SPPU joins hands with the NFAI to start a course in film studiesDepartment of Media and Communication Studies (DMCS) at Savitribai Phule Pune University has joined the hands with the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) to introduce a course in film studies where students will be able to learn about the history, motifs and methods of the various cinemas in India. The course will be year long and will only accept 25 students at DMCS for admissions. A DMCS official said “the course is a flexible program of study, providing students with opportunities to explore areas of film theory, Indian cinema history and culture, as well as research and applied practical knowledge in archiving exclusively in the setting of various regional cinemas.” The main aim of the course is to enhance the professional careers of the students as well as those who are seeking to pursue doctoral studies. The course is an excellent opportunity for the students who are new to the area and will them to establish foundations who wish to study films. Dr Madhavi Reddy, head of department, DMCS, said that the process for introducing the diploma started two years ago. “At the moment, no other Indian university is offering a specialized ‘Indian film studies program. Most of the existing courses look at global cinema with more focus on Soviet, Italian or other cinema. So why can’t we start studying our own cinema especially since every state in our country has its own distinct cinema? The idea is to go beyond Bollywood and that’s the reason behind introducing two optional papers each on Marathi and Telugu cinema,” said Reddy. She further added that the expert faculty will teach and guide the students in their research. “At the department, we have a long tradition of media research. Many of our students have done PhD in film-related topics and we have been encouraging research on Indian cinema. The course will be an academic one, addressing serious concerns in Indian film studies. We will also focus more on original research,” said Reddy. Students who hold a bachelor’s degree in any discipline are eligible to apply. The fee for the students from Maharashtra in INR 21,550 and for others it is 41,156. Entrance test for admissions will be conducted in June. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/sppu-joins-hands-with-the-nfai-to-start-a-course-in-film-studies-8346
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New English School to admit girls from the new upcoming academic sessionA 138-year-old school, New English School, Pune, was started by the Bal Gangadhar Tilak along with other freedom fighters. From the upcoming new academic session, the school has decided to break the gender stereotypes and will allow the admissions of the girls. The school is run by the Deccan co-education society and was co-ed until 1936. Later on, the education society started another schools by the name Ahilyadevi High School, which was exclusively for the girls. “Gone are the days when boys and girls were taught indifferent schools,” said Nagesh Mone, the newly appointed principal of the school. "While growing up, the students should know that men and women are equal and in order to break the gender stereotypes, it is important to start co-education at the early stage of schooling so that a holistic and gender-neutral atmosphere can be created," he said. He said that students who study in co-ed systems have mutual respect, high interaction and healthy competition. "The students interact cautiously when they are together in co-ed schools. Some sort of power balance always works in the background, and it is also needed to enhance the overall quality of the education," Mone said. As of now, 25 girls have taken the admission in the new academic session, which will begin soon. The school management hopes that boys will embrace the change and will help in enhancing the standard of the education. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/new-english-school-to-admit-girls-from-the-new-upcoming-academic-session-8345 CBSE declares class 12 resultsThe Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the class 12 results on the official website. Students who had appeared for the exam can visit the official website and check their respective results. Students can check their results on the following websites: cbseresults.nic.incbse.nic.inresults.nic.in This year, 83.01 percent of total students passed the class 12 exams and the All India Topper, Meghna Srivastava from Step by Step school in UP topped the exams with 499 marks. Apart from checking their results on the website mentioned above, students can also check their results using the apps such as Umang and SMS organizer. Results are also available through the Google search engine on google.co.in. This year, the passing percentage of the students increased by 1 percent. The CBSE is yet to announce the results of the class 10 exams, which are expected next week. Steps to check the results Visit the official website as mentioned aboveClick on the class 12 result linkOn the new page, enter the details such as roll number and DoBSubmit the details and check the results CBSE has also started post-result counseling and the service is open until June 9, from 8 am to 10 pm. "For the 21st consecutive year, CBSE will be providing counseling services to students and parents to overcome common psychological problems and general queries related to Class X and XII results," said the board statement. 69 expert volunteers including Principals, trained counselors and special educators from CBSE affiliated are available for the counseling. The service is available free of cost. