Mangalore-Udupi Education: Schools/Colleges/Universities

[mangalore mania]

Minister for Higher Education V.S. Acharya will inaugurate the yogic sciences building and laboratory at Mangalore University on December 26, Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankar Murthy said on Friday.

Prof. Murthy told presspersons here that the building of the Department of Human Consciousness and Yogic Sciences had been built at a cost of Rs. 1.25 crore. The university had built the laboratory for department at a cost of Rs. 50. He said that a seminar organised in association with the Yoga Practitioners' Association of India and Dharmanidhi Yoga Peetha, Mangalore University would also be held on the same day.

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In the 90s, the Central government’s motto was to ‘teach a child with a click.’ But now the computer has made its way into classrooms in several schools and all the schools in Karnataka will soon be found on Google Earth.

Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the government has taken up an initiative
to upload all the schools including lower primary, higher primary and high schools on Google Earth. As a result, an alumni of a remote school in Dakshina Kannada sitting in his posh office at USA or UK or Australia can look at his school with a click of a button.

Speaking to City Herald, SSA district coordinator Shivaprakash said
that under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Dakshina Kannada, the authorities concerned will use Geographic Information System (GIS) to map 1,924 schools.
“The SSA will acquire geographical coordinates of all the schools including lower primary, higher primary and high schools.

The project also includes a web-based application for accessing the District Information System of Schools Education (DISE) database and the integrated database of schools. The project includes collecting the names and addresses of each government-aided and unaided school and DISE code in each education district from the state project office. It also includes visiting the schools and capturing the geographical coordinates using GPS in a prescribed format.”

“In fact, the Block Resource Centre in each cluster has been given 3G GPS facility enabled smart phones to take the photographs of the schools. They were asked to capture minimum of 10 photographs of every school that covers the school building and any other infrastructure present within the premises. Each photograph will capture the correct description of the particular school. In Dakshina Kannada, the photographs of all the schools have been clicked and sent to state SSA office.

Though uploading of all the schools of Dakshina Kannada has been complete, it is not open for the public access. It will be open for the public only when all the process in all the districts are complete. Once all the photographs are collected, it will be verified. Through the National Information Centre’s data server, all the information provided by the DISE will be uploaded to the Google Earth.”

He says that even the schools which were temporarily closed down were included while taking the photographs.

The details pertaining to the number of students, teachers, facilities available in the schools will also be uploaded on the Google Earth in the future. The initiative will help in giving information on the drinking water facility, toilet facility in schools and to implement the development work.

The functioning of the BRC and CRP can be viewed at the state-level through GPS mobile facility. At the same time, during election, the details from a particular booth can be obtained easily through GPS facility, he added

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Mangalore: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal (NITK) has been collaborating with a school for the visually challenged, Roman and Catherine Lobo School, over the last few months. As part of the project, the NITK has developed many educational solutions to aid the visually impaired students.

The project has been a great success and to celebrate it, the school is organizing a function on Thursday, Jan 19 at 3 pm in the school. The event will be attended by the director and deans of NITK and the director of Seva Bharati Trust, Mangalore.





This function is expected to promote the NITK initiative and is aimed at getting other visually challenged individuals to benefit from their technologies which are free and open source.

About Roman and Catherine Lobo School for the Blind (RCLSB)

RCLSB is a full-fledged school for the visually impaired children in Dakshina Kannada, established by the Seva Bharati Trust. It aims at providing formal education as per the Karnataka Education Board syllabus. Along with this, computer education and computer skills are also taught.

The other informal methods of education include orientation and mobility, independent living, handicrafts, special games like cricket, chess and so on.

The aim is to impart first to seventh standard education in Braille, which will include subjects like English, Kannada, Hindi, science, mathematics, social studies, physical education and moral `education.

The long-term goal of the school is to make the visually challenged stand on their own feet and open to them the wide doors of knowledge based society and create opportunities for them in the hope that they will play a role in nation building.

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Mangalore, Feb 22,2012, DHNS:

Mangalore University has established a Centre for Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation Technology (CARRT), in collaboration with Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Mumbai.

A view of the laboratory at Centre for Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation Technology to be opened in Mangalore University on Thursday.The CARRT will be inaugurated on Thursday, by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr Srikumar Banerjee.

