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he incomplete KPMG audit into simply 3 financial years of the Portland Hotel Society and its surprising findings ought to solely be thoughtabout an honest begin by the provincial government. Imagine what else could be disclosed by an additional thorough investigation into that group’s books. Victoria ought to dig deeper into the money affairs of PHS with a complete audit going reverse as way as there are records. Whereas they're at it, they ought to audit all “charities” that obtain important public funds to distribute services within the Downtown east and round the province. Whereas the ousted privileged at the PHS are disapproved for his or her plentiful defrayal, the general public ought to even be upset with officers among varied provincial ministries, B.C. Housing and Vancouver Coastal Health for his or her lack of oversight in guaranteeing that our tax bucks were being properly used. How was this allowed to travel on for therefore long? For that theme, as several members of the general public are difficult, police ought to be referred to as in to conduct a criminal investigation into what went on at PHS, wherever there seemed to be very little oversight of paying by what a minimum of one scholarly person has referred to as a “lap-dog” board of administrators. With associate calculable half-billion bucks being exhausted by government within the DTES yearly, a full rhetorical audit of PHS and probably alternative teams is required for the general public to feel assured that their taxes area unit being correctly used up.

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JP veteran LK Advani will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar in Gujarat while prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will ﬁght from a second seat from Vadodara in the same state, the party announced on Wednesday. Modi is also contesting from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The decision was taken after a long meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's central election committee, which was not attended by Advani. Reports said Advani was keen on contesting from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal. Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

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Sushma Swaraj and former party president Nitin Gadkari, meanwhile, met Advani at his residence on Wednesday evening. However, the details of the meeting were not disclosed.

Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was given a ticket from Jaipur Rural while Bollywood actress Hema Malini will contest from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, will fight from Jhalawar in the state. Jagdambika Pal, who joined the BJP, will contest from Domariaganj in Uttar Pradesh. He represented the constituency as a Congress member in the 15th Lok Sabha. In Bihar, party leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey will fight from Buxar. This was the fifth list announced by the BJP in which 67 candidates, including 10 women, were named.

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News Update All accused of Shakti mill gang rape are found guilty The Mumbai Sessions court on Thursday seized the adult men suspect in Shakti Mills gang rape cases of 2013, guilty of the crime. The entire 5 suspect were found guilty below section 376(d) of the IPC for gang rape and alternative sections as well as wrongful restraint, criminal intimidation and sections below the IT act. On August twenty two, a photograph journalist and her male colleague had visited the ruined mills in Central Mumbai as a fraction of their assignment. Finding them alone, the suspect at the staret offered to assist them navigate the mill compound however later vulnerable to book them for intrusive a railway property. The suspect then tied the male friend with a belt and took turns in raping her. Throughout the incident the lady had received calls from her mother

and her boss. The Mumbai center police managed to resolve the case at intervals twenty four hours by stunning a 17yeare-old minor suspect from his

residence in Central Mumbai center. Within a week all the opposite suspects were in remission. Two weeks after the incident, an 18-yeare-old came forwared to register a police criticism alleging that she too was gang-raped by 5 men, as well as 3 of the in remission suspect at that terrible location, 3 weeks earelier. The Mumbai police filed 2 totally different charege sheets within the case. However with each the cases beareing similareities, the Mumbai Sessions court in October last yeare clubbed the 2 cases. While the 5 adult suspect, of that 3 are common within the 2 gang rape cases, were tried within the Mumbai Sessions court , the 2 juvenile suspect are being tried within the Juvenile Justice court, that will treat them as 'accused' however juvenile in conflict with law.

BDS con charged for arrest of Barkatullah University VC Last year, in August, the BDS examination scam rocked Barkatullah University. It was found that the answer sheets were taken out from the exam centre and were submitted after copying. A number of university officials and students have been arrested in this case till now. Accused in BDS scam, Kalika Yadav of Barkatullah University (BU) on March 13th, 2014 has demanded the arrest of vice-chancellor professor Nisha Dubey and former registrar Dr Sanjay Tiwari. He has filed a written complaint with special task force (STF) citing his demand. Professor Yadav, centre head of bachelor of dental medicine (BDS) test where a scam was discovered, had stated that Dr Tiwari and professor Dubey were in charge of making him the centre head. He has even said that Dr Tiwari did not listen to him despite telling him many times that department cannot be made into centre because of dearth of facilities. Professor Yadav, however, was 06

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suspended later for his alleged involvement in BDS scam. Immediately after his arrest, Yadav pointed fingers at Dr. Tiwari and Prof. Dubey for their supposed involvement in scam. He had alleged that he was being made a victim. "I was pressurised by BU authorities to

conduct exam in my department. I was against change in centre of BDS exam. My mistake was that my communication with authorities was verbal. Had I made it in writing, the situation would have been different," Yadav had alleged after the scam was unearthed.

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Students rise against cops, authorities: PU The protest against fee hike by the students of Panjab University (PU) turned into an outrage against cop-savagery. The groups of students of Panjab University came together on Wednesday to demand charges being dropped against students. Parents of some students as well joined the protests. Student leaders went round the campus, asking youngsters to boycott classes. Police roughed up students for cornering the university vice-chancellor, Arun Kumar Grover. The next day members from Ambedkar Students' Association, Students' Federation of India (SFI), Students' Organization of Panjab University (SOPU) and Panjab University Students' Union (PUSU) joined Students for Society (SFS) in their commotion. As a sign of support of those who got arrested, students visited various departments of university and vacated the classes. They went to the vicechancellor office in resistance of Section 144 which was imposed in the university after Tuesday's incident and in view of the upcoming PU Senate meeting. "We strongly condemn the police action against students who were protesting peacefully in the university. This struggle will continue till all the demands are fulfilled," said Amninder Maan, SOPU president. "The fake cases imposed on students must be quashed immediately," added PUSU leader Navaldeep Singh. As per the student leaders, the university authorities were indifferent and didn’t try to communicate on the second day of the stir. "We are non-violent, but we are not Gandhi. We prefer to be Bhagat Singh and won't sit quietly," said Prabhpreet Singh, SFI president. He also justified the students opposing fee hikes and said that they will aggravate the protest if the false charges were not dropped. SFS members even demanded the resignation of the vice-chancellor and dean student welfare (DSW) Navdeep Goyal. "They have failed to ensure welfare of students and the entire episode happened on his orders," Amandeep of SFS added. SFS's Raminder Singh continued his hunger strike that began on March 12.

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Shukla's bail plea rejected A District court in Bhopal on Tuesday rejected bail application of former state educational activity minister Laxmikant Sharma's aide, O P Shukla stating that many good students were underprivileged of their rightful claim to admissions in medical courses due to the racket. Bail was discarded by further district judge (ADJ) Amitabh Mishra. Shukla was in detained by special task force (STF) on February seven for his suspected role within the pre-medical test (PMT) 2012 examination scam. He’s conjointly being probed for manipulation of leads to achievement of written agreement academics (Grade II & III). He was in prison on statements of Dr Pankaj Trivedi, MPPEB's former test controller. Trivedi had told STF that he had twohanded over Rs eighty lakh to Shukla at minister's house.Shukla an official of the rank of an extra collector allegedly pleaded mental object regarding the money and denied his involvement in the other case. Earlier, STF had registered FIRs against Shukla, former minister Laxmikant Sharma and OSD to MP Governor, Dhanraj Yadav and 129 others on November 7 and 9.

Universities to become punished by UGC for failed technical institute The University Grants Commission (UGC) offers fixed the responsibility for being sure that technical institutions and university complete the requirements and circumstances with regard to affiliation, about the technical universities to which the colleges are affiliated. The commission has made a decision to hold back funding for any university, and even de-list it through 12(B) Act, that grants affiliation to technical institutions which do not fulfil the requirements. After the Supreme Court negated the powers from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to manage technical institutions in the country, the UGC has developed a new Colleges providing Technical Education simply by Universities Regulations, for that determination and preservation of requirements of teaching, examination and research in educational institutions. “regarding renewal of affiliation tospecializedcolleges, universities must keep to the norms and guidelines in these regulations and no relaxation will be authorized by any university. many people should exercise greatest care and caution though affiliating new technical colleges,” the UGC brand new regulation requires. The UGC said every affiliating university need to distribute a compliance report concerning the provisions of those rules in respect of all of the affiliated technical universities towards the UGC yearly and this must be updated on the university’s website.

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Renowned author and journalist, Khushwant Singh, has died at 99

Khushwant Singh, famous for his acid wit and liberal political views, was one of the India’s best known spinners of yarns. His son, Rahul Singh said that he passed away in peace at his Sujan Singh Park house in Delhi. He will be cremated this

Malaysian plane mystery continues Pieces of what's suspected to be an aircraft were seen washed up on Andhra coast Wednesday, a Telugu TV station reported. Fishermen, who saw them floating at Kutta Gouduru beach in T.P. Gudur mandal of Nellore district in south coastal Andhra off Bay of Bengal, informed the police. According to a channel, the authorities alerted the highest officials. However, there was no confirmation from any official if the objects seen floating were indeed pieces of a craft. An airplane of the Malaysia Airlines, with 239 folks, including 5 Indians aboard, vanished while flying from kuala lumpur to Beijing march 8.A TV news channel in Malaysia had reported 2 days ago that missing plane could have crashed either within the Bay of Bengal or in the Indian Ocean. 08

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afternoon. Millions of his fans are showing their mournfulness through messages, tributes and anecdotes on social media. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a condolence message “He lived a truly creative life", and called him “a gifted author, candid commentator and a dear friend”. Mr. Singh was born on February 2, 1915, in Hadali, now in Pakistan’s Punjab. He was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned it in 1984, in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. He was the founder-editor of Yojana and also edited The Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. His acclaimed works of non-fiction include the classic two-volume "A History of the Sikhs", a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. Some of his classics, like, ‘Train to Pakistan’, ‘I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale’ and ‘Delhi – A Novel’ are being recalled by his fans. His autobiography, "Truth, Love and a Little Malice", was published by Penguin Books in 2002. "He liked to call a spade a spade. He hated hypocrisy, fundamentalism, and was a gentle person," said his son.