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/cbse-declares-class-12-results-8344 A student with low attendance cannot appear for the exams: Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court, in a decision, said that it cannot allow a homeopathy student with a low attendance to appear for the first year repeat examinations. The student has been held as ineligible by the college due to poor attendance in college. Fakeha Badami had filed a petition in which she claimed that the attendance was poor because the college would not allow her to attend the lectures as she wears hijab. She is a student at Sai Homoeopathic Medical College, located in Bhiwandi. The college's lawyer, Sahil Salvi, denied the allegations and said that she is not being allowed in the exams due to her poor attendance. "The college is willing to let her appear for the second repeat exams,scheduled to be held in December this year, provided she attends all therepeat lectures that will be conducted till November," Salvi told a vacationbench of justices S J Kathawalla and A S Gadkari today. The court accepted this statement and said, "We hope after she attendsthe repeat lectures and appears for the exams the college allows her toattend the regular lectures and not disallow her then saying she iswearing hijab." Salvi clarified the matter and said that hijab was never the issue. "She (Badami) has attended only 28 classes. How can we allow her to attend exams now? She is doing a medical course. Without attending the requisite number of classes we cannot allow her to appear for the exams," Justice Kathawalla said. In her petition, Badami had said that she enrolled in 2016 batch in the Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery course in the college. The college is affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Services (MUHS). She further claimed that she and several other students who wore hijab to the college were denied from entering the premises. Badami also wrote a letter to the MUHS and the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) and they asked the college that they cannot compel a student to not wear hijab but the college did not listen. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/a-student-with-low-attendance-cannot-appear-for-the-exams-bombay-hc-8343 A new study reveals that learning Physics makes the brain more activeA new study has shown that parts of the brain, which are not used while learning science becomes active when exposed to the world of Physics. The finding was published in the journal Frontiers in ICT, which shows that it is possible to change the brain’s activity by exposing it to the different forms of instructions. The study was done using the fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), which measures the flow of the blood in the brain. The researchers looked at the brain map to see the active regions of the brain busy in solving a physics problem or reasoning task. "The neurobiological processes that underpin learning are complex and not always directly connected to what we think it means to learn," said Eric Brewe, an associate professor at Drexel University in the US. More than 50 volunteers took part in the study and they were taught Physics using ‘Modeling instructions’ in which students are the active participants in the learning process. Before students participated in the class, they were asked to take a test while undergoing fMRI. Students were again asked to take the test after the completion of the cost, which was again monitored by the fMRI. During the pre-instruction scan, the lateral prefrontal cortex and parietal cortex, sometimes called the brain's "central executive network" were involved in problem-solving. "One of the keys seemed to be an area of the brain, the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex, that generates mental simulations," Brewe said. "This suggests that learning Physics is an imaginative process, which is not typically how people think of it," he said. After the completion of the class, pre and post learning scans were revealed and researchers noticed an increased activity in the frontal poles. Frontal poles are linked to the learning. The other area which activated during the learning was the posterior cingulate cortex, and this area is linked to the episodic memory and self-referential thought, researchers told. “These changes in brain activity may be related to more complex behavioral changes in how students reason through physics questions post- relative to pre-instruction," said Brewe. "These might include shifts in strategy or an increased access to physics knowledge and problem-solving resources," he said. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/a-new-study-reveals-that-learning-physics-makes-the-brain-more-active-8342 CBSE Class 12 results | Student’s guide to handle post-result stressThe wait of more than 11 lakh students was over with the CBSE declaring the class 12 results yesterday. Now, that students know how they performed in the exams, it is a matter of rejoice for some and heart break for the others. It is not uncommon for many students to feel extremely disheartened if the results are not up to their expectations. "The race to ace board examinations results in students and parents both experiencing great anxiety during the results season. This has serious repercussions on the mental well being, prospects, and social behavioral patterns of students," says Prateek Bhargava, Founder & CEO of Mindler. It is therefore, very important to remember that the mark-sheet does not determine the worth of the a person and neither low marks in some exam can decide the future. "Once a student enters professional life, their marks and college tag start carrying less and less weight. Ultimately one's skills, talents and knowledge will speak greater volumes about their caliber," he adds. Below are some points, which will help the students and parents to tackle post-result stress: For students Instead of getting emotional and anxious over the marks take a hard look at them and see what you have actually got.Evaluate your options, Don’t brood over what has been done instead focus on the futureKeep yourself in the focus and don’t mark yourself with labels by comparing your result with your friends’ results.Think practically and set your mind right. Weaknesses can be overcome with the practice. Exams show what you have done this year. These are not the prophecies, which will remain true for the rest of your life. For Parents Keep your expectations in check and more importantly practical.If your child did not score good marks then keep your calm. He is already disheartened and needs you the most during this time.Work with your child and help him improve his performance for the future exams as these exams were just the beginningDon’t worry about the social circle because it is your child that matters the most, not the neighbors.If he seems to be in stress don’t hesitate to take him to the counselor. