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Regular Courses VS Distance Learning MBA

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on September 25, 2022 @ 2:27 am

Everyone knows that education plays a important role in our life. We learn from education more things that we use in our life. But it’s only a basic education that teaches us how to live in a decorous manner. But after basic education, we go forwards to higher education. Some of us want to jobs and some looking for higher education. But good jobs get only those people who have a higher educational degree like MBA programs. Presently, we can get higher education in two ways- regular mode and distance learning mode. In regular classes, we can get a good quality education, but at that time we can’t do any other work, I mean jobs and other professional business. So this mode of education learning is not so much good for working people. In such case they have to leave their jobs for attending regular classes. And mostly in India, there will be limited seats in regular courses and a very high competition in such courses like Executive MBA. While in distance learning mode like correspondence learning among the professionals is very popular. Because they don’t need to leave their jobs and easily can get a higher degree like distance learning MBA.

But in this mode there is lack of interaction between faculty and students. So this mode is applicable only for sharp minded students and those able to study themselves. And they are able to find solutions themselves.

In such cases we can say this mode is also not so good for less than average knowledge students. But to remove these constraints of distance learning academic intellectuals searched a new way- “Online Education”. We can say it has created a new revolution in the field of distance learning. In this mode you can take classes like a real regular class in your home and at your flexible time. So we can say for online MBA programs, you can do it with your job and after completion of it you can achieve a higher education degree and promote your self in your business fields.

Source by Dinesh Rohila

26 Aug

The Indian Caste System

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on August 26, 2022 @ 1:09 am

One of my friends, who recently told his dad that he loves a girl and wants to get married to her had to face his dad’s wrath. WHY?

Because she did not belong to his caste!!!

BAFFLING!!!!!!!!!

Oh and get this!! His dad is a senior manager in a major MNC, well educated with a couple of major degrees, earning thousands of dollars every month.. When my friend asked why was caste an issue his dad replied “now if you marry a girl from another caste how can I show my face in our community?”

BAFFLING AGAIN!!!!!!

Two things I want to say to that dad:

1) Your face is your arse anyways, so don’t bother showing it.

2) Where did your education go? What about your 6th standard lesson in Social studies which taught you Caste is a social evil?

The above episode had me thinking about the state of affairs in India and caste system on the whole. If you know about the caste system read this article as I want to share with you a means of fighting this evil. If you don’t know about it, please read this article as well this will keep you away from the evil system and help educate others.

THE CASTE SYSTEM

This is a social evil, born to divide human beings. The system which has come down from ages causing nothing but harm to human beings. How did this system begin? Why do people still follow it? How can one fight this? These are some of the questions which must be asked

India is a great land, a land filled with the most knowledgeable people who have attained complete enlightenment and there are also people who still believe in caste, rituals, ceremonies etc.

ORIGIN OF THE CASTE SYSTEM

The concept of caste is coming down from ages. Ancient India was blessed with many scholars and saints. Scholars who studied the world outside and the world inside (nature of the human mind). These scholars through meditation and concentration, understood their own minds and understood some basic realities of the laws of nature and the human psyche. In ancient India, this was the education which was taught from teacher to pupil and this tradition passed on for many years.

What the ancient saints discovered were that there were four types of people who existed in this world. This categorization was based on how human beings had different mindsets and how that would place them in the social order. The caste system was nothing but a categorization of the social order in society. Based on this understanding human beings were categorized ( Not divided ). Here are the four types of human beings

1) Brahmin: A brahmin is a learned man, who is well versed with the knowledge and wisdom of life. The people studied the ancient scriptures like the Vedas and then passed this knowledge on to the others. The brahmins engaged in attaining the highest spiritual knowledge.

2) Kshatriyas: A Kshatriya is someone who defends the land and the kingdom. These were people who took up soldier jobs in the olden days. These people were warriors who protected society.

3) Vaishyas: These were the business class. cattle raring, trading of goods and services etc. Trade and commerce were handled by this class mostly.

4) Shudras: Shudras are service providers. Plumbers, mechanics etc. These people mostly do the daily jobs of labor. The people in this category have to job of serving the above three categories.

This is the caste system, the categorization of human beings based on social order. Even in today’s society you can classify any human being participating in a social order into any one of these four classes.

HOW DID THIS BECOME EVIL

This concept of the caste system soon became distorted when the system was associated with birth and not the occupation of an individual. Now a brahmin’s son became a brahmin irrespective of his wisdom. A Vaishyas son became Vaishya even if he was wiser than anyone else in this world.

Adding to this, the differentiation was intensified when people started to create a space for themselves and began treating themselves to be much more privileged than the other classes. They did this to gain status in society and safeguard their place in society. The Brahmins declared full right to the Vedas (ancient scriptures supposed to contain divine knowledge) and ensured that only a brahmin would have access to them and not the others. They also considered the birth of a human being in the brahmin clan to be a noble one and that of a Shudra to be a low one.

Soon, the idea of deeds deciding the class of individuals was forgotten and birth deciding the class became a reality. This is how a simple explanation of the social order became evil. Now your job/occupation was decided by birth and not by your deeds. A shudra was not allowed to take up activities related to learning, or defending or commerce. Differentiation began and now society started to split.

EVIL PREVALENT IN INDIA TODAY

India today is still ailing from this disease, called the caste system. I must add that though not as bad as in the ancient days, India still suffers from this. Various people like Swami Vivekananda (cool dude, read about him), Mahatma Gandhi etc have fought it will all their might, the evil still fails to die down. Even today, marriages are arranged based on Caste, one can only get married to someone belonging to his own caste. One will vote for a candidate just because he belongs to his own caste. The most disturbing aspect of this is that its not just the uneducated people who participate in this stupidity. Its even the educated section of the crowd which is as culpable. Ex: My friends Dad

Think about this when your near or dear one has an emergency you look for the best doctor to treat them, you never look for a doctor from your caste. Well apply this every where in life. Differentiating a human being on caste is ridiculous.