According to a press release, the BRNS has provided Rs three crore to establish the centre. Mangalore University has spent about Rs 60 lakhs to establish the laboratories required for the Centre as per the guidelines of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Government of India. Scientists from the BRIT and BARC have worked with the university in establishing the Centre. This Centre is first of its kind amongst the Indian universities established for the purpose.

CARRT has laboratories including Gamma Irradiator, Radioimmunoassay/Immuno Radiometryassay Lab, Radioiodinaiton Lab, Carbon-14 and Other Radioisotope lab, Hybridoma and Cell Culture Lab and Radiation Counting and Instrumentation Lab.

Through certificate courses and other educational programmes, the centre will provide the needed technical support and training for graduate and post graduate students from biological sciences, medical, pharmaceutical and agricultural sciences, and young researchers, in the field of radiation technology and applications of radioisotopes.

Summer and vacation courses for a few selected students of undergraduate science courses will be held to inspire the students to pursue the higher studies in basic and applied sciences using radiations and radio technology. The Centre will also conduct tailor-made short term training programmes to scientists and engineers from industries and other R and D organizations. CARRT will also act as nodal agency to facilitate research in areas that involve radiation and radioisotopes application.

Reserarch

The research to be undertaken in the CARRT include radiolabelling of biological molecules for biological research, development of antibodies and radioimmunoassay, tracer experiments using Carbon-14 labeled compounds for biological research, gamma radiation effect on materials, low level counting and isotope hydrology.

Studies on production of insulin and its quantification, Helicobacter pylori (responsible for gastric and duodenal ulcer) infection incidences in coastal population, radioprotective effects of some drugs (bioflavonoids), conservation of endemic and endangered trees species of Western Ghats through radiation exposure of seeds are some of the ongoing research projects sanctioned by the BRNS in the first phase of the programme.

DHNS


Mangalore varsity gets new facility on radiation technology

Mangalore, Feb. 22:

Mangalore University's new facility - Centre for Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation Technology (CARRT) - will be inaugurated on February 23.

Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Prof T.C. Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said that Dr Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), will inaugurate the facility.

He said that CARRT will provide the technical support and training for graduate and post-graduate students from biological sciences, medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural sciences through certificate courses and other educational programmes.

Summer and vacation courses for students of undergraduate science courses will be held to inspire them pursue higher studies in basic and applied sciences using radiation technology.

Tailor-made programmes

Prof Murthy said this centre will also conduct tailor-made short-term training programmes to scientists and engineers from industries.

CARRT will also design and develop the syllabus on the application of radioisotopes and radiation technology suitable to introduce in different graduate and post-graduate courses.
nodal agency

It will also act as a nodal agency to facilitate research in areas that involve radiation and radioisotopes application.

He said that CARRT has been established in collaboration with Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT) of the Department of Atomic Energy, and signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) with them.

Under the MoU, BRNS has provided Rs 3 crore to establish the centre.

The Mangalore University has spent Rs 60 lakh to establish the laboratories required for the centre according to the guidelines of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).

Stating that scientists from BRIT and BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) have worked with the university in establishing the centre, Prof Murthy said this is the first of its kind amongst the Indian universities.

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Business Line

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Mangalore, Feb 24, 2012: National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K) in Suratkal will hold its 9th annual convocation on Feb 25 Saturday.


Making the above announcement at a press conference held today, G. Umesh, the professor of the department of physics and dean (research and consultancy) of NIT – K, said that the convocation ceremony will be held in NIT-K’s Silver Jubilee Auditorium at 11:00 a.m.

Revealing further details, he said that Padmashree Dr. Shrikumar Banerjee, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, will deliver the convocation address.


Sushil Chandra Tripathi, the chairman of the Board of the Governors of NIT-K, will preside and Prof. Sandeep Sancheti, the director of NIT-K, will deliver the welcome address.


He also said that senate members, board of governors, board of governors, parents, staff members, and others will participate in the convocation ceremony, during which 509 students will graduate with B.Tech degrees, 455 with M.Tech, 70 with MCA, 40 with MBA, 42 with M.Sc, and 16 with Ph.D. Besides, medals for outstanding academic performance will be conferred on 37 students, he added.


