Mark Thornton

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Mumbai University: Results of 8 disciplines are still awaited

The days of inconveniences for the students of Mumbai University are not over yet as the university still have to declare the results of 8 disciplines.This year the University has missed several deadlines which caused thousands of students of the university a huge inconvenience.“Till August 10, 180 results were declared by the MU. Since then, the university administration as well as the assessment staff have upped their efforts and results of 469 disciplines are out. With this, the results of 3,95,790 students are out while another 57,099 students will get their results soon,” said MU acting VC Dr Devanand Shinde. “Except commerce and IDOL (Open and Distance Learning), results of (other) disciplines and subjects are out. The other subjects include arts, management, technology, law and science where only a small number of papers are yet to be assessed. The University had held 477 exams of various disciplines in its first session,” it stated. The university has also received more than 20,000 applications for the revaluation of the papers and more than 4000 requests seeking the photocopies of the assessment papers.“Besides that, the varsity has given results to 2,630 students on a priority basis as they had applied for universities abroad and needed early results. The results were given on the condition of secrecy, which means the students were asked not to disclose their results,” the varsity said.

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No objection certificates for new Navodaya Vidyalayas

The Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue no objection certificate to open Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the state and said that the state government should not fear that through these schools Hindi language will be forced upon students of the state.According to the reports from The New Indian Express, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court order the state to issue NOC for the JNVs within eight weeks.The Central government counsel also made it clear that in JNVs state languages are taught to the students from class 6 to 8 and further made it clear that students of the state will be free to choose the Tamil as an optional subject in class 11 and 12 and Hindi will not be forced upon the students in any way. Earlier, this year in March, Madras High Court issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as it was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) asking to set up JNVs in the state. The petition was filed by Kumari Mahasabha Secretary Jayakumar Thomas. The petition filed in the court said “JNV schools are boarding schools with classes being conducted from class 6 to 12. These schools also give priority to students from rural areas during admission. The petitioner also added that while no fee is charged to students for classes 6 to 8, the schools board charges a minimal fee of Rs. 200 to students of classes 9 to 12.” The JVV samiti responded to the petition and said that there is no co-operation from Tamil Nadu government for setting up JNVs in the state.Thomas asked that if KVs which conduct the classes in Hindi are allowed to run in the state then why JNVs are not permitted too.

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Attention Marketer! Technologies which will rule 'CONTENT MARKETING' in 2018

Attention Marketer! Technologies which will rule ‘CONTENT MARKETING’ in 2018

“Today useful content is at the core of every marketing strategy.” In the age of the internet, with each minute passing traditional methods of marketing are becoming less and less effective but marketing is still at the core when it comes to promoting your product or organization.Whether you are a marketer or entrepreneur your business still depends largely on marketing but with old methods counting their last days of life you know there has to be something better and more modern which utilizes the technology’s full potential in reaching the customers. “Enter Content Marketing”. “In the s…

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FTII waiting for Gajendra Chauhanʼs successor; functioning without head for six months

For the past six months The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has been functioning without the head. The tenure of the former Chairman, Gajendra Chauhan, ended on March 3 this year.It is the responsibility of the FTII society to elect the Governing Council and the Academic Council. Both the councils are responsible for taking important decisions related to the administrative and academic matters. Chauhan was appointed for the post in June 2015, but due to protest against him by the students he could only assume the office in January 16. Meanwhile, the officials from FTII and the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry have been tight lipped about when the appointment will happen and which personnel are being considered for the post.When asked about the reconstitution of the FTII Society under the Right to Information Act both offices refused to share the information.I&B ministry said that the communication over the issue in possession of the FTII and can be obtained from there, I&B said that disclosure of the communication may “prejudice the appointment itself”.Disposing off an appeal filed in this regard, FTII Registrar Varun Bhardwaj said, “FTII is not authorized to disclose the relevant proposal, as it is under submission to the ministry. In any case, disclosing information at this stage is reasonably likely to prejudice the appointment process itself. Secondly, the sought information also includes personal information which would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy of individuals at this stage.”

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Penalty imposed on the Delhi Technological University by the Green Panel

For failing to devise a mechanism to treat the large quantities of waste generated and for not complying with the environmental laws, The National Green Tribunal imposed a penalty on the Delhi Technological University (DTU).A penalty of INR 25,000 was imposed on the educational body by the bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar for not taking the protection of ecology into the account.“Noticee submits that they have received the show cause notice and they have taken steps as were required. However, it is a continuous process and it is assured by the counsel on behalf of noticee that in future also they will comply with all steps and install requisite anti- pollution devices. "The payment should be made within two weeks to Delhi Pollution Control Committee, failing which the same shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue by the concerned,” the bench said. Earlier, NGT also imposed an environment compensation of INR 25,000 each on Vivekananda Mahila College, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies and Shyam Lal College for similar reasons and directed them to install anti-pollution devices within three months.The committee further said that in the event of default, these colleges will be liable to pay environmental compensation of INR 5 lakh and shut down.

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Sunday, September 10, 2017

Prestigious government institutes can now admit extra foreign students

According to the country’s higher education regulator, the government’s ‘Institutions of Eminence’ will be free to admit more foreign students, fix their fees and ink collaboration with the foreign universities without the prior approval from the government of India.As of now, the government has declared a total of 10 institutes as 'Institutions of Eminence’.According to the new guidelines framed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the 'Institutions of Eminence’, these institutes will be free to add additional foreign students on merit subject to 30 percent of the strength of admitted domestic students. “Academic collaborations with foreign higher educational institutions ranked in top 5OO in global rankings would be exempt from government approvals except with institutions from negative list of countries determined by the Ministry of External Affairs/Ministry of Home Affairs,” a senior UGC official said. “The Institutions of Eminence shall have complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus, with no UGC mandated curriculum structure. They will also have freedom to offer online courses as part of their programs with the restriction that not more than 20 per cent of the course should be in online mode. However, this 20 per cent restriction would not preclude the institutions from offering certificate courses entirely through online mode,” the senior UGC official said.“These 10 institutions would be a mix of technical institutions, management and arts institutions and central universities. They should figure in the top 50 of the ranking in their category under the latest National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF),” the official added.

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Despite Chancellor's warnings, MU adopted on-screen assessment

Despite Chancellor’s warnings, MU adopted on-screen assessment

Results of 13 subjects which are taught at the University of Mumbai are yet to be declared. Amid all the chaos and delays in declaring the results of the undergraduate and postgraduate exams, the fact, the despite the red flag raised by the the office of university chancellor and Governor of Maharashtra, Ch Vidyasagar Rao, the university went ahead with the on-screen assessment process.The delay in the results was anticipated by the chancellor’s office because scanning 18 lakh copies for assessment would be time consuming task. Almost a week before, the university appointed the agency for the on-screen assessment of the answer sheets, the chancellor’s office wrote to the vice-chancellor Sanjay Deskmukh in which the possibility of a delay in announcing the results was mentioned. The governor has asked for a factual reports on the issue of implementing on-screen assessment, appointing the agency for the task and delay in the assessments.“We wanted a fair inquiry, which is why the committee members were not from within the NIOS system. They submitted their findings about 20 days ago, based on which I have recommended a proper investigation,” said Sharma.

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