Smriti Irani launches ranking framework for higher-educational institutions

Union human resource development minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday launched the national institutional ranking framework for educational institutions in the country. 

"This will meet the need for a framework that would enable parents, students, teachers, educational institutions and other stakeholders to rank institutions on the basis of a set of objective parameters and a transparent process," Irani said. 

The ranking framework is designed in such a manner that institutions, belonging to different fields like engineering and management, would be compared separately in their own respective peer groups. 

University of Hyderabad admissions to go online from next year

Admissions in the University of Hyderabad (UoH) will be conducted online from the next academic year, Appa Rao Podile, the new vice chancellor (VC), announced on Tuesday.

At present, only the finance department of the varsity is partially functioning on e-governance. However, from next academic year, not only admissions but services such as certificate verification, filling of examination forms etc. would go online, said the VC. "The funds given by the University Grants Commission will be utilised for making all the processes online," said Rao.

CBSE releases UGC-NET June results

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced the results of the University Grants Commission - National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) that was held on June 28 across the country. 

Candidates can now check their results by entering their roll numbers and date of birth on its website (www.cbseresults.nic.in), the CBSE said in a statement. 

Those students who qualified for the award of the junior research fellowship (JRF) would get a basic stipend of Rs 25,000 a month along with the house rent allowance (30 percent in tier I cities) to pursue their research work for a period of five years. 

The exam, which consists of three papers, is conducted twice a year. 

In order to become eligible to write UGC NET paper, candidates must have scored at least 55 percent in their master's degree. 

Since December last year, the CBSE conducts NET examination on behalf of the UGC to determine the eligibility for assistant professor only or JRF. 

Meanwhile, the CBSE also announced that it would conduct the UGC-NET December 2015 exam on December 27 (Sunday). 

The candidates, who desire to appear in the test, can apply online from October 1. 

The last date for applying online is November 1 and fee can be paid up to November 2.

Extension of last date for receipt of Examination Forms of students registered for July, 2015 session (Certificate programmes and semester-based programmes) without any late fine till 31st October, 2015

Sir/Madam,

The competent authority has extended the last date for receipt of Examination Forms of students registered for July, 2015 session (Certificate programmes and semester-based programmes) without any late fine till 31st October, 2015. The email dated 29.09.15 received from Registrar, SED, is reproduced below.

It is requested that this may please be prominently displayed on the Notice Boards of your Centre for information of the learners.

This may please be acknowledged and confirmed.

With regards,

(Gulab Jha)

Regional Director
IGNOU Regional Centre, Delhi-I

J-2/1, Block B-1

Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate

Mathura Road, New Delhi - 110044
Ph. 011-26990082, 26990083. Fax: 011-26990084

Website: 

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IG/SED/Exam-II/Dec,15/TEE/2015

29^th September, 2015

Regional Director

IGNOU Regional Centre

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is to inform that keeping in view the extended date of admission for July, 2015 session Competent authority has approved to extend the last date of accepting December, 2015 Term-end Examination form till 31^st October, 2015 without any late fine.

Accordingly, it is requested that the examination form of students registered for July, 2015 session (Certificate programmes and semester based programmes) may please be accepted without any late fine till 31^st October, 2015 instead of 30^th September, 2015.

Yours faithfully,

N.P. SINGH

Registrar (SED)

Distance learning needs to be brought to the mainstream

eaching through distance and open learning should not be taken as an "adjunct" mode and needs to be brought to the mainstream, Education Secretary V S Oberoi said as he pitched for offering better courses through the medium, here.

"Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode should not be taken as an adjunct mode and needs to be brought to the mainstream.

Quality of programmes offered through ODL should be better than those offered through other mode for which the New Education Policy should provide adequate inputs," he said.

Oberoi was participating here in a national consultative meeting at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) today on promoting ODL courses as part of the New Education Policy being formulated by the Human Resources Development ministry.

He opined that the experts need to look at the whole perspective differently and reposition ODL in the new architecture of education for 21st Century.

Referring to the "Skill India" campaign, Oberoi said that ODL has an advantage over other systems since the large groups can be addressed with minimal infrastructural support.

