Wi-fi is only for Educational purpose:anna university

  Classes for first year students in engineering colleges set to begin on Monday, Anna University has asked the first year students to use the wi-fi facility available on the university campus for academic purposes.When asked whether the use of social media is banned on campus, Anna University registrar S. Ganesan said, We only the asked the students to use the internet facility for education purposes. We advised students to use ICT technologies for academic purposes like downloading books and reading online journals instead of wasting time on social media, he said. P. Narayanasamy, Dean , College of Engineering, Guindy said, We used to share the information about the events in WhatsApp. There is no ban on the use of social media at the campus.
The University has also asked the students switch off their phones while attending the classes. On anti-ragging measures, he said, All preparatory works have been done for reopening of our colleges. Senior faculty members including lady staff will be watching students at the bus stand, canteen and hostel.To prevent any ragging incidents at CEG campus hostels the authorities have deputed the teams to do the rounds until midnight. The anti-ragging van which will be used for campaign and surprise visits is also made available at the campus.

Outdoor learning improves quality of children life

A new study conducted on outdoor learning suggested that in a time where busier family lifestyles are the norm, outdoor learning should be introduced in the global school curriculum to improve the children's performance and quality of life.Parents may want to expose your kids to nature more as according to a recent study, it could yield extraordinary results.
The study also suggested that outdoor learning needs to be introduced more formally into global school curricula in order for its potential benefits to be fully realized

The report by Plymouth University and Western Sydney University highlights the many and varied benefits to children of learning in the natural environment, not just from an educational perspective but also in terms of their behavior, social skills, health and well being, resilience, confidence and sense of place.
But it also says that in an age dominated by a full curriculum, busier family lifestyles and increased fear within society, children are losing the freedom to play, explore and be active in their environment and being denied opportunities that could enhance their long term prospects.
The report identifies a framework showing how governments could build on existing and current research and introduce outdoor learning as an integral element of national education policies.

ITI counselling schedule

   The counselling for admission into the four Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) functioning in the district for the academic year 2016-17 will be held from July 11 – 16 at the Government ITI at Gorimedu in the city.
     The following is the counselling schedule for other candidates:

July 11: Morning session: For the girls of class VIII with marks between 93.5 and 25 per cent;
evening session: For girls who had cleared class X with marks tally between 99 and 75 per cent.

July 12: Morning session: Girls of class X with a marks tally between 74 and 58 per cent; evening: Girls of class X with marks tally between 57 and 35 per cent.

July 13: Morning session: Boys and girls of class VIII in general category with marks tally between 100 per cent and 62.5 per cent; evening: For boys and girls of class VIII in general category with marks between 62 and 50 per cent.

July 14: Morning: For boys and girls of standard X with marks between 99 and 82.5 per cent; evening: Boys and girls of class X with marks between 82 and 75.5 per cent.

July 15: Morning: Boys and girls of class X with marks between 75 and 71 per cent; evening: For boys and girls of class X with marks between 70.5 and 67.5 per cent.

July 16: Morning: Boys and girls of class X with marks between 67 and 65 per cent;
evening: Boys and girls with marks between 64.5 and 62.5 per cent.
The morning session counselling will commence by 8 a.m. and the evening session at 2 p.m.
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The call letters have already been sent to all the applicants, the release added.

The HRD Ministry is to launch its Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

The HRD Ministry is launching its Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform 'Swayam' that will host over 2,000 courses for up to 3 crore students across the country on August 15.  Sources said preparations for getting the entire system ready for the ambitious project is on in full swing and it is likely be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a special ceremony here. "The preparations for the project are on in full swing. The project has the capacity to revolutionise the education system. It is expected to be launched by the Prime Minister on August 15," a source in the Ministry said.  SWAYAM is an Information Technology platform which will host Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and provide high quality education on various subjects from school level class 9-12 to Under Graduate and Post Graduate students covering all disciplines. About 2000 courses shall be launched backed by a network that is expected to support 10 lakh concurrent users on anytime, anywhere basis. Through this scheme the Ministry has proposed to provide high quality e-content to all colleges and universities free of cost. The HRD Ministry has roped in Microsoft as the technology partner for this venture. 

Indian institutions can tie up with foreign schools for UG courses

Union HRD minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said Indian universities and colleges can tie up with foreign educational institutions (FEIs) in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to the award of a degree. For the first time in the history of our country, the government of India has now allowed institutional tie ups for degree programmes for students across India,  Irani said at the fourth convocation of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata at Mohanpur in Nadia. Indian varsities and colleges, having the highest grade of accreditation/ threshold accreditation, will now be able to apply online to the University Grants Commission (UGC) for starting twinning and collaborative arrangement with quality FEI in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to the award of a degree.

Wireless Digital Whiteboard introduced by Actiontec.

