SEX EDUCATION: THE NECESSITY & APPROACH

A Very Critical Problem indeed

It is one of those problems that need a really careful approach. I mean, come to think of it, you could not enter the classroom and start discussing sex just like that. You might do damage or you might do good, you never know.

Good, we already know - methods of safe sex and hence prevention of STDs and a much healthier approach.

Damaging - you evoke curiousity, you evoke the "experimentalist" within people.

I am not saying this is the general case. It all depends on the person who would impart this education and his approach.

But several questions remain unanswered and people who interact most with children - the teachers especially really need to get down and answer these issues:

1) What is the right age?
2) Does right age depend on Social Conditions?
3) How should Sciences and Humanities courses be shaped to accomodate sex education?
4) What should be the approach?
5) Who should be entrusted with the responsibility of sex education within a schooling institution?
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These are some of the questions that we need to consider.

Jewelry,Watches and Birthstones

Jewelry shopping? Shopping for big ticket items like jewelry can be one
of the most fun, exciting, nerve racking, frustrating, scary.... see
where this is going? Well you can relax...

These buying guides will help you sort through the madness. Whether you
know the difference between carat and karat or not, by the time you're
done here you'll be ready to make your luxury purchase.

Are you thinking about buying jewelry as a gift? If you're not sure what is or isn't appropriate, maybe you should read up on  How to Buy Gifts before you get started here. For those of you with something specific in mind, choose from any of the guides. And remember, when in doubt, go with a birthstone!

Birthstones are precious or semiprecious
gems that represent a person's time of birth. Most birthcharts separate
stones by month - for example, the set on the left is a ruby for July.
However, some people prefer to wear the stone that corresponds to their
astrological sign.  Birthstones are a classic gift for rites of
passage, such as birth, elementary or middle school graduations,
sixteenth birthdays, etc. More commonly, they are given for religious
rites, such as baptism, first communion, confirmation, etc. They are
great gifts from parents to their children, or for young couples to
exchange at birthdays or anniversaries.
Birthstones are a fun way to say "Happy Birthday" to a special someone.
Birthstones are sometimes used as anniversary gifts as well -- for
example, if you married in June your anniversary stone would be pearl.
Birthstone jewelry is great for birthday presents, Christmas gifts,
Mother's Day or anytime. For moms and dads, jewelry featuring the
birthstones of their children are popular choices as well. While
jewelery is a great gift idea, birthstones can also be incorporated
into various types of ornaments, pendants, brooches, and even picture
frames. The number of ways that birthstones can be incorporated into a
gift is endless and what's even better is that a birthstone gift shows
thoughtfulness and brings about a more personal element that many
simple store-bought gifts lack. Many also beleve that the birthstone
that pertains to an individual's month brings good luck.

Birthstones,Jewelry and Watches

Study in India

With more than 17,000 colleges, 400 universities, 13 institutes of
national importance and various other vocational institutes, the higher
education system in India is one of the largest in the world.


However, it is the fast integrating world economy and corresponding
rise of students mobility that have made studying in India an
attractive option. There are a large number of Indian as well as
foreign students who apply every year to Indian universities and
colleges. For all those who wish to study in India,
it is very important to get prior and correct information about the
courses that you would like to undertake, the university you want to
apply to and how to go about the application procedure. For an
international student, it is also important to know the accommodation
facilities, weather conditions, food habits and cost of living in the
city in which he or she intends to study.

Education in India

The education system in
India has savored a special bond between the teacher and the pupil
since time unknown. In fact, India was the country to have established
what we know as the 'gurukul' system of education. However, with the
coming of the Britishers, English has become a part and parcel of
Indian education system.

Today English is the third major medium of instruction in India after Hindi and Marathi.

Advantages of Studying in India

India is fast becoming a major economic power in the world today. And
if its growth trend continues for some more years, it would soon be
playing a major role in the world economy along with China. This itself
has been a major cause of attraction for many international students.
Moreover, India's successful stint with democracy (except the years
between 1975-1977) has also been a major magnetic force for scholars
around the world. However, apart from knowing India well, there are
some other advantages that are attracting students to study in India.
Some of these are -

• Low Cost: The cost of education in India is quite low as compared to many other countries of the world.
  