V-C candidate in Raju seat under HRD lens for sexual harassment Dr. S. S. Jena, a candidate put forward by the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, for the post of vice-chancellor to the InterUniversity Centre (IUC) has been accused of sexual harassment. He is now under ministry’s scanner. Complaints made by a former employee, against Chairman of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Dr. S. S. Jena will be looked after by the four-member committee formed by the ministry.Veena Ish, Joint secretary, HRD ministry, Jyoti Pahwa, under secretary, school education department and Dr Reny Jacob from the Delhi Commission for Women, besides an undersecretary-level official from the vigilance department, constitutes the committee. A senior official from HRD ministry informed that the vigilance clearance will be decided for Jena’s appointment, depending upon the panel’s report. As per Jena “Let the committee decide. These complaints are motivated.

Let the truth come out and it will be clear. The ministry is looking into the matter”. On the other side, the complaints have been taken seriously by MHRD. Recently, there have been several complaints of sexual harassment against heads of academics and their faculty. In 2010, a fact-finding committee had found a vice-chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar guilty of sending lewd emails and messages to a faculty member.

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7 Person Arrest Fake Mark sheet Sanskrit Board The Special Task Force (STF) of MP police force has been arrested Abhiyan Parishad chairman's manager regarding his alleged part in a scam related to their state Sanskrit Board.The criminal Harshit Shrivastav had been arrested on Saturday. He runs (ATS)technologiesworkplace. STF claimed Shrivastav connived with private college owners in many districts and also tampered along with mark-sheets of students who flunked X and XII board examinations. Insiders alleged that 21-year-old was only 'scapegoat'. Company director Ajay Shankar Mehta who's a business office bearer BJP, a state- funded NGO, pleaded ignorance about the scam.

Initially STF offers identified 600 college students in various districts who were provided pass certificates regarding board exams 2013 allegedly by the

company charging Rs 1,000 to 5,000 through every student. The investigation agency has already booked six school operators. Sanskrit Board managing director M K Jain acquired lodged a complaint with STF. In initial investigations it became available that the arrest accused created contacts with manager of ATS Technologies, press in Bhopal where all the mark-sheets were printed. Mehta mentioned that "he have no idea about the scam,"press bagged contract for publishing MP Sanskrit Board examination papers. Ajay Mehta is under STF scanner for their supposed part inside Madhya Pradesh Professional person Exam Control Board scam.

5 person Arrested with fake M S University marksheet A Mumbai-based mostly youngster was nabbed through Sayajigunj police force on Thursday after a fake degree and mark sheets had been identified with him. The person name as Ketan Valunj had approached M S University (MSU) officials on Wednesday to obtain a degree certificate. MSU authorities looked for mark sheets and other documents from Ketan which usually he developed immediately. When the officials crossverified the actual documents and mark sheets using their records, many people couldn't discover any student of that name. MSU instantly contacted police and also handed him over. Ketan had developed mark sheets first year, 2nd year and 3rd year of B.com a degree certification,"we All examined the mark sheets and located how the font size and colour used on the certificates had been not the same as MSU's standard style. Also, there is no student of their name in our records. We diagnosed that they produced fake mark sheets pursuing which we approached the police force," Amit Dholakia, MSU official (registrar). Dholakia said Ketan admitted to have obtained the mark sheets and certificate dated just before 2006 from an individual in Mumbai.

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Actually, Ketan even went to London and finished a hotel management course on such basis as this fake academic degree. MSU authorities believe that will several organization should be involved in the fake mark sheet racket although ruled out participation of university workers in this case.The police have become investigating as to why Ketan, whom doesn't always have any kind of connection with Vadodara, purchased

bogus MSU degree and mark sheets and who sold these to him. The young man, who's as part of his 20s, has been remanded in police force custody for three days time. MSU had witnessed a bogus students scam in 2011 whenever several students had experimented with appear for examinations inside university department faculty. Four students had procured fake identity cards from the university simply byspending Rs 7 lakh.

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Uttarakhand board students scoring Banaras Hindu University introduces over 80% marks to get laptops Laptops will be distributed among MSc in forensic science students who score over 80 per cent

Banaras Hindu University will be the first in the country to introduce a masters course in forensic science in collaboration with a Hyderabad based laboratory and two foreign universities. The department of chemistry, BHU will also play a major role in this endeavour which will see participation of as many as 37 more departments of the varsity. The course will be started from the next academic session (2014-15). According to the vice-chancellor of BHU, Lalji Singh, the course will also be available online for the professionals from law, police, government and private investigating agencies. There will be no age limit for the online module of the course. The V-C also informed about the soon to be started DNA fingerprinting and molecular diagnostics facility in the university. "The DNA fingerprinting and molecular diagnostics facility along with the forensic science study and research will give the region much needed investigative facility to provide forensic services, including DNA profiling, document verification, disputed fingerprints, cyber forensics and crime scene investigation, incident reconstruction, failure analysis, psychological evaluation and audiovisual identification and authentication. We will invite experts of international repute to come and train the faculty and other staff here," said Singh, who played a major role in establishing the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) at Hyderabad under the department of Biotechnology, Government of India. "It will help for betterment of crime investigation scenario as there is acute dearth of such advance facilities not only in the region but across the country," observed the V-C. 10

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marks in class 12 examination of state board as also to those who secure more than 70 per cent marks in higher, technological and medical education in Uttarakhand. The decision to give the incentive to meritorious students was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by chief minister Harish Rawat here on Wednesday, official sources said. The cabinet met before the Model Code of Conduct came into force with the announcement of Lok Sabha poll schedule. To promote education of the girlchild, the cabinet decided to hike the amount given under 'Kanya Dhan Scheme' from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 with effect from April one. The beneficiaries of the scheme will now get a fixed deposit of Rs 25,000 and an equal amount as financial assistance for their education. The cabinet also decided to fill 2,394 vacancies for teachers in primary schools by the end of this month besides making appointment to 1,200 new posts over the next two years in schools being set up in calamity-hit areas of the state.

CBSE announces Class XII physics re-exam in Manipur after reports of question paper leak All centres in Manipur would hold a re-examination of Class XII physics paper on April 2, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said in a notice on Friday. The exam, which was held on Wednesday, was cancelled in Manipur due to administrative reasons and the re-exam would be held from 10.30am to 1.30pm on April 2, said the notice by the controller of examination. A local paper in Manipur had reported earlier that all three sets of the exam question paper was leaked in Imphal a day before the exam and students had bought them for Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000. When asked about the chances of a leak in the Chennai region, which includes the four southern states, Maharashtra, Goa, Puducherry, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, CBSE regional director D T S Rao said that the board had announced a re-exam only in Manipur. There are rumours among the students in Chennai that the question paper was leaked online. However, the director said that he was not aware of any such leak.

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'Most don't pursue research after PhD' Educational research should be based on development activities, and not on individual interest, said C N Nagaraju, former head of the department of educational research and policy planning at National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT, New Delhi), here on Tuesday. Speaking at the inaugural of 'Trends in educational research', a refresher course in education organized by UGC Academic Staff College, University of Mysore (UoM), Nagaraju said that many individuals do research just to get a doctorate. "Many do not bother to pursue research after getting their PhD. Around 30-40% of research is being carried out on individual interest, and not for the welfare of society," he added. Citing opportunities available in research, he said that hundreds of private universities are creating a revolution in education. "Universities must concentrate more on research, and this is the need of the hour," he added. Speaking on its beneﬁts, Nagaraju said that research works

submitted by scholars should give solutions for the problems in society. "They should generate policy to see that social justice is ensured," he said, urging researchers to take projects that contribute towards the nation. UoM registrar C Basavaraju said: "Even after six decades of Independence, India has not met social and cultural justice. It is possible only through research work." Researchers, he said, need to understand the topic they want to work on.

"Researchers today work to please their guide," he alleged. Speaking on quality of education, the registrar said that it depends on the quality of teaching. "Many institutions fail to provide quality education to their students," he felt. Basavaraju said that research work should be innovative enough to give ideas for the betterment of society. "A good research can transform society. Unless we have innovative ideas, we cannot contribute to society," he added.

No Indian university in top 100 global list, Harvard voted best None of India's 700 universities and 35,539 colleges has made it to the top 100 list of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings released on Thursday. This means that academics don't think too highly of the capabilities and work of our higher educational institutions. The ranking, drawn on the ﬁndings of an invitation-only academic opinion survey, is based on the subjective judgment of around 60,000 senior, published academics considered as "the people best placed to know the most about excellence in our universities". Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University in the US lead the list followed by the UK's University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Agency reports said that Punjab University, the alma mater of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, found a place in the unranked section of 226 - 300. It is followed by the IITs in Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Roorkee between ranks 351 and 400.

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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is ranked highest among Indian institutions, at just below 200, from its 130th place last year. IIT-Bombay figures among the 210-220 group, and IIT-Delhi and IIT-Kanpur are ranked below 250. The US has the most representation with more than 45 institutions figuring in the top 100 followed by the UK with 10 institutions, Germany with six and Japan and Australia with five. India is the only BRIC country that is not represented in the top 100 list. China has two of its institutions on the list while Brazil and

Russia have one each. Though based on perception experts said the reputation ranking cannot be taken lightly. In his article 'Credit check' on the website, Times Higher Education Rankings editor Phil Baty said that reputation is the currency of global higher education today, and is accepted by scholars, students, donors and industry. "In today's academy, reputation is the currency: research has shown that institutional standing is the top consideration for academics when moving jobs, is vital for the formation of international collaborations, and is essential in persuading philanthropists to give and industrial partners to invest," Baty said. According to data put together by the Institute of International Education on international student mobility in 2012, the number of foreign students registered in Indian higher education institutions in 2012 is 27,000, much lower than in other Asian countries like China (3.28 lakh) or Japan (1.37 lakh).

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DU students to study urbanization in five cities The fourth edition of an educational train journey by Delhi University students begins March 11 to study urbanization models in five cities, it was announced on Tuesday. The journey is undertaken every year. This year's theme is 'Urbanization Now and Then'. "The journey will assess the urbanization models of various Indian cities and the changes in the dynamics of governance," an official said. The students will go to Kanpur and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat. A university spokesman told IANS that the precise number of students who will travel is not known as of now. The tour ends March 19.

