DigiLocker is now integrated to Passport Services

 Minister of State for External Affairs Shri V. Muraleedharan today

launched a new scheme by which an applicant can leverage the DigiLocker

platform of Government of India while applying for passport related services

from anywhere in India. With the launch of this new scheme, applicants

applying for passport services can provide link to their specific documents

uploaded in the DigiLocker. This would enable citizens to submit various

documents required for Passport Services through DigiLocker in a paperless

mode. They are not required to carry the original documents. DigiLocker is a

key initiative under Digital India, a flagship program aimed at transforming

India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. DigiLocker

provides citizens a sharable private space on a public cloud enabling

availability of all documents/certificates provided on this cloud. Targeted at

paperless governance, DigiLocker is a platform for issuance and verification of

documents/ certificates in a digital way, thus eliminating the use of physical

documents. Further, once passports are also uploaded in DigiLocker, details

would be easily accessible to authorized users from any location, which would

be useful especially in case of loss of passport.

Suggestions on Improvements in the Central Government Organisations

Proposal to the Central Vigilance Commission (and PM Shri Narendra Modi)

On the best MODEL to minimize Corruption. 

Guarantee: Either corruption minimises or else maximum citizens get employment.  

Satyanishth Employee Scheme 

1. Trap any three government employees in corruption through a sting operation.  
2. Prove it in the court. Guilty employees get permanently dismissed from job. 
3. The candidate gets the job in the same Department of any one dismissed employee of choice, as far as possible on the same post. If needed, free training will be provided (subject to the candidate’s educational qualification and other criteria). 

 

Eligibility: 

1. The candidate must be a citizen of India. 
2. He or She must be minimum 18 years old. (Maximum age 35 years, for example) 
3. He or She must not have any criminal history. 
   

CertTESL Course for English Teachers

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

CertTESL course is for English teachers. It can be taken as a pre service teacher training or as an in service teacher training.

This course is available at various universities in India.  For Example, from BAOU, Ahmedabad, IGNOU, New Delhi  and VMOU, Kota.

The courses of BAOU and IGNOU have the same syllabus and study material. However, the syllabus and study material of VMOU is different.

 

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 2,400
Minimum Age: No bar 
Maximum Age: No bar 

Eligibility:

Graduates or three (3) years of BELED
Or
2 years PTT, ETT or 10+2 with two years of teaching experience.

 

Aims and Objectives of the course:

• To Promote teaching of English with the competency in English language.
• To encourage education of English language in the rural and remote areas for the balanced development of the state.
• To Promote equal Opportunities for acquiring competency in English language.
• To develop human recourses knowledge of English language in the rural areas.
• To provide opportunities of learning English to the present in-service employees working in public and private sectors.

·         There are four subjects containing 16 credits.

Sr. No.	Name of the Subject	Subject   Code	Credit	No. of Blocks
	Optional Courses :
1.	The Language Learner	CTE-1	4	4
2.	The Structure of English	CTE-2	4	4
3.	Teaching Strategies	CTE-3	4	4
	Optional Courses : (Select any one)
4.	Teaching English - Elementary School	CTE-4	4	5
5.	Teaching English - Secondary School	CTE-5	4	4

 

 

 

 

Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 2,400
Minimum Age: No bar 
Maximum Age: No bar 

Eligibility:

Graduates or three (3) years of BELED
Or
2 years PTT, ETT or 10+2 with two years of teaching experience.

Fee Structure: Rs. 2,400 + Rs. 200 Registration fee

Aims and Objectives:

In a nutshell, the programme will enhance the teachers understanding of learners, the learning process, the nature and structure of language, and the teaching of it in terms of new and more effective methodologies of classroom management, material selection and evaluation. This programme will help the teacher to:
 

1. Gain insights about the language learner, not only as cognitive entity, but as a social being, functioning in a multilingual environment.
2. Understand the nature of language as a dynamic entity, subject to variation and change.
3. Enhance her/his proficiency in English, not only in terms of the structure of English (sounds, words, grammar) but also at the level of discourse.
4. Critically reflect over her/his classroom experience and innovate in teaching strategies, so that s/he may be able to more effectively teach the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
5. Upgrade herself/himself in the new theories that are prevalent in terms of the learner, the learning process, classroom management, material selection      and creating,
6. Conduct action research.