  
• Quality Education:Quality
  of education is not uniform throughout the length and breath of the
  country. However, there are some educational institutes in India that
  provide world class education.Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management, Indian Institutes of Science, National Law Schools,Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University
  are some such Institutes. The government of India is also speeding up
  the efforts to establish more such institutes that can offer quality
  education in India.
• Financial Assistance: Various scholarships, education loans and other financial aids are now available for studying in India today.
  
• Consultation Service: The governement of
  India provides consultation service to the interested international
  students through Education Consultants of India (Ed.CIL). Thus one can
  get all the information about the Indian education system, cost of
  education, duration, visa, accommodation facilities even before landing
  up in India.
  
• Unique Courses: Apart from above mentioned
  advantages, one can also study some unique courses that were discovered
  and developed by the traditional knowledge system of India. Ayurveda,
  Sankrit, Yoga, Hindi are some such courses that enthuse many
  international sudents.
  

Smiley Sky of 1st December, 2008 New Delhi

You will see a "conjunction", as seen above in the picture taken by me
from New Delhi India, of the crescent moon with two bright planets -
Venus and Jupiter - this evening. Today, in the early evening, go out
as soon as it starts getting dark and look south west, where the sun
sets. Look for the thin crescent Moon. "The very bright 'evening star'
just to the left of the moon is the planet Venus. “The other bright
star above to the right of the moon is Jupiter." This will be visible
for about two hours after the sun has set, for one evening only. "If
you watch closely enough, you will notice the moon moving eastwards in
its orbit around the Earth - the gap between Jupiter and the Moon will
increase slightly. No equipment is necessary and it can be seen even
from brightly-lit cities such as New Delhi.

Is'nt it Smiley? May God Bless All!

Section 25 companies to be allowed to invest in higher education in India

Private and foreign corporate investment may soon get to flow into
Indian higher education with the government considering a move to
reform policy that hinders such financing. Currently, it is not
possible for non-profit

Primary education for profit likely to be allowed in India

This is a very interesting move by the Government, heralding a huge
change in their thinking on funding primary education. If they
implement it, there could be a surge of much-needed private investment
into primary education.

Career Launcher and SKS Microfinance launch school chain in Andhra Pradesh

Career Launcher chain of schools and SKS Microfinance have jointly
launched SKS-CL Academy to set up English medium schools in Andhra
Pradesh. The Academy would set up 10 schools in Nalgonda, Khammam,
Rangareddy and Medak districts in the State.

Science, Technique, Fun Videos

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career management

Career management can be described as managing the organizational
career. In other words it is directly connected with the individual
task at workplace like stress management, decision formation, life
stage transition etc. Employees are responsible for their own
development. No employer will look after your career progression.
Career management is just not an activity but an essential element to
survive in this competitive environment. If you want job security and
unlimited progress in your career then it is not important that you
should be born with a silver spoon in mouth. You have to develop great
skills and enhance your current knowledge in various fields, only then
you will be noticed.

For
reading the complete article and more article on various topics like
stress management, time management, project management, see this

http://www.givemepublicity.com/career-management-tips-take-charge-of-your-career.asp

it is wonderful and you will surely like it!

Gujarat to have forensic science university: Modi

A forensic science university is to be set up in Gujarat, according to Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Speaking
at a function in Ahmedabad on Wednesday evening, Modi said that
forensic science was making a significant contribution in judicial
procedures.
The function was convened to bid farewell to the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court, Yad Ram Meena.
By
setting up the university, Gujarat intends to play a crucial role in
cultivating distinguished human resource in forensic science as it
would help unravel vital clues in solving cyber crimes, economic
offences and crimes committed using sophisticated technology.
Gujarat's innovative initiatives have speeded up judicial proceedings, the chief minister said.
Meena,
who was elevated as chief justice in February 2007, praised Modi for
setting up Evening Courts and for unveiling other novel legal
initiatives including developing infrastructure like court buildings.
"When
I took charge there were 3.9 million pending cases. Today the figure
has come down to 2.2 million. Gujarat has become the first state to
achieve the goal of cutting down pending cases," Meena said.
Modi presented a shawl and memento to Meena. Chief Secretary Manjula Subramanyam presented a shawl to Laxmi Meena.