Hassled, schools wait and watch Nursery admission lotteries in the middle of exams are a major hassle. Some schools are waiting it out—there are still unanswered questions such as status of waitlist—while others are trying to get them over as soon as possible. Meanwhile, transfer category applicants are hitting back—they've finally taken the matter to court and argue that seats vacated by them will now go mainly to alumni and siblings still leaving 70pointers out of the game. That isn't the case, at least not at Tagore International School, East of Kailash, which will hold draws for 2,800 applicants who have 70 points, including those who'd originally got the five transfer ones. "We haven't yet decided on the date but we've displayed the list. Our school is not a centre for the CBSEs but we'll have to hold the draws on a day we don't have a home exam," says principal Suman Nath. "

Out of the blocks The class X and XII Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) board examinations began on Saturday. Class XII students took their English exam. Students said the English paper was easy but too long and got barely five minutes to review what they had written. The questions were quite similar in all sets given to students. Students were pleased that the essay writing was on current topics, such as civic sense, cruelty to animal and tourism in India. The letter writing section entailed applying for a job. Varsha Iyer, a student of Divine Child International School, said: "The paper was easy but long. I didn't get much time to revise. The good part was that the essay writing was on a current topic. I expect to score around 90-92 marks." 12

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Smart board operation overcomes big SSC glitch In what resembled a top secret military-style operation, the state board successfully salvaged a disaster situation in the ongoing SSC exams. Usually, the SSC question papers are sorted and packed at Pune according to number of candidates at individual centres and then delivered to the nine divisional board offices. However, faulty data entry by an outsourced private agency left the board without accurate statistics on candidates appearing in a majority of the centres in state. This led to the planning and execution of a massive hush-hush operation whose aim was to ensure SSC exams started without a hitch. Gangadhar Mhamane, chairman of state board said, "The success of the operation is a result of perfect coordination between every staff member. Divisional offices worked overtime to ensure nothing was left to chance and lakhs of students gave the exams without stress." The operation started about 10 days ago in Pune with question papers for exams dated March 3, 5 and 7 being first wrapped in bundles of 10, 50 and 100 each and then transported in bulk to divisional offices. The Nagpur divisional office at Civil Lines turned into a fortress with select staff closeted with these sensitive papers in locked rooms and tasked with sorting them as per exam centre requirements. SM Ganorkar, acting chairman of Nagpur divisional board, said, "We planned out the entire thing down to minutest detail. Tasks were handed out and timelines decided. We had to manually check data from schools and then allocate the number of question papers for each centre. Extra question papers, as usual, were added to each centre's allocation and wrapped up. Staff members worked well past midnight without grudging and painstakingly completed the task to ensure students were not inconvenienced." Ganorkar is also the full time chairman of Amravati division and said a similar exercise and operating procedures were followed there too.

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MBA after B.tech N

ow we have entered into a phase where very few engineering students want to continue with their stream because most of them wish to get into MBA. We all are aware of this fact that currently the highest amount of concentration of the world is on the youth of India. We should start our talk by being precise and should concentrate on the youth who are having an engineering background as their study or are pursuing engineering. There is a big bunch of youth who is in the engineering but the results come out to be that they not pursue it further. From a survey, this thing had become clear that there had become a trend to get into MBA after doing b. tech. The question that occurs in everyone’s mind is that why is this happening? Are the MBA’s really that good or are they providing a sense of entrepreneurial 14

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adventure? Is this providing a sense of job security and opportunity or is it providing a better ﬁnancial status after completion? I guess all those who join engineering have a wish of playing with robots, gadgets, engines and software. But the thing that happens is that they are just lifting books here and there rather than getting themselves involved in the machines. Rather than assembling engines they are just writing assignments. Most of the engineering students when asked that what they will be doing after B. tech, then the answer comes that they will be joining MBA and mainly the reason comes out to be that one in their known had followed the same procedure and now he/she is earning a package of nearly 17 to 25 lac per year. For the youngsters earning a handsome salary gives them three things and they are: • Getting respect among city’s young boys. • Appreciation from his family. • A direct key to woo his lover. If ever we happen to ask about the entire subjects from a B. tech student in the third year then he will not be able to come out with it,

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but there on the other hand if you will ask the names of the coaching institutes present in the town than he will reply like a rocket. There is no mistake of the students, they are getting lured towards the MBA because of the under given reasons: • HIGHER SALARY:-The very first reason that attract the engineering students is the good salary that they get after getting into an MBA. Management field is the highest paid fields and that too in the less technical environment. In most of the cases freshers are paid quite high in the management fields as compared to the technical fields. Engineers who work in the technical field are earning quite less as compared to those who are working in the management fields. Moreover the work schedule in the technical field is quite tight as compared to the management field. • BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES:-In this era of globalisation and competition it is quite difficult to find out a job after having a degree in the engineering field. You are supposed to have something more to score out a good job in the same industry, like in other words you have to stand out of the crowd. How you overcome it is that all depends on you. • COMBINED FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL PRESPECTIVES:-The fact that is prevailing in the society is that the engineers who do MBA proves out to be a better asset for the company. Engineers always think in a technical manner and an MBA will always think in a functional manner. Both the approaches are important for business development. Now if an engineer becomes capable of thinking in both the perspectives than definitely he can play an important role in the growth of the organisation and hence becomes a valuable asset for the company. • INTREST:-Of course it is a very big factor that drives a student towards the MBA. This thing is quite true that there are only a few engineers who do it by choice. Interest is their gravity that pulls them towards the MBA. We are not saying that to go for an MBA after B.

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tech is something not acceptable, yes definitely it is good in concern about the status and job security. We have quoted out some underrated aspects of getting into an MBA. STOP AND REFLECT ON BIG BUSINESS ISSUES:-Taking an off for two years and sitting in a classroom just mugging up the notes seems to be a foolish act. How can one forget two years of salary and paying for the tuition fees? But the fact is that after completing these two years one is sure to get a great hike in the start-up salary package. It is an amazing luxury for those who are able to get out of the day to day grind and to sit and learn. But for those who cannot afford it seems to be of no use. So, just simply accept it and appreciate it. LIFE LONG FRIEND WITH GREAT CAREER IN BUSINESS:-This is the one best thing that most of the MBA talks about after several years down the memory lane. It is really a tough experience of getting into an MBA and making some good friends there. The friends that you get into the MBA are more than just good friends; they are likely to go with you all through your life. Moreover friends of these friends will prove out to be potential contacts for you in future. So try to meet as many friends as you can and keep your relationship maintained with them. UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD:-When you score a chance to get into a B-school you think that you are best of the best, but as soon as you start getting into its atmosphere than you start realising that there are many things that you have to learn yet. Even if you were in the top in your schools, were doing great in the college and even we have a handsome job before entering into a B-school where you were pulling out big bucks, the chance still stands that you can turn to be an idiot. It is not at all your fault; it is just that you still have to learn out many things about the business world. LEARN TO GET A BUNCH OF HIGH STRUNG:In most of the big B-schools these days you will find many international students surrounding you. Moreover some schools also use their international student body as a competitive rage against other schools. It is really important of getting out of your little perspective, you have also to think that there are Chinese, Russians, Swedes as well who are dying to get back to their homeland and also to eat your lunch. You should better realize that there is a big world out and you should figure out how making some profit from being sustainable. INTREACT WITH CHALLENGING PROFESSORS:-If you want to succeed in your career then the very first thing that you need to do is to nurture out at least a couple of good mentor relationships. In these schools you will probably get a plenty of professors who will stretch out your thinking.

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Guidelines by Government

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for Registration of a New Company I f you are making a plan to set up a new company of your own in your country, then you really need to know the rules and regulations and all the tactics of the government to set up a firm or a company. Setting up a new company is not a big deal for those who know all the terms and conditions required for this investment plan but for sure difficult for those who are ignorant with the government rules and regulations. If you work with the government rules from the initial period only, then it may take a long time but all your paper work and documentation will be proper and you need not to deal with further problems. The time duration for setting up a firm or company depends upon the investment and the size of your company. Registering for a company is the first step to conduct any business. The company you want to set may be a private limited, partnership or proprietorship, the basic knowledge of all the things is necessary. For receiving any authorization for a company, registration of the company or firm’s name is the first step. Many small firms or companies do not follow any procedure to set up a company because they want to involve in hazardous paper work and give a lot more time in such works if their work can be done by some other way also. But, after sometime, when their paper work is found incomplete by the government agencies, they may be declared as defaulter and any action could be taken against them. Few Guidelines for Registering a New Company: There are few guidelines for a new budding investor for setting up a new company as per the government rules so that when they deal with this in real life, they will be acknowledged with some

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basic steps for the respective. • The entrepreneur or the investor must understand that setting up a new company of any type is not a matter of joke. So, take the documentation and paper work very seriously. But, the newcomers are always welcomed in our country and invest in the booming industry and share the economy of the country. Take the things in a positive way since positive attitude for starting a new task is very important and your mind set up makes the half things done in a simple way only. • The person must decide a unique name for their company. The decision of naming of the company is the very first step one must do before going to any agency or office for registering your company. The name must be very distinct and must not be used by any other company or firm for their business. A different identity is

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required for each firm. One cannot register their company on the same name existing in the same country. One can confirm for a unique name for the company in the government sites available on the net. One can also approach any agent for the name recommendations. The name decided is to be written in the document that is submitted to the agency for registering the name. So, be cautious while deciding the name. The initiator individual needs to have a valid property and for sure a valid address to set up any company. The property where you want to set up your business must be a valid area approved by the government and the address of the area must exist in government records. The name and the other details like address of the property where business is most likely to be set up

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are to be filled in the form to be submitted to the agencies. The fee is also required to be submitted along with the form for the registration. • The next step is to decide the business structure for your company that basically means that the company is a private firm or in partnership or owned by a sole proprietorship. Since each structure has its own implications, taxability and liabilities, one need to have the basic knowledge of all the business structure:  Sole proprietorship: If you make a mind to make a company owned by only you and under your name.  Partnership: If you make a mind to

