Ministry Of Human Resource Development Research Articles

Skill Development is Meaningless without Adequate Job Creation: An Issue and Challenge

Skill development is a continuous process to improve knowledge, skills, attitude and social behaviour of human resources for doing a particular job. Skill is the ability to exercise one's knowledge on a particular job, whereas skill development fuels improvement of this ability. Here, implementing a particular skill on a particular job is very important because without practice, the ability wanes in sharpness very rapidly nixing skill development. The Union ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has taken an initiative to develop a plethora of human resources, keeping in view the need for skilled manpower for the country as well as to develop skills among the huge population for rendering them employable and productive. India already spends $50 billion each year to step up human resources for adequate employment. Moreover, recently the Modi Government announced a plan for ‘Skill India’, under which many institutions will be inaugurated for skill development and training at operational level, supervisory level and also at managerial level. But unfortunately, no plans for adequate job creation were announced. This obliviously leads to agrave situation. Skill developmentwithout adequate job creation has no meaning. Therefore, both steps would have to be taken to develop skills and to increase adequate jobs. In fact, skill development and adequate job creation programme should be driven forward simultaneously.

Title Nau: The Impact of Title IX on Women's Education in the U.S. and What it Means for India

This research investigates the impact of Title IX on women's education in the U.S. and how a comparable policy in India could improve women's education in India. The existing education policies in the U.S. and India were thoroughly reviewed to understand the impact of Title IX on female education over the past 40 years and to recognize gaps in Indian policy. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, NSF through WebCASPAR and the India Ministry of Human Resource Development was reviewed through descriptive analysis. Different variables from primary, secondary and tertiary education were examined. It was determined that Title IX improved the outcomes for nearly all the markers for female education within the U.S. Thus, the research concluded that despite differences between the educational frameworks of both countries, a form of Title IX policy in India would be beneficial in reducing the gender inequality present in the education system.

EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: A STUDY OF PRACTITIONERS’ PERCEPTIONS IN INDIAN CONTEXT

This study on leadership development among school heads in government and aided schools of India investigated the significance of a school leadership development program for the school heads of Odisha and Karnataka as perceived by a specific group of state level practitioners called the State Resource Group (SRG). The school leadership program is a policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, India and formulated under the National Centre for School Leadership at the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, India. The sample of the study consists of 50 State Resource Group members from Karnataka and Odisha states. Interviews and focus group discussions have been used to collect data for this qualitative study. By highlighting the sample groups’ perceptions of challenges of the school heads, lacunae in existing professional development programs and how these lacunae can be addressed, this study would help in addressing key issues and challenges in implementing the school leadership program. Based on the perceptions of the SRG members, the study found that the main challenges faced by school heads included the inability to collaborate and work as a team, inadequate interpersonal skills, lack of content knowledge, political interference in running of the school and inability to deal with context specific challenges. Based on the findings the study identified thrust areas that would inform the curriculum of NCSL school leadership development to help the school heads deal with these challenges

Innovative Methods of Teaching & Learing Electronics Engineering

India is a country with huge populations and similarly number of universities and educational institutes across the country. As per All India Survey of higher education in 2013 conducted by Ministry of Human Resource development there are more than 642 Universities, 34908 colleges and 11356 stand alone institutions. Still there is not even a single educational institute from India which is listed in top 100 in the world. Thus there is an urgent need for the transformation of Indian educational system. This paper evaluates the traditional methods of teaching and suggests different innovating teaching methods. With traditional methods of teaching and learning the present day learners feel uncomfortable a bit. This paper portrays combining this two types how we can make our teaching more effective. The suggested methodologies are applicable to all the streams of knowledge in general but to Electronics engineering in particular. Ultimately whatever the teaching methodology we adopt, but teaching must be learner centric.

Dynamic and static asana practices.

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

Growth of Engineering Education in India

This article examines the growth of engineering education in India in the post-economic reform period using the secondary data published by Ministry of Human Resource Development, University Grants Commission and All India Council for Technical Education. Particularly, this article has focused on three important dimensions of engineering and technical education in India—institutional expansion, enrolment pattern and public financing. It finds that there has been a massive expansion of both institutions and enrolment in engineering education in India during the post-liberalization period, and this expansion has apparently taken place in the private sector. Also, as expected, the enrolment in engineering education has increased fast compared to other disciplines and overall enrolment growth of higher education. However, this massive expansion of engineering education has not been able to provide access to the disadvantaged groups, namely women, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The study also reveals that the public expenditure on engineering education has not increased at par with the increase in enrolment in this sector, which has resulted in the decline in per student public expenditure. The issues and concerns discussed in this article have brought up some promising avenues for future research in this area.

The Aakash tablet and technological imaginaries of mass education in contemporary India

We explore here public and private initiatives in technological solutions for educating the poor and the disadvantaged in India since the second half of the twentieth century. Specifically, we document Ministry of Human Resource Development’s project to develop an affordable tablet computer, named ‘Aakash,’ as a personal access device for digital courses and online learning materials. We approach this case study in relation to several educational technologies that preceded it, and with a wider interest in mapping a contemporary transition from satellite-based mass education to Internet-based mass education. We argue that this process cannot be easily seen as a transition from unilateral broadcasting to more democratic multi-casting model of communication and learning. Specifically, we study the manufacturing process of Aakash and the public debates around it, to comment on the nature of state power in India, as revealed in its attempts to imagine and develop a digital personal device to deliver mass education.

