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  • Andhra Pradesh schools need English teachers.

    The state is having difficulty finding teachers for its 355 English medium ‘model schools’, it’s version of Navodaya schools, to be funded by the Centre.

    The government needs about 10,000 English medium teachers, who can teach high school students in the CBSE syllabus. The schools are to function from June 2012.

    The 355 model schools will be set up in educationally-backward mandals across the state, where girls’ literacy rate is dismal. Each school will cost Rs 3 crore, with the Centre contributing 75 per cent of the funds, and the state government the rest.

    The government has decided to directly recruit teachers from English medium schools, but it is difficult to recruit teachers who can teach the CBSE syllabus because private schools are offering them higher salaries than the government.

    The government pays a meagre Rs 2,000 per month for two-years under “apprenticeship” for teachers with two years of experience. This is hardly likely to attract teachers.

    Source : DC

  • CBSE to Offer Four New Vocational Subjects from Next Year.

    New Delhi, Nov 03 : Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, is likely to launch four new vocational subjects from next year, i.e. 2012. The Board has taken the step to boost vocational education and make it more scientific and market oriented.

    As per sources, the subjects to be taught from class XI onwards are logistics management, retail management, paramedic, and design. All these subjects/courses will be modular and credit based. Moreover, the certificates which will be awarded would also indicate the specific skill sets that the students acquire.

    According to CBSE, these new courses will be based on the number of hours and divided over specific modules with each module carrying specific credits. In addition, each module will offer a specific skill set so that even if out of seven modules a student completes four, he/she will have credits for those modules and would have acquired certain skill sets.

    While talking about the developments, CBSE Chairman, Vineet Joshi, said that the basic idea behind drafting the courses credit based is to make them scientific. The number of hours for the vocational courses can be credited which would help in case a student wants to shift to another course, he said.

    Furthermore, he said that the new courses will be based on the standards set by the National Skill Development Corporation which is now working on national occupational standards in various areas, which means that it specifies on jobs and the necessary corresponding skill sets required.

    Later, he also added that the credits will help the students if they opt for higher studies to institutions where credit system is accepted and equivalent credits can be measured. In addition, sources from the Ministry for Human Resource Development informed that CBSE will also launch a vocational course in IT from class IX as a pilot project in Haryana from 2012.

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