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control your business with some partners.  Non-profit business: If you make a mind to set up a non-profitable business for some social work.  Co-operative: If you own a business that is to be used by the people for their own benefit but they simply use your services. • Registrars of companies (ROC) are the people who have the duty to access the company application and register the name of the company of all the documents are complete legally. The regional directors are assigned for each union territory and districts who are made to supervise the work of maintaining the administration work of the companies under the companies’ act, 1956 made by the central government. • There are several important necessary details to be filled in the application form for registering your company. Some of them are initial investment for your business, purpose of your business, persons and clients of your business, memorandum of association, article submission, your money transactions, income tax details, bank statements and many other documents to be attached along with the form. If a company winds up its business before the statutory time, then they are made defaulters and are being fined by the central government. An expiry date is given to the owners of the company for submitting the form money and cures the loss of the persons being employed in the company. If the company is unable to cure that loss on the specified time, the company is declared as bankrupt and the financial loss is cured from the personal assets of the owners. A company can terminate or change the business if the individuals are free from the past debts. The petition for winding up a business plan is granted in following cases only:  If the company is unable to pay their debts and is suffering from severe loss from past few months.  If the owner or group of owners provide a special petition resolution for winding up the business.  Failure to hold the minimum statutory members for holding up a company. After the petition of ﬁle for winding up the ﬁrm, the assigned investigator invests for the ground details as per the

reasons given by the applicant. If the ground is found true, the petition is granted otherwise they are declared as fraud and strict action can be taken against them. If a company declares bankrupt, then the employers of that company and its debtors are being protected by the government. The employers need to consult for their rights and file a case against that company; all their wages and benefits will be reserved. The unemployment benefit will be given to the employees working in the winded up company. But, the employees must have the documents that proof that they were the working employees of that company. The employer must be a full time worker and must be filling all the income tax decided by the central government rules. It must also be proved that the termination of the employee was not under the control of employee and beyond his or her means. Unemployed employees will not be given any benefit if he or she was a part time worker or self-employed or even a school graduate. If a person is still native by the documentations and paper work of registering a company, then you can also contact a local professional for this work. They have all the knowledge and experience required for granting of a company’s name. They will surely take some money from you for this work suit will surely make your work at ease. Also, they have good contacts with the concerned persons who grant the permission for the registration of the company and they can register your company within few days only. The registration of your company makes you the liable business person in the country and you can accomplish many works in no time with the name of your company. If your company is registered and you take a break and then continue with your business after a certain time, then you can successfully access your business work if all your legal documents were clear in the government records. One can continue with the previous registered business if you had paid all the dents and winded up your company’s business in a legal way earlier time whereas if you were declared as bankrupt, continuation with the same business can make you in a worse condition. So, it’s better to register your company in a legal way either by making up the efforts yourself or by taking help from some agents or contractors specialized in this work. Register your company from the central company and make yourself at ease.

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Soon, Delhi-Taj drive without entering Agra

n two years, tourists from Delhi and Kanpur will be drive to the Taj Mahal from the Yamuna Expressway without entering the congested Agra city. This will be made possible by the Rs. 306 crore inner city Ring Road that will connect the Yamuna Expressway with Fatehabad tourism complex near the Taj Mahal, the foundation stone of which Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav laid Monday evening, along with that for a long-pending Rs. 108 crore Taj Ganj beautiﬁcation project. Agra Development Authority (ADA) secretary Ravindra Kumar said the Jaipur company which got the contract for the Ring Road began work after the "bhoomi pujan". The work will be completed in two years. In the ﬁrst phase the 10.9 km elevated stretch will have six lanes. Two more lanes will be subsequently added. New hubs of activity will develop on either side of the Yamuna Expressway.

The Agra-Lucknow Expressway project cleared by the state government will further help connectivity, as the two roads will meet at Kuberpur in Agra's Etmadpur tehsil. After the Yamuna Expressway, a project of the previous Mayawati government, became operational in August 2012, demands were being made by the local tourism industry to connect the Expressway with the Fatehabad road across the Yamuna, in close proximity to the 17th century Taj Mahal. Currently, vehicles coming to Agra from Delhi-Noida via the Expressway have to enter the city and waste precious hours in negotiating trafﬁc to reach the Taj Mahal. The Taj Ganj beautiﬁcation project

will be a big boost to tourism as the entire area around the Taj Mahal will be spruced and the amenities for tourists streamlined. "There will be parks, landscapping, new toilets, better roads, lighting, underground cables, shelters, activity zones, covered drains, a golf course, medical facilities and a whole lot of smaller projects that would help tourists spend more time around the Taj Mahal," an ADA ofﬁcial said.

Island in the Caribbean Sea named prettiest in the world

An Island off the coast of Belize has been named the best in the world for the second year in a row by travellers, for nearby attractions like 18

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their barrier reef — the second largest in the world after Australia — and an underwater sinkhole that’s the stuff of divers’ dreams. For the 2014 edition of TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards for World’s Best Islands, Ambergris Caye in Belize topped other tropical islands in Turks and Caicos and French Polynesia, which came in second and third respectively. The ranking was compiled after looking at the number of highly-rated

hotels, restaurants, and attractions for each island over a 12-month period. Along with white sandy beaches and a mangrove swamp, the area is also home to a unique natural phenomenon, the Great Blue Hole, a circular, underwater limestone sinkhole that measures 300 feet across (91m) and 400 feet deep (124m) deep. The seemingly bottomless pit is home to underwater species like blacktip tiger and hammerhead sharks. Other sightings include angelfish, neon gobies, butterfly fish, and small groupers. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is a UN-designated World Heritage Site.

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South African safari: more than the ‘big ﬁve’

we can’t save our iconic animals, what chance do the other species have? It is this question, posed during breakfast by Dr William Fowlds — an affable wildlife veterinarian living in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, that I take with me on the first game drive of the day at the Amakhala Game Reserve (AGR), near Port Elizabeth. He is talking about the two-horned white and black rhino population in the rainbow nation, that could face possible extinction due to intense poaching for their horns. My thoughts are with the big cats back home in India — their numbers pegged at 1706 in the 2010 tiger census. The plan had been simple that morning. Get a glimpse of the ‘big five’

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(the African: lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and Cape buffalo); click some images and return to enjoy the luxuries at the Bush Lodge, which offers tent-like accommodation with five-star amenities. Spread over approximately 18,000 acres, the reserve is home to some endangered species and many not-so-famous ones as well, including the kudu and black wildebeest. As you explore the bush, you realise that at a game reserve, there’s usually more going on behind-the-scenes than in the open. Although poaching must be on top-of-mind, there are fences to mend, rangers to train, roads, rooms and vehicles to maintain, animals to monitor, new species to introduce and births and

deaths to record while maintaining a tranquil front for the tourists. Also, for those who like to get their hands dirty, there’s a volunteer programme with activities like predator monitoring, waterhole surveys and animal identification. On that day, Dr Fowlds and Tracy Weeks, co-owner of AGR, are looking to move a male giraffe to another part of the reserve where a couple of females need company. Culling, capturing, moving and reintroducing species are essential parts of game reserve maintenance. They don’t always go right and may not make for great pictures. "So the debate goes on, on how much we want the visitors to see?” says Weeks.

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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. â&#x20AC;&#x2022; Mahatma Gandhi

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A new weekday aims to realine with school assignment

aying its faculty admission exams don't focus enough on the necessary tutorial skills, the school Board proclaimed on Wed a elementary rethinking of the weekday, ending the long penalty for guess wrong, cutting obscure vocabulary words and creating the essay optional . The president of the school Board, David Coleman, criticized his own take a look at, the SAT, and its main rival, the ACT, speech communication that each had "become disconnected from the work of our high faculties." In addition, Coleman proclaimed programs to assist low-income students, UN agency can currently tend fee waivers permitting them to use to four faculties at no charge. And even before the new communication is introduced, within the spring of 2016, the school

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Board, in partnership with Khan Academy, can supply free on-line follow issues and tutorial videos showing the way to solve them. The changes square measure extensive: The SAT's rarefied vocabulary challenges are replaced by words that square measure common in faculty courses, like "empirical" and "synthesis." The arithmetic queries, currently scattered across several topics, can focus additional narrowly on linear equations, functions and proportional thinking. the employment of a calculator can now not be allowed on a number of the arithmetic sections. The new communication are out there on paper and laptop, and therefore the evaluation can revert to the recent one,600-point scale — from a pair of,400 — with prime a lot of 800 on

arithmetic and 800 on what is going to currently be known as "evidence-based reading and writing." The optional essay, that sturdy writers might opt to do, can have a separate score. Once the pre-eminent faculty admissions communication, the weekday has lost ground to the ACT, that relies additional directly on highschool curriculums and is currently taken by a rather higher variety of scholars. Last year, 1.8 million students took the ACT and one.7 million the weekday. The new weekday won't quell all criticism of standardized tests. Critics have long distinguished — and Coleman admits — that top college grades square measure a more robust predictor of faculty success than standardized take a look at scores. additional faculties have in recent years become "test optional ," permitting students to forgo the exams and submit their grades, transcripts and maybe a hierarchical paper. For many students, Coleman aforesaid, the tests square measure mysterious and "filled with unproductive anxiety." And, he acknowledged, they inspire very little respect from schoolroom teachers: solely twenty per cent, he said, see the college-admission tests as a good live of the work their students have done. Coleman came to the school Board in 2012, from employment as AN designer of the Common Core syllabus standards, that started out the content that students should master at every level and square measure currently creating their method into college. He proclaimed plans to revise the weekday a year past and nearly from the beginning expressed discontentment with the essay that was further in 2005. He aforesaid he conjointly needed to form the take a look at replicate additional closely what students did in highschool and, maybe most significant, rein within the intense employment and tutoring on the way to take the take a look at that usually gave affluent students a bonus. "It is time for the school Board to mention in a very clearer voice that the culture and follow of expensive take a look at preparation that has arisen around admissions exams drives the perception of difference and injustice

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PROjECT CONNECT in our country," Coleman aforesaid on Wed. "It might not be our fault, however it's our drawback." While test-preparation firms aforesaid the weekday was occupancy the proper direction, with additional openness and additional free on-line take a look at preparation, the changes were unlikely to diminish the demand for his or her services. "People can forever wish a grip," aforesaid Seppy Basili, a vice chairman of Kaplan take a look at preparation. "And take a look at changes forever spur demand." The steered changes were well received among several educators, however Coleman's comments regarding the ACT thespian harsh words from AN govt of that company. "David Coleman isn't a interpreter for the ACT, and that i acknowledge his political unfairness however i do not appreciate it," aforesaid Jon Erickson, president of ACT's education division. "It feels like they are principally following what we've forever done." Philip Ballinger, the director of collegian admissions at the University of Washington, aforesaid he loved Coleman's earnest "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" approach to up the weekday and appreciated the trouble to tame the testprep trade. "It's absurd, and that is the nicest issue I will decision it, what proportion take a look at preparation has adult and the way guilty folks became regarding making an attempt to arrange their children for the take a look at," Ballinger aforesaid. "If this helps take a look at preparations become learning, not gaming, well, shoot, that is nice." Some changes can create the new weekday additional just like the ACT, that for the last 2 years has outpaced the

weekday in take a look at takers. 13 states administer the ACT to all or any public highschool juniors, and 3 additional square measure going to do therefore. The ACT has no guess penalty, and its essay is optional . It conjointly includes a science section, and whereas the weekday isn't adding one, the redesigned reading take a look at can embrace a science passage. But on the far side the particulars, Coleman stressed that the 3-hour communication â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three hours and fifty minutes with the essay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; had been redesigned with a watch toward reinforcing the abilities and evidencebased thinking that students ought to be learning in highschool, and moving faraway from a necessity for test-taking tricks and methods. Sometimes, students are asked not simply to pick out the proper answer however to justify it by selecting the quotation from a text that has the simplest supporting proof for his or her answer. The revised essay, above all, can shift in this direction. Students currently write their experiences and opinions, with no penalty for incorrect assertions, even egregiously wrong ones. within the future, though, students can receive a supply document and be asked to investigate it for its use of proof, reasoning and persuasive or rhetorical technique. The text are totally different on every communication, however the essay task can stay constant. the desired essay ne'er entirely caught on with faculty admissions officers. several ne'er patterned the score into the admission call and checked out the particular essays solely seldom, as a raw writing sample to assist notice what proportion folks, consultants and counselors had emended and polished the essay submitted with the appliance.