Revealing statistics of students passing out of the institutions, Prof. Umesh said that 1132 students passed out in 2010 – 11. He also informed that the peak salary in India for students passing out is Rs. 16 lakh per year and the international salary is Rs. 64 lakh per year.

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Manipal, March 9 2012, DHNS:

Manipal University established the Innovation Centre and Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI) at Manipal Institute of Technology as a part of its growth in innovation and entrepreneurship in 2010. The initiative forms part of its vision to become a world class university.

The centre has been encouraging student innovations and start-ups and is developing an ecosystem for boosting research and Innovation outcome of MU, said co-chairman of MUTBI Luis Miranda.

In the first of its kind initiative in the country, MUTBI will set up satellite centers at Manipal University institutions at Sikkim in June this year and Jaipur on March 21, 2012 to support the alumni. “Currently the Centre in Manipal supports six companies with nearly 15 employees and 45 interns working for them. The management hopes to target 50 companies and employee strength of 1000 in the next five years,” Luis said.

This plan to start the satellite centers is in line with the Social obligation of the University to encourage and nurture innovation and entrepreneurship among students, faculty and people of the region.

The policy and procedures applicable to MUTBI will be extended to these centers. One faculty coordinator each will be from the representative University who will be managing the centre.

The operating expenses of the Centre are supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, with a funding of Rs 3.3 crores and an additional fund of Rs 66 Lakhs from MSME, Government of India, he added.

MUTBI CEO Professor Manohara Pai M M said the centre was working on a project to generate Green power up to 2MW, through Solar photovoltaic, using the roof top model. Initially, the power generated will be available to MU and gradually extended to other sites. Our vision is to make Manipal as the first solar city to generate 50- 100 per cent power used during day time from solar energy. With this, MU would become the first university in the country to achieve this feat. The Centre is introducing a new course titled Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as an open elective, with 3 to 6 credits, for the benefit of students of Manipal University.

A unique Pre-Incubation facility will be attached with the course as a launch pad for start-ups.

Based on the experience gained from this, a School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be setup in the academic year 2013-14, for an MBA/Executive MBA program. The course and the program will be run jointly with the support of TAPMI, Manipal, he said.

Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Mobile applications and Game development is envisioned in order to promote inclusive growth, it is proposed to set up a CoE in mobile applications.

Besides the University is setting up a World class Central Instrumentation Facility with an outlay of Rs 6 Crores at MIT, he said.

DHNS

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110 schools to have playgrounds
Naina J A, Mangalore, Mar 12,2012, DHNS:

* Work can be taken up under MGNREGS too

All those government primary schools, which do not have playgrounds will get playgrounds within a year.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan district co-ordinator Shivaprakash said that 110 government primary schools do not have playgrounds in the district. A proposal has already been submitted to the government through Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to allot land to have playgrounds in these schools. The work on playgrounds can be taken up under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as well.

White paper on toilets

As per the direction of the Supreme Court, all the schools must have toilets by March 31, 2012.

Accordingly, preparations are on for issuing a white paper on toilet facilities in schools in Dakshina Kannada.

Shivaprakash said “all the 1,181 primary schools including 955 government schools have toilets, as per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court. We are also conducting a re survey to make sure that all the schools have toilet facilities. The survey will be completed by March 20. After the survey, the Deputy Commissioner will issue a white paper on the same before March 31,” he said.

All the Block Education Officers and head teachers of the schools have already confirmed in writing that all the schools in their jurisdiction have toilet facilities. Dakshina Kannada has seven education blocks with 114 clusters.

Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, as many as 108 disabled-friendly toilets have been constructed in 108 schools in the last two years, at the cost of Rs 50,000 each.

“We have submitted a proposal to the government to construct disabled-friendly toilets in all the schools in its Action Plan for 2012-13. We have identified 13 schools, which will require additional toilets, which will be constructed during 2012-13.”

At the same time, all the schools have water facility. There are few schools which have three sources of water i.e well, borewell and panchayat water connection. All the schools in Dakshina Kannada have basic infrastructure of electricity as well.

Two school buildings which are under construction at Nadupadavu and Kundadka are yet to get the electricity connection, he said.

All the government schools in Dakshina Kannada can also boast of having a library. Under SSA, grant of Rs 3,000 to Rs 13,000 was given to the schools to purchase books for the library, he said.