Foreign Education Providers Bill under Companies Act: For Profit or Corporate Social Responsibility?

The initiative taken by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for removing the legislative deadlock over the Foreign Education Providers (FEPs) bill is going to involve changes in the recently passed Companies Act, 2013, and also a reframing of some of the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines. This initiative has certain implications and possible future repercussions which have given rise to many questions regarding the objectives and functioning of India’s higher education system. The way this bill has been posed, it seems poised to usher in a fresh bout of private and foreign education institutions with their positive and negative dimensions for higher education. This commentary aims to bring these and many other contradictory aspects of this bill under the ambit of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the UGC guidelines.

Higher Education in India: Challenges and Government's Initiatives

Higher Education stands as one of the pillars of success of any nation. So it becomes necessary to understand the pros and cons of Higher Education system of any country. Therefore, the present paper purports to finding out the specific challenges which is evident in the Higher Education system of India and Government's initiatives to fight the existing challenges. Secondary data was used to infer the current scenario of Higher Education in India. It was found that the contribution of National Knowledge Commission (NKC), University Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is enormous in addressing various aspects of Higher Education in India. In spite of many efforts by the Govt. of India to harness the education system, there is a huge gap between the policies initiated and their implementation which is demanding innovate approaches and models to ensure quality education.

Public Expenditure for Inclusive Education in India: A Critical Economic Evaluation

The socio economic landscape of the country is rapidly changing. The Ministry of Human Resource Development is conscious about changing scenario and has been taking the steps to mitigate the adverse impact of growing ‘exclusive-ism’ within the society, which would not be in the best interest of the future generation. This study has explored government financing of education in India and across the states of the country. Economic reform has certainly affected public expenditure on social sector in general and that on education sector in particular. The study concluded that state real per capita income, is found to significantly enhance educational expenditure at the aggregate level. Moreover, contrary to general perceptions, education expenditure at all levels has been significantly lower after liberalization in comparison with the preeconomic reform era.

Internationalisation of library and information science education: Adopting choice based credit system (CBCS) in Indian universities with special reference to library and information science in Mizoram University

On the recommendation of National Knowledge Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), University Grants Commission (UGC), the universities in India are planning major academic reforms to bring quality in higher education. University Grants Commission, a national apex body responsible for planning, policy making and maintenance of standards in higher education in India has taken a number of measures including introduction of choice based credit system in the university. This system will provide ample opportunities to make a choice from array of subjects offered by the same department and other departments in the campus. The present paper discusses the introduction of choice based credit system in library and information science keeping in view the international trends and developments with regards to its recognition, credit transfer and quality assurance. The paper further discusses the credits, courses and components of Master's course in Library and Information Science based on choice based credit system and introduced in Mizoram University, located in the north-eastern part of India. The authors conclude that the effective implementation of the course depends on proper counselling to the students opting for soft courses and open electives and monitoring at regular interval. The ultimate objective of this system is to bring quality at par with international standard in which the pass out students not only enhance their subject knowledge and learning skills but get international recognition as well.

The Mid Day Meal scheme: A holistic initiative to augment the nutritional and educational status of the children

The World Health Organization has estimated that in the year 2012, out of the 6.5 million deaths reported worldwide in the under-five year age group, around 2.4 million were from India alone. All these nutrition-related indices clearly reflect that the nutritional status of under-five children is still bad and needs concerted efforts from the policy makers and the health care professionals in the country. In response to the poor nutrition indicators in the children, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, launched the Mid Day Meal scheme in the year 1995. Currently, it is the world's largest school feeding program that caters to about 120 million children in over 1.2 million schools and other centers. Although progress is being observed in the country's commitment to successfully achieve the Millennium Development Goals -1 and 4, the overall achievement is far from the expected. To conclude, the Mid Day Meal Scheme is one of the country's national flagships feeding scheme initiated to improve the nutritional and educational status of the vulnerable children. However, the sustainability of the scheme depends on the political will, community participation, and continuous monitoring of the program.

Decoding the integrated approach to yoga therapy.

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

Response to prana and electrons in health and beyond.

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

Toward building evidence for yoga.

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

Does yoga exercise therapy affect oxidative stress parameters in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis?

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

A commentary on Nemati (2013): "The effect of pranayama on test anxiety and test performance".

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

Teachers as Professionals: Accountable and Autonomous? Review of the Report of the Justice Verma Commission on Teacher Education. August 2012. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Teachers as Professionals: Accountable and Autonomous? Review of the Report of the Justice Verma Commission on Teacher Education. August 2012. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Yoga therapy and schizophrenia

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi

Bridging the mind-body divide

International Journal of Yoga is peer-reviewed open access scholarly publication of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (a Deemed University) recognized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through UGC, Government of India, New Delhi, Indi