Our nation needs proper Education...!!!

Beef? Minority? Hinduism? Muslim? Dadri?Dalit?Punjab Riots?

I'm sure everyone must be coming across all these words over the past few days. It doesn't matter which side of the debate you're on...

At QuesTeach, we believe education is of prime importance and it helps us analyse, think, question certain things. Today, we see negativity all around us and it may have a demoralizing effect on us...and the society as a whole. Whenever we think of taking a step forward in the direction of growth and progress, all this stupidity of religion fanaticism, takes us couple of steps back.

In today's era, Education is all the more important. Education is the solution to think radically about each and every issue, big or small, professional or personal. In case of Religion, radical and rational thinking is necessary. IF you are Hindu, read all the holy books you can but try to understand the logic behind that. If you are a Muslim, read Quran-e-Sharif but try to understand what it's really trying to say. What's the logic behind all the rituals, philosophy mentioned in holy books of every religion. That's the education which is needed in today's context.

COW IS OUR MOTHER!!

That's fine but how and why? Did we ever try to understand that?

Cow's milk and mother's milk have almost the same essential ingredients which is important for a new born child. It's like a life serum to a new born child. That's why all the Saints in our ancient history advocate the importance of preserving the cow. But they also knew that if they will tell it directly, we might not listen, and will start ignoring this precious animal. So they linked cow with all the mythological stories to educate us about the importance of the cow. Gradually, generations go by and we tend to forget the logic behind those stories.

Today we are still fighting because we are hollow, in the logic arena. I have seen my mother standing at roadside dustbins and eating garbage. We only remember her on the occasion of some ritual, otherwise we are those lame kids and those hypo-critic individuals who don't care where our mother strays during the day. In this regard, we have no right to call cow our our mother. No need to cry and shout slogans about cow slaughtering if you your yourself have stopped caring about her.

Education empowers you to see the logic behind the curtains, and with the right education, you will see the actual logic behind many concepts and it'll help you to make others understand the same.

Education is important for getting good marks or to get a good job but education is also important to have compassion and an analytical mindset. With the kind of education structure we have in our country, we might get good marks in exams, but we will surely fail in life. Think about that....

Who are we...???

In  our blog, we always talk about events and activities happening in our education system. We always try to keep our views as positive as we can, But today we am going to divert a little bit from what we do usually and would like everyone to introspect...Because that is the need of the hour.

Who are we? 

That's the silliest question you would encounter today but let me tell you its the most difficult one to answer. Any question which are difficult to answer can't be that silly. 

So your answer would be quite obvious and i.e. HUMAN BEING. The most important and intelligent animal on this planet. The main characteristics of a human being is humanity. If  they have it then theie race will survive for many generations to come. But sadly HUMAN BEING is the most endangered species on this planet and the reason for this is that Humanity is getting diminished very rapidly.

What is happening in past 1 week with minors girls in Delhi is not only sad but frightening as well.Girls aged five and two got raped in Delhi and one of the incident was of brutal gang rape. 

I would like to know one thing from all those who feel that girls are responsible for the crimes on them What is the faults of these 2 girls? Are they wearing skimpy clothes or they were suggestively inviting those criminals to them?  they were out on streets late at night or they were eating noodles or chowmein too much which caused this oppressive incident?

It's high time that we should understand that apart from the negative and dominant mindset towards women there is no reason behind these unfortunate incidents. Now this negative and dominant mindset will not get changed overnight and it will be a slow, long and tedious process which will take many years to come but work on this should start from today. 

The problem is the rate at which incidents are happening is quite alarming and till the overhauling of mindset takes place we need to find some solution to put a brake on these incidents. 

Our solution is to that any offender who booked under the charge of sexual assault should report to Police station every week for his life. Whenever a rape case got registered in his area police should detain him from his home, He is not allowed to leave his place and his state for his life. In other words he would get societal, mental and moral molestation for his whole life in return for sexual molestation of the girl he did.

The implementation should be strict, quick  and equal for everyone irrespective of cast, religion or financial or social status He should be made example in front of the society in which he lives in and people there should think 1000 times before committing this heinous crimes.

