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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

JNV News: MOU SIGNED BETWEEN HRD AND RAILWAY MINISTRIES


 An MoU was signed between the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Ministry of Railways to develop educational infrastructure in the form of around 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas in civil sector (about 20 during the 11th Plan and the balance during the 12th Plan), 10 Residential Schools on the pattern of Navodaya Vidayalayas ( to be set up by Ministry of Railways in collaboration with Ministry of HRD on mutually agreed terms), an appropriate number of Model Degree Colleges and Technical and Management institutions of National Importance to meet the demand for education including wards of Railway employees, either as per the norms specified under the existing schemes/programmes and projects being executed by Ministry of Human Resource Development or through special programmes and projects mutually agreed by the parties or through innovative financing under Public Private Partnership Models or any combinational thereof.

Source:PIB

JNV News: Students visit Vidhan Sabha


 CHANDIGARH: It was an altogether different experience for 415 students of seven Govt Senior Secondary Schools (GSSS) in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab when, on Saturday, they visited Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Punjab and Haryana High Court and some other places, about which they had so far read in textbooks and seen on television. 

Said an excited 18-year-old Surinder Singh, class 12 student of GSSS Ferozepur, It was a memorable moment for us when we were there. 

The protocol officer of Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Rajan Kumar, addressed the students and introduced them to the functioning of Vidhan Sabha. In Punjab and Haryana High Court, officials of the bar council attended to the students. 

The visit was organized by Awareness Mission Society headed by Ram Dayal of Chandigarh. Other places visited by the students included Rock Garden, Chandigarh Traffic Park-23, Panjab University (PU) and two media institutes. On the second leg of the two-day visit, the students would visit historical gurdwaras, including Machhiwara Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and Fathegarh Sahib on Sunday. 

The organizer, who is an inspector-rank official with Chandigarh police, said the society organizes one educational tour every year and students of government schools from every district of Punjab are invited. 

The society is also working in the field of free education for poor students across the state and providing special training to needy students for clearing entrance tests for admissions to Navodaya Vidyalayas in Punjab. 


 Source: TOI

JNV News: Youth parliament competition in city

 MYSORE: A two-day national youth parliament competition will be held from Wednesday in the city. The 14th edition of the competition will have students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in three regions of Pune, Bhopal and Hyderabad, posing questions. Union parliamentary affairs secretary Usha Mathur and under-secretary R C Mohanthy will attend. 

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Mysore is hosting the event. Students of JNV at Gajapathy in Odisha, JNV at Hingoli and Pune and the host school will take part, school principal Siddarame Gowda said.

Among the politicians, MP H Vishwanath and former MP A Siddaraju will be there as members of the jury, along with the secretary. 

 

Monday, December 27, 2010

Education workshop for teachers throws light on unconventional teaching tools

Source: The Hindu
It was a fun filled affair for five-days when teachers turned students attending lectures and trying their hands on various activities. In a skill training workshop conducted by PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal, a constituent of NCERT, in collaboration with Mahatma Montessori Matriculation HSS, Madurai, over 40 teachers from various cities of South India participated and underwent teaching guidance.
“The objective of the workshop was to lend practical experience to ‘Socially Useful Productive Work' (SUPW) teachers on making classes interesting and more resourceful for students,” shared Prof.Saurabh Prakash, from the institute.
During the module, Mahatma School teachers conducted presentations, mock classes and training sessions exhibiting innovative teaching systems they follow. Gaining some basic insights from here, later the SUPW teachers are expected to implement the same in ‘Kendriya Vidyalayas' and ‘Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas'.
“School dropout rate in our country is still very high and only some skill-based training will fetch jobs for the students. Vocational skills apart from text book knowledge are necessary,” added, Mr. Saurabh, who was particularly impressed by some unique interesting teaching tools at Mahatma School, which allows students to apply creativity and inculcates individuality.
Primary section doesn't follow text books except for English, Tamil and Mathematics. Instead of prescribed syllabus, a way of practical knowledge is imparted covering a broader spectrum of subjects.
“Our teachers come up with interesting patterns and syllabus to integrate subjects like science, social studies and English. We link lessons and introduce art and crafts to make even boring sessions interesting, so that students find learning fun,” explained Ms. Vijaya Sundar, Principal of the K.K. Nagar campus.
The school also practices the concept of ‘no bags day' for all classes on Saturdays when the students are exposed to activities ranging from cookery, embroidery, fine arts, craft-from-waste besides discussions, debates, symposiums and presentations. Mushroom and vermin culture and tree clubs are the other activities introduced to develop environmental inclination.
Likewise, dry science subjects and mathematical theories are made lively through animations, figures and pictorial illustrations.
“Teaching is almost like brewing a recipe for the students to relish. We got to learn many such guidelines here and would also implement similar ones in our schools” vowed a teacher from Hyderabad. As rightly said, knowledge is beyond text books and education should equip a person for lifetime rather just for the sake of scores.

Jnv News:HRD seeks law min consensus on RTE relief for Navodaya schools

Source:TOI
NEW DELHI: With the law ministry not in complete agreement with Attorney General (AG) Goolam E Vahanavati and former Chief Justice of India A S Anand about keeping Navodaya Vidyalayas out of the purview of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has asked law ministry officials to reconcile their view.

The HRD ministry will now send its query all over again to the law ministry. Justice Anand and AG had given the opinion that two key provisions — no-screening and giving 25% reservation to children from economically weaker section — will not be applicable to 444 Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country.

However, sources said, the law ministry had agreed with AG and Anand at one point, but later gave a different opinion — stating that Navodaya Vidyalayas cannot be excused from the key provisions. The HRD ministry wants unison in legal opinion. The law ministry says that instead of issuing notification that Navodaya Vidyalayas are a separate category, the RTE Act should be amended. But, the HRD ministry feels notification is good enough.

Votaries of RTE exemption to Navodaya Vidyalayas say these schools start from class VI. Also, the institutions — located in all districts — have 75% seats already reserved for rural children. Seats are also reserved for children from SC/ST communities in proportion to their population in the district, but not less than the national average. One-third of the seats are for girl students, and 3% of the seats are for disabled children.