Alicia Ashton

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Centre For Women Studies: UGC issued special guidelines for setting up the centers

A set of guidelines has been released by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for setting up Centre for Women Studies in colleges and universities and the commission has also invited proposals for the same. According to a senior UGC official, “Women studies centers will a have special focus on most marginalized and disadvantaged women in the society. These include women from Schedule Caste and Tribes, women with disabilities, women living in unsafe environments, among others.” “A women study centre must pursue a comprehensive, critical and balanced understanding of India’s socio-economic realities and governance. Its main components include women’s contribution to society and social processes and their perception of their own lives, the broader social reality and their struggles and aspirations,” the official said. These centers will highly focus on the importance of women in the social and global perspective and will develop a curriculum which will focus on the needs of the Indian women inclusive of the society. The center will also suggest methods to build an environment which will help women take more decisive and leadership based roles is diverse sectors. “The centers will be monitored and evaluated periodically by the UGC. Every year, the head of the centre will present a report on the working of the centre to its advisory committee and then submit it to the UGC with minutes or comments of the members. The report will describe achievements and actions taken and will have both quantitative as well as qualitative information,” the official said. These centers will be evaluated on the following parameters: TeachingResearchExtension activitiesSeminarsWorkshopsSpecial lecturesField action projects and action researchDocumentation and archive on womenPartnership with other UGC centers and non-UGC centersGovernment schemes and NGOs. “We have sought proposals for setting up of new centers while the existing centers will have to give concurrence in the prescribed format to comply with the new guidelines,” the official said.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/centre-for-women-studies-ugc-issued-special-guidelines-for-setting-up-the-centers-9215

No final decision by the panel on the fate of the 108 Matric Examinees In Odisha

The fate of the 108 students still hangs in balance as the examination committee set up by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) failed to take any final decision about the missing 108 answer sheets of the matriculation examination in Odisha. The committee also failed to take a final call on the fate of another 500 students whose English paper was canceled as a large number of students were found practicing unfair means during the examination. All students belong to class 10th. “Although, the members of the examination committee discussed at length about certain other aspects of the Matriculation examination, they could not arrive at a final decision on the fate of the 108 students, whose answer sheets are still untraceable”, BSE secretary Ramshis Hazra said. It was reported that the answer sheets of 108 students had gone missing under unknown circumstances. All the students had appeared for the exam at government-run Podia SSD High School in Malkangiri district . “Similarly, discussions on the fate of another 500 students also remained inconclusive,” Hazra said. The examination committee is expected to take a final call on the two cases very shortly.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/no-final-decision-by-the-panel-on-the-fate-of-the-108-matric-examinees-in-odisha-9214

DU sets up special control room before Holi celebrations

As the festival of colors approaches, Delhi University is taking special measures to address any complaints of the students. For this purpose, the university has set up a special and dedicated control room in north and south campus and has urged the students to not to play Holi in a rowdy manner with wet colors, balloons and pistons in any of the University’s campus premises. The university has made clear that any students who will indulge in any form of harassment on the festival day would be punished under the anti-ragging and anti-eve-teasing provisions. “The principals, head of the departments and Provost of halls and hostels may form committees of teachers, students and ’‘karamcharis” to prevent the entry of outsiders into the colleges and departments. Security guards should be posted at the gates to check the identity cards of visitors and students,“ the varsity said. “Control rooms jointly manned by Delhi Police and DTC authorities and the university officials at North and South Campus would function to deal with any untoward incident,” added the varsity. "All are requested to desist from playing of Holi in a rowdy manner and with wet colours/ balloons/ pistons in any educational institution. Entry to colleges/ departments/ centers/ halls/ hostels would be regulated through identity cards during the festival days,” the advisory said. Along with all the cautionary measures, the university has also instructed principals, Dean of Faculties, head of the departments to remain available in case any incident happens on the premises. In case they were to leave the institution, another senior person should be deputed to fill in their absence, the university added. DU has also approached DTC and metro authorities regarding the safety concerns of the girl students during the holi week. “DTC drivers have been instructed to take the buses to the nearest police station in case any hooliganism or harassment of students is noticed in the buses, especially any incident targeted at girls,” the varsity said.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/du-sets-up-special-control-room-before-holi-celebrations-9213

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Gujarat CET (GUJCET) 2019 dates postponed ahead of the Lok Sabha elections

