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make the system "secure." He suggested the introduction of an open book system of examination to eliminate the possibility of a leakage. Dwelling on the importance of creativity and consistency in education, Dr Kalam said, "I have received representations from parents, educationists, students and social workers about the indiscriminate and too frequent changes 'taking place in syllabus of school textbooks." '(Asian Age 29.7.04) 30 th July Arjun ready with his minority education revamp plan (11) NEW DELHI, JULY 29: SPECIAL panels for minority education, allowing Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan funds to reach madarsas and affiliating minority professional institutions to Central universities are among a bouquet of measures HRD Minister Arjun Singh is giving final touches to. An action plan, based on these ideas thrown up at last month's convention on minority education, is expected to be announced in August either at a press conference or in Parliament. Five key measures have been outlined: • National Council for Minority Education to address specific school education issues in respect of minorities: funds, syllabus, textbooks. • Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, an autonomous body that will help professional institutions run by minorities get affiliated to Central Universities. • A separate division in the HRD Ministry, headed by an officer with the rank of director or above, will monitor minority issues. This officer need not be a bureaucrat, he could be an expert on minority education. (Indian Express 30.7.04) Admissions closed, you may leave (11) NEW DELHI, JULY 29: FORGET about the capital's schools taking the 20 per cent quota for the economically backward seriously despite court orders and Delhi government's warnings. A day before the government deadline expires, News line did a reality check. And it found that some schools have not only shut their doors on these admission-seekers but are also intimidating and humiliating them. This reporter, without disclosing her identity, went with Rekha Tiwari to seek admission for her five-year-old daughter, Megha, to Mother's International School in South Delhi. Saroj Singh from NGO Nav Srishti was also present. Even approaching the building was traumatic for the mother. First she was asked to sit outside, away from the main office. When Saroj and this reporter approached school manager K S Basu, he raised his voice, before the quota deadline expires saying no quota was being implemented. "I asked you to sit down only because I thought you had come for some other work. Haven't you read the three big notices that have been pasted from the entrance till my office? Admissions are closed," said Basu. Reminded of the order, Basu snapped: "What order? We closed our admissions much earlier. We have another school for poor children on our campus, you can admit your child there." (Indian Express 30.7.04) 31 st July Why should History books keep to the Left ? (11) New Delhi” POLITICISATION OF education needs to be stopped. If the UPA considers the NDA history texts to be biased, the earlier texts are full of flaws, distortions and have Marxist leanings. This is what leading scholars have briefed President APJ Abdul Kalam about as they sought to promote a healthy national debate on history. In a letter addressed to the President, eleven scholars headed by Swami Dayanand Saraswati, had asked the Government to work for a lighter, fulfilling and stimulating education, based on innovative "pedagogy and promoting great human values and achievements" of the Indian culture. According to its signatories, the real issues at hand include correcting historical distortions in the teachings on Indian culture and heritage and the modernisation of Indian education. The signatories included scholars like Padman Subrahamanyam, Nanditha Krishna, R Nagaswamy, P Parameswaran, Tavleen Singh, Prema Pan-durang, P R Krishneswaran, Brahmachari Abhayamrita Chaitanya, Kapil Kapoor and Makarand Paranjape. (Pioneer 31.7.04) Rajasthan HC notice to HRD Min on NCERT syllabus issue (11) Jaipur: THE RAJASTHAN High Court has issued notices to Union Human Resource Development Ministry and Department of Secondary and Higher Education for its order of June 12, 2004, incorporating changes in the NCERT curriculum. The notices are returnable on August
11. The notices were issued after hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), filed by NT Bhardwaj, former Vice Chancellor of Kota University and a school student Danishi Bhargwa, in the double bench, comprising of Chief Justice Anil Dev Singh and Justice Harbans Lal, challenging the validity of the order. They also pray for staying of the order. RS Rathore, senior advocate, who has filed the petition, said preparing of curriculum is a continuous process and accordingly a three-member committee revised the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) in 2000. This was challenged by Aruna Roy, through a petition in the Supreme court. In its Judgment, the Supreme Court, accepted the contention of the HRD and dismissed the petition to set the matter right. (Pioneer 31.7.04) Sarva Shiksha drive flops in Delhi (11) New Delhi, July 30: The Literacy Mission and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan do not seem to be a priority area for Delhi government, both in terms of fund utilisation granted by the Centre for the scheme as well as the initiatives taken by it. Endorsing this lackadaisical position are the figures which were released by the Centre recently for five states in which Delhi figured at the rock bottom in terms of fund utilisation. In an outlay of Rs 52 crore for which the Government of India had sanctioned Rs 21 crore, the Delhi government utilised only Rs 5.4 crore. (Asian Age 31,7,04) 4 th July Diverse views on ways to increase Muslim literacy (11) NEW DELHI, JULY 3. Opinion among the Muslims over the strategies to be adopted to overcome illiteracy in the community varies widely. While some are for a separate board to promote education, others say the community itself has to wake up to the problem. So diverse were the opinions expressed at a conference here today on " A Dialogue on Minority Welfare and Education" that Urdu writer laved Akhtar "hung his head in shame," when the Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Naseem Ahmed, suggested 75 per cent reservation for Muslims in the aided or un-aided Muslim educational institutions which should not include the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Dalits and Other Backward Classes of non-Muslims because, according to him, the problem was more serious among the Muslims. Despite some protest over Mr. Ahmed's statement Mr. Akhtar was vocal in expressing himself "I have no problem with the University or its Vice-Chancellor but it is shameful to ask for reservation for Muslims and not share it with non-Muslim SC/ST and OBCs," he said. By the time the session ended it was obvious that Mr. Akhtar had a larger fan following than Mr. Ahmed. Earlier, introducing the subject, Mushirul Hassan, Vice-Chancellor of the lamia Millia Islamia University, suggested the setting up of an All-India Muslim Education Board to ensure implementation of the existing mechanism and monitoring of the implementation. The primary and secondary schools needed to be modernised and the community needed to rise to the occasion instead of depending totally on the Government for funding, he said. (The Hindu 4.7.04) 5 th July Arjun wants HRD’s own minority panel (11) NEVV DELHI July 4: PERMANENT mechanism for the redressal of grievances pertaining to minority-related education issues will be established in the HRD Ministry. Announcing this, Arjun Singh said that he had noticed how such a "forum" was missing in his Ministry at present. The Minister, speaking at the end of the two-day convention on minority education in the Capital, told the assembled academics and bureaucrats that such a forum could either be a separate unit under the ministry' or could be a separate ' body answerable to the Parliament. The CMP has laid down the setting up of two commissions concerning minority welfare. PM Manmohan Singh even reiterated the pledges when he addressed the inaugural session of the convention yesterday. There will be the commission for minority educational institutions to provide direct affiliation to minority professional institution with Central Universities. There will also be a separate national commission to look into the overall welfare of religious and linguistic minorities. (Indian Express 5.7.04)
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