Now after reading all this many intellectual creeps might start shouting that why should one get punished again and again for the crime which he did once? And my answer would be just look at that girl who got raped once and the harassment which she faced. That harassment now stays with her forever and its sad that we live in this kind of the society. If that girl is facing repeated harassment for her life the the offender should get repeated punishment for his life. Life imprisonment and death sentence impact might be there but this fear of getting molested in his society every day, every week, every year will crumble the sexual offender internally. It will also help in increasing the rate of overhauling of the mindset mentioned above.

Its a request to all the caretakers of law order and justice that don't say that law will take its own course, Its you who has to change the course of the law otherwise that day is not far when people will come to street to change the course of law. That would be the end of the course of law. 

Also, all those political parties who has the habit of shedding crocodile tears on these incidents should have some moral conscience.

When we are really ill then we have to take medicine which might taste sour but is very effective similarly to save the humanity in human being we need to take some strict steps. With these strict measure and effective preaching of values we can take our human species out of danger. 

We need to act now otherwise very soon we will start asking ourselves that "WHO ARE WE?"

Lalita Prasad..You made us really proud!!

Corns are really beneficial for our health and that's a scientifically proven fact. It has a rich fiber content. But Lalita Prasida Sripdad Srisai gave us a new use of Corn Cobs and because of that this talented girl from Odisha made whole country proud by winning  "Community Impact Award" in Google presitigious science fair in California, She won the prize money of $ 10,000 US Dollars. 

She developed low cost bio absorbent based water purifier system using Corn cob as its key ingredient. It will help those villages which still dont have any access to purified water. Through her research she discovered that corn cobs were suitable adsorbents because of their high mechanical strength, rigidity and porosity. Hence, contaminants like oxides of salts, detergents, suspended particles, coloured dyes, oil, grease and even some heavy metals get adsorbed in their surface.  Her discovery will open a new market value of the corn cobs which are considered as bio-waste till date. And the best part is that corn cobs are eco-friendly, cheap,  locally available, easy to use and reusable.

This all started with a cute incident when lalita won first prize in a fancy dress competition and dresses as a Corn cob. One day while playing she made a hole at the center of a corn cob and poured some water into it and collected the extract from the other end. She saw that collected water was free of all suspended particles and then she thought to research on it. Today whole world acknowledged her conviction that water can be purified from Corn cobs.

She is a student of the school at Damanjodi celebrated the news of Lalita's Achievement. Headmaster of DPS Damanjodi was all praises for achievement. They have planned some big celebrations at their school to honour her achievements.

Well one thing which was highly notable that many winners in Google science fair was of Indian Origin. We would like to congratulate Lalita and all the other winners from Questeach and wish them success in their future endevaours.

Oldest College and Universities in India!!

India is the oldest country known for its values, Heritage and educational capabilities. In ancient times, scholars from all around the world used to came to India to get the education which will enable them to live a happy and peaceful life.

At that time there were many Universities and GuruKul which used to be famous amongst world scholar and it was very difficult to get admission into those. In modern India we have several universities and colleges carrying heritage of their golden years and still attract students from within and outside India.

These colleges and Universities are almost 2 centuries old but the way they are functioning right now, we can easily say that they are there for many centuries to come.

SeramPore College:

Founded in 1818 by William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William ward in Howrah, West Bengal. This college churns out many graduates every year. Aim of this college to give the knowledge of arts and science to the students of all caste creed and color.

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Established in 1847, formerly the name of this college is University of Roorkee and Thomason College of Civil Engineering. It was not an IIT before but due to its rich heritage this is one of the first few IIT’s of our country.

University of Mumbai

Established in 1857, the oldest campus of this university is in South Mumbai.  This university modelled on University of London. Its first degree got awarded in 1862 and it was for bachelor in arts. Also it was one of the first 3 state universities.

University of Madras

Established in 1857, this is the second university in the trio of state universities.  This is the 5^th ranked university in 2011 by India today’s magazine. It has 6 campuses in the city.

