Soon, teachers can claim up to Rs 2 Lakh in medicals

Soon, teachers can claim up to Rs 2 Lakh in medicals

The education department has given a go ahead to district education officers to sanction upto Rs 2 lakh as medical expenses to teachers. The decision comes after MLC Ramnath Mote met education minister Vinod Tawde and apprised him of the problems being faced by teachers while getting their medical bills reimbursed. A resolution confirming the decision is expected to be issued soon.

Speaking about the decision, Anil Bornare of the Shikshak Parishad, a teachers’ organisation said that teachers from government-run and aided primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools were allowed to get treatment for 27 ailments and five major ailments at non-government medical facilities. “After or during the treatment, teachers can get reimbursed for the same by producing the bills. As per the existing rules, the local school education department can remit bills upto Rs 1 lakh, but since the cost of treatment for some of the ailments has gone up the parishad had been petitioning the government to raise the limit to Rs 2 lakh. Mr Mote met Mr Tawde about the same and he agreed to raise the amount,” said Mr Bornare.

On August 24, the public health department increased the medical reimbursement for all government employees to Rs 2 lakh, following which Mr Mote met the education minister on Thursday and demanded that the same facility be extended to teachers too and a resolution confirming it should be issued too.

“Mr Tawde agreed to the demand in principle and the GR is expected to be issued soon,” said Mr Bornare, throwing light on the proceedings of the meeting with the minister. Mr Bornare added that with the increase in the amount, the delay in sanctioning the medical bills will be reduced and the bills will be remitted soon.

Source | Asian Age | 28 August 2015

Maharashtra Govt - Guidelines for celebration programme of Teachers Day on 5th September, 2015

Please find attached Maharashtra Govt - Guidelines for celebration programme of Teachers Day on 5th September, 2015.

 

Importance point to be followed as per the Guidelines

 

·         Printing & Selling of Paper Badge

·         Organizing of Cultural & Entertainment Programmes

·         Exhibition of Special Films on Teacher’s (Tax Free)

·         Special Donations from Prominent & Well To Do Citizens

·         Organising Sspeech & Debate Competition

·         Publication – Activities of Teaching & School should be published in the publication

·         Village Education Committee meeting should be held and discuss about the programme

·         Organization of Sports meets

·         Publicity – Proper channel should be use to publicize the programme

 

Link for the GR | https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government Resolutions/English/201508271543268321.pdf

 

New CAT, new strategies - Some preparation tips

New CAT, new strategies - Some preparation tips

Three one-hour sections, onscreen calculator… the exam has changed with the times.

The IIMs have changed the format and structure of CAT this year. Specifically, there have been four key changes. First, the exam will comprise three sections instead of two sections as seen in CAT 2014. Second, the duration of the exam has been extended to 180 minutes (from 170 minutes last year) with the time split to one hour per section. Third, a basic onscreen calculator will be provided to students. And lastly, a few questions will require answers to be entered directly, instead of the traditional multiple-choice format. These changes are but tweaks that should improve the test-taking experience for students and are not a dramatic overhaul.

“Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning tested in a competitive exam that is objective and conducted across the country” This is how one would have described CAT in 1990, 2000 or 2010. This statement remains the same in 2015 as well. The core tenets remain the same; the CAT has merely decided to use a few of the inherent advantages that online testing offers.

The features introduced this year are not new to CAT. From 1990 to 2012, CAT had three or more sections every year. The two-section format was seen only in the last two years. Previously, we have also had fixed time limits for individual sections (in CAT 2013).

CAT is now effectively three one-hour exams and this is a blessing in disguise.

Counter-intuitively, the time allotted per section being fixed is a boon to students. Although the change in format appears to have taken some flexibility away from students, the freedom of allocating time across sections was illusory anyway. Students used to spend a lot of time fretting about section cut-offs and going for a ‘balanced’ score across sections. The only adjustment students will have to make is to think of CAT as three one-hour exams instead of one three-hour exam.