India’s Merit Students: Lets forget India's Unity

Title: India’s Merit Students are Genocide Victims: Inviting Crime by Delusions of “India’s Unity and Integrity”


Reservation
policy in India is a social crime. It is "revenge discrimination"
misdirected towards innocent children. Seeds of ethnic genocide with
relatively few deaths but the most despicable criminal intent and
inevitable escalation.

Every child that is deprived of what it
rightfuly deserves after studying hard is a shame on all the Indian
governments and people. Every self-immolation and suicide incident of a
student missing a seat by a few marks represents blood stains in the
hands of millions of Mandalite voters. Yes, voting masses (not
politicians or courts) are engaged in civil war and bloodshed using
ballot papers as murder weapons.

Think about it this way: if a
society is so fractured that student suicides dont ring a bell with
every section of the society, then it is better to split apart. If
educational institutions can be split based on percentages in
population, then why not the territory itself?

Finally, India’s
unity that stood miraculously for so long propped by supreme sacrifices
of it’s protectors, will break because of OBC quota. It is because
India’s real protectors are being killed by hundreds of millions of
voting traitors that were being protected with a promise of unity. The
Mandalites don’t want/need unity, then why are we merit folks blowing
trumpets for national unity and territorial integrity? Stop it! Enough
is enough because India doesn’t need us. We don’t belong to the Indian
plan and Indian value system. The SC-ST-OBC-Merit quota system can be
turned into a favorable New Indian Partition formula for saving the
merit camp.

"A COW IS MORE SACRED AND VALUED THAN HUMANS"

Castes and Casteism is a filthy human practice, it was an invention of
anti-social Hindu religious people of ancient times. Aimed to divide
and sabbotage fellow humans life in the name of meaningless and
ruthless caste system. Ironically and sadly, there is no difference
between ancient Indians and the present day hindu and casteistic
Indians, they still worship and practice the filthy Caste System. For
this educated but illitrate Indians "A COW IS MORE SACRED AND VALUED
THAN HUMANS".

A DRASTIC CHANGE SHUD TAKE PLACE

YES THE PRESENT SCENARIO OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA IS VERY BAD
IT HAS TO BE CHANGED.THERE ARE MORE UNWANTED TOPICS AND MOREOVER THE
SYLLABUS IS NOT UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME.NEW TOPICS ARE COMING MANY
NEW DISCOVERIES&INVENTIONS ARE TAKING PLACE.STUDENTS ARE NOT
UPDATED REGLARLY.MOREOVER THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT SYLLABUS IN INDIA
THAT IS A VERY BAD THING.

THE SYLABBUS MUST BE MADE SAME ALLOVER THE COUNTRY.

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Social Science projects - IX

Why projects in Social science?

Education is a developmental process, which transforms us. It brings about a change in the mental and physical behaviour. To bring about this change, we need to introduce concepts, generalizations, issues and skills, which seem relevant to our lives.

Social Science is one of the subjects which brings all of closer to our environment, society and the geographical, social , economic and political processes . It enables us to understand the process of social change and the role that we can play towards this change.

With the onset of new millennium, we are facing many challenges. Information explosion and widespread use of information technology has given us whole lot of information and data. Therefore its necessary for us to make sense out of it. In Social Science education particularly there has been a felt need to make its learning interesting, motivating and participatory in nature. Sensing this need we have to do projects in Social Science.

Students of class IX can download the Internal assessment Project list from here

Social Science Projects IX

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Nearly 42,000 women become literate in 4 weeks

Nearly 42,000 rural women in the country with zero literacy levels have learnt to read and write in Hindi in just four weeks' time, thanks to a computer-literacy programme.