During 2012-13, 33,200 metres compound wall for the school property will be constructed in Dakshina Kannada district.

“We have also asked for furniture for 23,000 students this year, so that the old furniture can be replaced. At the same time, a proposal of Rs three crore has been submitted to the government for repairing the school buildings in the district.”

Teacher-students ratio

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan district coordinator Shivaprakash said that as per the Right To Education Act, the teacher and the students ratio should be 1:30. In Dakshina Kannada, the average teacher-students ratio is 1:24.

“Under SSA, we have sought funds for the construction of four additional classrooms during 2012-13. As 13 schools do not have a separate head masters’ room, the construction of the same has been included in the proposal for 2012-13.”

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* The research project will cater to the institute and also feed the state grid

Come summer and the state dreads power breakdowns. In an attempt to mitigate the power crisis, a rooftop wind-solar hybrid power system was recently set up at the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal.

Dr Dattatraya N Gaonkar, who is part of the project, told Bangalore Mirror that a 10-kW wind-solar hybrid power system was set up as part of a research project funded by the ministry of power (MoP) through the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore. The system is connected to the local MESCOM grid. It can cater to the demand of both MESCOM and NITK.

The system consists of two wind turbines of 3.2 kW each and a photovoltaic system of 3.6 kW capacity, a power electronic converter control system and related equipment. The converter can detect the load in NITK and feed the institute or connect to the MESCOM grid.

The project is being undertaken in two phases at a cost of Rs 25 lakh each.

The first phase covered the installation, which is complete. Studies on various parameters like the quality of power and wind speed are going on.
The researchers are also looking at the possibility of having rooftop grids for domestic purpose. Once the results of the studies are out, in the second phase, the researchers will design new controls for schemes considering two other sources, like fuel cell and micro turbines, along with the existing wind and solar systems.

Gaonkar said, “The project is a step towards setting up a micro-grid with multiple distributed energy sources capable of operating both in grid connected and isolated operation.” The others in the project include Dr Udayakumar Yerragatti and several PhD scholars.

Prof Sandeep Sancheti, director of NITK, Surathkal, said, “We are taking the lead in harnessing renewable energy sources through these projects. Also, such initiatives are needed for research purposes.”

Bangalore Mirror

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Mangalore,Mar 31, 2012, DHNS :



Reading corner in every classroom is speciality in this institution

A look at the campus of the Mullakadu Government Higher Primary School at Kavoor in Mangalore will give a person an idea of how a government school should ideally be.

A teacher helping students in their studies at Mullakadu Government Higher Primary School. dh photoNormally, a typical government Kannada school faces some shortcoming in facilities.

Be it hygiene, classroom, teachers, toilets, mid-day-meals there is always some issue that needs to be dealt with ‘urgently.’

However, a visit to this school is likely to change the perception of a government school.

The tiled floors, full-fledged library, playground, and a rangamandira can be seen only in private schools. However, here is a government school which is a head of others.

The school was started in 1965. At present as many as 257 students are pursuing education from first to eighth standard. Under Rashtriya Madhyamika Shikshana, ninth standard has been started from 2011-12. Now, the Zilla Panchayat has declared the school as a model school in the district.

The school had not received any additional funds to carry out the activities. Utilising the available funds, the school has created facilities for it, said officials.

Seating arrangement has been made for all the children in Nali Kali classrooms. One can also get a view of round table in the classroom for discussion.

The students are given opportunity to portray their creativity including in writing stories, poems in the classroom daily. ‘Meena Club’ is active in the school. The Club trains girl children in developing leadership quality, creates awareness on hygiene.

Reading corner in every classroom is the speciality of the school. The reference books needed for the students of a particular class are kept in the mini library in every classroom. This has helped the students to gain knowledge. At the same time, every classroom has teaching aids. The school also has a complaint box, first aid box, computer room, disable friendly toilet, water facility and fire extinguisher.

The school is ahead of the rest of schools in maintaining the documents pertaining to the school. The National Joint Inspection Committee from New Delhi had visited the school in January 2011. The committee has not made any remarks on the loopholes in maintaining the documents. With the effort of school head teacher Chandravathi Rai, the school was able to get the attention from all over.