The key changes These are among the changes within the new weekday, beginning within the spring of 2016: m Rather than esoteric "SAT words" ("depreciatory," "membranous"), the vocabulary definitions on the new communication are those of words usually employed in faculty courses, like "synthesis" and "empirical." m The essay, needed since 2005, can become optional . people who opt to write AN essay are asked to scan a passage and analyze the ways in which its author used proof, reasoning ANd rhetorical components to create an argument. m The guess penalty, within which points square measure subtracted for incorrect answers, are eliminated. m The evaluation can come back to the recent one,600-point scale, supported a prime score of 800 in reading and arithmetic. The essay can have a separate score. m Mathematics queries can concentrate on 3 areas: linear equations; advanced equations or functions; and ratios, percentages and proportional reasoning. Calculators are allowable on solely a part of the arithmetic section. m Each communication can embrace, within the reading and writing section, supply documents from a broad vary of disciplines, together with science and social studies, and on some queries, students are asked to pick out the quotation from the text that supports the solution they need chosen. m Each communication can embrace a reading passage either from one amongst the nation's "founding documents," like the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights, or from one amongst the necessary discussions of such texts, like the Rev Dr theologiser King Jr's "Letter From Birmingham Jail."

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There is no second opinion on this fact that it gives us tension but this thing is also true that these exams helps us in preparing and sharpening our self for the different types of exams that we will be facing in our lives later

Tips for the B students of 12th standard to face exam stress

oard exams are quite scary and horrifying experience for the students of the 12th. It doesn't only happen with the students but also at the same very time parents also feel the same anxiety. There is no second opinion on this fact that it gives us tension but this thing is also true that these exams helps us in preparing and sharpening our self for the different types of exams that we will be facing in our lives later.

comfortable to face them. This should be done much more in advance of the exam time. 2. Try to keep yourself supplied with the mock exams time to time so that you become habitual of the exam pattern. The preparatory exams or the Prelims given by the school authority should be taken seriously. They will not only give you the idea of how many marks you can score in the exams moreover you can also have an idea of managing time with them during the ﬁnals. Time management is really an important

Here are few tips that will help you out to overcome the exam stress 1. You should start keeping a track of the dates of the exams and also at the same time become mentally

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Try to control your anxiety;don’t show it on your face. Even if you will express it than the child can get scared, disturbed and can even feel guilty. Relax and show that you have confidence in them. The children those who are sensitive are always insecure in facing the board exams, never average these feelings. Be careful with the performance of the child and help in their preparation. Try to encourage physical and recreational activities with your child and ask your child to have regular

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breaks. Help him to develop studying techniques and to structure time schedule. Parents should try to provide silent emotional support to the child, so that they should not feel lonely and at the same time should not feel that they are getting some special attention. You should try to develop a confidence level in the child with a message “I know you can do this.” Never ever compare your child with the siblings or others, moreover never use phrases like “when I was in your age”. This can break their confidence,

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rather than approach them with a message that “I know what you are going through.” Try to provide a quite space, free from disturbances and environmental distractions, taking care of his basic needs. Even try to remove all the anxieties that come into his mind time to time, this thing may be bothering him. A pat or a hug or a walk with the parents is really necessary. Tell him that no matter how he performs in the exam, he is still their child and they love him.

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and integral part of the preparation during your board exams. Preparatory exams also help you out to check out the topic in which you are weak, and hence you get ample time to prepare it whole heartily. Also work on your handwriting and make it legible and clear. The portions that you have already studied and you are ready to answer them in the exam should be marked off. This will build up your conﬁdence and also will give you a feel that you are covering more and more syllabus and is quite close to score well in exams. There is a simple rule of preparing for the board exams but all of us usually forget it, which is spaced out your study throughout the whole year, rather than waiting for the ﬁnal exams to come and to cram up at the last very moment. If you have spaced your studies well in the entire year than it will become a very good insulation against the exam tension. There is a tendency among the students to give up the extracurricular activities as the exam approaches. No doubt we need to give time for the studies but should also give some time for some extracurricular activities. Regular breaks during the studies and doing the activities that you really enjoy is really an important thing as it keeps you reinforced and hence will improve your willingness to get back to the challenge. You should make this thing sure that your physical activities should not come to a stop. Choose whatever suits you the most, like a brisk walk, jogging, quick exercises, yoga or pranayama, but be regular with it. Don’t think that these things are a waste of time and you will have a loss in your studies. Any of these things opted will improve your intake when you will get back to the studies and also at the same time reduce the level of your exam stress.

8. You should reduce your sleeping hours slightly but not drastically. Moreover there is no need to change your sleeping time signiﬁcantly as your body clock is not adopted of change sleeping hours. At maximum you should reduce your sleeping hours from 20-25% of a days’ time, that is more than enough. If the sleep hours are reduced further than it will give an adverse effect. 9. One should be regular with the eating habits. No doubt it is the exam time but that doesn’t mean that you have to skip your breakfast or lunch for that. It is necessary to take food breaks at the right time and to have the right quality of food. Avoid snacking yourself with the junk food and try to supplement yourself with milk, fruits and juices. 10. Avoid tea and coffee as much as you can. If you are used to it then you should make this thing sure that you do not increase its intake at the time of exams. Moreover try to have them near the time of your sleep. 11. Never neglect your personal hygiene, no matter how busy you are. But at regular times and wear a fresh set of clothes every time and wash your face regularly. This will not only help you keep your body fresh but also at the same very time your mind as well. 12. If you feel that the tension of the exam is creeping more and more about you as the exams are approaching near that try to keep talking to the person you trust about how you are feeling and the symptoms that you are facing. In some cases writing a diary can also help out. 13. When the exam date approaches than change to the mode of surveys and revision rather than landing to read all the details of the chapter. If you to mug at the last moment than it is not going to help you out in any case. Moreover try to strengthen on the other topics that you have covered up earlier and to compensate for marks.

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Never stay awake on the previous night of the exam. This is the time to give you a sufficient amount of sleep. Go through your regular morning routine, like routine of bath, dressing up well, having a leisurely breakfast. Never skip any of these activities. If you are on regular terms of prayer or meditation then you should put aside some time for it in advance. Before leaving check all of your belongings, like pens, ID card etc. and put them in a firmly closed bag. Make sure that you have the hall ticket, instrument box, spare pen and whatever else can be required with your. Try to reach the venue of the exam will in time or in advance. Don’t try to keep mugging up while travelling, moreover enjoy some fresh air and the passing views and keep your mind away from the exam as this will help you to take off the stress. When you reach the exam hall, just have a view of all the important topics rather than reading them in details. Try not to talk to any of your friend about the exam. If any of them mentioned about a topic or question that is likely to appear that it will give you a feel of panic. Don’t start writing as soon as you get the question paper. Rather read it slowly and if necessary read it twice and make a time schedule for attempting the exam. Try to attempt the easy questions first and also at the same time do not get carried away with the writing of the easy questions. Keep a track of the time and try to finish writing few minutes before the final bell rings. Run throughout all that you have written. You can find some crucial points missing here and there and if you have time then you can add them up. After coming out of the examination hall never discuss about the exam with your friends, especially in the case if you are having another exam in the remaining days. Have some fresh air, entertain yourself and get down for the next exam.

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Providing teaching may be a challenge in India Talking regarding the Gross Enrollment Ration the report says Higher Levels of Education (HLE) in Asian country is regarding ten per cent of University age, whereas China enrolls regarding twenty two per cent.

ue to failure of state also as central government in providing teaching, personal establishments have come back up and most of them ar providing poor quality education, says the recent report on teaching authored by Dr Abusaleh Shariff of the Centre for analysis and Debates in Development Policy, national capital and Amit Sharma, analysis analyst with the National Council for Applied Economic analysis. As per the report, “Inter- people and Regional Differentials in Higher Level Education in India” that the mean year of schooling of adults is as high as thirteen.3 years within the USA and simply four.4 years in Asian country. Talking regarding the Gross Enrollment Ration the report says Higher Levels of Education (HLE) in Asian country is regarding ten per cent of University age,

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whereas China enrolls regarding twenty two per cent. The report additionally highlights the regional variations in India associated with access to teaching because it shows that the upper education is well accessible to individuals in Southern India and Northern India whereas matters is worst in North Central (Bihar, state and West Bengal) and North japanese Asian country. It emphasizes that the Indian economy is showing plangency and whole number growth in the main through the support of 2 necessary inputs, i.e., higher levels of educated resource and higher adaption and assimilation of technology. it's essential thus that teaching becomes accessible to all or any voters across Asian country, regardless of economic, social, linguistic and regional differentiations. Technical education

The teaching report states that the share of persons attending technical education is over thirty three per cent of the overall registered in any higher education in each rural and concrete areas of Southern Asian country, that is quiet high when put next with different regions. In distinction to Southern Indian, “only three per cent of these registered in teaching in rural components of North-Eastern {india|India|Republic of Asian country|Bharat|Asian country|Asian nation} ar registered in technical courses and therefore the share of its urban counterpart is additionally low at ten per cent as compared with different regions of urban India.” It states that not like different regions, there's no gap in proportions of rural (33.2%) and concrete (33.9%) sectors of Southern Asian country that powerfully points towards ‘equal’ proportion of awareness, of and participation in, technical education in rural and concrete components of southern Asian country. The report says, “Even regions like the North and West (unexpectedly) and North Central (expectedly) have shown low penetration of technical education.” Cost of Technical Education The report states that the value of technical education is signiﬁcantly high compared with non-technical degrees. The every year value for technical education ranges from around Rs. 30,000-35,000.

