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Now, Admissions For BPMT Degree Through CET
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:17:26 AM EST
14 Govt And 4 Corporation-Run Medical Colleges To Be Covered
Admissions to the newly introduced bachelor in paramedical technology (BPMT) degree course at 18 government and corporation-run medical colleges in the state, will be effected through the Maharashtra Health and Technology-Common Entrance Test (MHTCET), starting this year.
The state director of medical education and research (DMER) has told all these colleges to put up proposals with the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) for sanction of the student intake for various BPMT disciplines and start the course this year.
The collective intake for the 20-odd BPMT disciplines at each college is to be in proportion with the existing student intake for medical (MBBS) course of the concerned college. For instance, the B J Medical College in Pune, which has an existing intake of 200 MBBS seats, will get 125 seats for the BPMT disciplines, as per norms laid by a government resolution (GR) issued on July 21, 2009.
A N Suryakar, registrar, MUHS, told TOI on Tuesday, "We are expecting the intake proposals to start reaching us soon. There won't be any issues clearing the same, since all 18 colleges are established institutions and the course does not require any additional infrastructure or faculty."
Director of medical education Wasudev Tayade said, "The BPMT will be the new addition to the health sciences admissions covered by the MHTCET. We have identified 20 disciplines for the new course."
Paramedical studies relate to a wide-ranging technologyand skill-based services that are required by doctors for correct diagnosis and treatment of patients. For instance, services relating to electro-cardiogram (EGC), x-ray, pathological, biochemical and microbiological sample processing at medical laboratories, analysis of audiography machines etc.
Source: Times Of India Now, admissions for BPMT degree through CET
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MHT-CET '10 Process Begins On Mar 12
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:26:35 AM EST
Application Forms Will Be Available At Junior Colleges, High Schools & DMER-Designated Offices
The process for the Maharashtra Health and Technology-Common Entrance Test (MHTCET 2010), which is the combined entrance examination for admissions to first year engineering, pharmacy and health sciences degree courses in the state, will begin with the distribution of application forms from March 12.
The forms will be available at the concerned junior college or high school from where the aspiring candidate has appeared for his MHT-CET qualifying exam, that is Class XII exam.
Similarly, forms will also be available at the office of the divisional authorities designated by the Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER), who is the competent authority for the MHT-CET.
The test, which annually draws over 2.45 lakh higher secondary certificate (HSC, Class XII) pass students from across Maharashtra and outside states, is scheduled for May 6. "There is no significant alteration in the scheme of the combined entrance exam from what it was last year. Particularly on matters relating to the eligibility criteria," DMER Wasudev Tayade told TOI on Monday.
An elaborate notification relating to the admission process as well as the information brochures for the health sciences, engineering and pharmacy courses have been posted on the official websites www.dmer.org and www.dte.org.in.The last named is the website of the director of technical education.
Source: Times Of India MHT-CET '10 process begins on Mar 12
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Computers On Wheels For Rural Students
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 01:35:07 AM EST
Ever since his teacher announced that they will soon get to use computers, Ravi Satar (7) from Purandar taluka is excited for he has only seen pictures of computers till now.
The Pune Zilla Parishad in a first of-its-kind initiative has put a pro- posal before the central government to roll out the `Computers on wheels' project in the state. Having received the `in principle' approval, they are waiting for a formal approval now.
ZP CEO Sanjiv Kumar said that `Computers on wheels' will hire a bus with 16 computers and trainers and travel to schools in rural areas. "The children who have been deprived of computer learning will have access to computers through this medium," he said. With a budget demand of Rs 60 lakh, ZP wants to roll out the pro- ject in Purandar taluka before spreading out to the entire district and later state.
This initiative will help 32 children access computers at one time. "With the help of trainers, the students can get proper training," said Kumar.
The plan is to buy five old buses and modify it with necessary equipment. "We plan to get the buses from the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd," he said.
The proposal has been designed on the lines of Vidya Pratishthan's computer on wheels wherein they have an air conditioned mobile van that functions as a mobile classroom.
"The teachers travel in the van to different areas and impart knowledge to children. Basics of computers are also taught," said a primary teacher from Baramati. The mobile van from the Vidya Pratisthan also work for child nutrition.
Source: The Indian Express Computers on wheels for rural students
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Panel Seeks Action Against Defaulting Colleges
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Sat Mar 06, 2010 at 03:24:13 AM EST
The Pravesh Niyantran Samiti (admissions regulatory committee) has decided to ask the concerned competent authorities in the state government and the state universities to start taking action for `disaffiliation and/or disapproval of admissions' against those higher and technical colleges which have failed to get their admissions for 2009-10 approved by the samiti.
