EDUCATION TRIBUNE

Better teaching, more learning
S. Kumar
Appropriate concern for the classroom situation can increase 39 per cent of scholastic output and social behavior of a student
GOOD results in an examination are usually considered as sine qua non of teacher effectiveness. But it is not the whole truth. Earning respect of students, parents’ feelings and a teacher’s own behaviour towards students, community and administration also count for his effectiveness in and outside the classroom. It is commonly seen that the community makes itself assertive in one way or the other as and when anything goes wrong.
Appropriate concern for the classroom situation can increase 39 per cent of scholastic output and social behavior of a student

Business courses much in demand
Steve McCormack
IN economically uncertain times, it’s far from easy for graduates, armed only with a degree, to get that vital first foothold on the employment ladder. So it’s no surprise that postgraduate courses in the business and management field are enjoying rude health, with university business schools already putting up the “full” sign on a large proportion of programmes starting this autumn.

Campus Notes
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Additional charge for Dean
PROFESSOR M. S. Hundal, Dean, College Development Council of Guru Nanak Dev University, has been appointed in charge of the newly established Bebe Nanaki University College at Mithra in Sultanpur Lodhi subdivision of Kapurthala district by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A. S. Brar. Dr Inderjit Singh, Registrar of the university, said Prof. Hundal had been given additional charge of the college to oversee its routine work with immediate effect.

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Better teaching, more learning
S. Kumar

GOOD results in an examination are usually considered as sine qua non of teacher effectiveness. But it is not the whole truth. Earning respect of students, parents’ feelings and a teacher’s own behaviour towards students, community and administration also count for his effectiveness in and outside the classroom. It is commonly seen that the community makes itself assertive in one way or the other as and when anything goes wrong in a school questioning the veracity of teacher effectiveness.

A teacher, however, does not work in a vacuum. He is influenced by the environment in which he functions. His own personality traits, his own perception about the whole of the educational scenario, an administrator’s outlook towards teachers and the community’s concern are some of the major factors that determine the role of a teacher.

The Education Commission (1964-66) begins its report with a pertinent thought: “The destiny of India is now being shaped in her classooms.” Unfortunately, it was taken as a mere rhetoric and was not addressed adequately. Classroom organisation, classroom climate and classroom management today sound new. If these are taken up in all seriousness, the outcome is certain to be brighter. It has been established in a research study that appropriate concern for the classroom situation can increase 39 per cent of scholastic output and social behavior of a student. Little efforts are, however, made to stress these pedagogical components in a school situation. Mere teaching contents and traditional methodology do not make a teacher effective.

Relationship is considered as one of the major players to make a teacher effective not only in scholastic but also other achievements. Proper communication, removing roadblocks and active listening are some of the potent skills that a teacher needs to be equipped with. These skills hardly meet due attention during pre-service and in-service training courses.

The Right to Education (RTE) Act places directly many challenging jobs for a teacher that can make him more effective. Non-segregation of one student with another, holding membership of the School Management Committee, participation in training programmes, maintaining the pupil cumulative record, maintaining daily teachers’ diary, making a success of continuous comprehensive evaluation and participation in curriculum formation are some of the major responsibilities of a teacher.

The government should make efforts to strengthen teachers so that they can effectively discharge their
responsibilities as envisioned in the RTE. A teacher should remember that he is watched not only by students but by all stakeholders. His private life also counts a lot in making him effective. If his private life is not worthy of a gentleman, in consonance with moral values, he can hardly be effective as a teacher.

Creativity in teachers is another value that is normally lost sight of. A teacher may not be considered merely as a human resource because exploitation and resource go together. Calling teacher as a human resource is to treat him as a commodity, and a commodity cannot be creative. A teacher should be considered more as a spiritual being with immense potential for creativity. If transformation for a better environment is to be brought in a school, creativity in a teacher, whether in helping a student in solving his problems or in matters relating to innovation in teaching, should be properly invoked and harnessed. Student development, in real sense of the term, can’t be thought of without inculcating spiritual values as part of a teacher’s approach in all matters.

It is true that it is difficult to bring about spiritual transformation, but certainly not insurmountable. This aspect, conspicuous by its absence in the present set-up, should be emphasised in pre-service and in-service training courses. Needless to say, such spiritual strength will lead to self-knowledge, self-confidence and skills to deal with not only the students’ temper but also the life in its totality. Swami Vivekanada has emphasised such strength as of paramount importance. The spiritually-transformed teacher will be able to pay undivided and unfragmanted attention to his duty as a teacher with self-confidence and immense joy.

