Students will have to travel miles for engg entrance exam

Rahul solanki should have been buried in his texts, preparing for the All India Engineering Entrance Exam. Instead, he is working on logistical support to reach his exam centre which is 27 kilometres from home on May 1.

Like him, Akansha Joshi (name changed) will travel from Andheri to Panvel to take the AIEEE. "I can drive my daughter to her centre. But many others will have to take an early train or bus to get to their examination hall. Our first choice was Mumbai, but I guess there aren't enough centres in the city and we have been forced to go to Navi Mumbai," her father A Joshi said.

The AIEEE is the largest engineering entrance test in the country with more than 11 lakh students taking it. This year, the test also went online but only 4,900 students opted for the online version; the rest preferred the pencil-paper mode.

Two years ago, several city students had complained they had been allotted centres in Port Blair and Daman. Students heaved a sigh of relief that they didn't have to book air tickets but many complained of a long travel before a crucial test. "I stay in Colaba, but have been allotted a centre in Anushakti Nagar. I am wondering how to get there as the exam starts at 9 am," Solanki said.

In fact, Solanki wanted to visit the centre before the D-day, but he received his hall tickets only on Wednesday. According to the CBSE, he ought to have obtained it before April 6. "I went to the post office to apply for a duplicate hall ticket to ensure that I have my seat number before the exams," he said.

Officials at the Central Board of Secondary Education, which conducts the entrance exam, said that centres were allotted randomly, based on students' choice of cities. "We only ask students for preferred cities for the exam and not areas. The centre section is done randomly and not manually to ensure security," said Vineet Joshi, chairman of the CBSE board. "We are open to suggestions and if students have a problem, then we will look into it next year."

This year, though, students will have to just start early. "I have to leave at 7 in the morning to ensure I reach the centre on time," said Amarjot Kaur, an aspirant who lives in Goregaon and has her centre at Koliwada. "I have never been there before." (TOI)

Application are invited for Admission at Anupam kher's acting school

HOW TO GET ENROLLED IN ACTOR PREPARES?
Noted drama school owned by India's veteran actor Anupam Kher invited application for Admission for the next session. Many new and successful actors and actresses of Mumbai film industry like Abhisek Bachchan, Hritik Roshan, Deepika Padukone etc. have trained in this institute. Interested candidates can send applications for attending interviews and auditions for getting Admission at Actor prepares.

Eligibility for Admission at Actor Prepares
Interested candidates need to appear for interviews and auditions after sending application.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE AT ACTOR PREPARES
Application for for Admission at Actor Prepares can be downloaded from the official website of Actor prepares that is www.actorprepares.net.

If you think that you have the talent to act and want to brush up your skills under the veteran actor than send duely filled up application form along with a DD of Rs.200/ payable at Mumbai in favour of ACtor Prepares. Complete address of Actor prepares is given below.

Actor Prepares
1st Floor,,
Film Industry Welfare Trust, next to Ajivasan Hall.
Near SNDT College,
Juhu Road.
Santacruz West, Mumbai-400049.

Last date of sending Application to Actor Prepares is not mentioned in the official website.

DETAIL SCHEDULE OF COURSES, INTERVIEW AND VENUES OF ACTOR PREPARES SESSION 2011-12

· The next session of Acting courses at Actor prepares will start from 1st June at Chandigrah. This will be 12th batch.

Selection by interview and audition will be 21 and 22 May.

·Admssion for full-time course in Mumbai will start on 2nd May 2011.

Selection process for the Mumbai campus will be on 16th & 17th April 2011.

·Part-times courses Admission in Mumbai interview will start from 4th April 2011. Courses will start from 2nd May, 2011.

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·Full-time course of Actor Prepares at Ahmedabad begins on 2nd May 2011.

Auditions and interview procedure for the Ahmedabad kicks off from 27th March 2011 in Ahmedabad and 3rd April in Jaipur.