University of Calcutta

Established in 1857, this is the third university in the trio of state universities. UGC recently gave 5 stars to this University. It has 4 Nobel laureates which includes, Rabindranath Tagore, Amartya Sen, C V Raman and Ronald ross.

Aligarh University

Established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and has one of the largest campus of 465 hectare in India. It offers more the 300 various courses in different streams.

These are some of the oldest colleges available in India and still educating thousands of Scholars every year. It shows what rich culture and heritage we have in our country.

Raju fir bhi banega Gentleman...So what if he don't know English??

So we all studied in English medium school and we are proud of that. Some of us are convent educated and some of us were from some really good private schools which gives good emphasis on English. It’s very common to hear nowadays when children’s speaking to each other in Hindi and parent’s telling them “Why are you talking in Hindi? Did we send you to an English Medium school to Speak in Hindi? You are wasting your parent’s money?” Even many parents want’s their children to learn A for Apple first rather than any other language.

According to the latest data by National University of Education, Planning and Administration (NUEPA) there is 274% increase in the no of students studying in English schools between 2003 & 2011. Now, if you want to get a Job so knowing English is almost necessary everywhere. So parents are linking English language knowledge to their wards official and personal growth.

People feel embarrassed when they are not able to speak English and even we always had a good laugh when we heard someone speaking incorrect English. People speak loudly in English in public places to create an impression or become the center of attraction or sometimes they don’t speak at all because of lack of English language skills. So knowing English is important for social status now? Or Speaking in Hindi language is matter of shame for us now?

India has myriad of Language like Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Malayalam etc. and it’s difficult to choose official language and each language has a rich history and culture behind them. So why one don’t want to choose any one of them? In a staggering data given by People linguistic survey by India, out 780 language 220 languages has already been lost in last 50 years.

Students who are studying in local languages got demotivated by society and sometimes by near and dear ones. They feel rejected everywhere. They can’t see themselves adding any value to the Indian ecosystem. All of important examinations like IIT JEE or UPSC etc. has adopted English as the primary language of communication and because of this many local language speaking students not even try for these examinations.

English is seriously becoming our primary language and we think it’s important for us to grow as a nation as well. In this way we can integrate ourselves to the western world and speed up our growth. That’s why we are choosing French and German instead of Sanskrit. Well many of you may not know that many words in English have taken from Sanskrit like Mother and Brother from MATR and BHRATA. If we have to learn something from our neighbor then we should learn from China. That country is miles ahead of us in every department and ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE.

You want to stand in a world forum and you want to communicate globally then yes knowing English is important. But it doesn’t mean that you forget your identity and knowing your language and speaking in it is a matter of pride. Learn from Japanese they are so proud of their language and if English is so important then their country might not be functional today. Many Russian players speaking in Russian in major sports event and other countries reporters make the effort to understand them. Then why we can’t speak in our local language? Let the world make an effort to understand that.

Movies reflecting the eternal beauty of Teacher-Student relationship

Movies are the mirror of our society. Movies reflect all type of relationships and all type of emotions in entertaining way. Relationship between teacher and student is also one of them. Many movies portrayed varied emotions between teacher and students. So today we are going to have a look on some of the memorable movies which is considered to be a milestone in Hindi cinema. These movies inspired us and imparted moral values in us.

Abhi Bhattacharya played a boarding school teacher who instills moral values by unorthodox teaching methods and also helped a spoilt rich kid to get the right direction in his life. A must watch for lovers of Indian cinema classics. It also has a famous song “AAO BACHE TUMHE DIKHAYEIN”.

Jeetendra played a music teacher who goes to Rai sahib bungalow to give education to kids. He uses music and games to give them education and helps them to reconcile with their grandparents. This movie boasts of some melodious songs including very famous “MUSAFIR HOON YAARON”.

Nasseruddin Shah terrific portrayal of a drunkard ex cricketer who helped a deaf and mute boy to achieve his dreams to play for Indian team make this movie memorable one and must watch.

Amitabh Bachhan played a teacher and mentor to a girl who can’t see and speak and helped her to get all the obstacles of life. Performances from Amitabh Bachhan and Rani Mukherjee made this movie a milestone in Hindi cinema. The highest point of the movie was a kissing scene between teacher and student.