"Similar sectors need to be addressed in this policy document which should come out as a visioning document for next 20-25 years. We should develop the vision for ODL mode first.

"Methodology, pedagogy and student-teacher relationship are important in the context of online education too. MOOCs is not simply converting content to digital formats,

one has to look into the way it has to be delivered and into the assessment and evaluation processes which have to be different," he added.

IGNOU Vice Chancellor Nageshwar Rao said consultations are being carried out in all the Schools and Divisions of IGNOU including its 56 Regional Centres and far more than 6000 responses have been received from different stakeholders.

100 study centres in commerce colleges to offer CS courses

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will enter into tie up with top commerce colleges across the country to open 100 study centres where courses for students could be offered, a top official said on Sunday. 

The ICSI faculty will train the students in these colleges after college hours, so that they can become qualified company secretaries, while they finished their graduation, Atul H Mehta, president, ICSI, told reporters here. 

All the Centres would be opened by this year, he said. 

The institute is in the process of negotiations with leading software companies to develop an e-learning programme so that over 30 courses could be taught online, including videos and animation, Mehta said. 

Stating that the new Companies Act 2013 envisaged a multi-dimensional role for company secretaries, he said the profession has undergone tremendous change. 

When asked about the demand-supply gap, Mehta said with more than nine lakh private companies and one lakh Public Sector companies, there was tremendous scope for the professionals, as there were only 40,000 company secretaries in India currently. 

Mehta, here to attend 14th conference of Students Company Secretaries, said that a National Company Law Tribunal, on the line of Income Tax Tribunal, will soon be set up in the country. 

All the disputes and litigation can be filed in this tribunal, Mehta said.

Previous Year Question Paper

Dear Learner,

You Can Download Previous Year Question Papers of IGNOU from the link given Below:

Previous Year Question Papers - Download 

https://webservices.ignou.ac.in/Pre-Question/

Regards

Naveen Raj Bhatia

Centre In-Charge

29.09.2015 

Induction Meeting & Schedule for CAFE/DAFE July 2015 Session

September 23, 2015

Dear Learner,                                                               

We welcome you to the CAFÉ/DAFE Programme of the IGNOU. The induction meeting of the CAFÉ/DAFE Programme for the July 2015 session will be held on 4^th October 2015 at 11.00 a.m.  at Study  Centre 0742 D. The classes for CAFÉ/DAFE Programme begin from 10^th October 2015. The detailed schedule of the classes is given below:-

              

S.N.	Day & Date	Time	Bock to be covered
1.	Saturday 10.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	BFE-101 (Block 1 to 3)
2.	Saturday 10.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	BFEE-101 (Block 1 to 3)
3.	Saturday 17.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	BFE-102 (Block 1 to 3)
4.	Saturday 17.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	BFEE-102 (Block 1)
5.	Saturday 24.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	BFEE-102 (Block 2 to 3)
6.	Saturday 24.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	BFEE-103 (Block 1)
7.	Saturday 31.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	BFEE-103 (Block 2 to 3)
8.	Saturday 31.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	BFEE-104 (Block 1 to 3)

Please note, it is compulsory to submit the Assignments & Examination Form to appear in the Term End Theory Examination December 2015.

We will be available for your help on telephone number 9891910282 and 9811239735.

Wishing you a successful career ahead.

(Naveen Bhatia)

Centre In-charge

You can visit us at:  http://ignou-0742.blogspot.com/

                                                      www.ignou0742.com

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Induction Meeting for July 2015 Session BDP/B.Com

September 23, 2015

Dear Student,

We welcome you to the BDP/BCOM  Programme of IGNOU. The induction meeting of the BDP/BCOM programme for July 2015 session will be held on 4^th October 2015 (Sunday) at 11.00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at Study Centre 0742 D. The classes for BDP/B.COM Programme begin from 10^th October 2015. The detailed schedule of classes is given below:

Course Code: BSHF-101 (Theory)                                           