It is hoped that factors like relationship, communication, active listening and spiritual transformation, as discussed above, will earn due attention not only at the hands of the teachers but also other stakeholders in education to make the teachers effective in and outside the classroom. Efforts should be made for recuperating old values of teachers to produce excellence in students without any monetary consideration.

The writer is a former Deputy Director of Education, Haryana


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Business courses much in demand
Steve McCormack

IN economically uncertain times, it’s far from easy for graduates, armed only with a degree, to get that vital first foothold on the employment ladder. So it’s no surprise that postgraduate courses in the business and management field are enjoying rude health, with university business schools already putting up the “full” sign on a large proportion of programmes starting this autumn.

“There’s massive demand from all over the world,” says Andrew Clare, associate dean for the MSc programme at Cass Business School, part of City University London, where around 1,300 students are coming to the end of 16 different Masters programmes.

Such courses are attractive to recent graduates for two reasons: first, because they offer the chance to enhance a CV in a way that might make that crucial difference in a job search. And second, because they offer a fruitful and purposeful way of riding out another 12 months when the employment market looks likely to remain shaky.

Before the turn of the millennium, the postgraduate business education scene was dominated by the MBA (Master of Business Administration), viewed by many as the Rolls-Royce qualification for aspirant business leaders. But since then, another type of Masters qualification has established a strong presence in the market, often referred to colloquially as a Masters in Business and Management (MBM).

Both types of course are now recognised by the leading UK-based business education accrediting body, the Association of MBAs (Amba), and listed in full on its website (www.mbaworld.com). However, Amba draws a clear dividing line between the two qualifications. “The key difference is that the MBA is a post-experience programme,” says Mark Stoddard, accreditation projects manager at Amba. “We demand that MBA programmes receiving our accreditation take only students with a minimum of three years’ management experience.

“The MBM, which we started accrediting only in 2005, is very much a starter qualification aimed at people coming straight out of their Bachelor degree and looking to get a qualification so that they can go into the market as an employable person.”

Both types of qualification cover the core elements of general management, including finance, marketing, strategy, leadership and human resource management. But while the MBM approach is aimed at beginners, MBA programmes assume knowledge already acquired at the workplace. In fact, many MBA students have considerable seniority in one aspect of business, or in one industrial sector, and want to augment that with knowledge and skills across the entire area of general business management.

One slightly confusing aspect is that, although the MBM designation is a recognised generic term to describe management Masters qualifications for those coming directly from first degrees, exact course descriptions vary.

So, among the Amba-accredited programmes are, for example, an MA in business management at Kingston University London, an MSc in business and management at University of Strathclyde’s Business School, and Cass Business School’s MSc in management. And on most of these courses, participants come from a variety of academic backgrounds.

“Our MSc students come from a wide range of degree courses,” says Clare. “Mainly arts, but also technology areas, economics and accounting.”

Fees for business Masters courses can vary greatly. At Manchester, for example, they range from £6,500 for an MSc in HR management and industrial relations to nearly £19,000 for the MSc in quantitative finance: risk management. And, as a general rule, fees for MBAs are higher than those for courses aimed at less experienced students.

Whatever the cost, though, Masters courses clearly represent a substantial investment of time and money, for which most students expect to see a return in terms of employment prospects. Business schools recognise this, and usually provide background support and guidance to help students to maximise their chances.

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Campus Notes
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Additional charge for Dean

PROFESSOR M. S. Hundal, Dean, College Development Council of Guru Nanak Dev University, has been appointed in charge of the newly established Bebe Nanaki University College at Mithra in Sultanpur Lodhi subdivision of Kapurthala district by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A. S. Brar. Dr Inderjit Singh, Registrar of the university, said Prof. Hundal had been given additional charge of the college to oversee its routine work with immediate effect.

Eligibility test on August 8

Guru Nanak Dev University will hold an eligibility test for admission to Ph.D degree courses for the session 2010-11 in certain subjects on August 8. The last date for the online submission of applications is July 23.

Dr A. K. Thukral, Director Research of the university, said the candidates with a master's degree in the relevant or the allied subject with 55 per cent marks (50 per cent in case of SC/ST) or those who had appeared in the master's degree final year exam would be eligible to appear in the test.

He said the minimum qualifying marks for the test had been fixed at 50 per cent. The syllabus for the eligibility test for admission to Ph.D. programme would be the same as prescribed by the UGC-NET respective regulatory bodies.

