Varsities facing de-recognition get a reprieve
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed the 44 deemed universities whose recognition is at stake to accept fresh students, despite strong objections from the human resource development (HRD) ministry.
The apex court dismissed on Thursday a plea by the HRD ministry that the universities, indicted by the Tandon Committee last year, be restrained from admitting new students.
A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Gyan Sudha Mishra pointed out that the very basis of the Tandon panel had been questioned, thus it wouldn’t be appropriate to pass any prohibition order against the universities, which the Centre sought to de-recognise.
The court will hear the matter on August 3. It asked the parties concerned to fileaffidavits and responses by then.
SC also rejected solicitor general Gopal Subramanium’s argument that at least a condition be imposed on the disputed universities that they would abide by the court’s judgment and fresh admissions would be subject to that decision.
The apex court had on April 13 decided to examine the core issue of whether the government had the power to drop the “deemed” status of the 44 universities.
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal had in October last year issued notices to the universities after a review committee headed by professor PN Tondon recommended dropping of their “deemed” status on the ground that they had failed to meet the standard required for sustaining the status.
The panel said the universities were being run as family fiefdoms, rather than as institutions of academic excellence, which they claimed to be.
Sibal had also announced formulating a national commission for higher education and research bill to scrap the concept of deemed universities.
There was a hue and cry as the future of about 1.5 lakh students had been put at stake.
The task force then recommended that the failed institutions, which were earlier colleges or state affiliated universities, should be reverted to their original positions and all the students enrolled there must be allowed to complete their studies there.
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Toppers over the moon in Bangalore, aim higher
Toppers over the moon in Bangalore, aim higher
Bangalore: For toppers of the SSLC 2010 examinations, the results announced on Thursday are the first step towards pursuing their dream jobs.
Apoorva J, from AV Education Society, JP Nagar, Bangalore, was not surprised at all when she heard of her top-class performance in the exams.
“I really expected those marks, but I didn’t know I would be the topper. In the school preparatory exams, I consistently got 616, 617 and 619. I am very happy,” beams a visibly confident Apoorva, who scored a high 619 out of 625 marks, one of only three this year who have scored the near-perfect marks.
Apoorva had received an award during her school graduation day for securing the highest marks in all subjects in the school-level exam. She aspires to be an IAS officer. But before that she wants to get into engineering graduation.
“I have decided to take up science (PCME subjects). I plan to do my graduation in engineering and want to be an administrator by clearing the IAS examinations,” she told DNA.
Her formula for a good score? “There’s no point in studying 8-10 hours a day. I used to study for 3-4 hours a day. I prefer to study at night,” Apoorva said. Vijaya Composite or Junior College is her first choice of college, she said.
Aishwarya Rajiv from Sadvidya School, Mysore, who also scored 619 marks, unlike Apoorva, is pleasantly surprised with her achievement.
“I am really surprised that I am one of the toppers. I want to thank my parents and teachers who supported me. My school conducted more preparatory exams which helped me to score well,” said Aishwarya. She wants to be a doctor and has decided to take up science (PCMB) in PUC.
DNA also spoke to a few students who passed with distinction. Abhishree S who scored a total of 600 out of 625 is from AV Education Society, JP Nagar, Bangalore. “I had not expected this result and I am really happy with it,” she said. Abhishree wants to be an engineer.
She is also glad that her school mate, Apoorva, is among the three toppers in the examination. Another top scorer is Pavani Acharya, with 607 marks in her kitty. From Carmel Convent High School, Jayanagar, Pavani wants to join Christ College and take up commerce. “In my family, we have many engineers. I want to do MBA,” said Pavani.
Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_toppers-over-the-moon-in-bangalore-aim-higher_1379649
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Bangalore: For toppers of the SSLC 2010 examinations, the results announced on Thursday are the first step towards pursuing their dream jobs.
Apoorva J, from AV Education Society, JP Nagar, Bangalore, was not surprised at all when she heard of her top-class performance in the exams.
“I really expected those marks, but I didn’t know I would be the topper. In the school preparatory exams, I consistently got 616, 617 and 619. I am very happy,” beams a visibly confident Apoorva, who scored a high 619 out of 625 marks, one of only three this year who have scored the near-perfect marks.