Why feel different? Human being is human being. God doesn’t differentiate only humans do. Every human being simply is you. Born(doesn’t matter to whom ), will eventually die. How does caste matter in this cycle?

HOW DO WE FIGHT IT

I am not one of those who like to point the finger at the government to change things. Yes the government has a duty to bring in reforms, but its the equal duty of every individual to bring in the change.

Stop staying quiet when an elder in your family talks bullshit about getting married to someone belonging to your caste, because he feels his ego is at stake. Stop voting for someone just because he belongs to your caste. Vote based on eligibility. Take it heads on wherever you face it in your life.

Fight it!!! It may not be at a macro level, but at least at a family level (micro level) you should take up responsibility and ensure people get rid of this foolishness. Of course your dad or mom or your grandpa may not like it. But realize that you are standing up for a greater purpose, a killing of an evil which has ruined many lives. So be firm and don’t give in. When we change ourselves for good, you will become an example to others and they will also take inspiration to change for good.

Now once you firmly believe that this evil needs to be killed, have lots of sex and pass on your intelligent genes

Take a stand. I stand for killing this evil. Do you?

Source by Prasad Surapaneni

30 Jul

“3 Idiots” – A Real Life Case Study

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on July 30, 2022 @ 12:50 am

INTRODUCTION

The movie ‘3 Idiots’ is totally focused on the current education system and its drawbacks. It has covered the situation of all the participants practically involved in the education system in India i.e. students, colleges, faculties and parents. Thus, this movie is a lesson to all the above parties, which I have analyzed after watching this movie.
Basically, this movie covers the pressure that the students of higher education are facing because of high end expectation from their parents, colleges and faculties. One of the important issues covered in this movie is student’s suicide due to pressure and failure in fulfilling the expectations. As such kind of incidents are not good for the society, country and families.

India is a young country and youths are the trend setters for any nation. It is a matter of concern for all of us and we must look into this issue seriously. This kind of incidents also affects us directly or indirectly as we all are part of this system. Thus, we need to think and bring some dynamic and revolutionary changes in the education system of the country. This movie seems to me like a real life case study about Indian Higher Education System.

The movie enlightens the drawbacks of current education system. As it clearly shows that how students of higher education are forced to perform best in their exams to achieve good marks, which will get them a highly paid jobs in top most companies around the globe. According to current system we teach our youngsters that Life is a race and to be successful you have to run faster and leave others behind. In this race they start using shortcuts and other means to get success just like the character “CHATUR” in the movie.

In this race, everybody in the system misses or skips the importance of knowledge and its practical usability in life and work. The gist of this movie is that instead of running behind degree and marks, we should focus on getting knowledge and developing skills through knowledge. This will develop excellence in students and make them eligible to do their work more effectively and efficiently.

The movie ‘3 Idiots’ also teaches us some lessons which I have classified into following categories

1. Lesson for Students
2. Lesson for Parents
3. Lesson for Faculty
4. Lesson for Colleges

1. Lesson for Students

a. Students should believe in knowledge, as knowledge will develop excellence in them, which will further lead them towards success.

b. They should understand the fact that there is no shortcut to success. The only road to success is hard work and knowledge.

c. Don’t be worried about the result while studying or doing any work. Just believe in your work, as the result depends on your work but not on your worries.

d. While choosing your career, instead of running behind money and glamour, choose that career which interests you more and for which you are more passionate.

e. Always share your thoughts and interests with you parents and try to convince them positively. Do not create pressure on them by doing negative activities if they are not convinced.

f. Study to gain knowledge not just to get a degree. If you will study to get degree you will not get knowledge, but if you will study to gain knowledge you will also get degree along with it.

g. Suicide is not the solution of any problem, but it is running away from the problem.

2. Lesson for Parents

a. Parents should discuss with their children about their interests, aims and objectives.

b. They should not be forced to do what their parents want them to do, instead they should be motivated to choose career of their interest.

c. Parents need to create a friendly environment at home, so that their children should be able to share their ideas and thoughts anytime.

3. Lesson for Faculties

a. Faculties should become mentors to students instead of just being a teacher.

b. Teach the students practical applicability of the theoretical concepts.

c. Try to develop innovation and creativity in students by discussing more and more about cases, situations and concepts.

d. Use student friendly tools and techniques to teach them.

e. Instead of forcing students, motivate them to do things by showing them benefits of it.

4. Lesson for Colleges

a. Colleges need to develop environment which provides knowledge to students.

b. They also need to create healthy competition among students towards attaining knowledge.

c. The overall focus of academic activities in a college should be towards development of creativity and ability in their students.

d. College administration should not force students to adapt system but they should be motivated to do so.

Source by Arun Mishra

30 Jun

The 3 Idiots of the Education System

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on June 30, 2022 @ 12:30 am

“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think”. ~ Anne Sullivan.

I was conducting a Discover Your True Calling workshop at IIM, Indore last week. I had the afternoon free and decided to see the much acclaimed, high-grossing Bollywood movie – “3 Idiots”. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, largely because it is a complete indictment of our education system. The message was strikingly similar to the theme of my workshop.

The film is about three students who do not really fit into the prestigious engineering college and are considered idiots by their professor. However, the movie clearly shows who the three real idiots are – the educational system, the teachers and the parents. Reflecting on the movie on the flight back to Mumbai, I realized that any real change in education is possible only by transforming these three constituencies.

Idiot #1 – The Education System:

Our current system is performance-oriented rather than mastery-oriented. The emphasis on examinations forces students to learn by rote. They focus on scoring high marks rather than investing the time and energy to understand the subject in depth. A system where true geniuses like Einstein and Ramanujan are considered poor students really needs its head examined. In the movie, this is brilliantly brought out by Aamir Khan playing Rancho – the truly outstanding engineer who goes beyond the book to gain mastery.

