Education Solutions for Career Launch
VOL. 2 ISSUE 23
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Celebrate exam: PM to students in book
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s the most stressful days are approaching for Class X and XII students, parents and teachers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented ‘25 mantras’ to the students on Saturday as he urged the students to treat examinations as a festival and celebrate it. In his book ‘Exam Warriors’, the PM appealed to the students to ‘celebrate exam’, ‘to compete with self’, ‘live in the present’, ‘technology is a great teacher, embrace it’, and ‘to do your best, take rest’, ‘sleep is great weapon, sharpen it’, ‘play to shine’, among others. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who launched the book, elaborated on the 25 mantras and termed them as ‘Modi-mantras’ for students, parents and teachers communities. Present on
Prakash Javadekar, Sushma Swaraj releases PM Narendra Modi’s book ‘Exam Warriors’ the occasion, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the way the Prime Minister viewed the significance of exam, “this book will find space in each household as it connects with millions of students, teachers, parents and grandparents in a nonpolitical way.” The 193-page
book, published by Penguin Books, is being presented in an interactive mode with activities, tearaways and a pledge for the students “not to cheat.” Stating that the book is an attempt to “add to the debate and discourse around the importance of stress-free examinations...” Modi in his note from the author wrote,
healthcare. “Delhi’s model of governance addresses this fundamental need,” he said. Describing the education model of Delhi he said, “In the first year we concentrated on improving the infrastructure of schools. Delhi government schools now have smart classrooms, clean and modern washrooms, air-conditioned Assembly halls and some even have swimming pools and athletic tracks. “Many schools were given such facelifts. We have also built 8,000 new classrooms and 10,000 more are in various stages of completion.” He further explained that Delhi government schools have been made more accountable to parents. Parent bodies called
School Management Committees (SMCs) have been rejuvenated and empowered in the last three years. They have altered the parent-school dynamic in ways that nothing else had before them. “The government also began to conduct Mega Parent Teachers Meetings across 1023 Delhi government schools in July 2016,” said the Deputy CM. He added that they have also been spending resources on training our teachers and Principals at universities around the world, including Cambridge, Singapore, and Harvard. The focus of teaching is now learning oriented in Delhi government schools. The teaching at the right level model recommended by MIT’s J-PAL has been implemented in Classes VI to VIII to bridge children’s learning deficits. Talking about healthcare he said: “In a country like India where people cannot afford high insurance premiums, we need a health assurance model and not a health insurance model. That is what we are developing through a >> Contd. p.2
Delhi’s innovations a model for India: Sisodia at Harvard
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he Delhi Govt. is providing world-class facilities to the 95 per cent population that cannot access expensive private facilities, asserted Education Minister Manish Sisodia, at Harvard University. Sisodia, who is also the Delhi Education minister, said that AAP government’s innovations in education and healthcare are a model for the country. “India has created several public institutions like the IITs, IIMs and AIIMS that produce professionals of high caliber. But all these institutes currently cater to 1-5% of the population. For the rest of the 95 per cent, the system has completely collapsed. The situation is similar to healthcare as well,” he said. Sisodia, who also looks after the education portfolio, added that the country’s development depends on the quality of its human resource, its people; and the quality of the human resource depends on their access to high-quality education and
“It is our collective duty to ensure that their childhood is not overshadowed by the burden of exams and the constant anxiety of ‘What do I do next?” It also has two letters to parents and teachers, where he wrote “You (parents) are your child’s best mentor. You know your child better than anyone else, having seen him or her grow up in front of your eyes. Thus, I would request you: always accept rather than expect,” while suggesting not to try to realise their (parents unfulfilled desires through children as their (children’s) dreams and aspirations can differ. The PM urged the teachers to engage with students on how to sit for exams in a “tensionfree man>> Contd. p.2
Admission for foreign students at DU Started.. EJ News
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dmission for foreign students in Delhi University’s undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and Ph D programmes has started, for the academic session 201819. “The University of Delhi is committed to providing world class education to all Indians as well as foreign students. In this pursuit, the University of Delhi will invite the applications from foreign nationals for PhD, MPhil, postgraduate and undergraduate programmes for academic session 2018-19,” DU said in a notice. The students can apply for the pro-
grammes through the website of Foreign Students’ Registrar office. The university offers more than 250 programmes at various levels. There is no entrance test for admission to these programmes for foreign students. Students can apply online through the foreign students’ registrar office website – fsr. du.ac.in. It should be kept in mind that no admission will be granted on tourist visa/ XVisa. It is mandatory for foreign candidates to possess English proficiency certificate of TOEFL (minimum 70) or IELTS (minimum 6 band) scores, at the time of submission of application form for admission.