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Know how you fared in NET, instantly Chetan chauhan , Hindustan Times Students appearing for the National Eligibility Test (NET), 2012 will be able to evaluate their performance immediately after appearing for the much-simplified test. The University Grants Commission (UGC), which conducts the test for around 2.5 lakh students twice a year, on Thursday decided that candidates can take carbon prints of their optical reader answer sheets with them. This will enable students to know instantly how they have fared in the test, said UGC chairperson Ved Prakash. In another decision, the UGC has decided that all the question papers for the test will be objective type. Till now, two papers were objective and the third one subjective. This has led to delay in declaration of the results, sometimes forcin...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed concern that young minds with a natural ability for mathematics were not pursuing the disciple at an advanced level, resulting in a "decline in the quality of maths teachers at the school and college levels". In his inaugural speech at a function to mark the 125th birth anniversary of eminent mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Prime Minister said there was a "general perception that pursuit of maths does not lead to attractive career possibilities". He declared 2012 as the National Mathematics Year and Dec 22, the day Ramanujan was born, as Mathematics Day. "The mathematical community has the duty to find ways and means to address the shortage of top quality mathematicians in the country. It must reach out to the public, especially in the modern context where mathematics has tremendous influence on every kind of human endeavours," he said. Sourced from: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-new...

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Mumbai: In a first-of-itskind move, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will distribute free elearning CDs with English textbooks for students of class 10. While in the first year, from June 2012, CDs will be available only with English textbooks designed for second and third languages, the board plans to extend the facility to other subjects in future. The audio-visual CDs will not only have content from the textbook, but will also have the pronunciations of words with their meanings. “They will be aimed at helping students who find it difficult to learn and comprehend English,” said board chairman Ujjwala Patil. Patil said that officials are also working on making available similar CDs for other subjects. “Many firms have approached us with proposals on learning technologies. However, all come at a price. We cannot incur a huge expense. So we are looking at cheaper options. Several schools do not have laboratory facilities. Students are unable to c...

Students of First Year and Direct Second Year (enrolled in July to September 2011) are requested to contact the LIRC for permanent library cards with the following: Three (3) stamp-size photos (Size: 1.7 cms x 1.7 cms) One (1) pass-port size photo You are also requested to fill-up the Library Membership Form available with the LIRC.

The LIRC would be open between 10.00 am to 6.00 pm on 16th and 19th December 2011 .

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC (Period: 01/11/2011 to 30/11/2011 ) CATEGORY: STUDENTS* Sr. No. Member No. of transactions 1 ISHA D. SHAH 22 2 SHETTY DHEERAJ MUDDHU 16 3 YADAV JAGDISH H. 14 4 NACHIKET VIJAY AYIR 13 5 NIKHIT BHALACHANDRA SANKHE 13 6 HEGDE SHREYA DAYANAND 12 7 SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA 12 8 SMRITI DEEPAK PARWANI 12 9 SHANU PRAKASH SALUNKE 12 10 NIDHI D.PANCHAL 12 CATEGORY: FACULTY** Sr. No. Member No. of transactions 1 Asst. Prof. SANTOSH CHAPANERI 19 3 Asst. Prof. VINCY ELIZABETH 07 CATEGORY: NON-TEACHING** ...

Its time again for the Edublog Awards. These awards are one of finest and efficient initiatives to promote the use of social networking platforms for educational purposes. I, being a Librarian, am much into reading and evaluating (for self study) library-related blogs. I would like to suggest the following blog under the category of Best Librarian / Library Blog: http://sfitlibrary.blogspot.com