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'Govt
must give scholarship vouchers to students’
Times of India, February 9, 2011
The government can make its investments in education
more effective by providing students with scholarship
vouchers instead of aiding schools, said management
guru and author Gurucharan Das during a lecture at the
United World Colleges meet .
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Google’s
‘primary’ goal
Times of India, February 7, 2011
The education space in India has been
growing in the recent years and several corporates have
been eager to be a part of this change. Google is the
latest entrant in this field. “We are a 11-year-old
company. We did not have any money seven years ago.
But, considering the fact that every child in the world
needs to be educated, the higher the number of companies
that come forward to support the cause, the better it
is. The objective is to make sure that every child in
the world is educated so that he/she can do something
worthwhile,” says Nikesh Arora, senior vice-president
and chief business officer, Google.
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Muslim student
enrolment goes up in State
Deccan Herald, February 6, 2011
When it comes to participation of Muslims
in school education, Karnataka has earned a distinction
in the country with the state recording a significant
rise in their enrolment right from elementary to upper
primary level during 2009-10.
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Now, eligibility
test must for schoolteachers
The Tribune, February 12, 2011
In a significant development to make
school teaching standards uniform and better across
India, the government yesterday notified the guidelines
for the state governments to conduct the TET, modelled
along the lines of the National Eligibility Test for
college and university teachers.
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Kapil Sibal
stresses on vocational education in CBSE
DNA, February 9, 2011
Union human resource development (HRD)
minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday announced reforms in
the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) to develop
skill sets of students through vocational education.
In an interaction with members of the Rotary Club, he
emphasised the need to introduce specialised education
which will hone students’ skills.
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| NIOS should
emerge as a model Distance Learning Institution: Sibal
iCBSE.com , February 13, 2011
Sibal, while endorsing the road map
of NIOS expressed his desire that the NIOS should emerge
as a model distance learning institution with emphasis
on catering to the contemporary needs of the country
which has targeted to achieve 500 million skilled people
by 2020.
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| An ‘English
goddess’ for India’s down-trodden
BBC, February 15 2011
A new goddess has recently been born
in India. She’s the Dalit Goddess of English.
The Dalit (formerly untouchable) community is building
a temple in Banka village in the northern Indian state
of Uttar Pradesh to worship the Goddess of the English
language, which they believe will help them climb up
the social and economic ladder.
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India Steps Forward as Africa Seeks Academic Aid
New York Times, February 13, 2011
ndia’s pledge to help set up
a string of higher education and vocational training
institutions in Africa — a main part of an initiative
to bolster the country’s role there — is
finally taking shape, with the first site expected to
open its doors in less than a year.
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| Research
Paper
The relative quality and cost-effectiveness of private
and public schools for low-income families: a case study
in a developing country 2010
James Tooley;Pauline Dixon;Yarim Shamsan;Ian
Schagen
ABSTRACT: The “mushrooming”
of private schools for low-income families has been
widely noted in the literature; however, very little
is known about the quality of these schools. This research
explored the relative quality of private unaided (recognised
and unrecognised) and government schools in low-income
areas of Hyderabad, India. A preliminary census to locate
unrecognised private schools – not on official
lists – was conducted. Data were collected on
achievement and background variables for 3,910 pupils
from a stratified random sample of schools. Using multilevel
modelling shows that pupils in private unrecognised
and recognised schools, when controlled for age, pupil’s
IQ, and class average IQ, achieve higher scores in mathematics
and English than equivalent pupils in government schools.
There is no significant difference between private and
government schools in pupil achievement in Urdu. The
achievement advantage for private schools did not arise
because of greater resources available, at least in
terms of per pupil teacher salaries.
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| Global Education Statistics
Children out of school, primary,
female(2007)
| Country |
Number |
| Brazil |
440285 |
| India |
3781495 |
| Pakistan |
4183500 |
| South Africa |
219409 |
| USA |
797289 |
Source: World Bank
Interview
with Manish Sabharwal
Manish Sabharwal, Chairman Teamlease
Services, talks about the current education system and
demands of the job market, about steps to improve employability
and the role of private sector in achieving that and
then then moves to impact of RTE on employability and
amendments to RTE that he would like to propose.
Click here
for the video
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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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Student First! Magazine
The second issue of Student First! Magazine is out.
The theme for this issue is Public Private Partnerships
in Education.
For more click 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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| 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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