No place to hide

In a traditional two-section format, students had the option of treating Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning or Reading Comprehension as less important and ‘hiding’ in the other segments. For instance, one could go in hoping to get 14-15 questions correct in Logical Reasoning and completely skip RC. These imaginary luxuries are out. Students need to have more balance in their preparation and cannot afford to have glaring weaknesses.

Computational pressure is off, which is a big relief and a great leveller. 

The one unambiguous takeaway here is that the on-screen calculator is a boon. Students no longer need to worry about knowing 45x35 or computing 34.6 per cent of 72 quickly. Computation speed is not really important in the 21st century, and CAT has quietly acknowledged this fact.

Students should resist the temptation to use the online calculator for every single computation. Relying on an external computational tool for all computations dulls numerical intuition, and, so, the online calculator should be prudently used. My suggestion would be to use it for the Data Interpretation section and not really bother with it for the section on Quantitative Aptitude.

CAT has moved with the times and test-takers should follow suit. The test-setters have utilised technology well and picked a format that focuses on knowledge of the fundamentals and de-emphasises computation-speed. Students should make three small adjustments.

Learn from first principles: Ignore shortcuts, speed-math related gimmicks and focus on basics.

Read, read, read: The single-most important factor for excelling in the verbal ability section is reading comfort. Students with a consistent reading habit have a massive advantage in this section. Students should aim to read for at least 90 minutes every day.

Take plenty of ‘mocks’: Students should aim to take at least 20 ‘mock’ CATs in the new format. They should aim to take these tests from different providers so as to be exposed to different question styles.

The writer runs 2IIM, an online CAT Coaching institute, and is an alumnus of IIMB. He scored 100 percentile in CAT in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

Source | The Hindu | 23 August 2015

Privacy matters

Privacy matters

Here’s the ultimate checklist that every netizen must be aware of, about data sharing, and how to safeguard their privacy on the Internet

A FEW weeks ago, details of more than 33 million accounts were stolen from AshleyMadison. com, a popular website which offers users a chance to have an affair. The group of hackers, who call themselves, The Impact Team, allegedly said, they did so to highlight how AshleyMadison. com was retaining data of its customers, after charging them $ 19 for the same.

But it’s not the only company.

There are millions of them operating as free/ paid services, building profiles on their users. Whether it’s via a browser ( Google Chrome, Mozilla or Microsoft Edge), search engines like Google. com, Bing. com, Ask. com, etc, or simply shopping apps such as Flipkart, Amazon or Snapdeal, etc, that come pre- installed on your phone — a majority of online services are building a profile on you.

So, how do users safeguard their privacy? While it’s not possible to keep them out completely, users can at least restrict the collection of such data. Here’s a checklist:

5 mistakes we make each time we sign up

1. Not checking the settings and opting out of constant surveillance options that are turned on by default.

2. Giving up personal data like location, address, phone number, whereabouts and photographs wrongly assuming that the information will be limited to a small group of their friends and families.

3. Mixing up work data with personal data.

4. Confusing ‘ tech savvy’ with being able to depend on as many apps and devices 5. Not encrypting emails and other communications.

Safeguard your Google/ Facebook sign- ups

Most services require you to signup using social platforms like Google and Facebook. But are you aware of the information that you might be sharing? In a special video by popular anti- virus software maker AVG, on its official blog, Now. avg. com, its security advisor, Michael McKinnon, informs that users should regularly review the security and app settings within any of these platforms. These settings offer details about the permissions that you are offering to a third party website/ app. Here’s how you can do that: For Google Account: Log into your Google account and visit the link security. google. com/ settings / security/ permissions. Here, you can remove the permissions for apps you no longer use. You can also enable two- step verification on Google, similar to what you see in banks. By this method, you will be required to enter a code ( sent to your phone) before signing up.

For Facebook account: On Facebook, you can access the link by visiting Facebook. com/ settings? tab= applications to review your permissions settings. To prevent unauthorised log- ins on Facebook, go to settings in your account, and within the tab ‘ Security’ click on Log In Notifications to enable notifications/ text messages. You will be notified via text message when your account is accessed from a mobile device that you haven’t used before.

