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Govt panel moots one test for all engineering institutes A committee appointed by the government has recommended a single entrance examination for all engineering institutes after Class 12, replacing the multiple tests given currently, including the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). Scores of this test, along with marks of the Class 12 Board exam, should be used to
develop an index of scholastic level, the committee, headed by T Ramasami, secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), has recommended. Public opinion will be built over the next few months, and the proposal will be taken forward after a consensus is reached on feasibility and methodology. The exercise is likely to be complete by September.
IGNOU launches UG, PG programmes with FDDI
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched five undergraduate and three post graduate programmes in collaboration with the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI). The eight new programmes have been launched keeping in mind an urgent need to orient footwear industries and their R and D laboratories to initiate new educational programmes to upgrade the knowledge of practicing workers, semi-skilled and skilled personnel in footwear industries keeping in view
the demands of technological revolution at work place. “These programmes will open new avenues for students and will help in producing trained man power for Export oriented industries working in field of Footwear, Leather and other allied products,” said Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, VC, IGNOU. The eight new programmes are M. Sc. (Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management), M. Sc. (Footwear Technology), M. Sc. (Creative Designing CAD/ CAM), M. Sc. (Leather Goods and Accessories Design), M. Sc. (Visual Merchandising and Communication Design), B. Sc. (Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management), B. Sc. (Footwear Technology) and B. Sc. (Leather Goods and Accessories Design).
IT@School Project to impart animation skills to school students IT@School Project is all set to empower the student populace in Kerala with animation movie making skills entirely based on free and open source software, through massive state-wide training programmes. The innovative training session would take the students to walk through the entire animation movie making process comprising of phases such as identification of a story line, development of script and storyboard, drawing the cartoon characters, animating them, giving sounds to characters as well as providing background music, creating titles for the films and so on.
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130 Chandigarh schools participate in IGNOU quiz contest given to enhance with winners from Defying the teacher training in Bhavan Vidyalaya scorching heat, a (Surya Karan Sam- schools.” record 130 teams The idea of such byal and Kushaan representing events is to ignite various city schools Dosajh) while Pranav Kumar and students’ interest from Chandigarh, in higher educaMohali and Panch- Amanat Kang of tion and make DPS-Chandigarh kula came all them aware of the were the runnerssmiling at IGNITE Open and Distance up in the event. 2011, a mutli-city, Addressing the stu- Learning System. inter-school quiz IGNOU has a plethdents, Chief Guest contest organised ora of vocational Dr. Asha Sharma, by the Indira Ganand job-oriented Regional Director dhi National Open programmes University (IGNOU) of IGNOU, said that cater to the that, “IGNOU is at the Chandigarh students ready to promoting school City Museum and join the college, she education where Art Gallery. The added. the stress is being contest ended