Aamir khan played a teacher who helped a dyslexic child to gain his self- confidence and helps him to get into mainstream world. Darsheel Safary portrayal of a Dyslexic child won him accolades and made this movie memorable.

Shahrukh Khan played a coach who helps girls in Indian hockey team to forget their individual differences, play with unity and to come on top by winning Hockey world cup. Shahrukh khan memorable performance made this movie one of the most successful movies of Indian cinema.

So guys do not miss these movies as these movies reflect the true value of Teacher and student relationship.

SITE - Another reason to be proud of,Always!!

We had just celebrated Teacher’s day with utmost enthusiasm and our President Dr. Pranab Mukherjee took a class and whole India witnessed that. The medium of transmission was TV and it shows the power of communication technology with the help of which we can reach to many students even if they are at distant location in our country.

Video conferencing and satellite broadcasting of these conferences seems a bit old for many youngsters when they themselves are using instant communication tools like Whatsapp and Skype in their handheld phones. But still in many schools (I am not talking about high end city schools) teachers are still using chalk and boards. Communication technology like mentioned above has a pivotal role to play in this field but still we have a long way to go in this field. BUT THERE IS ONE INSTANCE IN HISTORY, WHICH COULD HAVE CHANGED THIS SITUATION DECADES AGO IF THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AS THAT WAS PLANNED.

There was an experiment, an indigenous one, which could have consolidated India’s position in the world and pioneer in the field of distant education. The name of the experiment was SITE (Satellite instructional television experiment). Very recently our eminent scientists celebrated 40 years of this amazing experiment. So we thought that this is the right time let our scientists know to use this amazing experiment in educational sector.

Mind behind this indigenous experiment was of none other the Vikram Sarabhai, Father of Indian Space program. He invented this technology and wanted to use it for socio-economic development. ISRO has managed to convert Sarabhai’s vision into reality by using this technology for communication, environment forecasting etc. but left out education sector in it.

SITE used an American satellite in 1975-76 and it was the first experiment anywhere in the world to showcase the power of satellite technology in development communication. Can you believe this fact that this experiment used to demonstrate technology that can take satellite signals directly to homes?

We are using DTH now in our homes, decades later from SITE. Now you all can imagine that the technology and its application both were a unique product from this experiment called SITE.  India could be the world leader into the satellite technology and its use in the field of education, environment etc. So what happen and where we missed the bus? Let’s check it out.

Ignorance by then Indian government:

SITE was viable and its use was already shown to the government. Indian government expands its television network very rapidly in 1980’s but through its one day a transmitter program.  SITE was a program in which many engineers, scientist from India and other countries and also UNESCO were involved in it, whereas the expansion of our beloved Doordarshan was solely and Indian government program. So when Satellite broadcasted channel like Star and Zee entered into Indian shores our public broadcaster legged behind in the race in no time.

Ignorance by the ISRO:

Once ISRO developed SITE then after that they got busy in strengthening and developing their space technology in launching satellites and launch vehicles. Though they tried to provide educational television in collaboration with UGC and IGNOU but they were not able to repeat the magic of SITE. In 2004, India launched its EDUSAT satellite with the objective of providing quality education into remote areas and also to overcome the problem of under qualified teacher both at higher and secondary school levels. It was much superior to 1975 experiment as it was equipped with 2 way communication facility both audio and video and consists of interactive channels.  But at this time many countries already forayed into this field and India had already lost the chance to be a pioneer in this field.

There was problem in software and education content and because of this EDUSAT satellite was not able to work properly in spite of having better hardware. There was delay in the on ground facilities to receive the signal from EDUSAT. There were no definite plan of action for content generation and there were no single source identified for monitoring and controlling of the program. So EDUSAT was up there in the sky but there were not enough facilities to catch those signals which EDUSAT were beaming.

CHALLENGES AHEAD:

So we have the necessary technology, expertise and capability to again create the magic of SITE but the inadequate content development and management capacity to run these multi-agency programs ineffectively. We need to develop the satellite, digital and mobile technology to conquer the deficiency in education and health sector as well.