"We have a fairly large number of colleges which have defaulted on the deadlines that were twice revised from the original December 31, 2009, to January 31 and February 28," said the samiti's office secretary P E Gaikwad while speaking to TOI on Friday.
"We are updating the list of such defaulting colleges and will forward the same to the competent authorities and the universities after taking the samiti's approval in a day or two," he added.
The academic year 2009-10 is nearing to an end and admissions that were effected at the beginning of the year are subject to approval by the Supreme Court mandated admissions regulatory committee, which is a quasi-judicial body headed by a retired high court justice. The approval is critical for the admitted students to move to their next year of studies besides to ensure that all colleges have followed the laid down procedures while effecting these admissions.
The decision to involve the competent authorities and the state universities was taken at the samiti's meeting held on February 24. It has since posted a notice on its official website. An elaborate list of approval status of admission proposals at the time of the samiti's meeting has also been posted on this website.
Source: Times Of India By Vishwas Kothari Panel seeks action against defaulting colleges
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Special Students Can Use Calculators In Board Exams
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 01:02:38 AM EST
Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has clarified that use of calculator has been permitted to the students having learning difficulties for examination in mathematics and book-keeping and accounting subjects.
A statement issued by the board here said that this permission has been given as per a directive of the High Court.
The board has said that the calculators should be brought by the candidates. Mobile phone will not be allowed as a calculator, the statement said.
Source: Sakaal Times Special students can use calculators in board exams
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IIMs Revamp Their Selection Process
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 11:58:55 PM EST
Under tremendous pressure to release scores of lakhs of students who have taken the Common Admission Test, the Indian Institutes of Management will for the first time break-up their admission process into two phases.
To begin with, scores of all the students will be released by Thursday. But each IIM will shortlist candidates and invite them for group discussion and personal interview only by the end of the month.
So, for thousands of top-scoring candidates looking to join the IIMs, the wait just got longer. As a faculty member at IIM-Ahmedabad said, "If a candidate is only looking at joining an IIM, s/he is not going to know which of the IIMs are going to give him/her a call immediately. The IIMs have decided to release the scores so that the admission process in other B-schools around the country can start." Close to 80 management institutes select students based on their performance in the CAT.
According to the previously announced schedule, the IIMs were to release the results in the third week of February. But that got pushed to the end of February. Management aspirants and other business schools have questioned the "inordinate" delay.
This year's CAT, which went online for the first time, was marred by several glitches and authorities were forced to take a retest a few days ago. So the delay in publication of results has come as a final indictment of the new system for a lot of candidates. Close to 2.41 lakh students took the entrance test this year.
Source: Times Of India By Hemali Chhapia IIMs revamp their selection process
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Campus Placements Return To Engg Colleges, Nearly 80% Of The Appointments Done Within Two Months
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 01:43:08 AM EST
Unlike last year, the campus placements in different engineering colleges of the city this year have been an encouraging one as several Information Technology (IT) and non-IT companies have started recruiting students. The placement drive in the city engineering colleges, which began in December, saw nearly 80% of the placements done within two months.
Last year, the campus placements were hit due to the global meltdown and even some of the students who were selected were given joining letters very late as things were hard for the companies.
Director (industry academia collaboration) of MIT Engineering College, P Subrahmanyam said, "We have all the best possible companies recruiting students from our college and nearly 80% of the placements are done."
According to him, last year the college had registered a dip of about five to 10% in the companies visiting the college for the placements. "But this year things have changed. In fact, the students have the option of choosing companies that wish to join," he added.
Dean of Sinhgad Institute Jayprakash Pitambare said, "So far we have 75% of the placements in IT companies. In the placements for the core engineering branches, 20% of the students got good placements within the first few days. The bio-tech engineering course was started first in our college and this year we had companies scouting the campus for placements," he said.
Source: dnaindia.com Campus placements return to engg colleges
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College Admissions: MKCL To Smoothen Online Process
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 12:24:12 AM EST
A year after it introduced the online admission system, the education department is taking steps to rectify the glitches and ensure smooth admissions this year by involving the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd (MKCL) in the process.
Both parents and students were confused about the online process last year and the online server could not bear the load of inquiries. The department is now planning to train school teachers in counselling students and parents and conduct the admissions through the governmentrun MKCL. Minister for School Education Balasaheb Thorat said students would be called for counselling once the secondary school examinations were over. "We have learnt lessons and made the necessary improve- ments. The MKCL, which had han- dled the admission process last year, will be handling the process this year also. They have increased their capa- bilities."