Idiot #2 – The Teachers:

Our current system of pedagogy is faculty-led and follows a fixed curriculum. The average teacher assumes that there is one right answer and that (s)he knows the answer. It is the rare teacher who has the ability to facilitate rather than teach, to nurture rather than preach and to support students who stray from the well-trodden path in search of creative ways to learn. Boman Irani as Viru Sahastrabuddhe does a superb job of bringing to life a dogmatic, highly competitive, over-confident college professor – the antithesis of an ideal teacher in every way.

Idiot #3 – The Parents:

When India’s HRD Minister Kapil Sibal suggested scrapping of the 10th grade exams, parents were the first to stand up against the proposal. Parents want their children to be at the top of their classes, get admitted to the best colleges and follow traditional career options – engineering, medicine, management and the like.

Parents rarely encourage their children to discover their true passions and pursue mastery rather than mediocrity. The movie’s middle class Quereshis, who want their son to be an engineer, and the poorer Rastogis, who see education as a way out of poverty, are typical of today’s Indian parents. They would probably be the toughest nut to crack.

The 21st century calls for talented people who are masters in their chosen fields of work. It calls for collaboration among passionate individuals, from different disciplines, to address the truly challenging issues and opportunities that the world presents. The current assembly-line approach to education falls severely short. We are not equipping our children to succeed in their world. The appeal of the movie is universal and obvious.

But what will it take for all three of the constituencies above, as well as the student community to rally around to a new educational order? Please share your perspectives. We need to work together to bring about transformation in this vital area of our society.

Source by Sudhakar Ram

31 May

Education in Third World

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on May 31, 2022 @ 12:07 am

With the daily challenges posed by economic difficulty and other threats, governments in developing countries are working very hard to ensure that their educational institutions continue to provide a standard of education that can make its citizens at part with the educated people in more economically sound countries. To a certain extent, these Third World countries have succeeded in their crusade for quality education. The problem is that a good education comes with a price and it is often a price that many people in Third World countries are not able to pay. So, although quality education is available, it is still unreachable for a large segment of a developing country’s population.

Certainly, it is impressive to see that developing countries have educational institutions that are world-class and which offer education that can rival that provided by wealthier nations around the world. There is a clear recognition of the role that education plays in overcoming hardship and poverty. However elusive it may be, a good education is still viewed as the best way to a better life.

Among the developing countries that have superb educational systems are such “emerging markets” as Mexico, India, Brazil, Turkey, the Philippines, Egypt, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, much of South America and several of the Persian Gulf Arab States.

Obviously, the poorest of the poor in these countries will have a hard time getting into the best schools in their vicinity. Of course, there are always scholarship programs available but these are few. Besides, people at the lowest spectrum of the economic scale are more concerned with more pressing issues related to their mere survival such as where to find food and money for clothing and shelter. After these basic needs are met, that is the only time that parents can really focus on their children’s schooling. In fact, studies indicate that once their basic economic needs are met, the first priority of most poor families is how to send their children to a good school.

India recently launched EDUSAT, an educational program aimed at giving quality education to even its poorest citizens. Among the group’s first initiatives is the development of a $100 laptop which the government hopes to distribute by 2007 to public schools all over the country.

Source by Jonathon Hardcastle

30 Apr

Challenges in Introducing Value Education at Higher Education in India

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on April 30, 2022 @ 10:46 pm

Value Education is the much debated and discussed subject in the plethora of education in India. Of course it is true that the main purpose of any education will go with Value orientation. More concentration on Value education has been given at the primary and secondary level of school education than in higher education in India. Values could be effectively imparted to the young minds rather than to the matured ones. It may be the important reason for this prime importance given at the school level. There are so many modules designed with the help of agencies like NCERT and others for effectively imparting the value education to the school students. In this context, many innovative educational practices are being identified by the experts. Good number of experiments and studies are being conducted in the recent days on the effectiveness of teaching value education at school level. Some schools have very innovative and radical course designs to impart the values.

Effective teaching practices in imparting value education ranges from story telling, exhibitions, skits, one act play and group discussions to various other formats. New methods have been evolved by educationists to create an effective learning sphere. The usage of electronic gadgets also gains importance in the teaching-learning practices of value education. But at the higher education level, due to various reasons, the importance given to value education is not as much as it is given at the school level. The curriculum and the teaching methods also could be subjected to scrutiny. It is true that colleges are meant for a kind of specialization in some field of education. But in the Indian social context, the youth require direction and counseling at this stage. They have been exposed to various challenges at this stage which demands the intervention of educationists for his/her betterment. His/her character building also strengthens at this juncture. Students’ perception on various life factors and events are getting shaped at this stage. On the whole they evolve their own philosophy of life. Their sensitivity and knowledge are getting direction at this stage. Hence, an effective value orientation becomes inevitable to the students of colleges. Keeping this requirement in mind, States like Tamilnadu introduced a compulsory paper/course on value education to undergraduate students of all colleges in the State under the choice based credit system. Though this kind of effort is made with the good intention of imparting values to the youth, many limitations in bringing out the expected outcome could be identified.

