Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education Ranked Among Indias Top Distance Education

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Sikkim Manipal University “” Distance Education (SMU-DE) , a unique public-private initiative between the Government of Sikkim and Manipal Education, Ranked #1 in the student perception survey conducted by CAREERS360, a magazine for young professionals in collaboration with Yahoo.

With over 710+ SMU-DE Learning Centers covering 310 cities across India, Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education emerged as the top distance education learning provider across parameters ranging from quality of study material, library support, quality of faculty, access to study centers, conduct of exams and publishing of results among others. SMU-DE was also found to have one of the largest presences on the web with over 500+ unique IP addresses, showing the substantial reach technology could achieve.

SMU-DE spokesperson Mr. V Sivaramakrishnan, President – Distributed Learning, Manipal Education says “We are thrilled to be ranked among India”s premier Distance Education providers in the country. In line with the vision of providing affordable & accessible education to aspirants across the country, our endeavor is to collaborate technology with high quality education, providing a learning experience that”s incomparable.”

In one of the most extensive exercises undertaken in the field of distance learning, the survey elicited over 7000 responses from current and past students of distance learning. For the analysis, over 5000 entries, which ranked over 81 Universities, were taken into consideration. After eliminating those with less than 50 responses and unique IP addresses, the research team finally zeroed in on 30 top distance learning providers which were subjected to detailed analysis.

In the objective ranking, Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education was ranked 4th on various parameters including reach, course offerings, processes, pass ratio and transparency. Interestingly, only 11 out of the 32 top distance learning providers in the objective ranking list made it to the perception ranking which hailed SMU-DE as a top provider of distance learning education in India.

The Universe for Open and Distance Learning Institutes (ODLIs) in India comprises 249 institutes, out of which 188 institutes are currently offering Distance Learning Programmes.

Over the years, SMU-DE has consistently raised standards in Distance Learning space and earned its place of pride. Some of the recognitions & awards received include:

“Ranked 1st for Results and Efficiency and Ranked 2nd for Learning and Experience by CAREERS360 magazine for the year 2010. The CAREER360 survey is the first of its kind survey in distance learning space and ranks SMU-DE in the top 3 best distance learning institutions in India.
“Best B-School offering Management Education through Distance mode at 2nd Asia”s Best B-school awards
“Dewang Mehta Business School Awards- Best Distance Learning programme
“DNA-Best B-School for the use of Technology in providing Management Education in Distance Education
“Star News- Best Management Education in Distance Education
“Winner of e-India and e-Rajasthan Awards for Digital Learning ICT enabled University of the Year”

How To Improve Rural Education In India

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Indian literacy rate in the year 2011 census was 74.04 Government of India has taken several measures to improve the literacy rate in villages and towns of India. State Governments has been directed to ensure and improve literacy rate in districts and villages where people are very poor. There has been a good improvement in literacy rate of India in last 10 years but there is still a long way to go.

Many children living in rural areas receive a level of education which is very poor. But City areas level of education is very good.
To compare with city education and rural education:
“There are many schools in cities and towns but there are very few schools in villages and the rural areas.

“Transportation facilities like bus pick and in city schools where as children in rural areas have to walk miles to reach their schools.

“Basic amenities like no drinking water in provided in some of the schools in villages.

“Level of education in City schools is far advanced as compared to the basic level taught in rural schools.

“Computer facility is there city areas but no computer facility in villages.

“Group classes are taken by using video conferencing and audio conferencing in City schools where as no such facilities are provided for students in rural schools.

“The teachers are given tools like laptops, printers to provide notes and other important notices to the children in city schools while there are no such facilities in the rural schools.

“School infrastructure in case of cities areas is much more advanced as compared to that in schools in rural areas where some times children are even made to sit on the floor due to non-availability of furniture.

” School education in city areas is more advanced especially since there is a lot of computer aided teaching.
“Apart from the course curriculum rural schools are not able to involve children in other activities like sports, co-curricular activities and competitions. Such events and activities tend help in the over all development of the children.

Government of several measures India has taken to improve the education in villages and towns of India. But some step to improve rural side education.
List of Steps taken by Government of India to improve rural areas side education in India:

Step1: To provide free standard education to rural children.
Step2: Supporting children for higher education.
Step3: Guiding and Supporting Research scholars in Educational Development.
Step4: Implementing new teaching methodologies and Assessment system.
Step5: Promoting all schools to stress free environment.
Step6: Free education programs to poor people living in villages.
Step7: To provide Free Internet facility.
Step8: In our schools in rural side monthly once arrange seminar on any one topic example how to develop our communication?
Step9: In rural side must to teach spoken English. Because in this world English is very important. Most of the country speaking in English so rural side the government takes the step to provide free spoken English.
Step10: Maintain rank card system. Giving gift to top ranking students.
Step11: Extra caring to teach the poor students.
Step12: Yearly twice arranges the industrial visit.
Step13: Arrange the bus facility.
Step14: Maintain uniform education for all states. The Government of Tamil Nadu has been implemented the Common School System is called “Samacheer Kalvi” or Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education or Equitable education system. This is very good System. This System purpose is to make same quality syllabus which can stop discrimination based on economy, caste, religion and background for all school boards in Tamil Nadu. If we will have uniform education system in the states poor children can get more advantages of better education.