Apoorva had received an award during her school graduation day for securing the highest marks in all subjects in the school-level exam. She aspires to be an IAS officer. But before that she wants to get into engineering graduation.
“I have decided to take up science (PCME subjects). I plan to do my graduation in engineering and want to be an administrator by clearing the IAS examinations,” she told DNA.
Her formula for a good score? “There’s no point in studying 8-10 hours a day. I used to study for 3-4 hours a day. I prefer to study at night,” Apoorva said. Vijaya Composite or Junior College is her first choice of college, she said.
Aishwarya Rajiv from Sadvidya School, Mysore, who also scored 619 marks, unlike Apoorva, is pleasantly surprised with her achievement.
“I am really surprised that I am one of the toppers. I want to thank my parents and teachers who supported me. My school conducted more preparatory exams which helped me to score well,” said Aishwarya. She wants to be a doctor and has decided to take up science (PCMB) in PUC.
DNA also spoke to a few students who passed with distinction. Abhishree S who scored a total of 600 out of 625 is from AV Education Society, JP Nagar, Bangalore. “I had not expected this result and I am really happy with it,” she said. Abhishree wants to be an engineer.
She is also glad that her school mate, Apoorva, is among the three toppers in the examination. Another top scorer is Pavani Acharya, with 607 marks in her kitty. From Carmel Convent High School, Jayanagar, Pavani wants to join Christ College and take up commerce. “In my family, we have many engineers. I want to do MBA,” said Pavani.
Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_toppers-over-the-moon-in-bangalore-aim-higher_1379649
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There is a lot to be learnt from Indian cos: Nitin Nohria
There is a lot to be learnt from Indian cos: Nitin Nohria
MUMBAI: Harvard Business School (HBS) may not build a campus in India, but it is committed to expanding its presence and reach through its research centre, which is creating intellectual capital that can be widely used in other parts of the world, said Nitin Nohria. The newly-appointed dean of HBS said management education is best derived from actual practises of managers and there is a lot to be learnt from Indian companies.
“We have written over 50 case studies on Indian companies for use in the classrooms at Harvard,” said Mr Nohria, in a telephonic interview. “They offer learnings on how companies build large-scale distribution systems, how they set up systems for recruiting that touch a vast number of people, and how they fill institutional voids.”
Asked what his policy agenda would be, the new dean said that it would emerge from discussions with colleagues and students in the coming weeks. “But I do know my priority is to make this a period of innovation at Harvard. We want to be a beacon for education and create business leaders for the next century.” HBS is already experimenting with different kinds of pedagogy, including immersion programmes that send students out to different countries and different industries. But there’s no plan to move away from its trade-mark case study pedagogy. “The innovations we’re introducing will complement the case study method and we hope they will be as sticky as the case study method.”
His new responsibilities notwithstanding, Mr Nohria hopes he will be able to continue teaching. “I’d be very sad if I were disconnected from the classroom. My first love has always been teaching, and I intend to do everything I can to stay connected with students and the classroom.”
Last year, he introduced a mandatory course for first-year course students called ‘Leadership & Corporate Responsibility.’ It’s a theme he’s passionate about and he’s even propounded the idea of a kind of Hippocratic Oath for business. “I believe business has a vital role to play in society and it needs to be conducted with honour,” he said. “In the past few years, society has lost faith in business because it has let short-term profit overshadow long- term interests. We’ve been trying to get our students to understand this. They have to see their careers as a marathon, not a sprint. This means contributing to the world, not just your own life.”
IIT-Bombay gave him a fabulous education, he said, providing life-lessons that have served him well in his career. “The IIT taught me to survive anything. Being in the USA was challenging in the initial years and my IIT experience really helped. We should be proud of the IITs and what they do for their students.”
Mr Nohria considers the Indian-American immigrant experience to be similar to that of immigrant communities that came to the USA before, a subject that he has explored in his book Paths To Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. “I’m proud to be an American citizen,” he said. “We all started off in a few narrow fields like medicine, engineering and teaching, but Indian-Americans now see opportunities in all walks of life, from Hollywood to literature to politics. My father taught me to follow my passion and that’s the advice I give my students.”
That’s actually a standard piece of advice. But Mr Nohria’s most important life-lesson, the one he passes on to his students in the very last classroom session on every course he takes, is something else. He talks to them about generosity: “Life gives it all back to you in more ways than you can imagine.”