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Comparing southern Asian country with North it says, the value of technical education is comparatively low in low in North-Central and North-Eastern regions. It states, “This might once more replicate the qualitative differentials in education suggesting poor quality technical education in these regions compared to different regions of Asian country.” Private players in teaching As per the report the academic provision in Asian country is predicated on a form loose pyramid structure that links elementary-level schooling to in turn higher levels like matriculation, preuniversity, university and technical education. The report states that providing teaching may be a challenge in Asian country. “Since Asian country may be a growing population the infrastructure wants is growing by the day. People’s aspirations ar everchanging quick, that is additionally boosting the demand for education at levels together with the HLE and technical education,” says the report. It additional comments that whereas throughout the ﬁrst amount once independence the state governments established the HLE infrastructure, the facilities couldn't sustain and didn't guarantee access to eligible voters attributable to demand pressure caused each by a rise in youth population and additionally increasing higher level academic aspirations. “But, whereas being pricey they appear to typically impart low-quality

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education compared with the quality government run establishments,” report commented. Talking on the point of ought to offer chance to personal sector, the report states that personal establishments have crammed the demand provide gap within the teaching business. One advantage of personal teaching establishments has been that they provide a range of talent promoting courses, that aren't sometimes enclosed within the programme offered by government run establishments. It says, the personal teaching establishments has to be supported by making sanctioning and promotional role by the govt. with a robust restrictive mechanism to line the standards of education. Huge north-south divide The Higher education report highlights that it states that southern India’s urban population has improved at the quickest pace leading the region to showcase most promising growth in teaching compared with urban components of all different regions. Talking regarding northern Asian country, it says that the urban population in northern Asian country was at the highest in each the generations whereas within the past generation it had second highest prevalence for its rural counterpart, that in current generation has additionally created it to the highest. However, the report states that NorthEastern Asian country on the opposite hand has the smallest amount share in

teaching as per cent of its population for each the generations and in line with gender. The report additionally states that currently English has become a mechanism to beat serious socially driven differentials; and additionally the modern globalizing ﬁnancial set-up is anchored in West Germanic. As per the report, the distinction between southern Asian country and remainder of the regions in terms of English medium academic accessibility is extremely Brobdingnagian for each the genders. Higher education’s role in a job The report highlights the share of illiterate personnel is thirty.7 per cent within the year 2009-10, that is double their share of ﬁfteen.2 per cent contribution to the value. While, solely regarding 9 per cent of the HLE (graduates and above) contributes regarding twenty nine per cent of the value. It says, “This adequately demonstrates the facility of education which reinforces productivity and amount each at the individual level and once aggregate at the extent of a nation. It suggests the impact of education on value is distinguished and that they ar extremely related .” The report points that the younger generation has evolved to be additional responsive to the worth of upper education and therefore the shares of several populations in teaching in every socio-religious cluster also as in urban, rural, male and feminine teams have considerably raised over the past generation.

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India’s analysis article output best among BRIC; China trails behind A

recent study ready by Elsevier for the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and supported Scopus information, shows that Asian nation has achieved substantial growth in analysis articles output, increasing from fifty four thousand in 2008 to ninety three thousand in 2012 at AN annualized rate of fourteen.4 per cent. this is often a rate more than that of China (10.9 per cent), Brazil (7.9 per cent), Russia (1.9 per cent) and therefore the U.K. (2.9 per cent). Over an equivalent amount from 2008 to 2012, India’s share of the highest ten per cent of the foremost cited articles – a proxy for top quality analysis articles – rose from a pair of.0 per cent to three.1 per cent at AN annual rate of one.3 per cent, that is more than Brazil (7.6 per cent), Russia (8.4 per cent) and therefore the U.K. (- 2.7 per cent). solely China surpassed Asian nation with a thirteen.8 per cent annual rate. India’s field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) – normalized at worth of "1" because the world average – is below average at zero.75 and is declining at a rate of one.6 per cent per annum. China incorporates a comparable FWCI to Asian nation, however is experiencing AN upward annual rate of two.4 per cent. The field-weighted citation impact is usually thoughtabout to be a decent indicator for quality. The report indicates that once Asian nation collaborates internationally, the articles with Indian and international co-authors area unit related to 111 per cent bigger FWCI than articles with single establishment coauthorship. India’s international co-authorship is modest with a share of sixteen.2 per cent in a pair of012, behind Brazil (24.2 per cent), Russia (29.8 per cent) and therefore the U.K. (47.6 per cent). solely China’s international author share is below India’s at fourteen.9 per cent. Dr. Michiel Kolman, Senior Vice-President of educational Relations at Elsevier, World Health Organization is visiting Mumbai, 28

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capital of India and metropolis, said, “India shows unbelievable growth in article output, even surpassing China. On the standard facet, though we have a tendency to see AN overall impact that's below the world’s average, there's a rising share of higher-quality articles from Asian nation. Articles from Asian nation that resulted from international collaboration show imposingly top quality at quite double the impact of articles from one institute.” “More are often done to additional advance India’s analysis excellence. Encouraging collaboration with the international analysis community can aid data transfer between parties and bolster cross-border recognition,” said Dr. Kolman. On India’s performance in patents, the amount of patents granted to Asian nation in 2012 is 3588, a ﬁgure that's more than Brazil’s (1027), however signiﬁcantly less than the numbers for the U.K. (20,194), Russia (24,551) and far farther behind China (152,102). Dr. Kolman conjointly unconcealed that the proportion of Indian analysis cited in patents is comparatively low. The relative share of India’s patent citations to articles revealed from 2007 to 2011 is at one.50 for the united kingdom, and usually lower amongst the BRIC countries: Asian nation (0.65), China (0.54), Russia (0.42) and Brazil (0.44). Dr. Kolman went on to elucidate that a lot of U.K. analysis articles are cited in worldwide patents. “This indicates that the U.K. possesses the infrastructure and governance to provide analysis that lays the muse for innovation. In Asian nation and alternative BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia and China), there area unit space and opportunities for bigger growth in each the amount of patents and therefore the analysis that results in patents.”

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Indian Statistical Institute to get Rs. 115 crore cryptology research centre

ncryption technology is set to take a leap in Kolkata with a dedicated research centre at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Home of code language research for more than a decade, ISI will soon host the RC Bose Centre for Cryptology and Security. To be set up at a cost of Rs 115 crore and funded by the central government, it will conduct research on developing encrypted data transfer, primarily for defence and ﬁnance. ISI already has a cryptology research group (CRG) that has been working on encrypting classiﬁed data for transmission. With the research centre, ISI will make a foray into the practical aspects of cryptology. So far, it has only been working on the theoretical part. "Our primary job has been to develop theories and pass them on to the agencies for which we have been working. But once we have a research centre, we must also

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delve into the practical part. In terms of theoretical research, it will be an extension of CRG activities that we have been involved in since 2000. The ambit and nature of research will, of course, be far more extensive," said Rana Barua, professor, statistics and mathematics unit and a member of CRG. The research centre will also run cryptograph courses. It could offer a diploma or a degree course on cryptology. "We need more researchers and trained people to carry on the job. Courses are the obvious way of having more trained hands," said Barua. The research centre will have 15 to 20 research scholars, post-doctoral students and visiting professors. Many from the CRG will be joining the centre. "It will be a centre of excellence that will encourage independent research. Funds have been sanctioned and we are waiting for the money to arrive," said

Bimal Roy, director, ISI. He added that the centre will not restrict itself merely to theoretical research. "In the long run, we must look into the possibility of exploring the practical part. It will be a comprehensive research unit," said Roy. ISI initiated research on cryptology in 2000. It has been holding a cryptology conference every year since then. The institute has developed indigenous cryptology codes for defence and ﬁnance that have often been used. Even though government agencies also use commercially available encryption, they are not considered fully safe. "It can be decoded by the company providing it. So, commercial encryption is not trusted. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) uses its own encryption techniques. We have been in the fray for seven or eight years," said an ISI ofﬁcial. The centre will be set up on an ISI-owned plot on BT Road, a few kilometres from the main campus.

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Educating the Female kid

n eight to 9 year previous lady comes each morning and afternoon in my workplace to assist her mother serve tea to USA. She is bubbly, effervescent and appears a contented kid. typically from her home that is adjacent to our house she waves at Pine Tree State. in the future I beckoned to her, waving however she looked recalcitrant and ill-tempered. when your time I saw her sidling to her mother 30

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within the near tea look that the mother owns, showing her associate exercise book that I might mistily decipher because the English alphabets, written by her. (The balcony of my workplace simply overlooks the tea shop). She stood by yieldingly and somewhat uneasily because the mother nodded gravely. when ďŹ nishing this duty the lady skipped back merrily to the porch of her house. clearly eased with ďŹ nishing her ' studies '

normalcy came back and also the face was all over again adorned with smiles. Every morning and afternoon she involves my area to require back the cups. She has currently got terribly friendly with a colleague of mine, and speaks to him part in Khasi and part in Hindi. My colleague appears terribly keen on her as she cuddles up to him. the foremost necessary issue is that she could be a happy kid, alert and really sensitive

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Every morning and afternoon she involves my area to require back the cups. She has currently got terribly friendly with a colleague of mine, and speaks to him part in Khasi and part in Hindi. My colleague appears terribly keen on her as she cuddles up to him. the foremost necessary issue is that she could be a happy kid, alert and really sensitive to her surroundings. My colleagues within the workplace tell Pine Tree State that she is Assamese and has been adopted by the Khasi couple World Health Organization own the tea look. i attempted speaking Assamese to her, she bashfully responded. Ever since that point I actually have tried to follow her movements. She follows her ' mother ' sort of a strict dictator. iConnect