Last year, the colleges were allocated as per the subject and colleges chosen by students online. The department had claimed that the process meant less cost and travel for students, besides streamlining the process.
Source: The Indian Express College admissions: MKCL to smoothen online process
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Counselling Facility Launched For HSC, SSC Students
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 02:09:44 AM EST
WITH the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Sec- ondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations set to commence from February 23 and March 4 respectively, Pune division of the Maha- rashtra State Board of Sec- ondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has launched a counselling facility for students appearing for these exams and their parents.
Students with any exam and curriculum-related difficulties can call on these helpline numbers. Those interested may call on the following numbers between 10 am and 6 pm for counselling during the exam period, said a press note.
- SS Shimpi, Fergusson College: 9404235141
- BD Garud, Abasaheb Garware College: 9404235142
- Ram Gaikwad, Nowrosjee Wadia College: 9404235143
- VP Jade, S P College: 9404235144
- Pandhare S, St Mira College: 9404235145 .
Source: The Indian Express Counselling facility launched for HSC, SSC students
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HSC Exam From February 23, Over 13 Lakh To Appear
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 12:52:07 AM EST
As many as 13,00,549 students from across the state will appear for the class XII examinations, beginning on February 23.There are no major changes in the schedule of examinations except for a change in the timings of the geography paper.Students will get three hours to solve the paper instead of two-and-a-half hours from this year.
According to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), which con- ducts the examination, 7,54,929 boys and 5,45,620 girls would appear for the examina- tions at 1,946 examina- tion centres.
The board said in a press release that the max- imum number of students would appear for examinations in the art stream (5,36,034), followed by the science (3,68,361) and commerce (3,33,893) streams. As many as 62,261 students will appear in the minimum competency-based voca- tional courses (MCVC) category.
There will be multiple sets of question papers for English. For Environment Science, 40 marks will be allotted for project and 60 for the written exam. Students will have to score 14 marks in practicals and 21 marks in the written exam to pass in the sub- ject.
Students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dys- graphia will be allowed to use calculator for subjects such as mathematics, book keeping and accounts. However, they will not be allowed to use calculators in mobile phones.
The board has formed 245 flying squads ¿ seven per district. The board members and government officials will pay surprise visits to the examination centres. Video shooting will also be initiated.
The Information Technology examination will be conducted online, for which 64,109 students have registered. The board has also come up with helplines for students. The helpline for Pune division is 020-2553 6712.
Source: The Indian Express HSC exam from February 23, over 13 lakh to appear
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National Law School Looks Likely This Year
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 12:39:25 AM EST
After almost a three-year wait, the University of Pune finally hopes to start the National Law School (NLS) from the coming academic year (2010-11), provided the infrastructure is ready.
This will be the first NLS in the state against nine across the country. The university management council on Monday passed the draft of ordinance to start the NLS on its campus.
The school was scheduled to commence its courses from the last academic year. However, it didn't materialise due to technical reasons. Acting Vice-Chancellor Arun Adsool confirmed that the ordinance was passed and the school could start courses from the coming academic year.
The university had first initiated the plan to set up the NLS in 2006-07.
Budgetary provision of Rs 10 crore was made for construction of the building the same year. "An additional amount of Rs 2 crore has been allocated for the NLS in the budget of 2010-11 to be presented before the senate on March 25," he said. "The ordinance will be sent to the Governor for ratification and Bar Council of India for permission," he added.
According to dean of Law stream Suresh chandra Bhosale, the varsity is now planning to conduct a common law admission test. "We will have to plan it in March or April to match with the dates of the other nine law schools across the country. From next year there may be a common test for all the 10 institutes," he said. "It will be the responsibility of the estate department of the UoP to complete the interior of the building in next two months so that we can start conducting classes from June," he said.
Source: The Indian Express By Siddharth Kelkar National Law School looks likely this year
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CAT Results Delayed, Expected Next Week
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Sun Feb 21, 2010 at 11:14:20 PM EST
Common Admission Test results, slated to be released by the third week of February, have been delayed again. IIM-Ahmedabad officials said the results were now expected only next week.
This year's CAT, which went online for the first time, was marked by several glitches and authorities were forced to take a retest a few days back. So the delay in publication of results has come as a final indictment of the new system for a lot of candidates. Close to 2.41 lakh students have taken the test that is a gateway to not just the IIMs but close to 80 other B-schools that select candidates on the basis of scores in this entrance test. ``Technology is supposed to fasten processes, not beat them down slow,'' said a student from Podar College who took the test this year.
