| New IITs hit
by poor infrastructure: Sibal
Economic Times, January 18, 2011
The eight new IITs that were permitted
to set up in 2008 do not have the necessary infrastructure
and are not up to the mark making it difficult for the
country’s prestigious institutions to retain faculty,
said Kapil Sibal , Minister for HRD, Science and Technology
and Telecom here today.
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| Free education
for EWS children upto class XII in Delhi
The Economic Times, January
20, 2011
Delhi Government has decided to provide
free education up to class XII to children belonging
to economically weaker section in the city though the
Right to education Act makes it obligatory to offer
free education only upto class VIII.
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Kapil Sibal
Moots Institutional Framework between NCERT and SCERTs
Indian Express, January 10,
2011
Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for
Human Resource Development, has mooted that an institution
framework be set up constituting of the National Council
of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and State
Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs).
This framework, could include the CBSE, COBSE and NCTE
as invitees, and would be a mechanism for coordination,
for continuous flow of information and for dialogue,
the focus being on improving quality of education throughout
the country, the Minister added. He also underlined
that the effort of the educational administrators and
curriculum developers should be to maximize standards
rather than settling for minimum standards. He was speaking
at a meeting of Central and State Regulatory Institutions
for School Education, here today.
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Sweden’s
school voucher system is a model for America
The Daily Caller, January 23,
2011
n 1993, Sweden introduced a system
of school choice and vouchers, inspired by the ideas
of American economists Milton and Rose Friedman. Even
though the system was just as controversial then as
any U.S. voucher proposal, the right to chose your school
and bring the funding with you is today considered a
natural right for families and is widely accepted by
all political parties.
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| GoM on suggesting
ways to strengthen vocational education
Zee News, January 20, 2011
A group of state education Ministers
will be constituted to suggest ways for strengthening
vocational education at all levels and develop a broad
consensus on the contours of the proposed National Vocational
Education Qualifications Framework (NVEQF). The decision
was taken at a meeting here to discuss policy reforms
on vocational education and put in place a framework
for the purpose.
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Parents eye
school brands
Times of India, January 24,
2011
Concern over age criteria for admission
in certain UT schools had created a storm last week
when parents of young children got worked up. It also
showed that there was a tremendous brand consciousness
among the parents for certain schools in the city.
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| A proper regulatory
mechanism is needed for international schools in Bangalore
DNA, January 24, 2011
Sandwiched between the tall dazzle
of Wipro’s steel-and-glass offices on Sarjapur
Road in Bangalore, and its chairman Azim Hasham Premji’s
tucked-away-from-prying-eyes expansive private residence,
stands a modest two-storeyed building. Against the backdrop
of thick woods, surrounded by falling leaves, the diminutive
building paints a rather dreamy picture. The style is
exposed brick, tile and green-blue glass. A small sign
at the gate announces the Azim Premji Foundation. This
is the operational headquarters of Azim Premji University,
India’s very first education university—a
grand, not-for-profit institution whose ambition is
to revolutionise India’s education system.
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| TeamLease
to set up vocational education university in Gujarat
Mint, January 18, 2011
Staffing company TeamLease Services
Pvt. Ltd announced on Monday it is setting up a vocational
education university in Gujarat to help plug an increasing
skill gap in India’s labour force.This comes after
the Union government recently announced its intention
to set up a national vocational education framework
to cater to millions of students who cannot, or do not,
take up higher education.
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Research Paper
Does Performance Related Pay for Teachers Improve Student
Achievement? Some Evidence from India
ABSTRACT: In this paper data from a
school survey in India is used to ask if there is evidence
for the payment of performance related pay and whether
such pay structures do impact on student achievement.
It is shown that – after controlling for student
ability, parental background and the resources available
– private schools get significantly better academic
results by relating pay to achievement; government schools
do not. We discuss possible interpretations of this
result.
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Book
of the Month
Depending on what statistics you use, US schools lose
up to 30% of new teachers in the first three years,
up to 50% in the first five. Some clearly should not
have been teachers in the first place. But others
bring the passion, knowledge and, at least potentially,
the skill we need for all of our students.
Some of those we lose early in their career are already
great teachers, others are potentially so. The reasons
that cost us these teachers also cost us those later
in their careers, who all recognize are great.This
book can help us begin to address the problem.
For more details click here
Student First! Magazine
The second issue of Student First!
Magazine is out. The theme for this issue is Public
Private Partnerships in Education.
Read it here
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Skill Vouchers -
Global Experiences and Lessons for India
Leah Verghese and Parth J Shah
A study of the role that skill vouchers can play in
catalysing demand for quality skill development services.
This study examines global experiences with skill vouchers
and draws lessons for India from these experiences.
For more click here
Reservation in Private Schools
under the Right to Education Act: Model for Implementation
Shekhar Mittal and Parth J Shah
Through this document the Centre for
Civil Society seeks to highlight the lacunae in the
current framework for 25% reservation for weaker and
disadvantaged groups in unaided private schools and
seeks to provide inputs on effective implementation
of the same.
For more click here
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RTE Coalition
To initiate and continue the discussion
amongst concerned groups and individuals on the issue
of right of education and monitor the implementation
of the RTE Act, an RTE Coalition has been formed. Join
the coalition to make universal elementary education
a reality in India. Log on to www.righttoeducation.in
for more information.
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101 Things You Wanted To Know About The Police
But Were Too Afraid To Ask
A Children's Book for Adults to Learn from is an easy
guide to knowing your police. Commonwealth Human Rights
Initiative (CHRI) believes that only when we know that
we can speak up with confidence, and it is only when
we speak out against wrong, that things will change.
The book is brought out in this hope - that people knowing
all about their police and their own rights - will use
this knowledge to demand the better police service that
we all deserve. This has been published in various languages
like Hindi, English, Kannada, Telegu, Gujarati and Marathi
in India. To know more about these books or for a copy
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SCHOOL VOUCHERS FOR GIRLS
400 girl children from poor families
of North East Delhi receive school vouchers for a
period of 4 years.
For details visit website
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Support Children's Right to Education of
Choice!
DONATE
For more details on how to support, log on to www.schoolchoice.in
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