The problem mainly begins with the definition of values. Defining the term ‘value’ poses a challenge to all scholars. The term value is loaded with varieties of meaning. Each meaning reflects its own philosophical position. Generally the term value is spontaneously associated with religious values. It is believed by many Indians that values are nothing but the religious and spiritual guiding principles of life. Hence, it is supposed that the path is already been laid for the life journey. But in the context of modernity and modernism there rises a fundamental question of whether value education is required at all in a modern state. There are those who argue that modern life is based on science and technology, and both are value neutral. They view that the values are bugbear held out by people living in the past, glued to outdated religious principles that have no relevance to the 21st century. At this point, there is also another group of modernist who propagate the necessity of value education at learning centres in order to safe guard the democratic state and its values. The values they wish to cultivate are modern secular values such as honesty, respect to other, equality, collectivity, democracy, respecting the human rights, sharing equal space in the public sphere and so on. These values are considered as the products of enlightenment period. Hence, four positions could be arrived at on the basis of the above understanding. The are:
1. There are religious values which are very much essential for every one and must be included in the curriculum.
2. The religious values should not find place in the educational system. They may operate at the private sphere.
3. There are non-religious secular values and they must find space in the education.
4. There is no need for teaching value education in the academics because they cannot be cultivated through formal learning and such value cultivation will make the individual biased.

In consequence to these positions, following questions arouse.
1. Whether value education should find place in the educational system?
2. If it is required, then what sort of values should be given preference in the curriculum?
3. What is the importance to be given to the religious values which are primarily developed on the basis of scriptures?
4. Can modern values alone are sufficient enough or is there any possibility of blending the values of modernity with religious values?
5. If religious values are to be given importance in the curriculum, which religion will find prime place? If there are contradictory propagation on a single virtue by two religions, then how are they to be handled?
6. Similarly religions differ on the practices also. Right from eating patterns, dress mode, marriage systems, war tactics, killing, punishments to various other aspects, religions differ on their outlook. In this situation, what sort of perceptions need to be taught?

Besides these questions, another billion dollar question would be raised on the methodology of effectively imparting those values. Then again as it is mentioned earlier, the school education can very well include this education easily because the system itself is advantageous for it to accommodate. But at the college level, the system finds it very difficult to work out. So this study could analyse the theoretical problems relating to the identification of values to be included in the curriculum at the one side and the problem of effective designing of the curriculum and imparting those values on the other side.

The necessity for imparting values to the students of all levels has been felt by everyone. The world today is facing unprecedented socio-political and economic challenges. Problems of life are becoming increasingly intense and complex. Traditional values are decentered. ‘An environment of strife pervades all countries and broken homes have become common. An insatiable hunger for money and power, leads most of people to tension and absence of peace of mind and all kinds of physical and mental ailments have become common place” 1. In the present day context of frequent and often violent social upheavals, we have to look at the problem of restlessness of the youth, their frustration born out of futility of their search for meaning of life and the purpose for which they are living, often leading to evil and wickedness. This calls for a new approach to, and a new vision of education. It is obviously felt that the present educational system promotes rat race and keep the student community in a sense of insecurity. Educational institutions have become the pressure cookers building pressures in the minds of youth. Also a loft sided educational pattern which insists on instrumental and technical rationality for the successful life in terms of gaining money and power has invaded the educational system of India. The person who is deemed to be unfit for this survival race becomes disqualified and ineligible to live in this market economy based life. The spate of industrialization and economic growth in developed nations has brought about a perceptible change in this scenario. And developing countries including India are feeling the ripple effects of this development. Values earlier considered essential by all societies have been eroded and have given way to unethical practices around the globe. Where honesty and integrity were loved and appreciated, greed, corruption and red tapism have come in, bringing in their wake, unethical responses which have pervaded all walks of life and are thwarting efforts of a few enlightened individuals to promote value based society.2 Hence, implementation of well structured education is the only solution available with all states. With growing divisive forces, narrow parochialism, separatist tendencies on the one hand and considerable fall in moral, social, ethical and national values both in personal and public life on the other, the need for promoting effective programmes of value orientation in education has assumed great urgency. Development of human values through education is now routinely seen as a task of national importance. Value education though supposes to be the part and parcel of the regular education, due to the market influences, it could not be so. Hence, it has become an inevitable need to include an exclusive curriculum for value education at all levels.

Now the next question would be about the nature of value education. What sort of values should be given preference in the curriculum is the prime problem in the introduction of value education. This problem surfaces because we can find varieties of values prescribed on the basis of various scriptures and theories. Sometimes they are contradictory to each other. This issue has been thoroughly discussed earlier. But the solution to the problem of the nature of value education is primarily dependent on the social conditions that prevail in the state. There need not be an imported value educational pattern to be prescribed in India. The burning social issues would demand the required value education. Though India is considered to be the land of divinity and wisdom, the modern value system throws challenges to the ancient value pattern. Right from the Gurkula pattern to the varna ashrama values, all values are under scrutiny by modern rationality. Hence, the relevance of the golden values prescribed by the then society is questionable in the present situation. On the other hand, the so called modern values which have been listed earlier also subjected to criticism by philosophers like post modernists. They question the very nature of the rationality of the enlightenment period. Because critics of modernity strongly declare that the modern rationality is the reason for the deterioration of human concern in the world and they paved the way for inhuman killing and escalation of values. The reason of the modernism is considered as the root of power politics which leads to inhuman behaviour of the power system, according to them. Hence the modern values like democracy, civil rights, environmental ethics, professional ethics, discipline and all such values are found useless in bringing harmony in the society. The values like discipline, tolerance, peace bears the negative connotation in this context. Hence, what sort of modern values are to be included in the curriculum is a challenge thrown towards the educationists. At one side the fanatic and fundamentalist features of religious values and on the other side the modern values based on the market economy and other factors are to be excluded and a well balanced curriculum with genuine worthy values suitable to the society has to be identified and included in the educational system. In this context, it becomes obvious that there cannot be any universal pattern of values to be prescribed in the system. When a suitable blend of religious and modern values is to be done, the designing of such course demands an unbiased, scrupulous, intelligent approach on the part of the academician who designs such course. Thus the spiritual values of sensitizing the youth for happy world and rational values for a just world are very much required. Religious values can be taken but not with the label of any particular religion, democratic values are to be included but not with its dogmatic inhuman approach. Thus there need a perfect blend of both. This is the real challenge thrown to the Indian academicians.