The 33-year procedure of conducting the paper-pencil CAT was done away with this time and an online exam was held from November 27 to December 7. Several candidates had a harrowing time, with servers not being able to shoulder the large number of students who were logging in and computer screens going blank.
The IIMs later had to schedule a retest on January 30 and 31 for about 11,000 candidates who faced problems when the original exam was conducted.
Source: Times Of India By Hemali Chhapia CAT results delayed, expected next week
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More Time Sought For `Best Of Five' Scheme, Deadline For Suggestions/Objections Extended
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 01:19:22 AM EST
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has extended the deadline for accepting suggestions and objections for the `best of five scheme' to be implemented from this year, to February 22.
After the state government gave the go ahead for implementing the policy, the Board had decided to pursue it for SSC students seeking admissions to junior colleges.
The Board had however given only a week's time to the public to register their suggestions and objections. The decision to extend the deadline follows demands by students' unions and parents.
As per the `best of five scheme', a student's top five scores will be considered while giving admission to junior colleges. The subject in which the student has scored the lowest will be ignored. "It is however mandatory for students to appear for all subjects and also score the minimum marks for passing in all subjects to avail the benefit of the scheme," the Board said in a statement.
Chief minister Ashok Chavan had given the go ahead for implementing the scheme on February 8.
Suggestions and objections in this regard can be sent by parents, students, educationists, teacher's associations and other segments of the society, the Board said in the statement. They can be e-mailed to best5@msbshse.ac.in or sent by post to the Secretary, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, S. no 832/A, Next to Balchitravani, Shivajinagar, Pune - 411004.
Source: Times Of India More time sought for `best of five' scheme
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Eligibility Exams Or PhD? College Teachers Confused
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Thu Feb 18, 2010 at 02:04:37 AM EST
Government resolution says they should clear either NET or SET by December 2011, mentions nothing about new UGC guidelines
Around 1,500 teachers of various colleges affiliated to the University of Pune (UoP) who have not yet cleared the National or State Eligibility Test (NET/SET) will lose their jobs if they don't clear one of them before December 31, 2011. In other words, these teachers will have to clear either of these examinations within four bids to save their jobs.
The university had, last week, sent a letter to the principals of 600 affiliated colleges, asking them to remind the teachers working in their respective colleges to comply with the NET/SET eligibility norm. The letter has been sent against the backdrop of a government resolution (GR) on January 30.
The GR says that it is mandatory for college teachers to clear NET/SET in four attempts in two years, ending December 31, 2011. It refers to the letter written by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in July 2009 to all vice-chancellors regarding compliance of NET/SET by college teachers who are serving on an ad hoc basis. It also mentions that the move forms part of efforts to increase the quality of higher education.
The college teachers, on the other hand, are confused as the GR does not mention anything about pursuing PhD as per the UGC's new guidelines, which will exempt them from the NET/SET clause.
Source: The Indian Express By Siddharth Kelkar Eligibility exams or PhD? College teachers confused
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State Directs Varsities To Upgrade Syllabi
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Thu Feb 11, 2010 at 01:35:56 AM EST
 The directorate of higher education has asked all eight universities in the state to upgrade their syllabi and courses in accordance with the national standards.
Higher education director RV Kirdak told DNA that the universities in Maharashtra have been asked to update their syllabi and course contents, which have not been changed in the past 15 years.
"The universities used to make changes in one or two topics in the form of addition and deletion of topics to update the syllabus," he said.
This time, the directorate has asked universities to study the changes occurred in teaching methods and the developments in world education and research, especially in the past 10 to 15 years to update the syllabus and course contents, Kirdak said.
The universities have been ordered to form study groups of teachers or professors to study subjects being taught at the university level. "These study groups must sit together and examine the syllabus suggested by the University Grants' Commission (UGC) and syllabi of national universities in India. The study group must note down the syllabus and the changes in the contents of last 10 years," he said.
"We do not want an addition or a deletion of a few chapters from the existing syllabus but an entirely new syllabus," he said, adding that the universities have been asked to find out lacunae in the existing set of syllabi of various subjects and faculties.
The syllabus should be student-oriented. "The state government took the initiative and change in the syllabus is compulsory for the development of the students," he said. Kirdak added that no time frame has been set. The universities have been asked to execute the findings of the study as early as possible.
Source: dnaindia.com State directs varsities to upgrade syllabi
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