Source Link: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/education/There-is-a-lot-to-be-learnt-from-Indian-cos-Nitin-Nohria/articleshow/5900359.cms
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MUMBAI: Harvard Business School (HBS) may not build a campus in India, but it is committed to expanding its presence and reach through its research centre, which is creating intellectual capital that can be widely used in other parts of the world, said Nitin Nohria. The newly-appointed dean of HBS said management education is best derived from actual practises of managers and there is a lot to be learnt from Indian companies.
“We have written over 50 case studies on Indian companies for use in the classrooms at Harvard,” said Mr Nohria, in a telephonic interview. “They offer learnings on how companies build large-scale distribution systems, how they set up systems for recruiting that touch a vast number of people, and how they fill institutional voids.”
Asked what his policy agenda would be, the new dean said that it would emerge from discussions with colleagues and students in the coming weeks. “But I do know my priority is to make this a period of innovation at Harvard. We want to be a beacon for education and create business leaders for the next century.” HBS is already experimenting with different kinds of pedagogy, including immersion programmes that send students out to different countries and different industries. But there’s no plan to move away from its trade-mark case study pedagogy. “The innovations we’re introducing will complement the case study method and we hope they will be as sticky as the case study method.”
His new responsibilities notwithstanding, Mr Nohria hopes he will be able to continue teaching. “I’d be very sad if I were disconnected from the classroom. My first love has always been teaching, and I intend to do everything I can to stay connected with students and the classroom.”
Last year, he introduced a mandatory course for first-year course students called ‘Leadership & Corporate Responsibility.’ It’s a theme he’s passionate about and he’s even propounded the idea of a kind of Hippocratic Oath for business. “I believe business has a vital role to play in society and it needs to be conducted with honour,” he said. “In the past few years, society has lost faith in business because it has let short-term profit overshadow long- term interests. We’ve been trying to get our students to understand this. They have to see their careers as a marathon, not a sprint. This means contributing to the world, not just your own life.”
IIT-Bombay gave him a fabulous education, he said, providing life-lessons that have served him well in his career. “The IIT taught me to survive anything. Being in the USA was challenging in the initial years and my IIT experience really helped. We should be proud of the IITs and what they do for their students.”
Mr Nohria considers the Indian-American immigrant experience to be similar to that of immigrant communities that came to the USA before, a subject that he has explored in his book Paths To Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. “I’m proud to be an American citizen,” he said. “We all started off in a few narrow fields like medicine, engineering and teaching, but Indian-Americans now see opportunities in all walks of life, from Hollywood to literature to politics. My father taught me to follow my passion and that’s the advice I give my students.”
That’s actually a standard piece of advice. But Mr Nohria’s most important life-lesson, the one he passes on to his students in the very last classroom session on every course he takes, is something else. He talks to them about generosity: “Life gives it all back to you in more ways than you can imagine.”
Source Link: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/education/There-is-a-lot-to-be-learnt-from-Indian-cos-Nitin-Nohria/articleshow/5900359.cms
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Girls continued to outshine boys in SSLC-2010
Girls continued to outshine boys in SSLC-2010
The score card reads 619 out of 625—that’s the top score in this year’s SSLC exam, Karnataka. Three students, two from Bangalore South and one from Mysore, have cracked this score. An overall pass percentage of many students has been 63.56% in this exam.
The new model introduced by the Karnataka Secondary Examinations Evaluation Board (KSEEB) gives more weightage to descriptive answers than to multiple choice questions. The results have been satisfactory this year.Of the total of 8,20,778 candidates who had appeared for the SSLC examinations held last month, 5,21,658 candidates passed.
There’s been a rise and dip in the pass percentage in the previous years. In 2008, it fell to 66.37% and in 2009, it crossed the 70% mark with 70.22%. The students taking the exam this year were under pressure owing to the new exam pattern. Till 2009, students could score 60% marks in multiple choice questions, an easy scoring option versus the new pattern, which reserved 75% marks for descriptive answers. As compared to last year’s overall pass percentage of 75.77, this year only 68.77 per cent of the 8, 20,778 students who had appeared for the exams passed. The success rate is the lowest in the last four years.However, girls continued to outshine boys this year, too, with their pass percentage standing at 70.97 per cent as compared to 66.67 per cent among boys.