Dr Thukral said the test would only be a qualifying examination and the other conditions would be same as laid down in the prevailing ordinances for the Ph.D. programme of the university.

He said each application form should be submitted online with an application fee of Rs 1000 (for General Category) and Rs 500 (for SC/ST category) to be deposited in any branch of the State Bank of Patiala through the university websites, www.gndu.ac.in and www.gnduadmissions.org.

No test will be conducted for the subjects of commerce and business management, Hindi, Urdu/Persian, religious studies, Punjabi, architecture, political science, Sanskrit and education courses, for which students with UGC-NET or those who have done M.Phil from the university will be admitted, he said.

Orientation course concludes

General Orientation Course-83 organised by the Academic Staff College (ASC) of the university concluded here yesterday. Dr M. S. Hundal, Dean, College Development Council, was the chief guest on the occasion.

While congratulating the participants, Dr Hundal said the challenges before higher education today were far from those what used to be about a decade ago. Lauding the role of the university and college teachers in higher education, he said the teachers should become a role model for the students rather than following the instructions or information being provided by others.

Dr Satish Verma, Director, ASC, explained the methodology and objectives of the course in the light of the guidelines issued by the UGC from time to time. He pointed out that punctuality, regularity, participation, interaction, purposefulness on the part of teacher participants were the requisites for becoming good teachers.

Contributed by P. K. Jaiswar


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Admission Deadline
Armed Forces

Indian Army, West Block III, RK Puram, New Delhi 110066
www.joinindianarmy.nic.in / www.indianarmy.gov.in

SSC (Technical) Men (April 2011)
SSC (Technical) Women Course (April 2011)

(Including widows of Defence Personnel for Tech & Non Tech Entry at Officers Training Academy, Chennai)

Eligibility: Unmarried women / issueless widows and divorcees / widows of Defence Personnel;
BE / BTech (Electronics & Communication / Telecommunication / Electronics / Civil / Mechanical / Industrial Engg / Construction / Electrical / Architecture / Computer Science / IT)
For widows of Defence personnel with 4 years relaxation: Bachelors degree/ BE / BTech
Age: 20 - 27 years
DoB: 02 April ’84 – 01 April ‘91
Selection: SSB interview; Psychological Aptitude Test; Medical Test.

Application Form: Send application in prescribed format on Yellow paper (White paper for widows) to the "Additional Directorate General Recruiting (Women Entry Section)" to the above address. Superscribe in red ink on the envelope: "36th SSC (Tech) Men and 7th SSC (Technical) women and widows of Defence Personnel Entry / Qualification Code……"

Details: Employment News (03 - 09 July 2010) / Website.

Application Deadline: 20 August 2010

Indian Army, Additional Directorate General of Recruiting, Rtg JAG Entry, AG’s Branch, Army Hqrs, West Block III, RK Puram, New Delhi 110066
www.joinindianarmy.nic.in / www.indianarmy.gov.in

Short Service Commission (NT) Course for Law Graduates Women – April 2011
For Judge Advocate General Department

Eligibility: Indian females, LLB (55%).
Age: 21 - 27 years (DoB: 02 January ’84 – 01 January ‘90)

Selection: SSB Interview, Psychological Aptitude Tests, Medical Test.

Application Form: Send in prescribed format with required documents and 2 self-addressed postcards by registered post to the above address. Superscribe in red ink "Application for Short Service Commission (NT) Women Course– Apr 2011 for Judge Advocate Generals Department" on top left corner of white envelope.

Details: Employment News (03 – 09 July 2010) / Website

Application Deadline: 20 August 2010

Indian Coast Guard, Coast Guard Headquarters, National Stadium Complex, New Delhi 110001
www.indiancoastguard.nic.in

Recruitment of Assistant Commandants Course for Batch 01/2011:
1) Asst Commandant (General Duty)
(at Naval Academy, INS Zamorin, Ezhimala, Kerela)
2) Asst Commandant (General Duty-Pilot / Navigator)
(at Naval Academy, INS Zamorin, Ezhimala, Kerela)
3) Asst Commandant (General Duty-Pilot entry for CPL holders)
4) Asst Commandant Women (General Duty for Short Service Appointment)
5) Asst Commandant Technical (Mechanical / Electrical)