Now ISRO alone can’t do it because we have seen the situation of EDUSAT. So if we don’t want to import any other communication revolution so we need to lighten up the spirit of SITE and start working in this area more rigorously. We are not leader in DTH despite pioneering In it but we should not repeat this mistake again.

Interesting Facts about English

Ok guys, this is some interesting facts which I came across so thought to share it with you. Today English is the language in which we communicate normally. In our day to day life, we use many English words and professionally most of the time we have to use this language.

SO I thought why not to share some interesting this PHUNNY language. Some of them may surprise you as well. So let’s begin:

Fact 1:

Today English has 26 letters but initially English were comprises of 27 letters. Though its made of 26 letters but it has 40 distinct sounds.  That’s why  C in Capital is different from C in Cellphone.

Fact 2:

Least no of words starts from Letter ‘Z’.

Fact 3:

Most no of Words start from Letter ‘S’.

Fact 4:

UNCOPYRIGHTABLE is the only word which can be spelled without repeating any of its letter.

Fact 5:

Earlier W is used to write as ‘uu’. W got introduced in 11^th Century.

Fact 6:

The X in Xmas means CHI which is the first letters in Greek.

Fact 7:

“The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over a Lazy Dog” is the only sentence which comprises of all 26 letters of English language.

Hope you guys have enjoyed reading this one. We will keep publishing new interesting articles .

Krishna.. The Greatest teacher ever lived on earth!!

Today is Teacher’s day and the festival of Janmashtmi. This day can’t get bigger than this. Teacher’s day is the celebration of that pious profession in which a teacher shapes the future of the coming generations by teaching them the novelties of life and gives their life a direction. The second festival is celebrations of the birth of the greatest teacher ever lived on earth Lord Krishna. He gave the direction to whole mankind by giving the message of Gita. Gita has the power of changing lives of everyone and considered to be the one stop solution for every problem which this world faces in today’s time.

So we at Questeach, thought to take this opportunity to have a look at the lessons which Lord Krishna, the greatest teacher, thought us:

First Lesson:

We must perform our daily duties in life with utmost dedication and devotion, all while offering the results of our actions to God Himself.

If we think of results then we won’t be able to perform our daily duties of life. It’s important that while performing our daily duties, the utmost dedication and devotion is really needed. It will bring out the best in you. Sometimes tasks are difficult, circumstances not as per your liking, results seems to be not in your favor, but you have to keep working with dedication and your best efforts will make the results in your favor as well.

Second Lesson

We should be generous in our daily lives. We come empty-handed and leave in the same manner. Our hearts should be as magnanimous as humanly possible.

How can we forget Krishna – Sudhama Story?  That story shows the generosity of Lord Krishna. Everything on this world is perishable and because of this those who have come will have to go one day. We won’t be able to take anything with us on our last day. So you have to give it back to the society in which you are living and for that you need to open your heart towards mankind.

Third Lesson

Life brings both joys and sorrows. Neither is permanent. Practice even-mindedness during both conditions.

One day you will feel good and excited about an event and on other day it might not be the case with you. So never get overjoyed at the time of happiness and never get disheartened in the times of sorrow. This all is a cycle and it will keep moving.

Fourth Lesson

Always smile in life. This one is so simple, you can start at this very second.

So many demons tried to kill Lord Krishna, but he fought them with a smile and ended them with a can smile. Keep smiling in your worst times , this will bring positivity in you. With that you can fight with any problem.

Fifth Lesson

Trees bearing heavy fruits bend down. Even if you have accomplished great things, always remain humble and serve your fellow-beings with utmost humility

Krishna was humble and this quality you will see in the most successful people lived on this earth. When you become successful and popular then you have to be humble. People would want to talk to you, learn from you, and want to know you and if you show them arrogant attitude they will soon go away. So being humble will increase your admirer.

These were certain lessons which we can take from Lord Krishna and it will surely help in making us the better persons.  We at Questeach would like to Wish Happy Teacher’s Day to All teachers who were, are and will be responsible for making better generations.

We would also like to share that it’s not necessary that you should hold a degree to shape one’s life by teaching them. What you need is a will power and anyone with noble intentions can become a teacher. So start teaching from today onwards.