S.N.	Day & Date	Timing	Block/Unit to be covered
1.	Saturday 10.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	Block 1 (All Unit)
2.	Saturday 10.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	Block 2 (All Unit)
3.	Saturday 17.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	Block 3 (All Unit)
4.	Saturday 17.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	Block 4 (All Unit)
5.	Saturday 24.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	Block 5 (All Unit)
6.	Saturday 24.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	Block 6 (All Unit)
7.	Saturday 31.10.2015	2.30-4.30 PM	Block 7 (All Unit)
8.	Saturday 31.10.2015	4.30-6.30 PM	Block 8 (All Unit)

Course Code: FHD-01/02/BHDF-101 (Theory)

S.N.	Day & Date	Time	Block/Unit to be covered
1.	Sunday 11.10.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 1 to 3
2.	Sunday 11.10.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 4 to 6
3.	Sunday 18.10.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 7 to 9
4.	Sunday 18.10.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 10 to 12
5.	Sunday 25.10.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 13 to 15
6.	Sunday 25.10.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 16 to 18
7.	Sunday 1.11.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 19 to 21
8.	Sunday 1.11.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 22 to 24

Course Code: FEG-01/FEG-02 (Theory)                            

S.N.	Day & Date	Time	Block/Unit to be covered
1.	Sunday 8.11.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 1 to 3
2.	Sunday 8.11.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 4 to 6
3.	Sunday 15.11.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 7 to 9
4.	Sunday 15.11.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 10 to 12
5.	Sunday 22.11.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 13 to 15
6.	Sunday 22.11.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 16 to 18
7.	Sunday 29.11.2015	9.00-11.00 AM	Unit 19 to 21
8.	Sunday 29.11.2015	11.00-1.00 PM	Unit 22 to 24

Wishing you a successful career ahead.

(Naveen Bhatia)

Centre In charge

You can visit us at:  http://ignou-0742.blogspot.com/

                                                            www.ignou0742.com

New draft education policy by December: Smriti Irani

Efforts are underway to prepare the draft of a new education policy by December with involvement of people at the district level, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani said on Saturday. 

"Till now, education policies were prepared by some persons at the national level, but people at ground level were never asked," she said. 

Irani said that on how new education policy should take shape, she was holding meetings with education minister of every state and district magistrates. 

Online examination at IGNOU soon; talks on with HRD, UGC

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the largest distance learning universities in India with over 28 lakh students, is considering giving them the option of taking examinations online. 

The varsity, which adopted the online admission process from this year, is in talks with the HRD ministry and University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding the proposal. 

"We are actively considering offering the examination online to make the process smooth and easy for students. Government is also examining the proposal and the modalities are being worked out. We are in talks with HRD ministry and UGC regarding the same," IGNOU Vice Chancellor Nageshwar Rao told PTI. 

"We started online admissions this year and got a massive response. At present we have the entire process in online mode including the registration, issuing of admit cards, schedule updation but the examination is still conducted in the traditional paper mode where students have to go to their respective study centres," he added. 

The task, however, is going to be challenging for the university considering the large number of students , who are spread across the country. 

"When we look at the distance learning system in other countries of the world where universities have adopted online examination, we have to take into account that they have a small student strength of 4000-10,000. 

"In our case, the number is large and we also see that the people are spread throughout the country with different backgrounds and demographic issues. Some are housewives, some are poor, some are working, some are located in remote areas so we have to see the feasibility," he said. 

The VC said the university is yet to figure out whether the option will be made available at its centres or students will be able to take the examination from anywhere. 

"The modalities are being worked out. Working out on the examination pattern as well as the infrastructural issues, is a challenging task but the experts are on the job," he said. 

The university had started online examination for 27 courses in 2010 on an experimental basis, but the proposal had been withdrawn two years later after the UGC objected to it. 

"We had started with 27 courses which had a student strength of not more than 300, to experiment the feasibility. The response was good but later it had to be withdrawn when UGC said it doesn't recognise the online mode of examination. 

"Now, they (UGC) will be taken onboard to find a way out which is also recognised by the commission," the VC said. 

The university offers a total of 228 bachelors, masters, diploma and certificate programm