Education - Current Affairs for December, 2016

Education Current Affairs for December, 2016

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▼ Kanpur, UP gets India’s first institute of skills   [12-20-16]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19th Dec 2016 unveiled the first Indian Institute of Skills in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

The PM also launched the exhibition Kaushal Pradarshini to showcase major skill development initiatives of the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship/MSDE.

The Kanpur institute is the country’s first ever Indian institute of skills.

Primary objective of the institute is empowering the youth to be employable and self sustainable.

Institute was conceived when PM Modi visited Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education.

The institute is inspired by the Singapore model of training and will incorporate the best practices from this nation.

The plan is to set up six such institutes in India in the coming years.

Skill Initiatives by GoI

  • Kaushal Pradarshini: Skill exhibition for UP Youth
  • Exhibition showcases state-of-the-art vocational training practice.
  • Union Budget identifies Education, Skill Development and Employment as one of the 9 pillars to transform Indian economy.
  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana for imparting skills training to youths at INR 1500 crore was launched in March 2015.
  • National Mission for Skill Development was launched in July 2015 for training at least 300 million skilled people by 2022.
▼ College principal can get extra term: UGC   [12-8-16]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) in one of the important decisions has said that a college principal can get one more term after completion of his/her five-year tenure.

This was following the constitution of the external peer review committee. The framework of the external peer review shall be specified by the UGC.

UGC regulations on (Minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges and measures for the maintenance of standards in higher education) Regulations, 2010 dated June 30, 2010, were notified on September 18, 2010. It said that clauses 5.6.1 (d) of these regulations have been amended.

UGC

  • Stands for University Grants Commission.
  • Secretary: Jaspal Sandhu
  • Location: UDSC, Benito Juarez Road, Delhi.
  • Formed: 1956
  • Statutory body set up by GOI.
Chronology of events
University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have issued regulations/guidelines on partnership between Indian and Foreign Universities with a view to increase synergy between Indian and foreign academic institutions.
Now, students get free Wi-Fi facility at college and university campuses as part of the seven resolves of the Grand Alliance government in Bihar to promote governance; "Oxford Advantage" is a part of its holistic approach and includes content both in print and digital mediums, as per the company statement.
Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a new integrated learning solution that can provide schools, students, parents as well as teachers with a novel comprehensive educational tool kit.
Oxford University has mandated students to use the gender neutral "ze" instead of "he" or "she" when addressing fellow students, a move to prevent transgender students being offended.
Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the first ever “Indian Institute of Skills” in the country at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on 19th Dec 2016. The Institute has been conceptualised by Shri Modi during his visit to Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education.
Sahaj International School in Kochi will be initiated the first residential transgender school in the country by transgender activists Vijayaraja Mallika, Maya Menon and Faisal CK.
British Library has undertaken a project that includes digitisation of over 4000 early printed Bengali books.
The governing body of Central Board of Secondary Exams (CBSE) has decided that Class X Board exams will be compulsory from academic session 2017-18.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new campus of National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) at Patalganga in Mumbai. NISM is an educational initiative of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
The 24th National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) was inaugurated at Vidyapratisthan’s Institute of Information Technology, Baramati in Pune, Maharashtra. The five day Science Congress will see participation of more than 700 child scientists under one umbrella to showcase their talents.

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