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RNI No. UTTENG/2010/37634 Vol 6 No 6 www.curriculum-magazine.com magazine THE INDIA EDUCATION LANDSCAPE UPDATE May 16 2015 WORLD EDUCATION FORUM 2015 May 19-22 in Incheon (South Korea) New Education Agenda NEWS PLUS: 2015-2030 on Menu S: India will be looking for 110 million skilled workers by 2022 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme out Sarv Kaushal Abhiyaan on the lines of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan? NCVT-MIS Portal launched, over 16 ITI grads get certificates Govt. extending social security to workforce in norganized sector ‘Innovate for Digital India' Challenge Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana approved HCL launches HCLTalentCare India bags 6 medals at WorldSkills OCEANIA NEWS PLUS EDITORIAL: TISS-UNFPA Centre of Excellence on Youth and Adolescents INTERVIEW: Nationalization of private schools the next big intervention?’ Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme out ‘Innovate for Digital India' Challenge HCL launches HCLTalentCare India bags 6 medals at WorldSkills OCEANIA Demand for MBA will continue unabated, but aspirants must be clear minded SPOTLIGHT JATIN BHANDARI, TISS-UNFPA Centre of Excellence on Youth and Adolescents Founder & CEO Pythagurus Contents 19 Cover Story 6 Editorial WORLD EDUCATION FORUM 2015, INCHEONt What about a university by Kashmiri Pandits? Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme out New Education Agenda 2015-2030 on Menu Labor ministry loses DGET training arms to MSDE, NIMI also shifts Play School Regulations Bill in Parliament 4 At the UNESCO's Sarv Kaushal Abhiyaan on the lines of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan Spotlight Govt. extending social security to unorganized sector workers World Education TISS-UNFPA Centre of Excellence on Youth and ‘Innovate for Digital India' Challenge Forum 2015, the Adolescents Global celebration of Shakespeare in 2016 representatives of 17 School of Excellence: Spreading power of NPL Microsoft India to Train 800 Sri Chaitanya Schools Teachers the Member States, BTMU's INR 105 million aid for Swachh Vidyalaya campaign in 16 Heads of Andhra Interview International Organizations, and the representatives ‘ JATIN BHANDARI, FOUNDER & CEO PYTHAGURUS: of Civil Society and Private Organizations are Demand for MBA will continue unabated, but aspirants gathering to adopt a Declaration, which sets a shared HCL launches HCLTalentCare must be clear minded vision ofeducation for the future international Disaster Management course Program community, and to discuss the details of the Framework for Action for successful implementation of BSE Institute- HDFC Bank training program 12-13 NTPC to skill 5000 people across 22 locations the education goal and target TalentSprint honored News Updates I MREI, Algonquin College explore setting up of Centre of Excellences FLO Women Empowerment (WE) in Education' initiative: India bags 6 medals at WorldSkills OCEANIA Competition 2015 Network of Indian and Russian Universities launched: 7 NEWS Ambuja Cement to train 1 lakh people IIFT, Kolkata team winsTata Crucible Campus Quiz 2015: Schemes for Agro Industry Two universities approved for J & K Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) TISS-UNFPA Centre of Excellence on Youth and Adolescents EdX and Arizona State University offer Alternative Entry Scheme out into Higher Education: Labor ministry loses DGET training arms to MSDE, 'Blended Learning' English course by British Council NIMI also shifts Science Centre and Planetarium in Puducherry Play School Regulations Bill in Parliament Urdu department in Central University of Haryana Sarv Kaushal Abhiyaan on the lines of Sarv Shiksha At the UNESCO's World Education Forum 2015, the representatives demanded: Abhiyaan of the Member States, Heads ofInternational Organizations, and the ICCR to Institute an annual award for promoting Indology Govt. extending social security to unorganized sector representatives of Civil Society and PrivateOrganizations are workers gathering to adopt a Declaration, which sets a shared vision 18 ‘Innovate for Digital India' Challenge Global celebration of Shakespeare in 2016 ofeducation for the future international community, and to discuss the Guest Column details of theFramework for Action for successful implementation of Microsoft India to Train 800 Sri Chaitanya Schools Advanced Placement Program Help School Students with the education goal and target Teachers College Admissions Abroad BTMU's INR 105 million aid for Swachh Vidyalaya Japan Government's Highest Civilian Award to Professor C.N.R. Rao campaign inAndhra Round Table on Nuclear Energy perspectives in India: 22 Mumbai Smiles celebrates 10 years of Service Campus Buzz 14-15 IET's Inspec database reaches milestone 15 million records Tinka Tinka Tihar' in