Another Honour for Adam Gilchrist!!

He was one of the most prolific cricketers Australia has ever produced and a role model for many aspiring cricketers due to his on field and off field conduct, Adam Gilchrist is donning the cap of Australia Education Brand Ambassador in India.

This announcement was made by Christopher Pyne, Minister of Education and Training before the start of the 3^rd India – Australia education council meeting and Annual Ministerial Dialogue held in New Delhi on August 24.

As per him, Adam will play an important role in supporting the growth between the bilateral education relationships between India and Australia. He will also ensure that Australia continues to be seen as quality educational provider in India.

The Indian people recognize Adam as one of cricket's greats, and the values he espouses both on and off the field excellence and integrity are precisely those with which Australia aligns its reputation for high-quality education, training and research," Pyne added.

Gilchrist said he was excited about his new role and welcomed the challenge ahead of him. "I am honored to have been chosen to perform this important role in helping strengthen the education ties between our two countries," He added.

"For the past seven years in my capacity as an ambassador at one of Australia's best research universities I have seen first-hand the vital role education plays in the development of modern India.

"Having spent so much of my cricketing career playing in India, I have gotten to understand the important bond Australia has with India. Being Australia's first education ambassador to India will give me the opportunity to put so much back into that relationship through the all-important focus of learning and training," he said. Gilchrist will join Minister Pyne in New Delhi next week to help showcase the quality of Australia's education systems.

With Adam Gilchrist, I am sure it will give boost to many aspirants who aspire for global careers. We wish ALL THE BEST from Questeach to Adam Gilchrist for this endeavor.

Class 5th and 8th Boards making a comeback??

Yes, you heard it right. If all goes well by the plan, board exams can make their come back at primary level as well. There was a meeting held in New Delhi by Central Advisory Board for Education and all the states has reached to a consensus that board exams need to be re-introduced at 5^th and 8^th Standard.  Smriti Irani, Union minister of Human Resource Development headed this meeting and school education minister Paras Jain was also present in this meeting.

The main reason behind taking these steps is the decrease in quality of the education level of the students because of provision of not to fail any students till 8^th Standard. These provisions might not be there from next year.

Because of the above mentioned provision it is very difficult for schools to assess the performance of the teachers as well.  This requirement also felt in the light of Right to education act which further saw the decline in the education level of students.

Students preparing for 10^th and 12^th class board exams had to go under so much stress. That made them to take some drastic steps and because of this new provision was introduced at that time. So all those element should be taken care off. Kids at these levels are too young to handle any kind of pressure. How to make the environment conducive to carry out these exams is important? Also, the role of parents and teachers should be clearly defined and they should not let students get into number games.

We will keep posting about the latest updates in this regard.

Decoding the Personal Interview Myths!!

There are so many questions in our mind whenever we appear for an interview. What to do and what not to do, whom to listen and whom not to, what to refer and what not to, it creates such a chemical locha in our mind that we ended up pressurizing ourselves. Today we are going to clear few myths which prevail in most of the people minds regarding personal interview.

Myth 1: Good looks help you to get a job

Of course, you should be presentable and dressed appropriately but thinking that only good looks will get you a job would not be the right thing to do.  Recruiters know the cost involved in bad hiring.  So be rest assured concentrate on your domain knowledge and on your overall personality.

Myth 2: Never Say I Don’t Know

You want to impress the viewer It’s like twenty – twenty tournament and you wants to hit boundaries on every ball.  But even in T-20 tournament players have to leave some balls to get settled on the pitch. So if you don’t know the answer just say the three magical words i.e. I don’t know. When you will start pretending then you will start descending in the eligible candidate list of interviewer.

Myth3: More the merrier

Interviews are mainly to build a rapport with a interviewer. He may ask certain questions to you in which little detail is needed. You need to be careful here. Don’t give the overtly detailed answer as it might distract the interviewer. Don’t get into finer details of the things.

Myth 4: Take it easy and just be you

It doesn’t mean that you go there with a track pant, ruff hairs and showing your cool tattoo to the interviewer. It’s a formal engagement so respect the environment. Interviewer may get frank with you but you must know your limits.