Similar settings are available for other social networking platforms as well including Twitter and LinkedIn. Look up their settings page for more details, or ask their experts on Twitter.

On Browsers

1. Never use always signed- in option in your browser, most notably on the Google Chrome browser. Though it’s convenient, it helps trackers and websites to know your identity.

2. Most browsers, by default, have turned on options that allow them to collect data about your behaviour. But you can always turn them off by visiting the settings page. In Firefox, go to Options> Advanced> Data Choices to disable data collection. Also go to Privacy, and select the box which says, ‘ Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked’. In Google Chrome, you can do so by going to Settings> click on Advanced Settings option, and then de- select all options apart from ‘ Send a Do Not Track’ option and ‘ Enable Malware and Phishing Protection’. Also, make sure you have turned- off location sharing in your browser.

3. If you’re looking for browsers where you can browse anonymously, a suitable option is to use Epic Privacy Browser or the The Onion Router ( Tor) browser, available for free from Torproject. org. Tor is a great tool for those working in NGOs, and journalists, to keep government agencies from snooping into their online behaviour.

Ask the app makers/ service providers

Almost every website should provide guidelines about what data it stores, its data sharing and usage policy, and they should offer a method to its users to opt- out from its services. If not, we recommend asking them on their official Twitter page for details on how to opt- out of their services and delete all personal data. We asked several of these services for details, most refused to answer. Here are some who either answered our queries or had answers in their websites: BharatMatrimony. com BharatMatrimony. com under its privacy- policy page states that it doesn’t sell/ rent any identifiable information at the individual level to any third party. Members can chose to un- subscribe from the website via the un- subscribe page, however, there’s no link given under that on how to go about it. The steps find mention under Creation/ Modification with the subhead Activation/ Deactivation in the FAQs page.

Truecaller Truecaller users can unlist themselves from Truecaller services by first deactivating their account on the app under the About section. Then visit the link Truecaller. com/ unlist to unlist themselves from Truecaller.

However, there’s no clarity on whether it will delete your personal data from its servers as well.

Trulymadly. com Sachin Bhatia , co- founder and CEO of TrulyMadly says, “ All information about a user is self- updated and the existing user can anytime update or remove any or all information as per their personal preferences. If they deactivate their account, all their information gets wiped off too. We do not retain any information other than the email id and phone number.” Thatspersonal. com A popular website for all things adult, Thatspersonal. com seems to stand true to its name. The company’s privacy policy states that all online transactions made on the website would not show the company’s name.

However, it’s not clear if the company retains details about its users.

Source |Mid Day | 26 August 2015

8 things you can do in Windows 10 that you couldn't do in Windows 8

8 things you can do in Windows 10 that you couldn't do in Windows 8

Some of the features and functions Microsoft has added to its new all-encompassing operating system

Did you hear there's a new version of the Windows in town? If your Windows 8-toting friends ask you exactly what you can do with the new Windows 10 that they can't do on their own machines, here's what to tell them.

Analyse the storage space on your PC

In the pre-Windows 10 days, you needed a third-party application if you wanted to take a proper look at the layout of files and drives on your system. With Windows 10, there's a tool built-in: Type `storage' in the task bar search box.

Next, choose the storage setting and you can see exact ly wh at types of files (like mu sic, apps or video) are taking up your hard drive space.

Use a fingerprint instead of a password

T his is pa r t of t he Windows Hello biometric platform and whether or not you can make use of it depends on the make and model of computer you're using Windows 10 on. Apart from fin gerprint sensing, it supports face recognition and even iris scanning. So if computer manufacturers are prepared to build this kind of kit into their systems then Microsoft's new OS will be able to support it.

Switch to a dedicated tablet mode

Windows 8 tried to squash a tablet mode and a desktop mode into one ungainly whole, but everything is far more civilised in the new Windows 10 interface. Open up the Action Center to switch manually to tablet mode or get out of it again. In fact you may prefer using the stripped-down tablet mode even when you have a mouse and a keyboard attached.