The women, who belong to the states of Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh and were illiterate, can now read and write after undergoing a computer-based literacy programme 'TARA Akshar'.

During the programme, students attend 100 minute-class a day held for six days a week.

The first 18 days are spent inculcating the sounds of letters and letter groups by the use of advanced memory techniques.

The next 12 days are spent to enhance the learner's ability to read words and sentences.

Writing is taught throughout the programme and on the 30th day, a written comprehension test is given to the students.

The programme is being funded by Department for International Development (DFID), UK under the Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) programme since the last one year.

"We now have 291 centres across Northern India, where people who do not know how to read and write are learning that in 30 days. Currently, we are targeting women whose ages range from eight to 50," said Kiran Sharma, Project Director, PACS.

Reducing Illiteracy in the Country

India has 35% of the world’s total illiterates. Even though India has been ranked 105th in the Global Monitoring Report (GMR), 2008, as compared to 99th rank in the GMR, 2007, the Education Development Index (EDI) has risen from 0.789 to 0.797. The main achievements of India, as per the GMR 2008, are high level of net enrolment in Primary education and significantly improved adult literacy and gender parity.

The following concrete steps have been taken for achieving the Millennium Development Goal pertaining to universal primary education:

I. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) aimed at achieving the objectives of universalization of elementary education amongst children in the age group of 6-14 years in a time bound manner. As a result of this programme a large number of children have been brought into the fold of elementary education and number of out of school children has come down from 320 lakh in 2001-02 to 76 lakh in 2007-08.

II. Introduction of cooked Mid-day Meal (MDM) Scheme for all children in class I-IV in Government and Government aided schools, centres under the Alternative and Innovative Education (AIE) and Education Guarantee Scheme and its extension to upper Primary level in 3479 educationally backward blocks (EBBs).

III. Levy of 2% Education Cess in order to bridge the gap between available plan resources and establish requirements to finance Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Mid-day Meal, the two main programmes for universalization of elementary education.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri M.A.A. Fatmi in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 28th Apirl 2008.

Concessions to Handicapped Students

The Central Board of Secondary Education has provided the following concessions to physically handicapped students:-

i. Option of studying one compulsory language as against two for general candidates and option to offer other subjects in lieu of Mathematics or Science.

ii. Facility of a writer in the examination, if requested for.

iii. Additional time ranging from 30 minutes to sixty minutes provided to answer the question paper.

iv. Separate question papers in enlarged print for visually impaired candidates.

v. Alternative questions provided for the visually impaired candidates, in lieu of questions having visual inputs in Social Science and English Communicative for class X, and in History, Geography and Economics for class XII.

vi. Special seating arrangement for the conduct of the examination on the ground floor as far as possible.

vii. Physio-therapy exercises are considered as equivalent to physical education and health education course.

Answer Books of such candidates are evaluated separately.

viii. The above concessions are being extended to the candidates of all CBSE affiliated schools throughout the country.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri M.A.A. Fatmi in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

‘Education loans, a major feat of UPA Govt’

The extension of education loans has been a singular achievement of the Government under the United Progressive Alliance and the benefits have gone to the poor, agriculturists and the middle-class, said the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, here on Sunday while inaugurating the 1,327th branch of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).

The fully computerised branch with biometric ATM and core banking solution (CBS) is OBC’s first branch in Sivaganga district.

Applauding the performance of rural students in the recent Plus Two examinations in Tamil Nadu, he said public-sector banks had in 2007-08 disbursed educational loans amounting to Rs 19,771 crore to 12,51,692 persons. The banks have started facilitating online filing of application for educational loans, and by the end of the year all banks will go online and there should be no difficulty in obtaining the loan, he said. Giving utmost importance to education, besides loans, the Government has come up with a slew of scholarship schemes for various sections, including minorities and scheduled tribes, to pursue education at the school level, polytechnics and ITIs. To promote talent in science and industry, scholarships will be offered under a scheme called ‘Inspire’, he added.