She has won state-level best teacher award. Now, she wants to retire from service by taking up the work on compound wall. As many as eight teachers are tirelessly working by joining hands with each other to make the school a model school.

About 98 per cent of the children who are pursuing education come from labour class. Of which 80 per cent are from SC/ST. The students say prayers in English and Kannada on alternative days. Hence, children are quite confident of English language, says teachers.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr K N Vijayaprakash said “Mullakadu school was not given any special funds. However, the school authorities have utilised the available funds effectively. I feel proud to say that this is our model school.”

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan coordinator Shivaprakash said “we want all the government schools to excel on the model of Mullakadu school.”

DHNS

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RENUKA PHADNIS

Last week, the Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) of Hassan wanted to speak to teachers of government high schools in Bantwal. Instead of travelling to each school, located in remote corners of this taluk, he pulled up at B.C. Road on NH8 and walked into the office of the Block Education Office. There, he logged into the Net, and using a webcam and Skype, he spoke to teachers of Navoor High School and Government High School, Manchi, about the "guidelines to improve SSLC results."

The school is part of Meghavahini, a project that, for the first time in the State, links online 35 government high schools, all in Bantwal, it is said. Seven aided schools and six private schools are also networked.

Other than officials, School Development Monitoring Committee (SDMC) presidents, headmasters (HMs), teachers, and students of Class 8 to 10, communicate with their counterparts in other networked schools using the webcam.

Chamaraj A.T, Hassan DDPI, said: "We are so loaded with work in this system of administration that we cannot reach many schools though we are concerned about them. So we say, 'You please come online'. It is a good way of creating a bond."

He said that teachers feel good that the DDPI was sitting with them trying to sort out their problems while enabling and motivating the headmaster.

He said: "There is so much stress on getting high marks, anxiety, and the HM is the pivot of any change in schools. But if we don't talk to teachers and give them confidence...the HM will not be motivated...

This (web conference) gives him moral support and is a real way to understand him and his subject, appreciate it.

It makes a difference to the way he transfers knowledge to his students."

Shashimangala Pai, HM Government High School, Sujir, near Farangipete, who came online, told The Hindu on the webcam that official communication and exam preparation were subjects that were frequently discussed.

H.N. Nanjundaswamy, Headmaster of the Government High School, Navoor, which is 6 km from B.C. Road, said that he and his students spoke over the webcam with other government high schools (such as the ones in Kavalapadur, Kanyana, Panjikallu, Soorya and Kodamannu).

Power shutdowns and connectivity pose a challenge. However, BSNL does respond to phone calls and ensures the connection was restored, said Ramananda, Education Co-ordinator, Bantwal.

Sudhakar K., BEO, Bantwal, said that 81 schools would get networked by July this year in Meghavahini. Plans were on to tie up with local engineering colleges so that students could learn more of electronics and physics.

Srinivas College, Valachil, is building a website that will help 380 educational institutions in Bantwal communicate, he said.

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TNN Apr 5, 2012, 05.26AM IST

MANGALORE: Children in Dakshina Kannada district will get an opportunity to visit farms and understand agriculture activities as part of their curriculum if a proposal submitted by the Dakshina Kannada unit of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is approved by the Union government.

With an aim to help children sustain their curiosity through exposure to vocations and help them understand its importance, the activity called 'Chinnarige Krushi Vrutti Darshana" (agri darshana) programme was proposed by the SSA district unit for 2012-13.


The activity will expose children to vocations like horticulture, sericulture, bio-fuel, organic farming, apiculture, fisheries, poultry, medicinal plant cultivation, vermicompost, kitchen gardening, agri processing unit, rainwater harvesting, dairy etc. Target children are students of class VIII. A total of 6,500 children in the district will get the opportunity to get on field experience through the programme, once it is approved by the Union ministry of human resource development.

SSA deputy project coordinator N Shivaprakash told TOI that the programme was included in the annual plan as it was recommended in the National Curriculum Framework 2005.

"The main objective of the programme is to impart basics of farming and other activities. The programme will help children learn more effectively when exposed to a practical situation," he added.

A maximum of five venues in each block will be selected for the programme, he said adding that it would require Rs 150 per child to implement the scheme. A district-level execution committee will be formed and it will be headed by either the deputy commissioner or chief executive officer of the zilla panchayat.

