Berhampur University teams up with ICICI to offer PG Diploma in Banking and Insurance Management
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Primary education in Orissa: an op-ed in Samaja
The op-ed writer, a retired school teacher, analyzes the problems and suggests the following steps to be taken immediately:
- Require that teachers in govt. primary school have a qualification of a Bachelors degree rather than the current requirement of a Matric + CT.
- Establish a model primary school (similar to Novodaya Vidyalayas) in each block.
- Teach English from the first grade.
- Have kindergarden class in each primary school and integrate playing with studying in this class and have attractive text books.
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Three to four new national labs coming up in West Bengal
Following is an excerpt from a news report in Indian Express.
These are the National Institute of Medical Genetics, funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, the National Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, funded by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Institute of Mangrove and Coastal Studies, funded by the Department of Environment.
“The institutes for medical genetics and nanoscience technology are coming up at Baruipur. About 25 acres of land have been identified for the purpose and the government had approved it last year,” …
Efforts are on to develop Baruipur as the new educational hub where infrastructure for educational institutes will be developed, added Majumdar. “The Coastal Research Centre will cater to the entire coastline of the country and will come up near Sunderbans,” he said. The National Institute of Translation Research is also likely to be constructed here and discussions are on with CSIR for funding the project.
The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, which promotes basic sciences, has started its functioning in the city in 2006. … and will soon have its own campus at Haringhata. The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research which has been holding its classes at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology will also have a campus of its own soon, said officials.
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