Education Tips – Math Is Easy!

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Mathematics is a lesson that many people find it difficult to learn. This happens because most people today are not so pleased with scientific theories related to mathematical calculations. However, there are also several groups that happy with this lesson. This group usually consists of people who are born with mathematical talent or people who count are interested in math.

But if we look at the facts and wanted to seriously study it, it turns out studying mathematics not a difficult thing. We just need to understand the learning strategies and basic concepts in the future so that we are able to successfully learn mathematics.

There are five things to note in learning mathematics, namely:
> Point your students to be able to find the basic concept is right and they are easy to understand. Teach the process well, and not just looking for a solution.
> Encourage yourself / your students using the target achievement in terms of seeking and finding answers to math problems. This can make ourselves / your students to become independent learners.
> Push yourself / your students to attend math class because math class very well attended to find the best learning mathematics concepts. The search for the teacher to teach you, it was only in addition to making you even easier in learning mathematics.
> Find additional learning mathematics on the internet, or get an online math teacher on the internet. Because the Internet is very much to offer services like this.
> Do not be confused with the process of learning is right for yourself / your students, because so many sources of information you can access out there, get rid of your confusion, keep optimistic and believe that you / your students can master math.

Internet Moneymaking Opportunities In The Education Industry

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Although it should come as no surprise, there are a variety of ways for schools and educators to make money online. While the opportunities are endless, one recent concept has emerged, and thats the notion of selling goods and services through an educational auction and freelance network.

One of the more obvious ways that schools and educators can make money is by selling their unwanted materials and supplies online. The best way to get paid is through a trustworthy educational exchange website, where its free to list items, and a small fee is taken only when the item sells. You can sell items on behalf of the school, an individual, or a preschool or daycare.

If your colleagues are too busy to deal with selling their unwanted educational items, you can always assist them by listing their items for them, and then taking a percentage of their cut.

Educators and professionals can sell their services through the same educational networking website. By listing your areas of expertise, you can get hired to do the jobs that other educational professionals just dont have the time to complete.

You dont have to limit your moneymaking potential to selling goods and services you can also make money by being an affiliate. The gist of being an affiliate is that you indirectly promote the educational exchange site by sharing the link with interested parties and vendors. You receive money whenever your referral results in a transaction during the first year.

Why shouldnt schools and teachers make money in any way they can? You certainly cant depend upon your state and local government for additional help. Beyond selling magazines and submarine sandwiches to raise money, there has to be other avenues.

You can generate revenue by thinking creatively and showcasing your goods and services on the Internet. Youll find an entire pool of buyers online that you never knew existed. When you specifically use an educational exchange auction site, you can buy and sell almost anything related to the field of education.

Whether its janitorial supplies, puzzles, or televisions, there is a school or classroom that needs exactly what you have. You simply have to connect with the schools that need your old electronics or gym equipment. Perhaps you even have something brand new that you never used. Whatever youve got, take the time to list your items for free on a reliable educational networking website as soon as possible. Dont wait any longer to earn some extra money.

Role Of India Ngo In Imparting Quality Education

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India NGO has been successful to a large extent in extending quality educational for slum children in various parts of India. In fact these organisations have been immensely successful in improving the quality of primary education. The purpose of education is to create responsible citizens and Educational NGO is working towards this mission.

In India we find several millions of children deprived of their right to education. Even though Indian government has been taking up several welfare programs and activities, they are not reaching the target group due to some selfish middlemen. India NGO has proved to be a boon in disguise in this situation. Several NGO are operating in various cities in India trying to uplift poor and downtrodden people.

Time and again it has been proved that single handily neither government nor India NGO can be successful in their tasks. Collaboration between these two can accomplish the task more easily. There are few aspects that need attention and the same are mentioned below:

Targeting slum children: India NGO need support from government in motivating slum dwelling children and provide them with quality education. This is quite a tough challenge for NGOs as most of these children go for work. So, not only children, their parents also need to be convinced to send their children to schools. Even if these children come to school, teachers in government schools should make learning easy by creating an interesting environment.

Quality education to slum children: Right to education has been included as one of the fundamental rights in Indian constitution. So every child up to the age of 13 years should attend school. In order to provide quality education to slum children, lot of changes have to be made in teaching process. Trainers for primary school teachers and teacher training institutes need to learn several new techniques from educational NGOs. In order to provide quality education to these children, teachers need to implement several new tools. This is possible only when India NGO and government work in unison.

Common vision: Government no doubt takes up several welfare programs but most of them do not succeed as they do not reach the targeted group. Due to lack of personal interest these programs get wasted. However, this is not the case with NGO. These are service oriented people and strive towards the well being of the community at large. Both government and India NGO need to work in collaboration towards achieving a common vision. NGOs are definitely competitive in shaping policies appropriate for primary education. Flexible learning tools along with innovative teaching methods should be introduced.

In order to have a competitive advantage, India NGO should constantly evaluate and redefine their welfare activities. India is a populous country and so neither the government nor NGO can bring in a huge change all by themselves. Collaboration between both these bodies would help in achieving remarkable results. India NGO because of their service motive and wide spread accessibility can cater to the needs of millions of people living in every nook and corner of the country. So lets work in unison and made India country with cent percent literacy rate.