The role of such committees will be to identify and select an ideal location for krushi vrutti darshana, he said adding that voluntary organizations or individuals will be roped in for the support of the program unconditionally.

TOI

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S.C. Patil, Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kannada University, Hampi, lighting the lamp to inaugurate the N.G. Pavanje Memorial Endowment Lecture, in Mangalore University on Thursday.

The Mangalore University has initiated the process to seek permission of the State Government to start a certificate course in Fine Arts.

Speaking at the N.G. Pavanje Memorial Lecture, Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said on Thursday that a panel of seven persons, including S.C. Patil, Dean of Kannada University's Faculty of Fine Arts, was working out the syllabus and regulations for the certificate course in fine arts. “One of the meetings of the panel is scheduled today,” he said. The syllabus and the regulations framed by the seven-member panel would be placed before the University's Academic Council and the Syndicate.

The university would then send the same before the State Government and seek permission to start the course. Mr. Murthy later told The Hindu that starting a certificate course would be a step towards commencing Bachelors and Masters Degree course in the fine arts.

They would consider starting a Fine Arts Faculty in the University, He said the university was awaiting permission of the State Government to start the M.A. (Bharatanatyam) course. Mr. Murthy said response had been poor to undergraduate courses in dance and music.

The Vice-Chancellor said Mangalore University had been working towards protection and promotion of native language, art, and culture. The university had 19 chairs dedicated to various subjects including Tulu, Yakshagana, and Fine Arts.

“Except for Ambigara Chowdaiah Chair, all the 18 chairs are active. In case of Ambika Chowdaiah Chair we are awaiting passage of a statute necessary for its working,” Mr. Murthy added.

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Tailoring course for unemployed youth

Mangalore, April 11, 2012, DHNS:

* Unit will have 48 sewing machines

Mangalore Institute of Fashion Technology (MIFT) in association with the Department of Textiles and Handlooms will hold training for unemployed youth in tailoring under Suvarna Vastraneethi, at its premises in Mangalore.

Addressing a press meet, MIFT Director M G Hegde said that Department of Textiles and Handlooms has set up a full-fledged unit in MIFT with 48 sewing machines to impart training to the youth.
He said minimum 40 youth can be given training in the unit at a time.

The applicant should have passed seventh standard and must be below 35 years of age. The selected will get a stipend of Rs 2,000 per month. Three types of training are given for the applicants viz one month, two month and three month.

The initial month-long training focuses on the operation of electrical and electronic sewing machines, with special emphasis on how to control the speed and maximise production and stitching. The training will help many youth in securing jobs in the readymade garment manufacturing units, in Bangalore and Hassan. “In fact, we are in contact with 10 garment manufacturing companies for providing placement for the trained youth,” he added.

He said there is a demand for cutting experts, quality control assistants and embroidery tailors. There is a need for 10,000 tailors for the garment units in Bangalore and Hassan. The MSW students are creating awareness among unemployed youth in and around Mangalore on Suvarna Vastraneethi.

However, several youth are not ready to get trained as many feel that tailoring is not a good profession, he said adding that pamphlets are distributed among the youth.

Two staffs from MIFT were given special training at Garment Training Institute in Bangalore, to impart training for the unemployed youth in the institute.

He said the institute with 20 machines was providing free training for unemployed youth for the last two years. “We had organised training in tailoring for 10 batches of students with 20 students each. About 150 trained youth are working in and around Mangalore and Manipal,” he said.

The best student in each batch hailing from economically poor background was given an electrically operated sewing machine free of cost by the institute chairman Dr Aroor Prasad Rao.

DHNS

Although Garments & Apparels may not come us a part of MSEZ now we have news of a Garment unit coming up in Sulya.

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Degree course in hairdressing sought
The Hindu, UDUPI, April 26, 2012

President of Alva's Education Foundation Mohan Alva has urged the Mangalore University to start a three-year degree course in hairdressing. He was speaking at the valedictory of the workshop-cum-exhibition on hair dressing organised by the Bhandary Maha Mandala, here.

Dr. Alva said that efforts should be made to start the degree course so that those who had passed their Pre-University Course (PUC) could take advantage of it. Such a course should be taught in English, Kannada, and Hindi mediums, he said and urged the Bhandary Maha Mandala to put in serious efforts in this regard.