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/cbse-class-12-results-students-guide-to-handle-post-result-stress-8341 Now skill Development courses in the Government colleges of PunjabThe Punjab government is planning to provide students with the skill development courses in all the state-run institutions and polytechnic colleges. This effort from the government is a part of a campaign under which government is trying to provide employment to every household. The new initiative will be a huge boost for the government’s ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar' campaign and will offer the courses varying from 3 to 6 months in duration under the Punjab Skill Development Mission, Channi, the Technical Education and Industrial Training and Employment Generation minister said. "Dropouts or semi-literates will also be able to take admission in these skill development courses and attain free training," he said. The cost of training is INR 10,000 to 15,000 per student but the cost will be borne by the government. Initially, these courses will be introduced in the 22 government Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and 10 polytechnics and later the scheme will be expanded to add more such colleges and institutions. The institution heads will be required to submit a report on the subjects they wish to introduce. Channi has also instructed all the heads of the colleges to talk with the industries in their areas and ask about the skills they look in an employee once they have passed the college. “The institutes exhibiting credible performances would get special incentive besides being honored,” Channi said. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/now-skill-development-courses-in-the-government-colleges-of-punjab-8340 Schools in Delhi to refund the fees with interestAam Aadmi Party is going all out against the private schools which are charging an exorbitant fee from the parents. Under it new initiative, 'rendering education as a service' the government has asked the schools to refund the fees to the parents. Any school, who will fail to do so will have to face the strict action from the government. Schools have been told not only to refund the fees but to refund the fee with 9% interest rate to the parents. As of now, the government has sent notice to the 575 schools in the state. A few days earlier, in a similar incident, the government asked two schools to roll back their fee hike. In another incident, the government derecognized one of the private schools in the city because it failed to provide free uniform and books to the children from the EWS category. 'For the first time in the country, schools are being disciplined. They are not being allowed to hike fees arbitrarily. Many schools are being made to return hiked fees. Because there is an honest government in Delhi,' the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted then. This initiative of the government of Delhi is getting lots of attention on Social Media. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/schools-in-delhi-to-refund-the-fees-with-interest-8339 SSC paper leak 2017 | CBI registered FIR and raided several locationsAn official, on Wednesday, told that CBI has registered an FIR in the SSC 2017 exam paper leak row and also conducted raids on multiple locations across the country. SSC Tier 2 exam was conducted in the month of February and it was alleged that tier 2 paper was leaked. CBI, on Wednesday, conducted raids on 12 locations, which also included the offices of the SIFY Technologies. SIFY is a company who was contracted by the SSC to conduct the Tier 2 exam in Noida. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said that "the decision was taken after the investigators found enough material in the matter". A preliminary inquiry was conducted by the agency in the month of March after they received enough evidence from the Central Government related to the matter. The CBI enquiry into the matter was recommended by the SSC. SSC conducts the exams to recruit the personnel for the subordinate services. Tier 2 exams were conducted by the SSC from Feb 17 to 22. After the news of the paper leak spread, there were protests by the students against the SSC. After the probe was ordered, SSC decided not to declare the results till the probe was over. Immediately after the spread of the news about the alleged scam, many students gathered to stage a protest outside SSC office at CGO complex in national capital. More than 30 lakh students had registered for the SSC CGL exam, which was conducted to fill about 8000 vacancies in 35 different ministries. Of the registered students, nearly 15 lakh students appeared for the Tier ! exam of which only 1.89 lakh candidates were shortlisted for the Tier 2 exam. source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/ssc-paper-leak-2017-cbi-registered-fir-and-raided-several-locations-8338 RBSE class 12 results | Follow the steps to check your resultsThe Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan (BSER), Ajmer is all set to release the results of the Rajasthan class 12 Science stream. The results will be declared today i.e. on May 23, 2018, at 6:15 pm. Once released, students can visit the official website and check their respective results. The official websites for the results are -- rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in and rajresults.nic.in. This year more than 3 lakh candidates appeared for the exams. The board conducted the exam from March 8 to April 2, 2018. The news of declaring the results today in the evening is confirmed by the officials at the BSER. Due to heavy traffic, many candidates may face the problem of ‘website not loading’. In such case, candidates are requested not to panic as they can also check their results on the examresults.net, which is a third-party website. Steps to check the results Visit the official website or third party website as mentioned aboveClick on the link for the resultA new page will openIn the fields provided, enter the information in the prescribed formatClick on the submit buttonThe RBSE result will be displayed on the screenDownload the result for the future reference Steps to check the results via SMS SMS – RESULT<space>RAJ12S<space>ROLL NUMBER – to 56263 Last year, the results of the Science stream were declared on June 8 and the overall pass percentage was 90.36 percent source https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/rbse-class-12-results-follow-the-steps-to-check-your-results-8337 |
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