· There is also option for working persons or students who can participate in Weekend workshops. Such weekend Workshops in Mumbai begins on 2nd April 2011, 7th May 2011.
For more details, visit www.actorprepares.net

GGSIPU Invites Applications for session 2011-2012

The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) invites applications for admission into the ensuing academic year 2011-2012. Also, the University has announced its three new programmes and admission reforms. The university's application forms went on sale from March 1, 2011. In total there are more than 20,000 seats available in various courses. The university released three brochures for admission to professional programmes (Admission Brochure I); engineering and BArch (Admission Brochure II) and PG medical programmes (Admission Brochure IV).

At a press conference, DK Bandyopadhyay, vice chancellor, said that the university, from this academic session, is going to start three new courses - MBA (hospitality management), MBA (financial market) and BBA (financial market). He also added that the MBA in financial market and BBA in financial market programmes would be launched in association with the National Stock Exchange. Moreover, Bandyopadhyay informed that aspirants can submit the CET 2011 application form and the fee at ipu.admissionhelp.com.

In addition, this year, admissions to around 85 programmes will be through 48 common entrance tests (CETs) for seats in 11 schools of the university and in 103 affiliated institutes. GGSIPU is going to hold the CETs for four of its most sought-after programmes MBA, MBBS, BTech and MCA in Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bhopal, Jalandhar, Nagpur, Shimla, Muradabaad, Hisar and Dehradun. The test for other courses will be held only in Delhi.

The application forms are made available at 44 designated branches of Indian Bank, 22 in Delhi and 22 outside. The last date for the submission of the filled-in-applications for most of the programmes is April 25, 2011. For details, contact GGSIPU campus, Sector 16C, Dwarka 110 075 Ph: 011 25302170, www.ipu.ac.in www.admissionhelp.com/G GSIPU/login.aspx

In addition, Bandyopadhyay while elaborating on the changes in the process, said, as a part of the examination reforms carried out by the university, they have decided that the applicant is required to fill the admission form in his own handwriting, which would be crosschecked at various stages of the admission process. He also added to maintain transparency in the admission process, the students will be required to paste a bigger colour photograph with white background. He emphasized that candidates must go through the brochures thoroughly before filling the forms.

Contact address:
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Kashmere Gate
Delhi - 110 403
Delhi
Phone: +91-11-23900166, 23900167, 23900168, 23900100
Fax: +91-11-23865941, 23900111
vkjain@ipu.edu
www.ggsipu.nic.in
Source-http://updates.highereducationinindia.com

Symbiosis International University B.Tech Programme 2011

Symbiosis International University is one of the reputed Institutes that provide the various professional courses to the aspiring candidates. Institute was established under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956. Institute is approved by Government of India for providing these reputed courses to the candidates. Institute accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade.

Many authorities of the university are implemented in the orientation and organization of the institute. The institute is regarded as the best university among the students for providing the best carrier opportunities. Many top class industries of India as well as from outside of India is still paying attention towards the institute. The institute has covered a large area is leading among the top class infrastructures of India and is distributed in various blocks among the students and staff member of the institute.

The institute has the capability of getting top rank and is recommended as one of the best reputed universities of India. The students are availed with all the study stuffs and other laboratory facilities so that they can they gain the knowledge which need from the institute. The institute is having a team of well qualified and experienced teaching helps which helps the students in eradicating their drawbacks and to perform better at the time of their studies. Many industries of India and other parts of world are paying a high attention towards this institute. The willing candidates are required to complete the entrance test conducted by the University for the Admission.

COURSES OFFERED:

4 Years Full Time Programmes:

B.Tech.

• Electronics and Telecommunication

• Mechanical

• Civil

• Computer Science

• Information Technology

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

The candidates should have 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at the 10+2 or its equivalent in Science stream.

The candidates are also required to have a good and valid score of any of the entrance examination stated: JEE or AIEEE or MHT- CET or Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET).

