Fellowship Programme
Azim Premji Foundation has announced its annual Fellowship Programme starting December 14, 2015.
Applications for this programme are invited from people having three to 10 years of work experience, with a post-graduate or a professional degree in any discipline and the desire to contribute to quality and equity in education.
The Fellowship carries a monthly stipend of Rs27000. The Programme aims to give a novel experience of the educational and social space to a broad range of people across sectors.
last date for submitting the application is September 15, 2015. One can write at fellowship@azimpremjifoundation.org for more information.
Orientation Programme
Indian Institute of Art and design (IIAD) conducted orientation programme for new students of 2015 batch recently. The students received a warm reception. The function started with a welcome address by institute director Dr Jitin Chadha followed by the introduction sessions of newly inducted students and faculty members.
The faculty at the IIAD was also introduced to the students with a brief description about everyone. Dr Jitin Chadha director Indian Institute of Art and design welcomed the students and parents and spoke about the facilities provided by the university.
India’s first MRCOG Course
Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences (DAMS), New Delhi in association with Arlington British Medical Academy (ABMA) of london has launched a three-day course for cracking member of royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists (MRCOG) exam. This classroom curriculum for MRCOG part I in India is designed to give aspirant a head start on revision with a focus on perfecting examination technique as well as secret tips for sure success.
The course has very clear and special designed aids for crystal clear understanding. Most authentic mock exams with marking system followed same as that of actual exam pattern. The course offered includes classroom coaching by international faculty from london and study material which shall enable every doctor to consolidate their preparation for this special degree and score well.
ENVIROMENT WEEK CElEBRATIONS at Ryan
Ryan International, Vasant Kunj, believes in instilling environment friendly values in each and every student. A conscious step in this direction is the “Environment Week” which is an annual celebration featuring in the school calender.
The week long celebrations culminated with a special environment based assembly which was presided over by Monalisa Dash, IFS Resident Commissioner of Sikkim.
This year the celebrations were extremely special as this year’s environment week was centred around a pan India campaign of Green India, Clean India. Activities ranged from badge making, poem recitation, collage making, slogan writing, poster making, talk show, etc.
Digital learning World Education Summit
Next Education India Private limited is all set to take part in the 5th Digital learning World Education Summit as its associate sponsor.
The summit will be held on August 21-22, 2015 in New Delhi. Dr Sapna Agarwal, senior academic expert, Next Education will be representing the company at the prestigious event. She will be shedding light on the topic — Role of New Pedagogy in Internet Age and Personalised learning. She will also cover other topics like motivating and engaging learners, challenges and solution and collaborative knowledge building through progressive inquisitiveness, problem-based learning and project-based learning.
Speaking about their participation, Agrawal said: “We are excited to be part of this global summit. It will enable us to exhibit and touch upon our latest innovations. We are going extra miles in our endeavour to create unique products.”
MoU to train and develop skilled workers
India has set a national target to skill 500 million people in India, across a variety of sectors, by 2022. The National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) of India has been tasked to meet 30 per cent of that target, meaning that they seek to produce 150 million skilled workers in the next seven years.
In support of this training goal, Algonquin College, Canada and Manav Rachna Education Institutions (MREI) had agreed to submit a proposal to be a training centre of excellence in the automotive and construction sectors.
located at MREI’s campus in Faridabad, the Manav Rachna Skill Development Centre (MRSDC) will focus on curriculum development and training the trainers with the major goal of up-skilling teachers and faculty from colleges and institutes across India, who will then begin to deliver short-term training courses for developing skilled workers.
Dr Sanjay Srivastava, MD, MREI said: “By associating with IPSC, MREI is poised to meet the larger goal of creating a skilled workforce in India. As a training centre of excellence, we will do what it takes to fulfill the national objective of training individuals with the latest knowledge and skills. We feel honoured to be considered among the ‘chosen few’ to facilitate the skill training and development in our country.”