After the identification of these values, they need to be inculcated not to be informed to the students. Mostly listing the values is done very easily, but imparting them effectively requires genuine spirit and innovative educational practices. In the Vedic period, the gurukula system prevailed in which the student has to thoroughly undergo a pattern life with the guru shishya hierarchy. Whatever the guru declares are the values of life. But in the modern context, which is supposed to be the democratic sphere, a sense of equality and freedom has to prevail the learning situation. Also the values identified cannot be preached on the basis of the religious faiths. So the teacher has to find effective working module to internalize the values in the minds of the youth. The teachers’ understanding about the values prescribed and his/her commitment in imparting them also play a crucial role here. How to sensitize the teacher before carrying the values to the students is also a challenge to the educationists. The value education class room, if it is dealt with full seriousness and sincerity would be very interesting and challenging sphere for students and teachers. At times they need to sail at the same level with the students. The hierarchy may get disappeared. Value education demands a total responsibility from the teachers. They become more accountable. On the other side, a teacher who is committed to a set of values would always like to preach and impose them on the young minds. That extreme should also to be avoided with a balance of mind. Value education cannot be done by just delivering lectures and screening films. It requires a strong interaction between the students and the society. A lot could be experimented at this sphere. For which the supreme value ‘integrity’ is expected from the educator.

It is observed that many modules of teaching values have been designed and tested. Some are seemed to be very effective. In Tamilnadu, especially in aided colleges, with all good intention the government has introduced the value education as a compulsory scheme at the undergraduate level. But each university has its own syllabus for the same. The scrutiny of those syllabi also reveals a lot of variations in conceiving the value education. In some universities, some religion based institutions are given the responsibility of designing and even carrying out the course. Similarly the teachers who have not been exposed to any such type of training in value education are given the responsibility of teaching values. The introduction of value education for all under graduate courses is done at the cost of a core paper of that course. The teachers who have been handling their hardcore subject papers had to meet the shortage of workload due to this programme and to solve this problem, they have been entrusted with the job of teaching value education paper. This is done with the aim of avoiding the workload problem of existing teachers. The most valuable and sensitive part of education has been made like a mechanical dogmatic part. At this juncture, the fate of value education at the college level could be imagined. How to solve this issue is again a challenge to the educationists of Tamilnadu. The same fate could be observed in many other states of India. Hence, two important problems surfaces here, one at the syllabus level and the other at the teaching level. As it is discussed earlier the syllabus could be designed by way of paying attention to all aspects but imparting the same requires not only innovative teaching methods, but also innovative training method of the educators. It is as good as training the driver to drive the car; the teacher needs to be trained in imparting the values. The technical education employs teachers with sound knowledge in the subject, similarly it is essential to have teachers with sound mind and creative teaching skill to teach value education. Value education is definitely not to be dealt with compartmentalization but it should be taken as a part of the whole educational system. As Nietzsche puts it, the society requires masters to create and impart values, not the slaves who accept all the values imposed on them without any critical understanding.

If education fails to impart necessary values to its citizens, it will definitely have a telling effect on the society. All efforts to bring just and peace in the world will become futile if proper value education is not imparted.
Notes:
1. Kireet Joshi, Philosophy of Value Oriented Education Theory and Practice, ICPR

Publications, New Delhi,p.217.
2. Ibid., p.218.

Source by Royam Murali

31 Mar

Meteorology Career in India

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on March 31, 2022 @ 10:29 pm

Meteorology deals with atmospheric studies and its effects on day to day activities of human life. Those concerned with the study the atmosphere and its characteristics are known as Meteorologists or Atmospheric scientists. Global warming, pollution in the environment and deforestation has increased the significance of Meteorologists. Various meteorological and technical institutes in India are imparting courses in meteorology to provide efficient and talented meteorologists to the organizations.

Now, many government and private meteorological organizations are hiring efficient, skilled and talented meteorologists, who can provide appropriate predictions concerning the climatic conditions.

Both technical institutes and universities teach Meteorology Courses which are among the earth sciences. Thus, qualified meteorologists can get employed in meteorological institutes, environment regulatory bodies, and research institutes.

Course Details:

Now, many colleges and universities in India are offering Meteorology courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The eligibility for pursuing UG courses is a pass in 10+2 examination with science subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Biology), from any recognized State or National Board and for the PG program is a pass in B.Sc, from any recognized University.

Institutes offering Meteorology courses in India:

Shivaji University (Kolhapur)
Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore)
Andhra University (Visakhapatnam)
IIT Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences

Scope of Meteorology in India:

Various Meteorology jobs exist in the meteorological centers in India. Professionals can get placed as research scholars and scientists in research institutes like Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences. Other research bodies like Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Indian Space Research Organization employs scholars in Meteorology. Even now, many educational institutions offer careers in meteorology in the form of openings for lecturers and professors.

Career Prospects:

After pursuing Meteorology course, depending on the field of specialization, one can specialize in fields such as weather forecasting, aviation meteorology, agricultural meteorology, hydrometeorology, nuclear meteorology and maritime meteorology. Now, Meteorologists are being hired by meteorological department, environment regulatory bodies and research institutes.
Qualified Meteorologists are offered productive placements in:

Oceanography research academies
Environment regulatory bodies
Educational institutes
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Riyal Meteorological Society

Remuneration:

The remuneration for Meteorologist may vary according to the person’s work experience in the field. Fresh graduates may start from their base monthly salaries of Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000 per month. When they become more established in this field, they can work their way up to a monthly payment level of Rs. 50,000.