After the announcement of the dates for the general elections, it is expected that the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) will reschedule the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET 2019) to avoid a clash with the election dates. The revised schedule will be released by the Gujarat board on the official website – gujcet.gseb.org. Earlier, the board had rescheduled its exam which were due on March 28 and on April 4, 2019 to avoid a clash with the CBSE 2019 exams. About GUJCET 2019 GUJCET is an entrance exam to shortlist the candidates for admissions in engineering, degree and diploma pharmacy coursesThe exam is based on the third and fourth semester curriculum followed by the Gujarat board for class 12 examsThe exam is an MCQ type and contains questions from chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. The dates of the Kerala Engineering, Architecture and Medical and Pharmacy Courses (KEAM-2019) are also clashing with the Lok Sabha elections and the same are also expected to be re-scheduled across all the centers.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/gujarat-cet-gujcet-2019-dates-postponed-ahead-of-the-lok-sabha-elections-9212

Application correction window for the JEE Mains 2019 exam is now available

Candidates who have registered for the JEE Mains (II) 2019 exam can now rectify the errors in the application form (if any). The link to make corrections in the JEE Mains (II) 2019 application form is active and available on the official website – jeemain.nic.in. The link will remain active from March 11 to March 15, 2019. “Since, it is a onetime facility extended to the candidates to avoid any hardship to them, the candidates are informed to undertake the correction(s) very carefully as no further chance will be given,” said the JEE unit, National Testing Agency (NTA). The exam is scheduled to be held from April 7 to April 20, 2019 and will be conducted by the NTA. The results for the B.Tech paper will be released within 10 days of the last exam, the results for the B.Arch exam will be released in May. “The additional fee (if applicable) should be paid by the candidates only through credit/debit card/net banking or UPI during the period from 11/03/2019 to 16/03/2019 (11V50 p.m.),” reads the official notification from the agency. Candidates will require their registration number and password to login and make corrections.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/application-correction-window-for-the-jee-mains-2019-exam-is-now-available-9211

NIOS to conduct class 10th and 12th exams in April-May

The NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) will conduct the board exams of class 10th and 12th in the month of April-May. The exams will commence on April 2, 2019 and will conclude on May 4, 2019. The practical exams for the same will commence from March 16, 2019. The admit cards for the upcoming exams will be released by the NIOS on its official website at nios.ac.in. “The result of the examination is likely to be declared in 6 weeks after the last date of the examination. No inquiries about the actual date of declaration of result will be entertained. A copy of the relevant portion of the result will be communicated to the Accredited Institutions immediately after the declaration of results and will also be available on NIOS website nios.ac.in,” said the NIOS. The practical exams for the overseas candidates will commence from April 21, 2019 and will end on April 30, 2019. The written exams, however, will commence on the same date as for the other candidates i.e. April 2, 2019. “Since practical examinations are being conducted in small batches, students / candidate are advised to contact the Centre Superintendent/ Coordinator of the Accredited Institutes well in advance of the commencement of the practical exam to know specified dates as well as batch allotted to them,” the NIOS said in an official notification.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/nios-to-conduct-class-10th-and-12th-exams-in-april-may-9209

Karnataka CET 2019 dates postponed ahead of the Lok Sabha elections

Following the announcement of the Lok Sabha 2019 election schedule, the exam dates for the Karnataka entrance test have been revised by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA). Earlier, the exams were scheduled to commence from April 23, 2019 but will now commence on April 29, 2019. The exam is an entrance test for the class 12th and pre-university students to get admissions into medical, dental and engineering degree courses. New exam schedule Karnataka CET 2019 SubjectEarlier dateRevised dateBiologyApril 23, 2019April 29, 2019MathematicsPhysicsApril 24, 2019April 30, 2019Chemistry The new date for the Kannada language test is May 1, 2019. All the above-mentioned exams are of 60 marks each. The timings for the Biology and Physics paper is from 10:30 am to 11:50 am and for the Mathematics and Chemistry paper is from 2:30 pm to 3:50 pm. The test for the Kannada language will be conducted only in Bangalore and only for the Horanadu and Gadinadu Kannadiga candidates. On Sunday, the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced by the Election Commission.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/karnataka-cet-2019-dates-postponed-ahead-of-the-lok-sabha-elections-9210