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More on the upcoming Sai International School
Following are excerpts from a New Indian Express report.
… SAI International School, the first corporate- style institute of the State. Every classroom will be equipped with computers with broadband connectivity and big display units. Specially crafted education management software will give parents an opportunity to monitor the progress of their wards through the Internet. All in all think of the Eton College and you get all its good attributes here. The school is being set up by the JSS Group close to Infocity here.
Classes will commence next academic session, from creche to class VII. It would be extended up to class XII later. The school will follow CBSE curriculum, however, with a blend of both US and British syllabuses. Renowned UK-based LaurelsGlobal institute will be closely collaborating with SAI International School on the academic front.
Sources said, the school has forged an understanding with well-known institutions of similar stature across the country for seamless migration of students.
Incorporation of best of the international curriculum would also help students coming from abroad integrate with the courses here with ease. But the school will not have residential facilities.
Adhering to the Yashpal Committee recommendations, the management has decided to do away with school bags up to class III. Lockers will be provided to all students. Classroom teaching will be uploaded to interactive website and parents can have access to real time teaching.
… The promoters said, the location, plus the international feel, would meet one of the key demands of the IT workforce here for such a school in the city.
"In the event of them shifting abroad, their wards would have little trouble adjusting to the new atmosphere," they underlined.
The tuition fee would also be within the reach of Government employees and parents engaged in other sectors, they claimed.
Comprehensive health check-up of all the students would be carried out for which the school has forged tieups with corporate hospitals here.
Health report will be sent to parents every quarter along with other reports. The menu has been designed by dietary consultant of Australia.
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Government considering differential fee structure for higher education
Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindustan Times.
Planning Commission Member, B Mungekar, suggested a differential fee structure for higher education at a conference of vice-chancellors on Wednesday.
Mungekar, who had drafted the new expansion and reform plan, asked vice-chancellors to consider differential fee structure with the poor paying less and those who can afford paying higher fee.
“It is not justified that a person paying Rs 5,000 for nursery classes pays Rs 50 for a MA course. Students from private schools should pay same amount of fees as they pay in schools,” he said.
He also said the commission and University Grants Commission will soon come up with a formula on a new “sustainable” fee structure for higher education. “We are talking of charging fee up to 20 per cent of university expenditure and not 20 per cent as National Knowledge Commission had recommended,” he said.
October 13th, 2007
Government mulling schemes that will allow collateral free bank loans for higher education
Following is an excerpt on this from a report in Hindu by Anita Joshua:
The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will soon be approaching the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs with a proposal to offer loan subsidies to students below the “creamy layer” in a bid to ensure access for all to professional education.
As per estimates, this subsidy will cost the exchequer Rs. 3,250 crore over the XI Five Year Plan. All students hailing from families with an annual income below Rs. 2.5 lakh will be eligible for the loan subsidy irrespective of whether they hail from the general category or the reserved categories.
The interest rate on education loans now runs into double digits; upwards of 12 per cent for amounts up to Rs. 4 lakh and it increases as the loan amount goes up. The Ministry proposes to allow students to avail themselves of loans at around 4 per cent irrespective of the market rate. The difference will be subsidised from the Ministry’s budget.
This facility will be allowed only to students seeking admission to professional courses offered by recognised institutions; both government and private. …
Students will have to begin repaying the loan only after one year of completion of the course or on getting a job; whichever is earlier. The pay back schedule can be worked out as per the paying capacity of the borrower, although Ministry officials said details were yet to be finalised with banks.
The government will facilitate the loans by standing guarantor so that the students will not have to provide any collateral. … The Ministry’s position is that it is necessary to move to a system where banks will lend freely to students who have got admission to certified institutions against a loan guarantee given by the government.
The Ministry is also working on a proposal to set up a National Student Loan Guarantee Corporation to facilitate university financing via the students. The Prime Minister’s Office is also understood to have evinced an interest in this scheme.
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Orissa government to urge Satya Sai Baba for a medical college in a remote area
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
A ministerial delegation from the State would meet Satya Sai Baba at his Puttaparti Ashram on November 7, sources said. They would seek the support of Satya Sai Baba for setting up a state-of-the-art medical college and hospital in the State. Sources said the delegation would urge Baba to set up a medical college in a remote part of the State. They would also try to convince Baba how his help was needed to provide good heath care to the poor.
The delegation would include Health Minister Duryodhan Majhi, Industry and Rural Development Minister BB Harichandan, Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadai, Revenue Minister Manmohan Samal and Speaker of the Orissa Assembly Maheswar Mohanty.
… The ministerial delegation would urge Satya Sai Baba to open a cancer, heart and kidney centre in the State. …
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