Thus, a meteorologist should be able to make use of various equipments such as rain gauge, anemometer, thermometer, barometer, radiosondes, remote sensing instruments (Radar, Lidar, Satellites etc), to measure temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, rainfall and air quality.

Source by Sameer Mohan

01 Mar

Everything You Should Know About An MBA Degree

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on March 1, 2022 @ 9:52 pm

The MBA (Masters of Business Administration) is one of the most respected and reputed postgraduate degrees that is awarded to students for their excellent and professional business skills. The MBA degree opens a wide avenue of great career opportunities for the students.

Only those students are eligible for this degree option who have already completed their bachelor’s degree. In many cases, students who already have a master’s degree in another field enrol themselves in the best MBA colleges to earn an MBA.

The MBA students are imparted with both theoretical and practical knowledge of various layers of business and management principles. Not only the business world, but the MBA degree also equips a student to shape a variety of real-world scenarios that go beyond the business industries spectrum.

What Are The Types Of MBA Degrees?

Based on time, MBA degrees are categorized into full-time and part-time programs. As the name already suggests, a full-time MBA degree will require the student to attend daily classes.

Whereas, part-time MBA programs are sometimes also regarded as evening or weekend MBA. This program is designed for students who are working professionals or have other commitments but still wish an MBA degree.

Other types of MBA, based on time are as follows –

Traditional two-year MBA program.
One-year, accelerated MBA program.
Executive MBA program for current business executives.

What Is The Importance of an MBA?

The prime reason many students want an MBA degree is because it advances their career options and salary package potential. This is because MBA graduates are equipped with specific skills, ethical codes of conduct, and problem-solving capabilities that make them ideal for representing a business in the frontline. An MBA is highly essential to procure if you want to rise in today’s fast pacing business world.

In many cases, an MBA is a specific need for executive and senior-level positions in a company. Many companies don’t even consider an applicant unless he/she has an MBA.

Many students opt for MBA in general management because it gives a big-picture understanding of the entire business world, equips them with analytical and soft skills, and practical-based knowledge that is relevant to all industries and sectors. Therefore, with a professional MBA degree from Top MBA Colleges in Delhi, NCR helps a student in getting their dream jobs!

Different MBA Disciplines

While many students prefer a general MBA degree, over the last few years, with the changing speed of the business world, we have seen a rise in demand for more specific and professional MBA concentrations/degrees. The different MBA disciplines are –

Accounting
Business Management
E-Commerce or E-Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Global Management
Human Resources Management
Information Systems
International Business
Marketing
Operations Management
Strategic or Risk Management
Technology Management

While there are various MBA disciples, the best course of study remains the same. Generally, in an MBA course, the students are taught to analyze business-related issues and develop innovative and analytical solutions while encouraging and motivating those who work with them.

An MBA graduate is expected to be a good manager and a team leader, who gets things done by executing an innovative and creative solution, monitoring the results, and reporting to the management to predict future business prospects.

Any student who is dreaming of making a top career the industry, and wants a flourishing career in the corporate world must earn a professional MBA degree from only the Top MBA colleges in Noida.

There are many prominent business schools that a student can choose from. But before making a decision, evaluate every B-school, talk to alumnus, and analyze what extra do they have to offer, to settle on an MBA school that is right for you!

Source by Alok Jaiswal

30 Jan

Five Reasons Graduates Of John Marshall Law School Pass The Bar And Find Employment

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on January 30, 2022 @ 8:49 pm

John Marshall Law School

The John Marshall Law school has a famous name, an aggressive curriculum and stays on the forefront of legal issues. This combination benefits the future lawyers who grace these hallowed halls. With over 85% of the graduates passing the bar and having a job within nine months, this school does it right. Not only does the training facility feature a strong structure of curriculum and practice, it embraces technology, attacks innovative issues and customize the training process.

Five Reasons Graduates Of John Marshall Law School Pass The Bar And Find Employment

Name

John Marshall was an influential 19th century US Supreme Court Chief Justice responsible for making the Supreme Court an equal branch of the government along with the legislature and executive branches. Under his 30+ years of guidance, the federal court system developed policies for disregarding laws contrary to the Constitution. Although the school bearing his name was established in 1899, it was accredited in 1941 by the American Bar Association.

Strong Core

Attorneys need skills in writing, research and oral arguments to succeed. Smart students know these skills lead to high-paying jobs and profitable careers. Because the John Marshall courses are kept small, each student develops necessary communication and investigative abilities. In fact, the US News and World Report ranks this school in the top tier of legal schools in the United States for 2012.

Practice

Curriculum is an important part of education; however, honors programs give students a chance to excel. Five different programs are offered: John Marshall Law Review, Review of Intellectual Property, Journal of Computer and Information Law, Moot Court Honors Program and Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Honors Program. With over 50 different student organizations advancing social awareness, community service, legal discussion and social activities, students get important real-life, hands-on experience.

Technology

Although the libraries are immense, all students are trained in modern technology including iPods. After all, these marvelous devices allow attorneys to research, write and assemble complex legal documents quickly. This saves time and effort while giving students benefits they can use.

Innovative Issues

This diverse law school is not afraid to tackle modern issues like immigration, International Business and Trade Law, tax and Veteran topics. Since education is an expensive process, students should invest only where they get the best return for their money. The John Marshall Law school offers cutting-edge classes in intellectual property law, information technology, employee benefits and privacy law letting graduates choose exciting and expanding legal fields.

Customized Training

Students are in control as the same classes are offered both day and night. Anyone can attend full or part-time. In addition, these almost attorneys can specialize and receive a certificate in that field or earn joint degrees.

The cost difference between a mediocre education and an education of quality and diversity is small. However, a degree from John Marshall Law school is worth more. Although these graduates have an easier time passing the bar and finding employment, the real benefit is in the strong core training, practice, type of curriculum and technology. These attorneys know the law and are handsomely paid for their skills.

