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REGION

ADDRESS

1.

AHMEDABAD

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Gyandeep,
Sector-30

GANDHINAGAR
–382030 (GUJARAT)

2.

BANGALORE

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

St.John’s Road

BANGALORE-560042
(KARANATAKA)

3.

BHOPAL

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Opposite Central
India Flour Mills,

BHOPAL-462011
(Madhya Pradesh)

4.

BHUBANESHWAR

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Mancheswar

BHUBANESHWAR-751017 (ORRISA)

5.

MUMBAI

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

IIT Campus,
Powai,

MUMBAI-400076
(MAHARASHTRA)

6.

KOLKATA

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

EB Block,
Sector-I

Salt Lake,

KOLKATA-700064
(West Bengal)

7.

CHANDIGARH

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

SCO-72-73,
Sector –31-A

CHANDIGARH-160030

8.

DEHRADUN

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Salawala ,
Hathibarkala,

DEHRADUN-248001
(UTTARANCHAL)

 

9.

DELHI

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

JNU Campus,

Baba Gangnath
Marg, (New Mehrauli Road)

NEW DELHI-110067

10.

GUWAHATI

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Jawaharnagar,

Khanapara,
GUWAHATI-781022 (ASSAM)

11.

HYDERABAD

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Picket

SECUNDERABAD-500009

12.

JABALPUR

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

GCF Estate,

JABALPUR-482011
(Madhya Pradesh)

13.

JAIPUR

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

92 Gandhi Nagar
Marg, Bajaj Nagar,

JAIPUR-302015
(RAJASTHAN)

14.

JAMMU

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Government
Hospital Road,Gandhinagar,

JAMMU-180004

15.

LUCKNOW

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Sector-J,
Aliganj

LUCKNOW-226024

16.

CHENNAI

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

IIT Campus,

CHENNAI-600036

17.

PATNA

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Lohia Nagar,
Kankarbagh

PATNA-800020
(BIHAR)

18.

SILCHAR

The Assistant
Commissioner

Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan

(Regional
Office)

Hospital Road,

SILCHAR-788001
(ASSAM)

At the end of the Physics exam paper of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 on Wednesday, the students reacted differently. For some it was difficult and for some others it was OK but lengthy. Students said no out-of-syllabus questions appeared and neither were there any mistakes in the question paper. "It was tough. The questions were more application-based and there were few direct questions. Last year's was easier" said a student.

The tough section was solving problems based on concepts, for which they had to try various methods before arriving at an answer.

What is your opinion? Express your opinion as comments below
Intense Debate

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exam for Class X and Class XII started. Around 6.99 lakh candidates took their Class XII examination for physics on 3 March 2010.
There will be 13,311 students appearing for the Class X and 8,596 candidates appearing for the Class XII examinations in 56 and 45 centres abroad respectively. The number of centres for Class X and Class XII in Gulf countries were 37 and 33 respectively.

More than 6.99 lakh candidates will also take their class XII examination and about 9.25 lakh candidates will be appearing in CBSE class X examination.

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NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel.
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Kerala State Literacy Mission

History

Adult and Non-formal Education activities in Kerala started in an organised manner with the setting up of Kerala Grandha Sala Sangham (KGS) in 1945 with 47 rural libraries. Sri. P.N.Panicker, the driving spirit behind the concept, succeeded in bringing 6000 libraries into this net work. These libraries functioned as good community centres where useful discussions, seminars and symposia were held for the common public.

In 1979 Govt. of India sanctioned 40 literacy Centres (20 in each district) in two districts as per a Project submitted by KGS. Grandhasala Sangham won the prestigious ‘Krupsakaya Award’ from UNESCO in 1975 as an endorsement of its good work.

Shri.P.N.Panicker, who later founded KANFED acted as a catalyst in bringing a number of voluntary agencies to the field of non-formal and adult education.

Rural Functional Literacy Programme (RFLP) was started just in five districts during 1982-83 and was later extended to eleven districts.

National Service Schemes in Kerala and Calicut Universities incorporated Adult Education and Extension Education as part of their work which helped the movement in a big way.

Kottayam Campaign

Kottayam town in Kerala was made fully literate within a period of one hundred days through the People’s Education and Literacy campaign, Kottayam (PELCK).