Myth 5: Most qualified person will get the Job

Well, sadly it’s not true. Less qualified but more outgoing person gets a job. Make eye contact with the interviewer, compliment him on his professional accomplishments and set the tone of the interview. If you are shy or introvert then try it beforehand. Also, don’t give only one word answers. Little bit explanation is needed.

These were some of the myths which might help you to crack the interview. If it works and you get a job and don’t forget to say thank you to us in our comments section. 

India's most educated cricketers!!

“Padoge likhoge banoge Nawab, Kheloge kudoge banoge kharab”  was an old saying which our grandparents used to say and which surely not hold true in today’s world. Studies are important but playing at least one sport in a proper way is also important. Sports field is a great teacher in itself. It tells you how to lead your life in a dignified, competitive manner.  

In India if we talk about sports then the most loves sports of the nation is Cricket. It is a religion in our country and cricketers have achieved Demi god status. Though these cricketers give it all in cricket field but some of them were equally good in the field of studies as well and today we are going to discuss about them.

India’s highest wicket taker and a legend whose name is synonymous with dedication and hard work in the cricket field. But many of us might not know that he holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya college of Engineering, Bangalore in Mechanical engineering in 1991-92.

India’s pace spearhead & he shouldered the responsibility of Indian pace attack for almost a decade. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation Engineering from Shree Jayachamarajendra college of Engineering, Mysuru.

India’s most dependable batsmen in second innings of a test match were also highly educated. He was studying MBBS when he got selected for Indian national side. He choose cricket over medicine and rest is history.

India’s current in form spinner and one of the most versatile bowler in Indian cricket team today has done B.Tech in Information technology from SSN College of Engineering , Chennai.

He was a fiery opening batsman and his partnership with Sunil Gavaskar was as famous as Sachin-Sourav opening stand. He is an engineer with degree in Electrical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy , Chennai.

Amay Khurasia

Though he didn’t played much cricket from Indian National side but he was one of the finest batsmen India possess in our domestic circuit. He has already cleared IAS exams and got his degree before he got selected for national side.

Avishkar Salvi

He is a fast bowler from Mumbai and a very renowned name in domestic cricket circuit. He holds a post doctorate degree in astrophysics.

So we can see that people can study and pursue their passion as well. What you need is the right kind of attitude, dedication and your priorities set right. We would like to state the fact is being an all-rounder in both studies as well as sports is not as difficult as it seems. It is just a state of your mind and if it is right then you can excel in both.

WWW.VIDYALAKSHMI.CO.IN

Those who think that pursuing higher education is difficult due to lack of funds have to start thinking again. With the collaboration of Department of Financial services in Finance Ministry, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Department of Higher Education and Indian Bank Association, Indian government has introduced a new portal called WWW.VIDYALAKSHMI.CO.IN  which would help you to get education loans in fast and steady manner.

5 banks including SBI, IDBI, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India and Bank of India integrated their systems with the above mentioned portal. If we all remember correctly then our finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley proposed to set up an IT based student financial aid authority to administer and monitor the scholarship as well as education loan under PRADHAN MANTRI VIDYA LAKSHMI KARYAKARAM (PMVLK).This portal is the first baby steps towards achieving this objective.

As per the govt. report 13 banks has already registered for 22 educational loans scheme and 5 banks whose names are mentioned above integrated their systems to the portal. It means students who are applying for educational loan through VIDYALAKSHMI has to fill up one common form. Also, students will have a facility to apply in multiple banks at one time. It will also have facility for bank to download student’s loan application.

Apart from all above mentioned things students can also check the status of their loan processing. They can also share their grievance and query related to the loan. This website will also link students to National Scholarship Portal for information about all government scholarship schemes.

We at Questeach believe that it’s a wonderful step by Government of India. It will save lot of time and energy on parent’s or student’s part. This will also create a sense of security amongst students that getting education loan is not that tough. Banks also knows now where to focus on if they want to achieve their annual education loan targets. This will also help students to understand the intricacies behind the loan amount dispersion.