Stream Xbox One games

Streaming games from one place to another isn't a completely original idea, but the link Microsoft has built between the Xbox One and Windows 10 machines could be the best use of the technology yet. If the kids want to use the big screen in the living room you can stream your Xbox One gaming up to your laptop or desktop upstairs (if your home network can cope).

Share WiFi passwords with your friends

The new WiFi Sense feature (in network settings) has attracted its fair share of controversy but it's an easy way of letting people use your home WiFi while they're visiting (and for you to use theirs in return). Your contacts never actually see the password but if they're linked to you and also on a Windows 10 bit of kit they can just start browsing as soon as they get through the door.

Run modern apps on the desktop

We've already mentioned some of the ways in which Microsoft is refining the tablet vs desktop experience in Windows 10. Another improvement in this new OS is the ability to run mod ern (aka Metro) apps in windowed mode as well as full-screen mode.

The apps themselves have been improved too, so they're worth a second look if you didn't like the Windows 8 versions.

Get chatty with Cortana

Cortana arrives on the desktop.

As on Windows Phone, you can ask question s about the weather or famous pop stars, get direc tions home, set reminders and more.  Besides you c a n a l so get her to turn Wi ndows s et t i n g s such as WiFi and Bluetooth on or off. Click the Cortana button on the `start' menu to get started. Set up Windows to work with iOS and Android

Microsoft has decide to embrace iOS and Android and now makes most of it s apps available for the competing mobile platforms (Cortana apps are apparently imminent) . Run t he Phone Companion app from the Start menu and you can launch a step-by-step guide to get t i n g your iPhone 6 or LG G4 working smoothly with all the data and apps you've .

Source | Economic Times | 26 August 2015

The logic behind assignments

The logic behind assignments

They provide the opportunity to do things differently, obtain feedback and build skills and insights.

A while ago, I was chatting with a former student and the conversation veered toward the familiar — my rant about how little effort young people seem to put into their assignments.

“I can see that they write their essays at the last possible moment, almost as if they are doing it just to fulfil the formality of the submission,” I complained.

“But that’s exactly what they’re doing,” she said, asking how much that particular assignment was worth in terms of marks. When I told her it was five marks (out of the semester total of 100), she laughed. “Then of course, that’s why — it’s only worth that much effort.”

Most students work through a process of elimination — how many marks will this question or task be worth? Is it enough to demand that I spend time on it? How selectively can I apply my effort and time? If it’s a multiple choice test, I have a one-in-four chance of getting something right. So how much reading will help me maximise those odds? Exams and tests become something of a gamble.

Call me naive, call me impractical, but, to me, thinking this way seems to defeat the whole purpose of education. I agree that much of what goes as education in our country is about toting up enough marks to get a decent grade so that we can qualify for the degree. So, young people spend entire decades looking at courses as nothing more than marksheets to be filled with the right numbers. The way in which classes are conducted does nothing to change this.

But, occasionally, one is presented with the opportunity to do it differently — and this happens more often than one realises.

Let me draw from my own experience here. I teach a class on writing, and, in the course of sixteen weeks, I hope to expose my students to a variety of forms of professional writing. On an average, they are required to submit twelve weekly assignments, and these tasks amount to 40 per cent of the grade. If a student calculates the value of each task in terms of marks, it works out to less than 4 marks each. That’s not very much, right? It is okay to miss a couple or not to take a few so seriously — it’s not going to affect the grade that much. Besides, there is still the 60 per cent that one can focus on to make up.

But what, really, is the “value” of each of these assignments? It is the opportunity to (however briefly) attempt a certain kind of writing task. If one misses a particular assignment, then what is lost is not just the 4 marks, but the opportunity to learn or practise that particular kind of writing.

Unfortunately, the structure of evaluation doesn’t allow me to count marks beyond 100, and, in my view, there is so much to be learnt that I have to build in many tasks — a situation that leads to several short assignments, each really “valuable” in my estimation in terms of learning. When a student approaches the task only in terms of the marks it represents, we both stand to lose. The student loses that learning opportunity that exists in the doing and in the receiving of feedback. I lose the teaching opportunity that exists in reading and giving feedback.

