| Mukta
Vidya Vani, a pioneering initiative of the National Institute of Open
Schooling, (NIOS) for using Streaming Audio for educational purposes,
was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Sh.
Kapil Sibal , on the occasion of the 22nd General Body Meeting of the
NOS Society held here yesterday. Mukta Vidya Vani on the World WideWeb
is a modern interactive, participatory and cost effective programme,
involving an academic perspective along with the technical
responsibilities of production of audio and video programmes, which are
one of the most important components of the multi channel package
offered by the NIOS. This will enable a two way communication with any
audience having access to an internet connection, from the NIOS studio
situated at its Headquarters in NOIDA. The new NIOS website which has been designed in such a way that it not only meets the needs of its learners but is also disabled-friendly, was also launched on the occasion. An MoU was also signed between the NIOS and the National Informatics Centre (NIC) with the objective of developing skill-based courses on web designing in accordance with the guidelines for Indian government websites. This will provide vertical and lateral mobility of learners from the school level in the web designing course. Addressing the gathering, Dr.S.S.Jena, Chairman, NIOS mentioned 1127 learners had qualified for counseling in AIEEE and 267 qualified for counseling in B.Arch and 9 learners qualified for counseling in the AIPMT exam from the NIOS. |
Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
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