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to her surroundings. My colleagues within the workplace tell Pine Tree State that she is Assamese and has been adopted by the Khasi couple World Health Organization own the tea look. i attempted speaking Assamese to her, she bashfully responded. Ever since that point I actually have tried to follow her movements. She follows her ' mother ' sort of a strict dictator. Then I remembered the scene wherever the mother was making an attempt to show her the alphabets. The mother not being from an informed background herself, is making an attempt to try to to her best to teach her adopted kid, World Health Organization is currently her ' real ' kid. My colleague told Pine Tree State the opposite day, that he detected that next year the fogeys can send her to high school. I greeted the news with a private joy. In associate age wherever we tend to speak vocally concerning education for the impoverished lady kid, in our country, I really see it happening before of my eyes, not imparted by the elite and also the learned, or the privileged, however by the poor themselves. Amidst the fanfare of the International Day for the lady kid, that recently over we've got 1,000,000 lessons to be told, from individuals like this foster mother transmission

education to her adopted kid, a mother World Health Organization is as untaught as her ' girl '. Against the scene of the President of India's address within the North japanese Hill University Convocation on the twenty second of Gregorian calendar month the statement that he created that education in India ought to be additional daring, innovative and path breaking such examples because the one cited higher than gains ascendance and importance. The innovation and alter method of education begins with college education. the correct to Education is assumptive, within the sense that it decrees that each one ought to get the opportunities of education. that each one don't get such advantages, particularly the impoverished, the abandoned and also the neglected could be a truth. The challenge is; however will we get them into the ' room '. What quite ' classroom' will we tend to produce for them, for a basic education, empty of stereotypes? for youngsters World Health Organization haven't been about to college for years, a separate and distinct education system ought to get on the anvil, one thing that's inventive, and one thing which inspires the child's sensory perception: easy writing, reading or painting. an equivalent is also true of general

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wOmEN CONNECT education, however the distinction between the 2 is that within the former there has been deprivation, the latter is additional lucky to enter college at the correct time. it's exactly this entry purpose that creates the hiatus in opportunities, and in ﬁnal consequence. The modiﬁcation should begin here, not most in teaching methodologies however in infusing the spirit of education to the decadent and also the unfortunate. The prattle concerning technology while not looking for the bottom realities like disruption or non availableness of technology in remote areas is just vacuous. Basic intelligence is inherent in each kid and sensible examples, not most analysis has amply established the very fact that the disabled, the physically or mentally challenged still retain associate intelligence which may yield inventive results. therefore innovation, during this context won't be most within the domain of teaching and learning, however victimization all inventive resources to bring ' street children' and drop outs into a learning system, not most formal however contextualized in an exceedingly inventive pedagogy. this can be the most important challenge. Once

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{this is|this is often|this will be} done then the chain of collegial and better education can follow, particularly with the resources out there in open colleges and universities. actually in associate university one is a graduate while not being a 10 and 2 passed, or perhaps a category 10 passed, provided he or she is of a minimum eighteen years. we've got versatile choices open in each college and better education in our country, the most issue is awareness and message. The National Open college has the choice for vocational training additionally, and opportunities for the physically challenged. There should be a well coordinated and musical group effort in message by each governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The ‘Hunar’ project for women in province of the National Open college is barely one such example, however actually a awfully worthy one wherever education for minority communities has veriﬁed to achieve success. The President of India's statement is of nice import for one or 2 reasons. the primary is that the decrepit condition of education in our country; the second is that the entry purpose and equitable distribution of learning. rather than

caviling an excessive amount of concerning technology and pharisaical strategies, allow us to investigate associate equal distribution and also the question of opportunities. Once basic or college education is ready .right each for the lady or boy kid, within the context of being underprivileged instruction will follow. each speech by a inﬂuential person or an instructor bristles with statistics; rather than this mono mania for statistics we must always evolve a joint policy, that ought to be inclusive , together with aspects like vocational training from college forwards. Statistics needn't tell USA the grinding truth our surroundings impart this terribly clearly and loudly, a painful reality. It is a good sign that the President of the country is thinking in terms of an inspired and artistic instructional system. however the structure is reinforced providing the foundations ar robust. The lady close to my workplace World Health Organization is educating, adopting a lady kid, victimization the time of education and resources at her disposal, but restricted this may well be could be a exceptional conceiver. it's precisely this exigency that makes her effort a prodigious one!

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Finding advice on credit and debt management B

uying a home or paying for a school education square measure massive expenses, however they’re conjointly necessary investments in your life. one among the most effective ways that to purchase massive expenditures is with the assistance of a loan, however before you're taking on debt, it’s essential to know the terms of the loan and your ability to repay it. “If an individual plans to require on further debt, it's sensible to initial ensure that their monetary ducks square measure in an exceedingly row,” says Gail professional dancer, vice chairman of membership and packaging for the Washington, D.C.-based National Foundation for Credit counselling (NFCC). If you’re making an attempt to manage substantial amounts of debt, it’s even a lot of essential to urge monetary recommendation which will steer you back on target.

Finding skilled recommendation Where do you have to flip for recommendation on a way to use credit and loans sagely and pay off debt successfully? There square measure several free or cheap credit counselors dedicated to serving to educate shoppers concerning budgeting and designing. Counselors will assist you perceive what proportion you'll afford to pay, wherever your cash is going—whether you’re devoting Associate in Nursing uncommonly massive share of your financial gain to housing, food or transportation prices, as an example— and sensible ways for paying off debt. The challenge is that there also are several teams that bill themselves as credit counselors however very aim to cash in on your monetary stress. the nice news is that a lot of counselors square measure genuinely dedicated to serving to you create wise selections. “It’s simple to search out the nice guys,” professional dancer says. “Before participating with a credit counselor, shoppers got to do their prep to confirm

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that they're operating with a legitimate agency.” Here square measure 3 steps you'll go for determine a reliable credit counselor: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends that you just verify the organization may be a non-proﬁtmaking. This isn’t a guarantee that the organization has your best interests at bottom, however it’s a begin. The FTC conjointly suggests asking queries like whether or not the advisors square measure authorized and whether or not they’re paid a lot of if their shoppers choose bound choices, like a debt-management program (DMP). Avoid commission-based agencies, furthermore as people who appear to funnel all shoppers toward DMPs. Look for a range of services on the agency’s menu, together with free options—budget education, as an example, instead of a singular specialize in DMPs and different services that value cash to use. All NFCC member agencies provide such counselling on topics starting from designing a marriage on a budget to preventing a mortgage proceeding. In most cases such counselling is free, and it’s generally less

than $20. Getting facilitate from folks you recognize Rather than ﬂip now to a counselling agency, you will favor to intercommunicate an addict or friend for help—an aunty United Nations agency is Associate in Nursing professional, for example, or a family friend United Nations agency is Associate in Nursing controller. These folks will offer a lot of of a similar budgeting facilitate as a credit counselor, professional dancer says. However, opt for that friend or friend rigorously. “Turning to a friend or friend is simply an honest plan if that person is ﬁnancially stable and may provide solid recommendation. It’s in all probability higher and fewer awkward to succeed in dead set a reliable credit counselling agency for skilled, unbiased facilitate.” If you’re considering usurping debt, or if you’ve already done thus and square measure currently unsure a way to pay it off, you’d be knowing receive some sensible skilled counsel. After all, such recommendation is usually free—just certify it’s from a trustworthy supply.

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Why is associate MBA Admissions Coach important? GMAT and follow it through. Motivation may be a key element crucial within the admissions method and right from the beginning, below the mentorship of an educator, a willdidate can maintain their levels of motivation and charter progress sporadically to ace the GMAT and skyhigh inure the applications. The MBA Admissions Coach additionally leverages their experience and power of the MBA Admissions method to guide the mortal and facilitate them develop their proﬁle and submit winning applications to draw in the eye of the admissions committees.

n MBA may be a life reworking expertise. it's one amongst the foremost vital investments of your life and also the opening move of your journey resulting in the belief of all of your skilled and private aspirations. The stakes square measure high with ﬁerce competition. The seats at prime business faculties square measure restricted. Your mind is encircled with doubts and many queries associated with your crusade. In Bharat particularly, the culture of education is such a baby depends right from the college stage. oldsters nurture and facilitate each step of the means, till the below graduation stage. additionally, there square measure counselors, tutors, and useful relatives and friends United Nations agency advise on the simplest course of action. Even when many years of expertise, at the MBA admissions

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stage, several young professionals square measure confused. They need associate MBA for it means that lateral placements, nice hike in wage and a chance to explore a brand new career track. However, they're uninformed regarding the way to DISTINGUISH the distinctive aspects of their proﬁle, what their post MBA goals square measure, the way to choose the simplest work MBA faculties and the way to approach the MBA Essays. United Nations agency will they request once they have such a lot of queries at this important juncture? An MBA Admissions Coach is of crucial importance here. an educator is virtually sort of a mother United Nations agency can hand hold the aspirant each step of the means. Once associate aspirant has created a ﬁrm call relating to their MBA, the coach will facilitate them follow a strict study arrange for the

Speciﬁcally, here is however the MBA Coach can help: • You'll understand your true goal owing to the support and structure provided by your coach. • Below objective and sensible stepwise work, you'll understand the simplest strategy faithful your freelance profile. • You'll brainstorm thoroughly together {with your|along with your} coach to dig deep into your life and are available up with your essay anecdotes that you'll write and so work upon. The result are that your application can represent you as you're and MARKET you to the admissions committee. • An educator will establish the areas of improvement in your temperament which can cause a haul throughout the interview section and work upon them till they're reduced. • You'll create your choices relating to your school choice associated you'll be assured in them as a result of you'll have shared them with an objective hearer. (your coach) • Owing to the clarity you'll get through the work method, you'll feel a lot of assured and relaxed and therefore be in an exceedingly position to figure upon your applications with a lot of conviction.