MLA Raghupati Bhat said a proposal would be submitted through the Bhandary Maha Mandala to the State Government to start a diploma course in hairdressing.

President of Bhandary Maha Mandala K. Suresh Bhandary, president of Mumbai Bagwadi Mogaveera Mahajana Sangh Suresh Kanchan, hairstylist from Mumabi K. Shivaram Bhandary, and president of district unit of Savita Samaj Govinda Bhandary were present.

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Mahesh PU College, Alake, Mangalore



Just wonder whether hostel block is a highrise.

New PU college open today

M T Educare Trust

I think M T Educare is opening an MBA college also.

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Mangalore: Specialized Course of BA- Security Management, Detective Science in City Now
Daijiworld
Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Mangalore, May 8: Mangalore Institute of Fashion Technoloy (MIFT) is the first college to offer a full three year of degree programme in B A in security and detective security recognized by Mangalore University in the field of security and intelligence management, stated a press release here on Tuesday, May 8.

Detective and security is a demanding profession with tremendous challenges. It requires intelligence, reasoning, good communication skills and attention to details. Private security and investigation management is an ideal career for youth in India.
This course is known for its unique and professional training. Its learning component makes it easier to grasp and more interesting than conventional instruction. The quality and strength of the course lies in easy, step-by-step training methods. The students get to conduct real assignments-vehicle and foot surveillances, civil and criminal background checks, locate missing persons, conduct on-line research, trace license extract and telephone numbers all in city.

The multi-media training component with careful guidance will help the students become street smart and enable them to pick the secrets of the trade to get fast results as the modern detective and security personnel must be able to use a wide variety of equipment as aids to investigation, ranging from binoculars, cell phones, video recorders and camera to the most advanced small hidden camera, night vision equipment and counter surveillance system, practically everything that would preserve evidences. It opens a wide range of careers for the youth.

For more information, one can contact to Johnson R on 9686584961, Princeson L (9845078946) and Meena Malani (9880407918).

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Dakshina Kannada gets excellent results
The Hindu

• 123 schools secured 100 per cent pass result this year in SSLC as against 53 schools last year
• 22 government schools have achieved the feat
• Special classes by teachers pay dividend

This year, the number of schools in Dakshina Kannada with cent per cent pass in the SSLC examinations, has more than doubled.

In 2011-12, 124 schools have got cent per cent pass results in the district when compared to 53 schools in 2010-11.

Of the 124 schools with cent per cent pass this year, 22 are government schools, nine aided schools, and 93 unaided schools, said a release from the Deputy Director of Public Instruction, Dakshina Kannada. (In 2010-11, of the 53 schools that had scored 100 per cent pass results, there were eight government schools, two aided schools and 43 unaided schools.)

The same trend is reflected in Mangalore city where schools had overall got a higher pass percentage than last year.

Mangalore city block

The pass percentage in Mangalore City block is 94 per cent this year, an increase of over last year's 89 per cent. It stood first this year (and last year), in the district, Dayawathi, Block Education Officer (BEO), told presspersons in the city on Friday.

She said that in Mangalore city, 14 schools had got cent per cent pass result. Of them, two are government schools: Balmatta Government Pre University College for Girls (High School Section) and Government Junior Technical High School, Kadri Hills.

The one aided school with cent per cent pass is Adarsh Bharathi High School, Padil.

The 11 unaided schools with cent per cent results are: Capitanio English High School, Kankanady, Nalanda English Medium High School, V.T. Road, St. Aloysius High School, Urwa, BGH High School, Kavoor, St. Joseph's High School, Kulshekar, BEM High School, Car Street, Noble High School, Kunjathbail, Sarojini Madhusudan Kushe High School, Attavar, Beary's Public School, Hat Hill, Indira Gandhi Memorial High School, Konchady, and St. Ann's School, Kuntikana.

In Mangalore City, the pass percentage is 85.65 in government schools, 93.94 in aided schools and 96.16 in unaided schools.

Meanwhile, the pass percentage is 99.4 in three government schools: Milagres High School, Hampankatta, Sacred Heart High School, Kulshekara and Shrinivas Pathashala, V.T. Road. All three schools are opting for a re-evaluation as each of them has one student who has failed despite excelling year round, she said.

