IGNOU to partner with US Community Colleges

"The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Community College initiative is now finalizing a partnership with the well-established US Community College system through the latest Obama-Singh initiative 2011," said Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU.

"With the introduction of the proposed National Vocational Educational Qualification Framework by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), the community college initiative would contribute significantly to the enhancement of the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) since it provides lateral entry to the university degrees," he said.

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IGNOU plans training centre for hearing disabled

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is planning to set up a sign language institute for the hearing impaired and will organise seminars and workshops for their empowerment, a university statement said.

"The deaf adults should be able to go to the highest level for which we will be conducting activities in different parts of the country," said V.N. Rajasekharan, IGNOU vice-chancellor during a meeting with National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and All India Federation of Deaf (AIFD) for their views in setting up the institute.

The vice-chancellor also said that the IGNOU will on regular basis conduct meetings with these associations.

The central government recently approved the establishment of an Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), initially on project basis for a period of five years, as an autonomous centre of the IGNOU.

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Girls rule Rajasthan University Students Union

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In the 44-year-old history of Rajasthan University Students Union polls, a girl student was elected president for the first time on Saturday.

Independent Prabha Chaudhary defeated her nearest rival Mahendra Singh Shekhawat, another independent, by a margin of 224 votes. The RUSU vice-president's post, too, was wrested by a girl and independent candidate, Abha Singh Gurjar, a final year student of Maharani's College.

While independent candidates dominated the student union elections in Jaipur, ABVP scored over the NSUI in the rest of the state. At Ajmer's Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, the president's post was captured by ABVP's Vikas Chaudhary, while at Udaipur's Mohanlal Sukhadia University, the top post was notched by independent Paramveer Singh Chundawat. Similarly, the Kota University president's post was won by ABVP's Saurav Khandal.

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IGNOU extends last date for PGDFT and CRUL Programmes

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The Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU’s) School of Foreign Language (SOFL) and School of Agriculture (SOA) has extended the last date for submission of application forms for Russian language and Post Graduate Diploma in Food Science and Technology (PGDFT) respectively to August 12, 2011 for July 2011 session.

The last date to apply for the Certificate course in Russian Language was 29th July earlier which is now extended. The programme aims at acquainting the beginners with the basics of the Russian language.

Students with 18 years of age and above with class 10th level of English proficiency are qualified for admission. Classes will be conducted at IGNOU headquarters in Maidan Garhi on weekdays. Each session will be of two to three hours per day. The admission fee for the programme is Rs. 2500 (excluding other charges) and will be on first-come-first serve basis. There are 30 seats in all and the last date for applying is 12th August 2011.

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Exam Results on your mobile

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Now you can check your exam (entrance exams or college exams) results on your mobile... just by sending an SMS.

Coleg helps you get the results for the following exams:

  • CBSE 2011 Results for 10th Class
  • CBSE 2011 Results for 12th Class
  • IIT JEE 2011 Results
  • AIEEE 2011 Results
  • UPTU / GBTU 2011 SEE
  • BHU PMT 2011
  • Karnataka SSLC 2011
  • Karnataka PUC 2011
  • Karnataka CET 2011
  • CA - IPCE, PCE, CPT etc 2011

Results will be made available as soon as they are announced.

To get the results, just SMS "@Coleg <exam-name> <Roll-Number>"

For example, to get results of AIEEE 2011 exams and your roll number is 1234567, SMS "@Coleg AIEEE 1234567"

4 new IITs, 6 new IIMs in 2011

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Human resource development minister Arjun Singh announced the states where four new IITs and six additional IIMs will come up. The new IITs will come up in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab while the IIMs will come up in Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Haryana.

They are a part of the 8 IITs and 7 IIMs that the government plans to set up during the 11th five-year plan. The government had earlier announced setting up of of 4 IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh and 1 IIM in Meghalaya.

While the IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar will start functioning from the coming academic session, which is to start in July, the IIM in Shillong will start operation at the same time.

Apart from this, the 16 states which do not have central universities will soon have one. The government is also planning to set up 14 world-class universities in India.

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IIT-JEE examinees can see answer books

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This year's organizers of the IIT-JEE - IIT Kanpur - have announced that candidates appearing in the test this year will be able to see their marked answer books on the JEE website. The answer sheet will be accessible only to a particular candidate through a password. About 4.5 lakh candidates are likely to participate in the JEE examination this year.

"These much needed changes will restore students' faith in the examination which has been dogged by controversies since 2006," Anand, founder of Super 30 in Patna, said here on Sunday.

"Earlier, only successful students used to receive marks. Now all of them will get it, which will make things more transparent," said Anand who had last year requested Kapil Sibal to give an additional chance to rural students writing IIT-JEE. "I hope the Union HRD minister will also consider this request," he added.

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