Now, teachers will also get a chance to study abroad
Mumbai: Think our teachers are not world-class? Don’t worry, all that is about to change.
The British Council of India and Cambridge Education Foundation together are offering a new global teacher accreditation scheme to recognise teachers’ achievements in global education. Once teachers are accredited under this scheme, they will get a chance to gain subsidised training from UK institutes.
Around 60 teachers from the country will be benefiting from the scheme currently and if the organisers get a good response, the programme will be extended to more schools.
According to Ruchira Ghosh, head, Global School Partnerships and School Communications, British Council, the scheme involves two phases. “The first phase demands research projects from teachers based on their own teaching practices. The second phase will involve them completing a course from any university in the country,” Ghosh said.
For the second phase, the British Council is yet to tie up with local universities. “It is a long-term process. So, we have initiated the first phase and eventually collaborations with local universities will take place. The course the teachers need to complete should have a global dimension. The teachers will be awarded accreditation as soon as they complete the requirements,” Ghosh added.
The teachers are currently undergoing training workshops at three centres — Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai — to enhance their school-based research skills. The accreditation achieved after the programme will help teachers enroll in any course offered globally by the British Council in future.
Fees, which are a barrier for most teachers, will be subsidised if they are accredited under this scheme. Some of the schools participating from the western region include, Udyanchal High School, Vikhroli, Gopi Birla Memorial High School, Walkeshwar and Kamala High School, Khar.
Source Link:http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_now-teachers-will-also-get-a-chance-to-study-abroad_1370266
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Now, go for direct re-evaluation
Now, go for direct re-evaluation
Mumbai: Mumbai University has at last rationalised its re-evaluation process. In a landmark decision, both graduate and post-graduate students can now go for direct reassessment, which means students can now apply for re-evaluation directly and simultaneously apply for photocopy of their answer sheets.
Several lakh students take university exams and on an average, 30,00-odd apply for re-evaluation, but many thousand don’t because of the cumbersome process.
While the old system had several complexities, the new ‘rules and regulations for photocopy and re-evaluation’ aim to reduce the process by half. For instance, if earlier, the whole process took three months, now it will be done in 45 days. “It’ll drastically cut down the waiting period for thousands of students,” said acting vice-chancellor Chandra Krishnamurthy.
In the earlier system, there have been instances of students losing academic years because of the delay in the re-evaluation process. “Students had to first apply for and obtain a photocopy of theiranswer sheet before applying for reassessment,” said Vilas Shinde, university controller of examinations. “The process often took a month or even longer. The new system makes both processes independent of each other and will expedite 70% of the work.”
The new rules are applicable to theory papers. “The regulations will be applicable for exams from the first half of 2010. We will send a circular to colleges in April. The rules will also be placed before the academic and management councils to convert them into an ordinance,” said Shinde.
Yet another feature that will speed up the process is scrapping of the redressal and grievance committee. Earlier, the committee would recommend whether a particularanswer sheet should be sent for re-evaluation or not. “But this committee has now been abolished enabling students to apply directly,” said Shinde.
Another reason to cheer is the fact that students waiting for their re-evaluation results can take provisional admission, subject to availability of seats in the college. This will ensure students do not lose out on a year. “If the student is declared pass in the requisite number of the subjects on re-evaluation, which would entitle him/her to take admission in the next class, provisional admission will be regularised,” the directive says. But if the student fails, the admission will automatically stand cancelled.
Among other rules, re-evaluation will be done through the university’s Central Assessment Programme (CAP) and it will be mandatory for colleges to relieve examinees from their college for the same.
Results of a particular subject/examination will also be declared at one go now. To apply for re-evaluation, students will have to secure 20% of the total marks or 40% of the marks required for passing in a subject.
Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_now-go-for-direct-re-evaluation_1365536
Mumbai: Mumbai University has at last rationalised its re-evaluation process. In a landmark decision, both graduate and post-graduate students can now go for direct reassessment, which means students can now apply for re-evaluation directly and simultaneously apply for photocopy of their answer sheets.
Several lakh students take university exams and on an average, 30,00-odd apply for re-evaluation, but many thousand don’t because of the cumbersome process.
While the old system had several complexities, the new ‘rules and regulations for photocopy and re-evaluation’ aim to reduce the process by half. For instance, if earlier, the whole process took three months, now it will be done in 45 days. “It’ll drastically cut down the waiting period for thousands of students,” said acting vice-chancellor Chandra Krishnamurthy.
In the earlier system, there have been instances of students losing academic years because of the delay in the re-evaluation process. “Students had to first apply for and obtain a photocopy of theiranswer sheet before applying for reassessment,” said Vilas Shinde, university controller of examinations. “The process often took a month or even longer. The new system makes both processes independent of each other and will expedite 70% of the work.”
The new rules are applicable to theory papers. “The regulations will be applicable for exams from the first half of 2010. We will send a circular to colleges in April. The rules will also be placed before the academic and management councils to convert them into an ordinance,” said Shinde.
Yet another feature that will speed up the process is scrapping of the redressal and grievance committee. Earlier, the committee would recommend whether a particularanswer sheet should be sent for re-evaluation or not. “But this committee has now been abolished enabling students to apply directly,” said Shinde.
Another reason to cheer is the fact that students waiting for their re-evaluation results can take provisional admission, subject to availability of seats in the college. This will ensure students do not lose out on a year. “If the student is declared pass in the requisite number of the subjects on re-evaluation, which would entitle him/her to take admission in the next class, provisional admission will be regularised,” the directive says. But if the student fails, the admission will automatically stand cancelled.
Among other rules, re-evaluation will be done through the university’s Central Assessment Programme (CAP) and it will be mandatory for colleges to relieve examinees from their college for the same.
Results of a particular subject/examination will also be declared at one go now. To apply for re-evaluation, students will have to secure 20% of the total marks or 40% of the marks required for passing in a subject.
Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_now-go-for-direct-re-evaluation_1365536
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