Eligibility: Indian nationals+

For 1: Bachelors Degree (Maths & Physics in 10+2), Males only
For 2: BSc (Physics & Maths), Males only
For 3: Class 12; CPL holder
For 4: Bachelors degree (Maths & Physics), Females unmarried
For 5: Male candidates only, BE / BTech in (Naval Architecture / Marine / Mechanical / Electrical / Tele-Comm & Electronics / Design / Production / Aeronautical / equivalent degree recognized by All India Institute of Engineers (AIIE) / Marine Engg graduates from IMET, Kolkata / Certificate of Competency as 1st Class Engineer of Motorship / Final exam Certificate from College of Marine Engineering under D/o Surface Transport, GoI / Passed Sections A & B of IE, Males only

DoB: For 1 & 4: 01 July '86 - 30 June '90
For 2 & 3:
01 July '84 - 30 June ‘92
For 5: 01 July '81 - 30 June '90
Selection: Selection Tests & Interview

Application Form: Download from website

Send in prescribed format to: "The Director (Recruitment), Po Box No 127, Noida 201301, UP" (Send "Under Postal Certificate" only) with unstamped, envelope (25 cms x 10 cms) / Download from website.
Details: Website

Application Deadline: 30 July 2010

Engineering

Y.M.C.A. University of Science & Technology, Sector 6, Faridabad 121006 (Har)
www.ymcaie.ac.in

1) MTech (Full Time)
Computer Engg / Networking / IT / Mechanical Engg (Mechanical & Automation Tech) / Electronics (VLSI Tech) / Electronics (Electronics & Comm Engg)
2) PhD (Full Time)

Application Form: Send Rs. 1000/- by DD favouring "Registrar, YMCA University of Science & Technology, Faridabad" payable at Faridabad to the above address / Download from website.

Details: Website

Application Deadline: 26 July 2010

IT

Institute Management Committee (Society) of Govt Central Crafts Institute for Women, Sector 11 C, Chandigarh (Punj)

Short-Term Job-oriented Computer related Specialized courses (5 months + 1 month Intermediary Programme with Industries)
Courses:
Wed Designing (HTML-XML) / Advanced Web Designing (Adobe, Flash & Dreamweaver) / Proficiency in Advanced Office Applications / Java Programming / .Net (C#, ASP) / PHP / Basic of 3-D Animation / Tally (Accountancy)

Selection: Test: 20 July 2010

Application Form: Send Rs. 150/- by MO favouring "Principal-cum-Member Secretary, IMC (Society) of Govt Central Crafts Institute for Women" to the above address.

Application Deadline: 14 July 2010

Management

Institute of Health Management Research, 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport, Jaipur 302011 (Raj)
www.iihmr.org

1) PG Programme in Hospital & Health Management (2 years, FT) at IHMR, Bangalore
2) PG Programme in Rural Management (2 years, FT), at IHMR, Jaipur

Eligibility: For 1: Bachelors degree (50%)
For 2: Bachelors degree in (Nursing / Mgmt / Medicine / Science / Economics / Rural development / Social & Behaviour Sc / Agriculture / Social Work) / ISM (50%)

Selection: MAT Scores minimum 550
GD & Interview: For 1: 3rd / 4th week July 2010
For 2: 26-27 July 2010
Mid-career professionals, medical graduates with 2 years experience in the relevant field exempted from MAT exam.

Application Form: Send Rs 1000/- by DD favouring "IIHMR", payable at Bangalore (For 1) & Jaipur (For 2) to the Dean, Academic and Student Affairs at the above address by 14 July ’10 (For 1) & 20 July ’10 (For 2) / Download from website.

Details: Website

Application Deadline: For 1: 17 July 2010
For 2: 22 July 2010

All India Management Association (AIMA), Management House, 14 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003
www.aima-ind.org/matSep10

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) September 2010

Eligibility: Bachelors degree

Test: Paper Based Test: 05 September 2010; Computer Based Test: 11 September 2010

Application Form: Send Rs. 1050/ - by DD favouring "All India Management Association-CMS," payable at New Delhi to the above address by 09 August 2010 / Download from website / Obtain from select branches of Bank of Baroda.

