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LIC ADO Exam 2012-2013 Syllabus, Exam Pattern and Preparation

The Apprentice Development Officers (ADO) recruitment exam’s notification has been issued by the LIC. Hope, you all have applied for your dream post. The candidates who did not know about this recruitment notification and eligibility criteria for the post can go to the LIC ADO Recruitment 2013 to apply for the post. The last date to apply for the ADO post is 22nd Dec, 2012. So the candidates are advised that apply 3 or 4 days in advance before the last date.  We have given all the information which is necessary for the candidates to know before submitting online application.

Haryana to take action against institutes claiming recognition of foreign universities

In order to control the errant private institutes in Gurgaon claiming recognition from foreign universities, Haryana Government is planning to take legal action against them. Higher Education department is preparing a list of private colleges in state, which claim affiliation with foreign universities, but do not have it.
“We have received information that several thousand students are pursuing professional courses in business administration, computer application and other streams from these colleges. We will try to take disciplinary action in a manner which affects as fewer students as possible,” said a senior official close to the developments.
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Jaya announces Rs 10 lakh reward to CA topper

Lauding the achievement of the daughter of an auto-rickshaw driver from the state who topped the nationwide Chartered Accountant examinations, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced an award of Rs 10 lakh for her.
"I extend my hearty greetings to Prema, who hails from a poor family but has overcome hurdles to achieve the tall feat of clearing CA exams," Jayalalithaa said in a statement here.
With a view to honouring the Mumbai-based Prema, who has made the Tamil community 'proud,' Jayalalithaa announced an incentive of Rs 10 lakh to her by the government and wished her all

Delhi HC restrains PTU from admissions in distant education courses

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has restrainedPunjab Technical University (PTU) from admitting students in its distance education programme courses till IGNOU accords approval on the issue for the current academic year.
"We direct the second respondent university not to admit any student pursuant to the advertisement made on December 3, 2012 without specific approval from respondent No. 6 Distance Education Council of IGNOU," a bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain said.
The court's order came on a petition filed by one Tilak Singh, a resident of Delhi, alleging that the University was inviting applications

UGC introduce one-year LLM Programme

Delhi - After a lot of discussion and conferences, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to introduce a one-year LLM programme in universities from academic year 2013-14. However, law professors in the city are not happy with the decision as they believe it will dilute quality of the post graduate programme.
As per the UGC website, an expert committee constituted by the UGC has submitted the guidelines for introduction of the one-year LLM programme. The programme will be introduced only in universities/ institutions with a centre for post graduate legal studies. The universities fulfilling guidelines will be allowed to

Acert launches international courses in India

American Council or Education Research And Training have started registration on Indian Students for providing certifaction from USA based ACERT. Various certification and diploma courses are are avaible for students in India who are looking for certification and diploma courses for overseas education in Information technology and Managements.

ACERT is also providing school education certification courses for students from class VI to class VIII mainly covering computer awareness and basic programming on various programming tools.

 The certification and diploma courses launced for training and education are both short term and 1 year certification and diploma courses.

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Professional and Computer Training Programme by National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation

Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State for Minority Affairs, said that the trades in which training is to be given are identified by the respective State Channelising Agencies (SCAs) depending upon the local needs and employment potential; and training is organized through Government owned/ recognized training institutions.

Shri Pala further informed the House that in order to educate and train more women from the minority communities, NMDFC has established a network with the Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (EDIs) of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and

Scholarship to ST Students

Under the scheme, scholarships are provided to ST students who are pursuing studies at degree and post degree level in institutions identified under the scheme like IIT, IIM, NIT, National Law University etc. The scheme is implemented through identified institutes and grant-in-aid is considered on receipt of complete proposal of eligible ST students, under the provisions of the scheme, from the identified institute and subject to availability of funds under the scheme.

The Ministry has not received complaint regarding non-payment of scholarship by the identified institutes to ST students against the grant-in-aid released by this Ministry.

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Computer Subject Included in ITI’s Curriculum

(i) Out of the total 123 trades, 05 trades are exclusively related to computer. The detail of these 05 trades is listed at Annex.

(ii) In other trades, wherever necessary relevant computer topics are covered in the curricula.

(iii) IT Literacy course covering topics on basics of computer, has been made compulsory for trainees undergoing training in any trade at all the Government and Private ITIs of the country.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Labour & Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Amendments in Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir approved

Earlier this scheme was open to only those students who passed the Class XII or the equivalent exam from the J&K Board.

This would increase the inclusivity of the scheme and would make many more students eligible to avail of the benefit under this scheme. This revision would be effective from the academic year 2011-12.

Background:

An Expert Group was constituted by the Prime Minister on 18th August, 2010 in the context of enhancing employment opportunities in Jammu & Kashmir and to formulate jobs plan involving the public and private sectors. Among the key recommendations of the Expert Group, one