SSLC examinations were held at 2,895 centres across the state. The Evaluation started on 15 April 2010 with 39,000 evaluators.
Source Link: http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/Girls-continued-to-outshine-boys-in-SSLC-2010---/data-0001-fdbffe73286a0bf701286bf69c5b0da6
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The score card reads 619 out of 625—that’s the top score in this year’s SSLC exam, Karnataka. Three students, two from Bangalore South and one from Mysore, have cracked this score. An overall pass percentage of many students has been 63.56% in this exam.
The new model introduced by the Karnataka Secondary Examinations Evaluation Board (KSEEB) gives more weightage to descriptive answers than to multiple choice questions. The results have been satisfactory this year.Of the total of 8,20,778 candidates who had appeared for the SSLC examinations held last month, 5,21,658 candidates passed.
There’s been a rise and dip in the pass percentage in the previous years. In 2008, it fell to 66.37% and in 2009, it crossed the 70% mark with 70.22%. The students taking the exam this year were under pressure owing to the new exam pattern. Till 2009, students could score 60% marks in multiple choice questions, an easy scoring option versus the new pattern, which reserved 75% marks for descriptive answers. As compared to last year’s overall pass percentage of 75.77, this year only 68.77 per cent of the 8, 20,778 students who had appeared for the exams passed. The success rate is the lowest in the last four years.However, girls continued to outshine boys this year, too, with their pass percentage standing at 70.97 per cent as compared to 66.67 per cent among boys.
SSLC examinations were held at 2,895 centres across the state. The Evaluation started on 15 April 2010 with 39,000 evaluators.
Source Link: http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/Girls-continued-to-outshine-boys-in-SSLC-2010---/data-0001-fdbffe73286a0bf701286bf69c5b0da6
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'Choose the subjects that you like most'
'Choose the subjects that you like most'
Bangalore: Dr BS Jayashree, principal, Vijay PU College, has some words of advice for students who are wondering what courses to choose after the SSLC. “The SSLC 2010 results are out. This is the stage when students are expected to make a choice of subjects for further study. The best way to make that decision is to examine your own interest and aptitude, and to choose the subjects you enjoy most.”
It has been a pattern across the country over several years: students who score the highest marks often opt to study science, which is considered necessary study for entry into the most prestigious professions. “However, so much of the higher education in science depends on a sound understanding of basic concepts. Even if the score in the SSLC is high, many students find themselves in a tight spot at higher levels, as the syllabi in the science subjects even in the pre-university level is so different,” says Dr Jayashree.
“A science student needs to be disciplined and methodical,” says Dr Jayashree, adding that although science was for long considered the most prestigious course, Commerce subjects too offer challenges. Medicine and engineering are no longer the only professional fields that make for a secure income; those with a variety of educational backgrounds now have a range of options, she says.
Repeating that oft-cited reason for studying the Arts subjects, Dr Jayashree says, “Those who would not like to face a great deal of pressure in studies can opt for the Arts. Subjects like Sociology and Psychology open up whole new areas for students.”
Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_choose-the-subjects-that-you-like-most_1379647
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Bangalore: Dr BS Jayashree, principal, Vijay PU College, has some words of advice for students who are wondering what courses to choose after the SSLC. “The SSLC 2010 results are out. This is the stage when students are expected to make a choice of subjects for further study. The best way to make that decision is to examine your own interest and aptitude, and to choose the subjects you enjoy most.”
It has been a pattern across the country over several years: students who score the highest marks often opt to study science, which is considered necessary study for entry into the most prestigious professions. “However, so much of the higher education in science depends on a sound understanding of basic concepts. Even if the score in the SSLC is high, many students find themselves in a tight spot at higher levels, as the syllabi in the science subjects even in the pre-university level is so different,” says Dr Jayashree.
“A science student needs to be disciplined and methodical,” says Dr Jayashree, adding that although science was for long considered the most prestigious course, Commerce subjects too offer challenges. Medicine and engineering are no longer the only professional fields that make for a secure income; those with a variety of educational backgrounds now have a range of options, she says.
Repeating that oft-cited reason for studying the Arts subjects, Dr Jayashree says, “Those who would not like to face a great deal of pressure in studies can opt for the Arts. Subjects like Sociology and Psychology open up whole new areas for students.”
Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_choose-the-subjects-that-you-like-most_1379647
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