NOTE:

• SIT proposes to offer SIBM’s Special PG Diploma in Business Management along with B.Tech.

• For SET registration visit www.set-test.org

OTHER COURSES OFFERED BY SIU:

• Law

• Computer

• Design

• Management

• Health Sciences

• Media and Economics

IMPORTANT DATES:

SET registration closes on: 14th April, 2011

• CONTACT DETAILS:

Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT)

Symbiosis International University

Gram: Lavale

Tal.: Mulshi

District: Pune- 411042

Ph. 020-39116250/54

WEB SITE:

www.sit.siu.edu.in

Section Officer Recruitment Exam 2011

Section Officer Exam is a competitive exam conducted by the government of India and is a commercial audit for recruitment which would be held on mid June, 2011. Staff selection commission examination conducts the competitive exam for the recruitment for the post of section officer (commercial audit) for the post of non gazetted Group ‘B’ in the office of Controller and Auditor General. Various job opportunities are offered by the examination by posting in various reputed places in India. As it provides well set carrier, the competition is going to be harder as no. of candidates is gong to increase every day. The candidates are required to study hard to get highest available post in this field. One has to go through the suggestion books to know about the pattern of the question paper and to complete it successfully.

To maintain their infrastructure, the section officer exam is offering job opportunities to the aspiring candidates every year. The questions are generally related to the current topics and the conceptual type questions. The government of India provides a handsome package for the following post. The candidates are required to follow some rules in the examination. The candidates applying for this exam will work with all the effort and practices all type of model questions to crack the exam and to settle their carrier.

Qualification of examination will lead you to:

• Recruitment for the post of Section Officer (Commercial Audit), Group B Non Gazette Officer.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidate must have completed graduation from the recognized University/ Institutes in any of these fields to be eligible for this Post:

1. Commerce OR

2. Chartered Accountant

3. Institute of Costs and Works Accountancy (ICWA)

4. Company Secretaryship

• Candidate must lie in age group of 18-27 years (age relaxation for SC/ST/OBC) as on mid of 2nd week of April, 2010.

Important dates:

Candidates are required to submit their complete application for up to the second week of April, 2011.

The competitive examinations will be conducted in the mid of June, 2011.

Candidates can get application form from the mid week of March, 2011.

Contact details:

www.ssc.nic.in

CBSE to issue certificates on class evaluation

The Central Board of Secondary Education has asked schools to send in the marks or grades that the school had given students during the second summative assessment so it can issue a uniform certificate for both students who take the board exam and those who take the school-based assessment.

Students planning to migrate from CBSE to another board takes the board exam, while the others take the school exam, which has been considered easier.

CBSE controller of exams MC Sharma, in a letter addressed to principals of affiliated schools, said, "The board has decided to issue uniform certificates to all the Class 10 students appearing for the March 2011 examination irrespective of whether they are assessed by the board or by the school in summative assessment 2. To ensure the reliability, validity and fairness of assessment, the board is collecting marks or grades assigned at the school level through specially designed software."

In addition to collecting these marks or grades, the board will also do a random collection and verification of answer scripts of written tests or other evidence of assessments done at the school level as part of the formative and summative assessments. They will be checked by subject experts appointed by the board at the regional level.

The experts will submit their report on the evidence of assessments with regard to the respective award of marks. This report will be used to vouch for the fairness of the school-based assessments and to ensure the implementation of the continuous and comprehensive evaluation scheme in schools. The board will be undertaking this exercise with the objective of assessing the practices of school-based assessment.


Schools selected by the CBSE regional office should send the answer scripts for summative assessment 1, and formative assessments 3 and 4. Initially this information will be collected for five subjects - Hindi, English, mathematics, science and social science. Schools that are requested to send the EAs by the regional office should send it by March 20.

Senior principal of RMK Group of Schools C Satish said, "This is what schools wanted the CBSE to do. A certificate issued directly by the board to students taking the school-based assessment will add to the credibility of a students's aptitude and skill." (TOI)