We do need to be smart about allocating time and effort in our busy lives. There’s so much to do and so little time and space to do it. But one can also get overly calculating about assigning value. Assignments or classwork have certain logic to them. That logic is not really measured in terms of the marks, but the learning opportunity they represent.

So how does one really evaluate this value? Think carefully about whether and what you will gain from doing the task, setting aside the marks it will fetch. Is it a repetitive task that aims to build skill or is it a creative or reflective task that aims to build insight and understanding? Clearly, you will learn more from the latter but it also takes more time and effort.

Courses are a jumble of learning opportunities, and these come in different shapes, sizes and forms, defined by marks, time, interest and effort/engagement. You may not always be able to judge the real value just in terms of the marks. That is a somewhat arbitrary measure that teachers are forced to apply.

Source | The Hindu | 23 August 2015

Resume for success

Resume for success

Writing a winning Curriculum Vitae is a skill. How do you make a positive impression?

If you’re someone who is done with your studies and are waiting to put your knowledge to some practical use, or someone who is looking for a career change, the first thing you do is either whip up a resume or update one.

While it’s never easy to pour out into a limited amount of space, information and qualifications that make up your resume, it is definitely something that ought to be executed skilfully.

Keep it crisp

It is no longer just the generation of black ink on a couple of white sheets of paper that drone on about what you’ve done, what you will do and how you will do it. In this day and age, the two-page resume which you’ve put so much thought into runs the risk of getting rejected or completely ignored for being too stale or monotonous.

Therefore, it’s a good thing that many individuals, like yourself, have already begun thinking outside the box.

It is an accepted fact that people charged with the responsibility of scouring through scores of resumes have a very limited span of attention. Whether it’s your qualifications or past experiences, key information represented in short, neat and evenly spaced sentences makes a huge difference.

Not only is this style easy to read, you also contribute by saving up on the employer’s time even as they simultaneously learn more about you.

The ultimate goal, on any day, is how the roles that you play and the tasks that you carry out will help you grow as a professional and as an individual as well. You might be sure about what you expect to learn from a particular organisation, but the organisation itself will need to know how you can help the company grow and why you should be chosen instead of the competition.

If the section on your past experiences state that you’ve either led a team or handled a project solo, instead of only saying that you’ve done that, you could elaborate on the process and share the positive outcome. Not only does this imply that you’re capable of dealing with such assignments, it also gives a clear picture of how you can contribute.Setting aside your capabilities and accomplishments, sections of your resume that at times do end up seeming similar to a contenders’ resume, it is vital to share information that is exclusive to you alone. Be it a hobby, a talent or a work experience in a field far from what you’re pursuing now, this section equally contributes in putting you on a future employers’ radar, ultimately leading to an interview call.

It might be too harsh to make a decision based on first impressions. But, when it comes to hiring, one look is all it takes to decide if your resume, and ultimately you, are worth spending time on.

This brings us to the most interesting and creative part of putting together a resume. Today it’s all about colours, optimum usage of space, design, visuals and even the medium itself. From graphical representations to pie charts, crisp tri-fold brochures to animated illustrations, video resumes to resumes printed on actual fabric; there is no dearth of ideas.

While this certainly puts life into the tedious task of compiling a resume, it is important to first know your audience. Quirky resumes might appeal to certain types of organisations while they may be deemed as inappropriate by others.

Last but certainly not the least is the task of stopping yourself from talking any more about yourself. You might wonder if the information provided is solid enough to get you to the next round, and, honestly, this apprehension can never completely be abated.

One way to handle this situation would be to summarise the facts about yourself, your aspirations and what you can accomplish. There’s nothing like a prospective employee who can get to the point right from the start. You may start your resume with this summary or conclude with it. No matter what you choose, you are sure to come across as someone who doesn’t believe in beating around the bush.

Finally, it’s your capabilities and the creative effort you put in that will help you stand out and eventually score the position you desire.

Key information represented in short, neat and evenly spaced sentences makes a huge difference.

Source | The Hindu | 24 August 2015

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