Actiontec Electronics launched ScreenBeam Touch 90 ,the world's first wireless interactive digital whiteboard. The new ScreenBeam Touch 90 is an interactive digital whiteboard that can be accessed by anybody in a room with a Windows 10-supported device. Whiteboard that can be accessed simultaneously by both teachers and students from anywhere in the classroom, using virtually any device with Windows 10 capabilities. It has the features of 16:9 aspect ratio, USB power supply,the ability to use a dry eraser and software that allows remote writing erasing, dragging, screen shooting and recording and handwriting recognition. Actiontec ScreenBeam Touch 90 is available through Actiontec's authorized distributors and resellers. 

Amazon going introduce Online Education Service for Teachers

Teachers from around the country invited to shape the future of Amazon Inspire, a new  free service to support learning and teaching in the digital classroom. Amazon plans to make a major foray into the education technology market for primary and secondary schools. Amazon said that it would introduce an online marketplace with tens of thousands of free lesson plans, worksheets and other instructional materials for teachers in late August or early September. Called Amazon Inspire, the education site has features that may seem familiar to frequent Amazon shoppers. Amazon Inspire will help teachers discover and share free, quality digital educational resources. Amazon Inspire is in the beta stage and is ready for teachers to use and provide feedback to help shape the future.

AU Engineering counselling begins today

      The month-long counselling for general category candidates under single window system for admission to 524 engineering colleges affiliated to the Anna University will begin on Monday.
     Over 1.27 lakh candidates are expected to participate in the counselling. Counselling for general candidates will end on July 21 and for vocational candidates it will be held on July 23 and 24.
      

Update for Higher secoundary is needed

Less than 100 students of all those who passed their Class XII exams of the Tamil Nadu State Board system and took the JEE will study in IIT this year. This year JEE results were announced on June 12, out of  4,174  students 651 students qualified. In IIT madras zone 6,702 were qualified out of 33,000. Overall  from tamilnadu, 555 students are from CBSE and 60 from state board.The difference between Cbse and state board is not only  the syllabus. More cbse students are qualified because of coaching. The state board syllabus is 12 years old ,which is need to be changed.

Many students applications rejected under sports quota in TNEA

Many students applications  rejected for engineering seats under sports quota in TNEA 2016 . More than 50 students  protested by blocking others entry. There were 500 seats under sports quota ,after the certificate verification 1188 called for counselling,but many students were not informed about certification verification in before. So there applications were rejected.

CBSE:NEET-II to be held on July 24

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said ,it will conduct the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-II (NEET-II) for admission to medical and dental colleges on July 24, as scheduled. As per the Supreme Court orders on NEET , the exam will be conducted on July 24 (Sunday), CBSE said in a statement. Candidates have also been asked to check the NEET website for latest updates and information .

GOVERNMENT USES DTH ROUTE TO LAUNCH 32 EDUCATIONAL CHANNELS

The Union HRD ministry has approved a scheme allowing 32 DTH educational  channels to telecast content prepared by experts for school and university students from August.Called Swayam Prabha, the scheme was approved by HRD minister Smriti Irani and is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ministry hopes that the telecast will help students in the countryside.These 32 channels have been introduced by the ministry so that students in the villages and outskirts of a state could connect with information effectively.The ministry is planning to broadcast live classroom lectures from IIT Mumbai, Delhi, Kharagpur, and Kanpur. The Department of Space has agreed to allot two transponders on a GSAT series satellite for this project.

the first time an Indian university has made it to the top 30

16 Indian universities are among top 200 Asian institutions in the 2016 Times Higher 

Education  Asia University Ranking. "Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science is at the 27th position". First time an Indian university has made it to the top 30.The rankings were announced on Monday, and it's for the first time the list has been expanded to 200. In all, 22 countries are represented, up from 14 in 2015.

Eight Indian institutions are among the top 100 on the list and India has the most institutions overall among the top 200 South Asian universities list of THE.

The other Indian universities in the top half of the ranking include the Indian Institutes of Technology in Bombay (43rd), Kharagpur (51st), Delhi (60th), Madras (62nd), Roorkee (65th), and Guwahati (joint 80th) and Jadavpur University in joint 84th place.

Also, for the first time Singapore took the first two spots with the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University in first and second place, respectively.

Anna University Counselling 2016 (TNEA)

Engineering seats vacant for years., 60,000 surplus seats this year.  Seven members secured full 200 marks in engineering rank list. And Anna University trimmed 18 engineering colleges  as they lacked facilities and faculty .The total number of seats available is 1,92,009. The total number of eligible applicants this  year is 1,31,182 . The total number of applications was down by 20,000 this year. This is one of the reason for increase in surplus seats this year. The counselling for eminent sports persons  is to be held on 24.06.2016 & counselling for  differently abled persons is to be held on 25.06.2016. And commencement of academic General counselling is to be held on 27.06.2016.For more details about counselling use this link
http://Www.annauniv.edu/tnea2016/