Limca Book of Records Missouri State Univ can be a best option to study in USA India Skills...Special Series ‘unbelievable Delhi To Islamabad’ Ryan International School wins Delhi chapter of “Spellinc” HCL launches HCLTalentCare TERI-Tetra Pak project SEARCH in its 7th year; Disaster Management course Program Excellence Award for Best Use of ICT- 2015 for BITS Pilani BSE Institute- HDFC Bank training program Apeejay Stya University holds its 1st Convocation NTPC to skill 5000 people across 22 locations Ceremony TalentSprint honored IBM Business Analytics Lab at BML Munjal University MREI, Algonquin College explore setting up of Centre Macquarie University inks tie ups with Symbiosis & of Excellences Manipal India bags 6 medals at WorldSkills OCEANIA IMT Ghaziabad unique initiative for tribal women in Competition 2015 Jharkhand Ambuja Cement to train 1 lakh people 3rd edition of The Edutainment Show in New Delh SHRM India's HR Tech Conference 2015 IIHMR, GAIN symposium on food fortification 26 ITM's 13th Convocation END PIECE 6th batch graduates from SOIL Gurgaon Hindu College awards its illustrious alumni Japan Highest Civilian Award to Professor C.N.R. Rao Round Table on Nuclear Energy perspectives in India: “Exodus 2015” at RIET Jaipur Mumbai Smiles celebrates 10 years of Service What India Needs?: CEGR seminar on Higher Educationi IET's Inspec database reaches milestone 15 million records Tinka Tinka Tihar' in Limca Book of Records 27 ‘unbelievable Delhi To Islamabad’ News You Can Use/Notices Curriculum May 16 2015 3 Spotlight TISS-UNFPA Centre of Excellence on Youth and Adolescents Young people aged 15 to 24 are invited to participate in a contest to suggest a name for the Centre of Excellence on the youth portal- www.youthinfoindia.org. The winner will visit the UN headquarters in New York for a week and serve as a youth advocate. CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE for AAdolescents and Youth, an initiative of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has been set up as an on-ground and online solution for fulfilling the needs of young people. The centre was launched in the presence of Secretaries of the Government of India, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, Dr. S. Parasuraman, Director of TISS, and heads of UN agencies at the United Nations Office in New Delhi on April 24 by union minister f o r s k i l l d e v e l o p m e n t a n d entrepreunership, Rajiv Pratap Rudy. India's 358 million people aged 10-24 years are the world's largest young population. Every third person in India is enhance the participation of young will establish partnerships with South young, and every fifth person is an people in India's development and create Asian and other international academic adolescent aged 10-19. It is an historic a space for their voices to be heard. The institutions and youth organizations, opportunity to invest in and enable the initiative, which improves the fostering regional and South-South 'youth bulge' to become the driver of availability of knowledge and services cooperation. inclusive and sustainable development. for young people, and brings together The portal, www.youthinfoindia.org, is The Centre of Excellence is a first of its multiple stakeholders on one platform, is India's first comprehensive online kind knowledge hub that aims to part of concerted efforts to ensure that database on young people, which also advance young people's development the benefits associated with India's offers young people a platform to voice agenda, by pioneering research and demographic dividend can be seized”, their concerns. The Virtual Marketplace investment into fulfilling their needs for said Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, is a state-of-the art online space where health, education and skill development. Executive Director of UNFPA. products, services, ideas and expertise “The Centre of Excellence would help During 2012-13 several consultations on young people can be found. It is a young people make informed choices, with young people across the country meeting place for young people and and contribute to informed policies and held by the UN system resulted in an service providers including the investments”, said Frederika Meijer, unanimous concern by young people. government, development and UNFPA Representative India. Also “Young people are not heard”, “not seen, community based organizations and the present at launch, to lend their support to understood or respected as equal private sector. the initiative, were representatives of the partners, stakeholders and decision- “The Centre fulfills an urgent need for Ministries of Health and Family makers”. The dropout rate for youth rectification in mobilization and Welfare, HRD, Youth Affairs and Sports, above 15 years, especially girls, remains utilization of potential of the youth