY, PONDY
The university established the centre for women’s studies in 1999. The centre , at present , offers MPhil and PhD programme
MOTHER TERESA WOMENS’SUNIV, KODAIKANAL.
Established in 2000, the centre for women’s studies offers PG, MPhil and PhD programmes
www.motherteresawomenuniv.ac.in
UNIVERSITY OF HYDRABAD, AP.
The centre for women’s studies , which has been operational since 1984, offers a MPhil programmein gender studies .
PUNE UNIVERSITY, MAHARASTRA.
The Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule women’s studies centre, established in 1987, offers UG and PG certificate and diploma courses
PUNE UNIVERSITY, MAHARASTRA.
The Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule women’s studies centre, established in 1987, offers UG and PG certificate and diploma courses
Autism is a developmental disorder which affects the Brain’s normal development of social and communication skills. Early diagnosis of it helps in coping with the associated problems of it.
At each stage of development parents should identify the developmental disorders like pointing to things by 14 months, avoiding eye contact, not smiling, delayed or unusual speech patterns.
Earlier one out of thousand children was getting this problem. Now it hasbeen
They are different from mentally retarded children. A separate training programme for teachers &the economic support for the organizations who run the Autistic centres are required.
Bangalore University will introduce 50% multiple choice question for semester exams along with essay type questions.
Nearly 2.25 lakes students attached to Bangalore University need not to sprain their hands by writing lengthy essays. Instead they will answer nearly 50% of question in multiple choice modes from the coming academic year.
This was recently discussed in the meeting of principals of colleges affiliated to the university & received a positive response. They were of the opinion that multiple choice formats will ease the pressure on students. Even for the essay type questions, students should limit their answers to 150 to 200 words.
The university will provide optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets for answering multiple choice questions. This will speed up the evaluation process & students will get the results without much delay.
As per the Supreme Court order given a year ago, universities can introduce multiple choice formats for the entire question in exam. Only 50% of the question can have multiple choice formats. The SC has observed that writing if they are made to answer multiple choice question for all the questions. Bangalore University is abiding this order & introduce multiple choice format for 50% of the total marks.
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal is strongly determined to implement a common maths and science syllabus for classes 11and 12 to improve the educationstandards , nationwide.
From the coming academic session, all school boards across India are likely to have a common science and mathematics, which will help students compete equally in the national level entrance tests.
Efforts were on to have a single national level entrancetest for students seeking admission in engineering, medical and commerce courses from 2013.This will smoothen the process in engineering, medical, economics and commerce courses.
The Karnataka Government agrees ‘in principle’ with union HRD minister,to have common syllabus for11 and 12 classes.
Former Vishveshwaraya Technological university (VTU) vice-chancellor k. Balaveer reddy called this proposal as “an amazing move “. He said “ If thermodynamic taught , it remains same where ever it is taught. So science & maths should have common syallabus”.
Bihar school education board chairman A K P Yadav said “this will bring all students from the country on single platform – to study a similar course and complete in examination like IIT’s & medical entrance.”
Sibal has been in touch with state board for the last five months to device a common course in schools.
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New pattern schools from Karnataka Government!! State curriculum & central pattern of education .
Beautiful school building , best play ground , highly qualified teachers , best library, well equipped laboratory, demonstration classes , musical and dance drama classes- If all these available in one school only??
Now, all these facilities are available only in such schools where we have to pay huge donations.
Never mind Karnataka state education department is bringing out a new system of education in 74 schools of the state from June 2010 under “SARVA SHIKSHANA ABHIYANA” a centrally sponsored scheme efforts were made to bring quality improvement in education from 1st to 8th standard level .
Now under “RASHTRIYA MADYAMIKA SHIKSHANA ABHIYANA”- quality improvement in education has been executed to 9th to 12th standard level
Under these scheme in 60 district of the state 74 CBSE pattern schools are going to open by the government .
The specialities of the model school :-
These schools are having the aim of fulfilling the wish of those parents who wants to admit their children to the good school with minimum expenditure.
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