Source by Stefan Dimitrov

31 Dec

A Students Prelude to Management and Computer Science

Posted in Education by anshbookstore on December 31, 2021 @ 8:32 pm

A friend of mine said, “I’ve visited your web sites, viewed your articles, and took a look at your background.” It’s apparent to me, you do not have a background in Information Technology (Computer Science) or Business Intelligence as a field of study acknowledging Computer Science.’

I wondered, does one have to have a background in IT or BI to qualify as a professional in the industry; or does it take a simple interest?

AutoCad, C Language, Visual Basic, Power Point, Java Script, Excel, Access, Cobol, Word (Microsoft Suite), Data Entry/Processing, DOS, Fortran, Lotus Notes, Management Information Systems, HTML, and Management cover a broad spectrum within the beginning or preparation in the world of IT / BI. The eclectic value of the specialization in one or more of this study group is the mastery and/or understanding of all.

About a week ago, I was contacted, recruited, and enrolled in a four-year college program. The recruiter was adept at what she was doing and I went along with the schedule as presented. I continually asked, “How am I going to pay for these college courses?” When the prepared documentation was submitted for the finalization process, it all came down to dollars and cents. The financial aid person finally made contact with me assuming that I was a prime candidate for the ‘Stafford Loan!’ This is a general education loan designed for students to enroll in a given college. I explained to the administrator that I am without money, have no wish to establish a loan (for anything), unemployed, and not to mention…my age is also a factor. With the ability to complete the required studies, I would be done in less than a year. I have three years of accredited college courses with an Associate Degree. I estimated that I would be paying off on a student loan for more than a few years, if I landed a job. I will soon be sixty years of age. Burdened with an educational loan that would probably be on my plate well after I’m sixty-five, I asked the recruiter and financial aid worker, “Do you really believe that I would take out a loan for an extravagant amount of money in the hopes that I would get hired…at my age?” Even if I were to start up a new business, a loan would be a bit risky…improbable. It would have been a good thing if I were able to get back into the classroom.

Whatever happened to the H1-B Program, The NAFTA Treaty, or the “Financial Hardship” Claus with the “Obama Letter” and/or ex-workers that are forced into the utilization/awarding of UC Benefits?

I was promptly dropped from the student roles by the four-year college.

Meanwhile, I am offering data that may help anyone who is interested in the pursuit of computer science knowledge. Should you be attempting to enroll in computer science and management courses, this information will give you a leg up on what is entailed in this multi-faceted field of study. Many schools will teach these courses as pre-requisite(s) to advanced courses in a four-year college. Even if you are not enrolled or intending to enroll in school but only interested in how it all works, the limited amount of information that is detailed in this message will probably aid you in your preparation and/or research.

The outlined courses are:

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language):

COBOL was first released in the 1960s as a joint venture of industry, universities, and the United States Government. COBOL’s purpose was to provide a high-level computer programming language for the business world. COBOL directly addresses the basic needs of information processing while being easy to use as well. (Take a look at SQL).

COBOL, BASIC, C, JAVA, and PASCAL are examples of high-end level computer language(s). A low-level language is a programming language requiring knowledge of a computers’ internal components…that are non-transferable.

Auto Cad (Computer Assisted Design):

2D (Dimensional) drafting tasks, allow you to get acquainted with computer assisted designing. Auto Cad is designed to assist you in the creation of landscape plans, including setting up layers, adding text and dimensions while making modifications. You can create electrical diagrams using symbols and attributes.

You are taught how to extract the attributes into an Excel Spreadsheet Program. Boolean operations and modeling construct and analyze complex 2D shapes and images for isometric drafting, a method for simulating 3D drawings and Lt drawings. Explaining the use of Auto Cad, one can learn to embed DWF (Drawing Web format) files in web pages. An overview of Auto Cad and progressive projects teaches you how to create drawing projects, landscape plans, and/or electrical schematics. The Internet related topics include direct access to particular web sites, opening and saving, drawings on the web, and embedding DWF files in a web page,

C Language:

The available text on C Language enables the student to be taught both a rational approach to program development and an introduction to ANSI C. Because the first goal is primary, a disciplined approach to solving problems and applying widely accepted software engineering methods to design program solutions as cohesive, readable, and reusable modules. ANSI C (American National Standards Institute), is a standardized, industrial-strength programming language known for its power and portability. C Language helps the student consolidate their understanding of pointers as arrays, output parameters, and file accesses. Just prior to their exploration of the role of the pointer in dynamic memory allocation.

C Language is widely perceived as a language to be tackled only after one has learned the fundamental of programming in some other friendlier language. Designers as a vehicle for programming the UNIX operating system, C Language found its original clientele among programmers who understood the complexities of the operating system and the underlying machine concepts that are not in the syllabus of a standard introductory programming course. C Language is for computer science majors and/or students of a wide range of other IT/BI disciplines.

Visual Basic:

The easiest and fastest way to write 32-Bit Windows-Based programs is the Microsoft Visual Basic Programming System. One can learn to work with ActiveX controls, compiler options, and new development tools. You can master programming fundamentals, including variables, decision structures, loops, and functions. Creating custom dialog boxes, clocks, menus, animation effects, managing text files, encryption, and sorting algorithms are learned through the utilization of Visual Basic Programming. VB also adds dimension and automation to integrate Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and other features into an application. Other examples of the integrational power of Visual Basic include the ability to explore ActiveX controls that process RTF (Rich Text Format), run videos, display progress information, and play audio compact discs (CDs). You can also call the memory management function in the Windows API (Application Program Interface), download FTP (File Transfer Protocol), and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) files from the Internet and design DHTML (Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language) pages, exploit ActiveX data objects (ADO) with learned skills from Visual Basic.

