Higher education environment is changing; Institutes need to prepare themselves: Governor K N Tripathi

Higher education environment is changing; Institutes need to prepare themselves: Governor K N Tripathi

On Friday, West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi asked all the higher education institutes to better prepare themselves as the environment related to higher education is constantly evolving and changing. Governor was present at the St Xavier’s University at New Town on the occasion of its third foundation day. Tripathi said “access to quality teaching, learning, innovation, research, consultancy and placement are the key areas in the field of higher education”. “St Xavier’s belongs to a global education network where Jesuit fathers are running 65 colleges and 20 higher institutions all over the country. Jesuit education is known for excellence and high quality,” he said. In his address, IIT Kharagpur Director Partha Pratim Chakraborti said, “There is a greater need to transform science and technology education and link the basic goal of improving quality of life by harnessing the power of modern science and technology.” St Xavier’s Vice-Chancellor Father Felix Raj said, “The university is just new and beginning to grow with seven post-graduate departments and six under-graduate departments in different streams already.” He also told that the university has plans to collaborate with the IIT Kharagpur and talks regarding the same are already in process with the director.

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JEE Mains 2019: How January 2019 candidates can apply for the April 2019 exam

JEE Mains 2019: How January 2019 candidates can apply for the April 2019 exam

JEE Mains 2019: How January 2019 candidates can apply for the April 2019 exam National Testing Agency has started the application process for the JEE Mains 2019 exam which is scheduled in April. Candidates who wish to appear for the exam can apply for the same and candidates who have appeared for the JEE Mains exam held in January 2019 can also apply for the upcoming exam. Candidates who choose to appear in both exams, their best score will be considered for the purpose of admissions in NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, SFIs, and State Engineering colleges for participating states and other institutes. Candidates who are applying for the first time can directly apply for the exam but candidates who had already appeared for the January exam will require their application number and password or date of birth details. Steps to apply for the exam Visit the official website – jeemain.nic.inLog in using the credentials from the January 2019 exam to log in.Complete your application form by filing your choice of courses (Paper 1 or Paper 2 or both), question paper medium, and choice of four center citiesComplete the application fee by paying the fee from Debit card/ Credit card/ Net banking/ e-challanAfter the completion of the process, a confirmation page will be generated. Applicants are requested to download the confirmation page In case, the confirmation page is not generated then transaction for the application fee has failed and the application fee will be refunded to the candidate’s bank account.

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PDPET Bridge Course: Exam schedule for the first public exam released by the NIOS

PDPET Bridge Course: Exam schedule for the first public exam released by the NIOS

The examination schedule for the Professional Development Programme for Elementary Teachers (PDPET) exams has been released by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for the untrained teachers in the service. The first public exam for the PDPET Bridge course is scheduled to be held in March 2019. The admit cards for the exam will be released in March and the exam will be conducted in the afternoon session from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Exam schedule for the PDPET 2019 exam Paper CodeExam NameDate521Elementary Education: Context, Concerns andChallengesMarch 19, 2019522Understanding Elementary School ChildMarch 22, 2019523Curriculum and Teaching learning Process March 23, 2019524Pedagogy of Elementary School SubjectMarch 25, 201 The admit cards for the exam will be released on the official website of NIOS at www.nios.ac.in or www.dled.nios.ac.in one week prior to the commencement from the exam. NIOS will also conduct the fourth NIOS D.EI.Ed. Exam for the untrained teachers from March 15 to March 16, 2019.

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Delhi University to implement EWS quota; Seats to be increased from the new academic year

Delhi University to implement EWS quota; Seats to be increased from the new academic year

“The Delhi University (DU) will effect a 10 percent increase in seats for economically weaker sections from the coming academic session” official from the DU said who had the knowledge of the matter. HRD ministry said that the university will implement the newly reserved 10 percent quota for the EWS category from the 2019 academic session. In order to implement the 10% EWS quota, the HED Ministry has instructed all the institution to increase their seats by 25 percent. On Wednesday, the admission committee of the DU decided to implement the 25% increase in two phases. In phase one, it will increase the seats by 10% this year and in phase two it will increase the seats by 15% at the start of the next academic year. The University will appoint a committee which will work out the modalities as to how the seats will be increased. As of now, there won’t be any infrastructural changes in the university and the extra 10% students will be accommodated in the existing classrooms, an official said.

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