IGNOU News

Related News

2.36 lakh jobs in state schools

With the Bihar cabinet approving new rules for recruitment of teachers on Tuesday, decks have been cleared for the appointment of about 2.36 lakh teachers in the state's primary, middle, secondary and senior secondary schools. There would be no age bar for the aspirants during the first appointment of teachers under the new scheme. The post of shiksha mitra has been abolished. They will now be called panchayat shikshak and will get an enhanced salary. The cabinet sanctioned 60,000 new posts of primary teacher for equalling the state's teacher-pupil ratio to the national norm of 1:40. Presently, theteacher-pupil ratio in

IGNOU deletes objectionable statements about Hindu deities

IGNOU has decided to delete certain "objectionable" statements about Hindu deities made in the lessons of its MA (History) programme dealing with religious thought, saying the "error" was inadvertent and not aimed at hurting communal sensitivities. "The faculty has reviewed these aspects and decided to delete the statements which are offending," IGNOU said in a statement in New Delhi on Wednesday. "The error is inadvertent and not aimed to hurt religious sensitivities or degrade the deities," it said. The University has also appointed an expert committee to review the entire course content. The move follows media reports pointing out objectionable statements made in one

Central varsities tell Moily: we can expand by ’07, will cost Rs 2250 cr

Days after the sub-group on management schools reported to the Veerappa Moily Oversight Committee that expansion in a year—to offset the 27% OBC quotas—was unrealistic, the group on Central universities has taken the contrary stand. In its interim report to Moily, the group has argued that the 62,000-seat increase by 2007 from 1.08 lakh to 1.7 lakh should be seen as an “opportunity” and universities should have the freedom to come up with their own mechanism to implement the expansion plan without “compromising” standards. From the next year, the report says, the upgrade could be implemented in 17 universities with the

Universalisation of primary education and ICT Initiatives in india

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has been conceived as a government of India national educational movement to achieve the target of universalization of primary education among all children. This ambitious programme has been supported by several international and national funding agencies and success stories are coming up from different states. Distance education with the advent of digital technologies, has become an alternate or supplement to the conventional education. A host of technologies are there to make learning interactive. Policy makers and academicians have recognized this fact and therefore have naturally selected it as an important strategy for the implementation of Sarva

International conference on open learning and distance education

International conference on open learning and distance education being organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University in Delhi from 19-23rd nov. 2005. Over 300 delegates from 30 countries shall be participating at the International Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education being organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with International council for Open and Distance Education(ICDE), Norway in Delhi from 19-23rd Nov. 2005. The Conference will offer a platform to everyone involved in education and training in schools, colleges, universities, companies, governments, inter-governmental organizations, NGOs and others to deliberate upon various issues and challenges that we face