Ernakulam Campaign

Ernakulam was declared the first fully literate district in the whole of India. This rare achievement in just a year’s time (1989-90) by the admirable work done by the District Saksharatha Samithy and Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishat.

Total Literacy

Total Literacy Programme to eradicate illiteracy for the whole of state was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India on 4th February ’90.

The unique feature of the programme was the inclusion of linguistic minorities in the state in the districts adjacent to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka by divisions into tailor made packages.

Kerala was finally declared a ‘totally literate state on 8th April 1991.

Education for all and Forever

In Kerala, after achieving ‘total literacy’, it was realised that nothing was available to sustain the interest in the neo literates to keep their urge to learn alive. To create an environment for this, the state government took up the Continuing Education Project offered by National Literacy Mission and Kerala State Literacy Mission organised.

Education for all and for ever’ is the motto of Kerala State Literacy Mission. The Mission imparts non-formal, life oriented education to the neo literates. Hence no definite curriculum and learning methodology can be adopted. The kind of education to be imparted to each group is finalised after studying the local culture, social peculiarities, life style and habits of the community concerned. The new knowledge acquired is to help the neo-literates for making positive contributions towards creating a better life for himself and improving the social life accordingly.

Objectives

Retention of literacy skills and provision of opportunities to the neo-litterates to take their learning beyond basic literacy

Creating scope for application of functional literacy for improvement of living conditions and quality of life.

Dissemination of information on development programmes and widening & improving participation of traditionally deprived sections of the society.

Creation of awareness about national concerns such as national integration, conservation and improvement of the environment, women’s equality, observance of small family norms etc. and sharing of common problems of the community.

Improvement of economic conditions and general well being as well as improvement of productivity by organizing short-duration programmes, orientation courses for providing vocational skills and by taking up linkage activities for establishing direct linkage between continuing education and development activities.

Provision of facilities for library and reading rooms for creating an environment conductive for literacy efforts and a learning society.

Ensuring the sustainability of the Kerala Model.

'Beyond Letters’ is an ambitious project visualised by KSLM. The slogan owes its genesis to an understanding of the fact that though none can claim to have a thorough knowledge of all things, at least a general awareness almost all branches of knowledge including information technology has become part and parcel of educational process.

‘Beyond letters’ is poised to give a new sense of direction to the beneficiaries of the literacy campaign. Developmental literacy, legal literacy, environmental literacy, consumer literacy, health literacy, habitat literacy, agricultural literacy cultural literacy, computer literacy, labor literacy, economic literacy, medicinal literacy, heritage literacy etc. are some of the areas covered under this.

Equivalency Programme

Equivalency Programme has been designed by KSLM inorder to help the neo literates to qualify themselves at par with those who finish formal education. The programme helps the neo-literates irrespective of their age to appear for levels 1,2 and 3 which are equivalent to STD 4, 7 & 10 of the formal stream

Training for this is imparted in all the 14 districts with the help of local bodies. Trainers are given special orientation.

KSLM issues certificates to those who successfully complete these courses and these are deemed to be equivalent to the respective levels in formal education.

Thudarvidyabhyasa Kalajatha

Fourteen colourful Cultural rallies were organised which travelled throughout the state simultaneously to popularise the message of Continuing Education among the less adventurous.

The Cultural rally christened Thudarvidyabhyasa Kalajatha’ comprised of art forms which announced the unlimited possibilities of Continuing Education. This was well received by all sections of society and all regions alike.

Continuing Education Centres

The function of CEC include

· Evening class

· Library and reading room

· Discussion group

· Vocational Training Programme

· Sports and adventurous activities

Training Centre

The continuing Education Project in Kerala is implemented through Local Bodies and NGOs. A network of voluntary workers and other activists are oriented towards the objectives of Continuing Education Programme. Several organisations both Governmental and Non-governmental are included in the project for resource mobilisation and training.

Various level training were conducted for different groups involved in Continuing Education with the support of SRC,SCERT, DIET, Govt Departments, Universities, NGOs, Population Cell, CDC etc.

A permanent State Level Training Centre is established for this in Thiruvananthapuram.

Peoples Planning

In the allotment under the 9th plan, the local bodies have been given the right to spend 35-40% for the Projects decided by them. The panchayaths are often willing to spend a part of this amount to conduct skill development courses jointly with the CE centres.

