Quiz Competition

Participants are invited to roll their names for the Quiz competition, organized on 3/08/2013. The last day of enrollment is Wednesday. Do enroll and enjoy the competition.

Some points from Group Discussion held on 13/07/2013

There was an on the spot topic given to the group. Following are some points from that discussion.

Topic:- Implementation of one child policy in India as like China - pros and cons

The law of one child policy will provide many government provided benefits to the first child only and this may decrease the population. This was the purpose behind this policy. India follows democracy and China follows communism. The implementation of any policy is done in India only when it passes through a long process of parliament. They have very high population and are on the verge of population explosion giving lack of employ-ability, degradation of healthcare, education, natural resources and many other problems. China has implemented this policy. But there are many things to be considered for implementation of this policy in India.

India gives freedom of choice to its citizens. This allows them to have as many children as they want. It is not a law abiding nation so many of the laws related to no of children have not been neatly implemented. Many a time, changes are not easily accepted in this society. many policies have been manipulated and there will be a great chance of manipulation in this policy too.

Previously, there have been many efforts given for creating awareness among people for no of children. But they could not succeed to a great extent. Still in sub-urban and village areas, no of children are more than 5 or 6 even.

There is another side of this discussion. This law will threaten lives of girl child. Abortion, killing of first girl child will increase. Sex ratio will be hammered. Exploitation of women for first boy child will increase.

This law even will erase the brother, sister like family relationships. Children will not be able to experience these relations.

There is great week point with this law. This law does not consider twin's birth, amputated child, mental disabled child, incompetent child with less survivability in coming years and many such things which are related with the first child.

Although this law may open doors of employment, resource utilization, land use, growth in economy, spread of education, decrease in poverty, etc., the fundamental right of an individual to have children is put on test here.

Some points from Group Discussion held on 13/07/2013

Two topics were given to the group. One topic was known where as one was provided on the spot. Here are some points from already known topic:-

Topic:- Education System of India

India has a great history of Leaders and Talented people. The method of Education in India has been a topic of research for a very long time. But now a days, this Educational system has become a part of discussion where its existence and quality are being tested. Let us see some sides of this discussion.

Annual budget 2012-13 saw an increased Investment in Education sector as 12.7%. Government has implemented policies such as Right to Education (RTE)-Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, National Programme of Mid-Day Meals, Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls, SABLA and many more to ensure that the Education right of every child is secured. Girl students and poor students are taken care by many of such policies. [Figures and Statistics from TOI].

Another point is that India has been famous for its Teachers. Although there has been many cases of bad teachers at Municipal schools, the primary education in India has been very strong. There is a great Brain Drain from India for the quality of this education.

There are many negative points. The Education system in India is considered to be very generalized. There is no special or employ-ability feature in it. It is very theoretical and memory based. The traditional and history based trends used in this system must be changed. Indian Education system does no good in overall development of a child. No mental ability is tested and no support is given as per capability of student. The trends are limited and many are forced to pick up usual trends. No development in newer trends and no efforts to modernize the system are being taken. Foreign countries are many a time opted for Higher education as specialized contents are not available in India.

Communication and entrepreneurial skills are not taught and many times, are killed from the mind of children. Coaching classes have captured the market and no one believes in school education. Cost of primary, pre-primary to higher education has increases to a great extent.

Corruption is also one of internal ingredients in Indian Education system. Caste reservation and other factors have always been a topic of debate and discussion.

These points clearly suggest that Indian Education system needs a great peripheral change whereas internal structure needs to be neatly scanned and modified.

FROM THE DIARY OF A TEACHER

Some important points told by Prof. Naidu Madam on 13th July, 2013 after the GD session:-

1. KEEP EYE CONTACT
2. INITIATE THE GD
3. ALLOW OTHERS TO SPEAK
4. SPEAK CLEARLY
5. MAKE SURE TO BRING DISCUSSION ON TRACK
6. POSITIVE ATTITUDE
7. SPEAK SENSIBLY
8. LISTEN CAREFULLY TO OTHERS
9. NO NEED TO GO INTO MUCH DETAILS
10. FORMAL DRESSING
11. BODY GESTURES
12. BE THE FIRST AND ALSO THE LAST TO SPEAK

Some Moments of Group Discussion held on 13/07/2013

Regarding Group Discussion to be held on 13/07/2013

Topic:- Education system in India
ADITYA MORARKA, JAYANT NATHANI, KUSHAL AGRAWAL, SHRESHTHA SWAMI, RUCHI AGRAWAL, SAURABH MANTHAPURWAR, ANMOL AGRAWAL, PRATIK VERMA, RUCHA BADHE, MAYURI SAHASRABUDHE

Some points from Group Dscussion topics discussed on 6/07/2013

Doubt com or dot com?

Internet is an ocean of information. Many websites on the internet are used for searching and getting information on various subjects. It is considered as the fastest and the cheapest source of information. The subject expands as whether the information given on the internet and the ways used to give that info are good and authentic or not.

Many websites are visited day-to-day. When we try to get something from any site, it may want us to enter some vital info like email id, name and address, account details, credit card info, etc. These things do not seem to be necessary for the information. Many a time, websites want us to sign in through Facebook or Twitter or any social site id and password. The pages are not redirected to the profile and have great chances of putting username and passwords on these sites.

Information given on many websites which are mostly used by people like Wikipedia, different Blogs, different social discussion sites are not completely legal and authentic. But people use them directly in their discussion, writing materials, journals, projects, etc. This causes loss of truthfulness and creates doubtfulness.

There are many cases seen where people try to buy stuffs from internet through online sites and lose money over thieving offers. The credit card info and other personal details entered at some Travel Planning site get used by thieves for illegal things. Even some click-able links in your spam can hammer your security and take out saved password information.

There is a current trend of blackmailing and luring kids and teens through social networking sites. They have less ability to think, act and respond to such things and hence get easily trapped in these traps.

So, the overall situation is Internet is not as secure as it should be and the information given here is not as authentic as it should be. The sites are creating doubts over their use, authenticity, security, validity, information they provide, services they give, information they take from us and their policies or actions.