It’s a sign of a new change and we would like to see this change to not change forever.

Girls Power..Really needed in IIT's

IIT’s are the top most and very prestigious institutes and getting admission in those a tough nut to crack for many including me as well. Every year lakhs of aspirants appear for their entrance examination and very fewof them got selected in them. In these students, only 9% girls are there. If we quantify it bit more then it means out of 9974 students got admitted into IIT’s this year only 900 are girls. What’s happening out there?

If we see last 7 years CBSE score in top towns like Delhi, girls have outshone boys continuously with a good margin so why they are not getting into IIT’s. Is it related to the difficulty level of IIT examination or the sudden change in exam structures from CBSE? I don’t think this is the case over here. I attribute this problem to the orthodox mindset still prevailing in most of the part of our country regarding girl’s education. Only 18% of the total student registered for IIT entrance were girls, further strengthen my viewpoint.

The problem is that people from all parts of the country apply for IIT’s and some of them are still very orthodox about the girl’s education. Many of them start seeking grooms for their girls as soon as they complete their school education. IIT’s provide technical and professional course and their fee structure is quite high. This is the second roadblock for Girls as many parents don’t want to spend too much on girl’s education.

IIT’s are into some specific towns and many students come over from different places and stay in campus hostel. This provides the third roadblock in Girls education as many parents don’t want to send their girls child outside their home towns.

Though the percentage of girl’s students has marginally increased from 8% last year to 9% this year but there is long way to go. Also, the results of admitted girls are at par with boys which is a source of encouragement. In IIT’s post graduate courses, girl’s percentage has increased to 15%.

IIT management is doing their bit by reducing the fees of girl students by 50 percent. They have to take some more concrete steps to spread the awareness about the education in IIT and how much is going to be beneficial for Girls.

Our view is that today’s girl are very different from the girls in 80’s or 90’s even. They are more confident and independent and that’s why you need to support them more. More and more girls in IIT’s classrooms means healthier competition and personality enhancement of students. This is the time to show Girl Power and I am sure the fairer sex won’t remain behind in that.

Gender Champions: A step in the right direction!!

The concept of Gender champions is going to be introduced very soon in all the institutes by the Government of India. This concept may be new to Indian Education system but already available in global education system. Many countries like US, Canada, UK etc. adopted this system and have a profound results with the help of this system. It’s time that we should deploy this system as soon as possible in Indian education system and help or students self-dependent.

There is a report which has been sent by Union ministry of Women and Child to Ministry of Human Resource and Development consisting of detailed implementation guidelines of Gender Champions.

Main objective of this scheme is to create an environment in which gender equality as school, home, university, workplace etc. is of top priority and also it will change the mode of interaction at all.

Gender champions can be either guy or girl but both has to be more than 16 year old and should be enrolled in educational institute. Head of Educational institute will have a certain parameters on the basis of which they have to choose a gender champion.  Gender champion will be a leader so decisiveness. Intelligence and Honesty will be the essential elements which would be considered for the Gender champions. Though Head of institution will be the responsible for the selection of Gender champion but he has to take the consultation of other student representatives to make the decision.

Once Selected, Gender champions has to do certain activities with the help of a faculty member termed as “Nodal teacher” and will be monitored by the Head of Institution. Gender Champion will also get the certificates as the appreciation of the good work done by him.

To train the Gender champion, a formal training program will be introduced with India Educational Certificate (IEC) material which will help them to understand the meaning of Gender Stereotypes, various forms of Gender based discrimination, Gender equality and inequality, legislations, life skills etc. There will also be a website or blog which would help gender champion to spread the awareness in the form of articles, quizzes, plays and other extra- curricular activities. Same kind of activities would be executed by Gender champion in their respective institutes.

Ministry of Human Resource and developments also instructed the Vice Chancellors to establish Gender clubs in accordance to the guidelines given by Union ministry of women and child.

Questeach applauds this effort and also believe that this is the step in the right direction. It will be an integral part of our cohesive education system. The only concern point is that very little said about the implementation of this scheme and how to curb the corruption in the money allocated for this activity.

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