Details: Website

Application Deadline: 12 August 2010

Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Kolkata 700104 (WB)
www.iimcal.ac.in

PG Program for Executives (1 year, Full Time, Residential Diploma programme)

Eligibility: Executives with Bachelors degree in any discipline with min. 5 years of professional / Managerial work-ex

Selection: GMAT score; Interview; statement of purpose
Application Form & Details: Website

Admission Deadline: 31 August 2010

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B 21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016 (Deemed University)
www.iift.edu /
www.hugheseducation.com

PG Diploma in International Business for Young Managers (18 months. Part-time)

Eligibility: Bachelors degree with 50% with 1-5 years of work-ex

Selection: Entrance Exam, Profiles & Interview

Application Form & Details: Website

Application Deadline: 28 July 2010

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management & Higher Studies (NMIMS), School of Distance Learning, VL Mehta Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400056 (Mah) (Deemed University)
www.nmims.edu

PG Diploma (2 years) / Diploma (1 year) Programs in:
(Business Mgt / Marketing Mgt / Finance Mgt / HR Mgt / International Trade Mgt / Banking & Finance Mgt / Supply Chain Mgt)

Application Form & Details: Website

Registration Deadline: 31 July 2010

Scholarships

East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848-1601, USA
http://www.eastwestcenter.org

East-West Center Visiting Fellowships 2010-2011

Purpose: to enable scholars to undertake research and publication in 2010-11 / Independent project in a research programme study area (Politics, Governance & Security / Economics / Population & Health / and Environmental Change, Vulnerability & Governance) (2-5 months)

Eligibility: PhD; citizen of Asian country

Application Form & Other Details: Website.

Application Deadline: 31 July 2010

D/o Biotechnology (DBT), Block 2, 7th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 (M/o Science & Technology, GoI)
www.dbtindia.gov.in / www.dbtindia.nic.in

Ramalingaswami Fellowship (5 years)

Purpose: For scientists, physician researchers and bio-engineers of Indian origin working outside the country in various fields of Biotechnology, Agriculture, Health Sciences, Energy, Bio-Engg, Bioinformatics, Environment etc to pursue R&D in India.

Eligibility: PhD / MD or any higher degree

Fellowships: Rs. 75,000/- pm consolidated; Contingency Grant: Rs 5 lakh pa.

Application Form: Send your application in the prescribed format with the required enclosures to Dr Meenakshi Munshi, Joint Director at the above address.

Details: Website

Application Deadline: 14 August 2010

Sciences Social

National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology, National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi 110001
www.nmi.gov.in

Short-Term Course (5 months):
a) Indian Art & Culture
b) Art Appreciation
c) Bharatiya Kalanidhi (Hindi medium)

Application Form: Available at office: Rs 20/-.

Application Deadline: 26 July 2010

Teaching & Education

Punjabi University, Department of Distance Education, Patiala (Punj)
www.dccpbi.com

MEd course (2 years)
Selection:
Entrance Test: 22 August 2010
Application Form:
Send Rs 1160/- by DD favouring "Head, Department of Distance Education, Punjabi University, Patiala" payable at Patiala, with self-addressed envelope (12" x 10") at the above address
Superscribe: "MEd Entrance Test Form" / Download from website.
Details: Website
Application Deadline: 20 July 2010

Travel & Transportation

Institute of Rail Transport, Room No 17, Rail Bhavan, Raisina Road, New Delhi 110001
www.irt-india.com

Correspondence Course on Multi-Modal Transport (Containerization) & Logistics Mgmt (1 year)
Correspondence Course on Rail Transport & Management
(1 year)
Correspondence Course on Port Development & Management (2 years)

Eligibility: Bachelors degree / Diploma

Application Form: Send Rs 50/- (per course) by DD favouring "Institute of Rail Transport", payable at New Delhi with stamped (Rs 15/-), self-addressed envelope (11" x 5") to the above address. Write your name and address on reverse of DD.

Details: Employment News (03 – 09 July 2010) / Website

Application Deadline: 30 July 2010

Vocational

National Council for Vocational Training (M/o Labour & Employment, DGET, GoI
www.dget.nic.in

Women’s Vocational Training Programmes (at NVTI & RVTIs: Noida / Mumbai / Bangalore / Thiruvanthapuram / Hissar / Indore / Allahabad / Vadodara / Jaipur / Meghalaya / Kolkata)

1) Modular Crafts Instructor Training Scheme (Dress Making/Cutting & Sewing/Fashion Tech / Embroidery & Needle Craft / Hair & Skin Care / Secretarial Practice (English / Hindi) / Draughtsman (Architect) / Electronics Mechanic / Training Methodology/POT)
2) Entrepreneurship Development & Business Services Course (4 months)
3) Short Term courses

Eligibility: 10 Pass / 10+2

Application Form: Send in prescribed format with Rs 75/- by IPO favouring the "DDO" of the institute applied for / Download from website

Details: Employment News (03 – 09 July 2010) / Website

Application Deadline: 21 July 2010

Pervin Malhotra, Director, Career Guidance India (CARING)

(www.careerguidanceindia.com)


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