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As a result, you'll truly shine through as a awfully promising candidate. It is virtually a guarantee that with work you'll accomplish little milestones and take action. you'll explore your FULL potential owing to the extent of answerability and commitment concerned. So, it's ne'er too early for hiring associate MBA Admissions Coach. How to notice the simplest one? Selecting the proper MBA Admissions Coach is difficult particularly within the face of the sheer numbers of service suppliers within the market. There square measure 2 main styles of Admissions consulting companies: • Shop Admissions Consultants: The coaches work one on one with candidates and usually work with solely a particular variety of candidates once a year. • Check Preparation firms which provide Admissions Consulting as another service: They train an outsized variety of GMAT takers each season and with a robust sales team, convert several of their existing check preparation purchasers for the Admissions service. A candidate is spoilt of alternative particularly with such a inequality within the quality and rates of services provided. Some folks square measure naturally drawn to the a lot of common firms within the business just because of their

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straightforward accessibility and ubiquitousness. In their mind, they relate this to Admissions Success. alternative candidates request smaller outfits, shop admissions coaches if you wish, that pledge customized attention. no matter is also the case, following many easy pointers will assist you end on the proper person to assist you with the applications: 1. Analysis on totally different MBA Admission Consulting firms to search out out the one that suits you best. each company incorporates a totally different work methodology and you wish to work out that one can offer you the simplest worth in terms of strategizing on your campaign and serving to you with the appliance essays writing and sprucing. 2. Put in force talking to the one that are operating directly with you. raise them to obviously outline however they'll facilitate, their qualifications, expertise, expertise and success rate. 3. If you decide on an even bigger company, it's extremely probable that application consultants or MBA essay writers square measure employed on a contract basis. There may well be inconsistency within the level of experience, and to avoid being cursed with a comparatively raw coach, put in force obtaining all details of the advisor you're assigned to. additionally raise if you'll be coping with only 1 person for all the

applications, essays and interviews facilitate. 4. Confirm that you just connect along with your coach. Pay shut attention to the means your prospective coach deals with you. square measure they simply accessible, empathetic, prompt and fast to respond? Pay shut attention to your gut instinct. Mostly, it's right! If you have got doubts regarding your prospective coach’s ability, look elsewhere. 5. Over the worth you're paying for the service, contemplate the worth you'll get reciprocally. Saving a few of thousand rupees won't assist you in any respect if you are doing not accomplish your goals. 6. Several admissions consulting firms within the U.S.A. square measure authorised to skilled bodies like MBA Career Services Council, IECA, NAGAP, higher Business Bureau, AIGAC etc. that have terribly tight membership needs and moral standards. we should always have some similar certification for Admissions Coaches and study abroad consultancies in Bharat further to keep up quality. If doctors, lawyers, teachers, CAs and alternative professionals have regulated accrediting bodies, why not Admissions Consultancies? in any case we have a tendency to square measure coping with peoples ‘careers here.

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Importance E

of Education in Society

ducation, if looked at beyond its conventional boundaries, forms the very essence of all our actions. What we do is what we know and have learned, either through instructions or through observation and assimilation. When we are not making an effort to learn, our mind is always processing new information or trying to analyze the similarities as well as the tiny nuances within the context which makes the topic stand out or seem 36

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different. If that is the case then the mind deﬁnitely holds the potential to learn more, however, it is us who stop ourselves from expanding the horizons of our knowledge with self-doubt or other social, emotional, or economic constraints. While most feel that education is a necessity, they tend to use it as a tool for reaching a speciﬁc target or personal mark, after which there is no further need to seek greater education. Nonetheless, the importance of

education in society is indispensable and cohering, which is why society and knowledge cannot be ever separated into two distinct entities. Let us ﬁnd out more about the role of education in society and how it affects our lives.

Purpose of Education in Society Education is Self Empowerment

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Receiving a good education helps empower you, thus making you strong enough to look after yourself in any given situation. It keeps you aware of your given surrounding as well as the rules and regulations of the society you're living in. It's only through knowledge that you can be able to question authority for its negligence or discrepancies. It is only then that you can avail your rights as a citizen and seek improvement in the structural functioning of governance and economy. It's only when a citizen is aware about the policies of its government can he be able to support or protest the change. As a whole, people can bring about development only when they know where improvement is necessary for the greater good of mankind. Education helps you understand yourself better, it helps you realize your potential and qualities as a human being. It helps you to tap into latent talent, so that you may be able to sharpen your skills. Financial Stability and Dignity of Life Another importance of education is that it helps you gain sufďŹ cient academic qualiďŹ cation so that you are able to get suitable employment at a later stage. A decent employment would be combined with hard-earned remuneration or salary through which you can look after your personal expenses. While you earn for yourself, you gradually begin to realize the true worth of money and how hard it is to earn it. You realize the significance of saving for a rainy day and for unforeseeable contingencies. You feel empowered because there is a new sense of worth that develops within you, and you feel the need to be independent and free from any further financial support. You take pride in the fact that you are earning for yourself, and are not obligated to anyone. Growth in Personal Aspiration There also comes a phase when the amount you are earning presently will seem inadequate because your aspirations and expectations from yourself would have grown considerably. After this, you will want to change jobs so as to have a higher profile. However, here is when you need to be prepared. A promotion of this figure can occur in two given situations, which are, that either you have the necessary higher academic qualification

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or a college degree which allows you a safe passage, or that you have amassed enough practical experience which allows you to be a suitable candidate for the employment you seek. On the Job Efficiency This is why college education is very important after high school and must not be taken for granted. When faced with the option of choosing between a highly qualified candidate and a not so educated candidate, the employers will most probably go in for the qualified person. The reason being that, a qualified candidate will not require much investment of the employer's time and money. The organization need not teach him or her the tricks of the trade, or the various ways of functioning and performing the tasks of the workplace. On the contrary, a novice / amateur applicant would need to be taught everything from scratch, which many employer's are usually not willing to do. The same applies for people who seek higher education and get advanced diplomas while working. These people are continuously improving their profile and their knowledge base so as to go higher up on the competitive ladder. Helps Plan Ahead Those who have amassed enough education, steer the path of development and progress for their country. It is these individuals who go ahead and become teachers, scientists, inventors, welfare activists, soldiers, and politicians who work together to form the very backbone of the society. Without this pool of intellect, the economic and social framework would crumple and fall, paving its way for anarchy, degradation, and violence. While this intricate balance of growth is maintained, there will be a continuous rise in progress in all quarters of life, whether that be personal growth, or development of the nation as an entity. This progress has a very important role to play for the coming generations, which will reap the benefits of our hard work, as they develop it further. At the same time, the negative impact of our actions shall have its collateral damage on the coming generation as well. Which is why we must be exceptionally prudent about the decisions we make and the actions we take in the present.

Job Seeker vs. Job Provider There will come a time, when you will no longer feel the need to be working as someone's mere employee. You would want to take charge and control over your own life and income. This is when you will decide to become a self-employed individual, who would like to watch his / her own ideas take realistic form. You would prefer being the one offering job opportunities to others and aid in providing income to them. At this stage of entrepreneurship, you may use your own expertise as well as that of other trained and skilled associates. As a team, you will find your business or venture expanding and yielding good results. You may even gain the confidence and insight, which will help you diversify and spread your expertise into other business arenas, which were previously unknown to you, or you were unsure about. This ability, comes with experience and knowledge amassed over the years. An Idle Mind is The Devil's Workshop Education and studying regularly, gives people of all age groups something substantial and challenging to do. It helps them think and use their idle hours, doing something productive and worthwhile. Education need not be purely academic and may include reading for leisure or as a passion for literature, philosophy, art, politics, economics, or even scientific research. There is no limit, to all that you can teach yourself, only if you take the interest to learn and grow as an individual. However, those who treat knowledge as trash, eventually find themselves getting absorbed with thoughts of violence, and jealously against those who are better off than themselves. It is people such as these who turn towards drug addiction, unnecessary rebellion, crime, and plain inactivity. Such people lack the selfesteem, that a good education often provides to its followers. Education plays its continuous role in all spheres of life. The reason being, that if we are aware of the drawbacks of a decision and we know about the possible contingencies and the collateral damage, our consequent actions would be wiser, which would help us to keep danger at bay at all times.

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Ivey Business School and IIM Calcutta sign MoU I

vey Business School and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta on Wednesday signed a ﬁve-year Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop and publish Indiarelevant cases. The partnership between the two leading institutions entails a collaborative effort to foster case based teaching and in creating high quality case materials to enrich classroom discussions. The MoU was signed by Eric A. Morse, Associate Dean, Programs, Ivey Business School and Ashok Banerjee, Dean of New Initiatives and External Relations, IIMC at the IIM campus in Kolkata. Under this partnership, the two institutions will collaborate in the areas of research, development and publishing of cases as well as in fostering a culture of case writing and case pedagogy in Indian management institutes. This MoU will help the IIM-C Case Research Centre increase its global reach, leverage Ivey's rich knowledge base and accumulated intellectual capital in business case study research and encourage joint research and coauthorship between faculty of the two institutes. This will support IIM-C's emphasis on case based teaching and writing to further enhance its reputation as a leader in management education. Ivey ﬁnds great complementarity in the two institute's aims and goals for furthering the case pedagogy in India and is looking forward to collaborating with IIMC in building on IIMC's extensive industry network and their case focus to further add to Ivey's India efforts in these areas. Speaking on the partnership, Eric Morse, Associate Dean-Programs, Ivey Business School, said, "Ivey is the largest producer of high quality Asian Business Cases and we are delighted to partner with IIM-C to build on this quality portfolio. IIM Calcutta has a tremendous reputation for its ties with 38

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industry and for attracting some of India's best talent. We believe our combined expertise and focus on quality will lead to exceptional results for both institutions and the stakeholders we collectively serve." "The Case Research centre at IIM-C was set up with the idea of developing India-speciﬁc cases from the formal and informal sectors. The MoU will help IIM Calcutta faculty to list their cases in Ivey thereby enabling faculty and students from all over the world access to such cases from a leading emerging market," said Professor Ashok Banerjee, Dean of New Initiatives and External Relations, IIM Calcutta. One of Canada's leading and most prestigious business schools, Ivey has been using cases in its classrooms since 1923 and is committed to mentoring high-potential faculty in case teaching and writing through a comprehensive process of case development - from generating ideas to publishing case studies globally. Active in India based case development, training Indian faculty and perpetuating the case pedagogy in India since 2008, Ivey runs an annual Global

Case Competition for India based cases. Co-hosted with ISB since 2010, the competition has rapidly gained prominence in India and abroad. Ivey has also so far trained over 720 Indian faculty in case teaching and writing through numerous workshops organized in partnership with Indian business schools such as ISB, IIM-B, MDI, IMI, IIT-B, SPJIMR to name a few. IIM Calcutta is one of the premier business schools in India, and is globally recognized as a leader in business education. IIM Calcutta uses cases as a key learning tool in several of its courses for postgraduate students and participants in management development programs. The Case Research Centre (IIMCCRC) was started in 2012 to champion the cause of participative case based learning in Business Schools and other institutions in India by creating a repository of teaching cases with an Indian context, spreading awareness on the value of the Case Method, and propagating practice standards for development and use of cases in management education.

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