Contact

Kerala State Literacy Mission
Sasthamangalam
Thiruvananthapuram-10
Ph: 0471-314105,314106,314107
E-mail: literacy@md4.vsnl.net.in

Engineering Colleges
1. Regional Engineering College, Kozhikode – 673 601.
2. Govt. Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram.
3. Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur.
4. Govt. Engineering College, Kannur.
5. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam.
6. T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam
7. MA College of Engineering, Kothamangalam
8. NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad
9. Govt. Engineering College, West Hill, Kozhikode
10. Govt. Engineering College, Mananthavadi, Wayanad
11. Model Engineering College, Ernakulam
12. College of Engineering, Chengannur
13. College of Engineering, Adoor
14. College of Engineering, Kallooppara, Pathanamthitta
15. LBS College of Engineering, Kasargod
16. Sri. Chitra Tirunal College of Engineering, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram.
17. University College of Engineering, Thodupuzha.
18. MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram.
19. Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Malappuram.
20. College of Diary Science and Technology, Mannuthi, Thrissur.
21. Co-operative Institute of Technology, Vadakara, Kozhikode.

Worthy
Educational Sites

I.
ACADEMIC AND R & D INSTITUTIONS

http://www.ugc.ac.in
University Grants Commission

http://www.tcol.co.uk/cybi.html
Commonwealth Universities Handbook

http://www.keralauniversity.edu
Kerala University

http://cee-kerala.org
Commissionarate of Entrance Examinations

http://lbskerala.com
L. B. S. Centre

http://www.cusat.ac.in
Cochin University of Science & Technology

http://www.kau.edu
Kerala Agriculture University

http://www.mguniversity.edu
M.G.University

http://
www,ssus.ac.in Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit

http://www.kannuruniversity.ac.in
Kannur University

http://www.kalamandalam.com
Kerala Kalamandalam

http://www.iiitmk.ac.in
India Institute of Information Technology & Management,
Kerala http://www.aicte.org
All India Council of Technical Education

http://www.mhrd.nic.in
Ministry of Human Resource Development

www.isro.org
Indian Space Research Organization

www.aiims.edu
All India Institute of Medical Science

www.aiuweb.org
Association of Indian Universities

www.standford.edu
University of Standford, USA

www.cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge, UK

www.oxford.ac.uk
University of Oxford, UK

www.ucl.ac.uk University
College London

www.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,USA

www.ucla.edu
University of California, USA

www.iitc.ac.in
India Institute of Technology, Chennai

www.iitb.ac.in
India Institute of Technology,Mumbai

www.iitk.ac.in
India Institute of Technology,Karipur

www.iitd.ac.in
India Institute of Technology, Delhi

www.iiita.ac.in
India Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad



II. LINKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS RECOMMENDED BY TEACHERS
www.nutribase.com
(Nutrition)

www.examentre.com
(For life Science students)

www.encarta.com
(Encyclopaedia)

www.sify.com
(Save green trees)

www.interscience.wiley.com
(Maths Test & Journals)

http://link.springer-ny.com
Research Oriented)

www.idealibrary.com
(Research Oriented)

www.fas.nus.edu.sg/journal/kolam/index.wn
Tamil

www.chemdex.org
Chemistry

www.chemweb.com
Chemistry

www.cc.utexas.edu/nwith/
Chemistry

www.organicworldwide.net
Chemistry

www.panda.org
(Wildlife Conservation Site)

www.photonic.com
(Photonics)

www.spie.org
(Optics)

www.hrdc.net/sahrdc
(Human rights)

www.acces.excellance.com/AB/GG
(Life Science)

www.cellbio.com/protocols.html
(Life Science)

www.popcoucil.org/pdr
Demography

www.unescap.org/pop/journal/indexhtml
Demography

www.IUSSP.ORG
---- Demography

www..sosig.bristol.ac.uk
Social Science Information Gateway http://vlib.stanford.edu/overview.html
Virtual library project

www.ipl.org
Internet Public University

www..biography.com/find/find.html
Cambridge Biographical Encylopaedia www.asap.unimelh.edu.au/hstm/hstm-biohtml
History of Science, Medicine & Technology Dictornary

www.eb.com:80/
Encylopaedia Browcer

www.logos.it:80/query.html
Logis Translation Dictionary www.wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/contents.html
Free outline dictionary of Cambridge www.ejournals.cic.net
CIC Electronic Journal Collection