All girls pass

While all 77 students (all girls) of Balmatta Government Pre University College for Girls (High School Section) have passed, six have got distinction and 44 have got first class.

Ms. Dayawathi said that the school (which is in the same compound as her office) had teachers who worked like a family. Students begin the day with yoga and meditation.

Vinoda B., Headmistress in charge, Balmatta Government Pre University College for Girls (High School Section), told The Hindu that the results were due to the efforts of the eight schoolteachers, who worked as a team. In particular, the success was due to the special classes that the school held every day since June last year to clear the doubts of students from classes 8, 9 and 10. One teacher handles two days of special classes.

All students are encouraged irrespective of their academic performance. Last year (2010-11), the school's pass percentage was 95 and it was 100 in 2009-10, she said.

Puttur, Belthangady

Sheshashayana Karinja, Block Education Officer, Puttur, told The Hindu that 24 schools got cent per cent pass including one government school (Government High School, Sarve), two aided, and 21 unaided schools.

He said that the pass percentage has improved throughout the block due to training camps and the daily one-hour class held for six subjects on six days and special Maths coaching, he said.

Shivaram Bhat, Principal, Government High School, Sarve, told The Hindu that teachers held monthly tests and group discussions which helped students.

In Belthangady block, 16 schools got cent per cent pass. Of them four are Government schools (including Kalmanje, Guruvayankere, Mithabagilu and Koiyuru), six are aided and six are unaided schools, Lokesh C., BEO, Belthangady told The Hindu .

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Nice to see so many govt colleges with cent percent results

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81 Udupi schools get 100 per cent pass result

Only one school gets below 60 per cent pass result

As many as 81 high schools in Udupi have scored 100 per cent pass results in the SSLC examinations, the results for which were announced on Thursday.

According to the information provided by the Department of Public Instruction here, of the 81 high schools, 15 are aided high schools, 22 government high schools, and 44 unaided high schools.

As many as 232 schools in the district have got above 80 per cent pass results. They include 59 aided high schools, 100 government high schools, and 73 unaided high schools.

As many as 12 high schools have got between 60 per cent and 80 per cent pass results. They include three aided high schools, eight government high schools, and one unaided high school.

Only one government school in the district got pass result below 60 per cent.

STUDENTS

As many as 16,071 students had appeared for SSLC exams in the district. Of these, 14,387 had passed. Girls performed better than boys in the examination. Of the 8,058 girls who had appeared for the examinations, 7,537 had passed. Of the 8,013 boys, 6,852 had passed.

PERFORMANCE

Unaided high schools performed better than aided and government high schools in the district. But unaided schools had lesser number of students than government and aided schools. The pass percentage in unaided high schools was 93.49 per cent, while it was 87.18 per cent in aided high schools and 80.36 per cent in government high schools.

Of 3,691 students from government high schools, 2,966 had passed. Of the 2,449 students who had appeared for the exam from aided high schools, 2,135 had passed. Of the 1,873 students from unaided high schools who had appeared for the exam, 1,751 had passed.

HIGH SCORES

As per the information available on the internet and by the schools to the Department of Public Instruction, there are five top scoring students in the district in the SSLC exams.

They are: Sanjana Aithal from Sri Venkataramana High School, Kundapur (615 out of 625 marks); Akshata Nayak from Sri Venkataramana High School, Kundapur (614/625); Neeraj from T.A. Pai English Medium School, Udupi (614/625); Mayur Mallya from T.A. Pai English Medium School (613/625); and Anaghashree from St. Mary's English Medium School, Kannarpady, Udupi, (613/625).

Sanjana Aithal, who stood first in Udupi district, has attributed her success to her family members, teachers, and hard work. Speaking to The Hindu over the telephone, Ms. Aithal said that she used to travel from her house in Amasebail village to Kundapur town on the school bus, which was one-and-a-half hour's journey.

Her favourite subject is mathematics. She did not attend any tuitions.

“I used to study daily for three hours. I used to read what was taught in the school daily. Hence it was not heavy during the examinations. I used to be attentive in class. This used to help me grasp the subject properly,” she said.

“I want to become a doctor as I like to help people. I want to join MGM College in Udupi for PUC,” Ms. Aithal said.