Power Point:

Power Point is a computer presentation graphics package. It gives you everything you need to produce a professional-looking presentation, i.e., word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and presentation management tools. A formal presentation to a large audience using 35mm slides of a more intimate presentation in a small conference room using overhead monitors, and/or an email presentation – Power Point has it all! The user is empowered with an outline to help organize his/her thoughts, an on-screen slide show with special effects such as animated bullet points, speakers notes, and audience hand-outs. Users of Power Point create color schemes, masters, and templates…there are ways to create the look you want for your presentation.

Java Script:

It is supposedly easy according to some Java Script authors. To start a simple script that makes cool things happen on your web page…in addition to more complicated stuff, as you need it.

Because the web is a dynamic medium, page designers want their pages to interact with the user. It soon became obvious that HTML was insufficient to handle the demand. Java Script was invented by Netscape to control the web browser, and add pizzazz and interactivity to your web pages.

Excel:

Objectives – to reach the fundamentals of Microsoft Excel, to expose students to examples of the computer as a useful tool, to develop an exercise – oriented approach that will allow students to learn by example and to encourage independent study. Students are introduced to Excel terminology, the excel window, and basic characteristics of a worksheet and workbook. The applications include entering text, numbers, selecting a range using the auto sum button, copying using the fill handle, changing font size, bolding, centering across columns and rows (columns and fields), the auto format command, charting using the chart wizard, and the auto calculate area through-out the grid of columns and rows of the Excel spreadsheet. Any form of accounting, be it business, personal, or otherwise, Excel is a must study program for recording, charting, and analytics.

Access:

Microsoft Access includes two tools that provide assistance in helping to refine the design on an Access database. The GUI (Graphic User Interface) Development Environment of Microsoft Access, with menu commands, tool bars, buttons, tool tips, examples and help screens make development easier. Sound, quality relational database design and development requires considerable knowledge and expertise, no matter what the platform. Access, a Relational Data Base Management System, has the ability to manage data files from a single database. A must study course for any and all Data Base Administration, Business Administration, Secretarial Administration, and Computer Science students.

Word (CMOU – Certified Microsoft Office User):

Creating and Editing word documents; Wizards and Templates to create a Cover letter and Resume; creating a Research Paper with a Table; creating Web Pages; creating a document with a Title Page and Tables; generating Form Letters, Mailing Labels, and Envelopes; creating a Professional Newsletter, and using Word Art to add Special Text Effects to a Word document.

DOS (Direct Operating System):

Before Windows, there was DOS. With just a few mouse clicks, any Windows PC can revert to the original “Disk Operating System.” Under DOS, all program files are named with either a COM, and EXE, or a BAT ending (called a filename extension). The DIR (Directory) Command is used to find files by name as well as to locate files in other Sub Directories on a disk. The output of the DIR command shows a list of files on a disk. The list has five columns: the file’s name, the file’s extension (part of the name), the file’s size (in bytes or characters), the date the file was created or last modified, and the time of the last modification (changes).

Lotus Notes:

Lotus Notes is a Document-Centric Database Management System. Lotus Notes is a Cross-Platform, Secure, Distributed Document-Oriented Database, Messaging Framework and Rapid Application Development Environment that includes Per-Built Applications. Lotus Notes is an Integrated Desktop Client Option for accessing business email, and Groupware System. Lotus Notes operates as the Client Side of a Client – Server Application.

Fortran (A Scientific Language):

Formula Translation – was designed to allow easy translation of math formulas into code of High-End Language. Fortran was designed n the 1950s. It used the first compiler (A program that translates source code into object code) ever developed. Fortran was designed to be a programming language that would be suitable for a wide variety of applications while being easy to learn

Fortran expresses mathematical functions as it permits severely complex mathematical functions to be expressed similarly to regular algebraic notations.

RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems):

RDBMS was designed for the business organization. It requires extremely careful planning, setting up and maintenance. A database is a collection of information that’s related to a particular subject or purpose, such as tracking customer orders or maintaining a music collection. If your database isn’t stored on a computer, or only parts of it are, you may be tracking information from a variety of sources that you have to coordinate or organize yourself. Access can manage all or your information from a single database file, within the file, divide your data into separate storage containers called tables; view, add, and update by using forms; find and retrieve just the data you want by using queries; and analyze or print data in specific layout by using reports. RDBMS Systems allow users to view, update, or analyze the database’s data from multiple locations. When the data is updated, it is automatically updated everywhere it appears.

Information Management Systems (M.I.S.):

MIS combines tech with business to get users the information they need to do their jobs Better Smarter and Faster. MIS Systems are planned systems of the collecting, processing, storing, and disseminating data in the form of information that is needed to carry out the functions of management. The system(s) consist of people, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to decision makers – “The Right Information to the Right People At The Right Time!”

MIS is actually Information Technology Management and arguably not considered to be computer science. Armed with this information, the contingent, aspiring, Computer Science, Business Administration, Secretarial Sciences, Computer Hardware (A plus), and Accounting Student(s) will be prepared to face the challenges the IT/BI industry and the respective colleges have to dish out.

My friend and other cynics have caused me to wonder after comments were made. I wondered, what does it take…what form of study qualifies as a computer science student with a major in IT/BI? Well, I’ve studied all of the aforementioned programs and/or courses with an acceptable level of understanding, study, utilization, and practice…not to mention all of the other technological software/programs, articles, periodical reports, and white-papers involved in the learning process? Is it due to my background and experience in the Transportation / Hospitality / Customer Service Industry for a good many years? Or was it in fact… IT/BI Study/Research was secondary? “One Never Knows…Do One?”

What would it take to qualify as having a background in the field of “IT/BI – Computer Science” after studying all of those courses?

The point is…GAINED KNOWLEDGE!

Til next time…

Gregory V. Boulware

Source by Gregory V. Boulware