www.edooc.com/ejournal
E-Journals

http//promo.net/pg/index.html
Project Gutenberg

www.census.gov Denography
International Data Base

www.undp.org/popin/popin.html
Demography - UN

www.hrweb.org
Politics - Human Rights Web

www.amnesty.org
Politics - Amnesty international

www.rpi.edu/~cearls/phil
departments.html Philosophy Departments www.worldmedia.com/archive/
Noam Chosky Archive

www.firstrain.com/lexicon/
Internet and P C Lexican

www.cseindia.org
  Environment

www.medicalethicsindia.org
   Medical Ethics

www.biotechnologyireland.org     Bio-tech
in Ireland

www.mcrel.org     Educational
Technology

www.cdt.org     Centre
for Democracy & Technology

www.scienceweb.org     Science
& Technology



Education

www.egurucool.com

www.examsonline.com


www.gurukulonline.com


www.netvarsity.com


www.openlearningworld.com

Agriculture

www.keralaagriculture.org



Commerce, Finance

www.apnaloan.com

www.paisapower.com


http://www.
timesofmoney.com

www.myiris.com


www.indiabulls.com

Sports

www.ind.cricket.org
www.khel.com

www.criclive.com


www.goodglix.com


www.indiatennis.com

Sanskrit

www.gy.com/language/sa-enter-ent.htm
Library

www.ala.org
   American Library Association

www.dlib.org
   National Digital Library

www.openarchives.org
   Open Archives Initiative

www.archive.org
   Internet Archive

www.jstor.org   Journal
Storage

http://delnet.ren.nic.in     Developing
Library Network



General

www.srailway.com



III. NEWS PAPERS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

http://www.samachar.com
 portal to newspapers

http://www.malayalamanorama.com
Malayalamanorama

http://www.keralakoumudi.co
Kerlakaumudi

http://www.kauwmudionline.com
Kouwmudi

http://www.mathrubhoomi.com
Mathrubhoomi

http://www.desabhimani.com
Desabhimani

http://www.deepika.com
Deepika

http://www.weblokam.com
Weblokham

http://www.rediff.com
Rediff on The Net

http://www.indianexpress.com
Indian Express

http://www.hindustantimes.com
Hindustan Times

http://www.timesofindia.com
Times of India

http://www.the-hindu.com
The Hindu

http://www.mid-day.com
Mid-Day

http://www.asianage.com
Asian Age

http://www.businessworld.com
Business World

http://www.hinduonline.com
The Hindu

http://www.indiainformer.co,
India information

http://www.indiaupdate.com
India Update

http://www.business-standard.com
Business Standard

http://www.outlookindia.co,
Outlook (weekly)

http://www.timesofindia.com
Times of India

http://www.indiaabroad.com
India Abroad

http://www.economictimes.com
Economic Times

http://www.feminaindia.com
Femina

http://www.businessworldindia.com
Business World

http://www.india-today.com/btoday/index.html
Business Today

http://www.indiaworld.com
India World

http://www.indiatime.com
India Time

http://www.wnvc.com
A Asia Newsline

http://www.indialine.com
Daily webzine

http://www.newsasia.com
Asian News

http://ddindia.net/
Doordarshan India

http://air.kode.net/
All India Radio www.tehelka.com,
www.thenewspapertoday.com
,www.indiainfoline.com

www.news.bbc.co.uk

www.cnn.com

www.rediff.com

www.ft.com

www.inadiatimes.com

www.xpressindia.com

www.news.com

www.pa.press.net

www.thetimes.co   uk


www.dailynews.yahoo.com

IV. MUSIC

http://www.bharathanatyam.com/home.html
Bharathanatyam

http://www.carnaticmusic.com


http://www.saregama.com/
HMV Audio

http://www.sony.com/
Sony Music

http://www.music-from-india.com/
Magnasound



V. GOVERNMENT-RELATED SITES (NOT ALL OFFICIAL)

http://www.nic.in/
All Indian Ministries

http://www.kerala.gov.in
Government of Kerala

http://prd.kerala.gov.in
  Public Relations Department, Government
of Kerala

http://www.education.kerala.gov.in
General Education Department

http://www.nic.in/parliament/
Indian Parliament.

http://www.allindia.com/gov/
India Government

http://www.nic.in
finmin/ Indian Ministry of Finance

http://www.goidirectory.nic.in/
Directory of official web sites of Government of India http://www.pmindia.nic.in/
The Prime Ministers Office

http://www.meadev.gov.in/
Ministry of External Affairs

http://www.eci.gov.in/
Election Commission of India

http://www.nic.in/
National Informatics Centre

http://www.indianembassy.org/
Embassy of India, Washington D.C

http://www.rbi.org.in/
Reserve Bank of India

http://www.sebi.com/
Securities & Exchange Board of India

http://www.nseindia.com/
National Stock Exchange of India

http://www.censuindia.net
Census of India



VI. COMPUTER SOFTWARE, LINUX, TECHNICAL, WRITING, etc.


http://www.members.home.net/adsharma/linux-india.html
Linux-India FAQ

http://www.twin-india.com
TWIN (Techwriters of India)

http://www.egroups.com/list/tw-in
TWIN archives

http://aldev.8m.com
Linux super computer kit

http://www.allindia.com/infotechdesk
Infotech in India

http://www.freeos.com
Free Operating System.

www.intel.com
Intel corporation

www.hp.com
Hewlett Packard

www..msn.com
Microsoft Network

www.apache.org
Apache Server

www.netscape.com
Netscape

www.microsoft.com
Microsoft

www.ciso.com
CISCO

www.altavista.com
Altauita Search Engine

www.redhat.com
Linux

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HRD minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal is now taking another initiative to promote grade system for evaluation of Class-XII CBSE students. He said that the final decision would be taken after discussions with the central advisory board for education and The Council of Boards of School Education in India. CBSE has replaced the old marks system with a nine-point grading system.

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Australia is tracking foreign students coming to study amid reports that the number of Indians applying for visas has fallen due to attacks on them. The Australian government will "track the number of students coming to this country, including Indian students", said Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The number of Indians applying for visas to study in Australia has fallen by almost half, heightening fears for the country's $17 billion international education industry. Gillard told reporters here: "Obviously we are going to track the number of students coming to this country, including Indian students, as we are moving into the new academic year." She observed it was important that students have accurate information while deciding whether to study in Australia.   Read more at http://www.hindustantimes.com/indiansabroad/Indian-student-intake-in-Australia-to-be-monitored/497285/H1-Article1-497301.aspx

NEW DELHI: To curb forgery of educational certificates, the central government on Tuesday declared that it will post all educational  in an electronic format, just like share certificates, in a common pool online. "We are concerned about the fake certificate syndrome and have decided to deposit all educational degrees through dematerialisation of certificates to a technology based solution that would ensure authenticity, fidelity and enabling online verification," Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters here. He said the certificates will be deposited like share certificates. In case of loss or theft, one can retrieve the certificate easily by paying a nominal fee. "Holding of academic qualification in an electronic depository provides immense benefits to educational institutions, students, alumni and employers by enabling online access of academic qualifications," Sibal explained.

In the Nobel season, the focus is again on basic sciences. Academics speak about the need to draw more students to research. The country has had a handful of Nobel laureates in the different sciences but the parents of an average school-goer would prefer their child to study engineering and medicine for a career. With this year’s Chemistry Nobel going to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a U.S. citizen of Indian origin, experts weigh in on the question of whether science education is neglected in India. Sujatha Ramdorai, member, National Knowledge Commission, and professor, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, says: “We need more people to do pure Maths and Science. It’s alarming that so few of our top students opt for that these days. If you look at the Nobel Prize winners, they all started with a solid foundational background in the basic sciences, before going on to explore how this could be applied to our needs.”     Read More at http://beta.thehindu.com/education/research/article32809.ece

Leading academics who attended the University Meet organised as part of the 97th Indian Science Congress have resolved to come up with a set of recommendations to help science education overcome its present shortcomings like poor quality of teaching and a low-impact, fragmented syllabi. In response to the cries of alarm raised over the falling standards of science education in the nation's institutes of higher learning and over the falling numbers of students opting for basic science courses, the University Meet organised as part of the 97th Indian Science Congress—that was hosted by the University of Kerala and the Indian Space Research Organisation at Thiruvananthapuram from January 3 to 7—resolved to come up with a set of recommendations to reinvent science education in India.   Read more at http://beta.thehindu.com/education/article78863.ece