Sr. No.	Name of the Subject	Subject   Code	Credit	No. of Blocks
	Optional Courses :
1.	The Language Learner	CTE-1	4	4
2.	The Structure of English	CTE-2	4	4
3.	Teaching Strategies	CTE-3	4	4
	Optional Courses : (Select any one)
4.	Teaching English - Elementary School	CTE-4	4	5
5.	Teaching English - Secondary School	CTE-5	4	4

 

 

Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

Maximum Duration 24 Months | Minimum Duration 6 Months

Eligibility:

Graduate in any discipline

Code	Programme
CTE	Certificate in Teaching of English CertTESL	Credits 12
	Course	Type*	Credits
Compulsory	CTE-01 Spoken English : Phonetics and Phonology	TH	4
Compulsory	CTE-02 Written English : Morphology and Morphemes	TH	4
Compulsory	CTE-03 Teaching workshop (practical)	PRAC	4

 

 

Proposal to the MoI&B and the PMO regarding DD Law, DD Vidhi

                                            Proposal to the MoI&B and the PMO

Sir,

Please consider my following proposal: 

To start a new Doordarshan Channel called  

DD Law  

or  

DD Vidhi. 

 

Programmes: 

1. Live telecast of the Supreme Court hearing  
2. Video modules for the students of LLB 
3. Legal awareness programmes for public
   
   

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

10-Month Diploma in Language Education

The Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru has established seven Regional Language

Centres with a goal of training school teachers in a second language and thereby contribute to the implementation of three-language formula and national integration. These  

Regional Centres offer a 10-month Diploma in Language Education in second language for

about 5 decades usually from July to April every year. It involves 1085 hours of effective

language instruction and learning. The total intake of this residential programme is 506.

Eligibility and Essential Qualifications: 

General:

i. The applicant should not have any formal degree, native/nativised proficiency or informal 

knowledge in the language applied for. 

ii. The applicants should not have been trained in any of the languages at the Regional 

Language Centres or have discontinued or have been terminated from the RLCs.

iii. The applicants can select a language from the list provided in Table 1.

iv. The applicants should select the language they want to learn carefully as change in the

language choice is not permissible after joining the course.

v. Preference of language should be clearly mentioned in the application. Otherwise, seats

will be allotted according to the vacancies available in the Regional Language Centres.

vi. The applicants opting for Urdu language should clearly specify the name of the Regional

Language Centre viz., NRLC, Patiala / UTRC, Lucknow / UTRC, Solan otherwise the

seats will be allotted according to the vacancies available in the three Regional Language

Centres.

vii. If a candidate is selected in a particular year and if they have not reported to the language

training, their candidature will not be considered for next 3 years.

viii. He/she must be below 45 years of age as on 1st July 2020. Age relaxation will be given

only for In-service Teachers at the discretion of the selection committee

ix. It should be noted that English, Hindi and Sanskrit languages are not taught in the 10-

month Diploma in Language Education.

Specific:

The 10-month Diploma course in Language Education is meant primarily for in-service

teachers. The applicants should preferably be a regular faculty; if temporary, the applicant

must produce a certificate that she/he is likely to continue in the same position/profession.

However, depending on the availability of seats, admission will also be provided to applicants

who are either prospective-teachers or general public. The essential qualifications for all the

three categories are given below:

a) In-service Teachers

i. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a minimum of three years teaching experience in a

High school (from VI to X standard) in Government/Fully Government-aided schools.

ii. Applicants having an equivalent qualification to M.A in any of the scheduled Indian

languages must produce a “Qualification Equivalent Certificate” from DEO.

b) For Prospective Teachers/Research Scholars

i. A Bachelors or Masters degree in Education (B.Ed./M.Ed) or

ii. Ph.D completed or Ph.D pursuing scholars or

iii. NET/SET/SLET/TET qualified candidates

c) For General Public

i. A Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university or

ii. M.Phil Degree from a recognised university or

iii. A Diploma from a recognised university

Note: Those pursuing regular courses (M.A./B.Ed./any other) are not eligible to apply

under any of the above categories.

Diploma Course in Guidance and Counselling – 2021

NCERT announces a one-year Diploma course for training of professionals in guidance 

and counselling, combining distance and face-to-face modes. The course aims at 

enhancing the skills and competencies of teachers to promote holistic development of 

pupils and handle their academic, socio-emotional, and ethical problems. The course is 

open to teachers, teacher educators, school administrators and untrained guidance 

personnel from India. The course will be transacted in three phases, i.e. distance 

(six months; January – June, 2021), face-to-face contact programme at respective study 

centres (three months; July – September, 2021), and internship in home town 

(three months; October – December, 2021). Admission to eligible candidates will be 

offered at DEPFE, NCERT, New Delhi and Regional Institutes of Education at Ajmer, 

Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mysuru and Shillong. Maximum no. of seats at each centre will be 

50. Government deputed candidates will be preferred. Advance copy will be considered 

for screening of applications. NCERT's decision will be final in matters of admission. For 

Online Application Form and other details about the course, please visit

www.ncert.nic.in Last date for submission of online application form is

30th November, 2020 by clicking on the link https://n20.ncert.org.in/diploma-

application.php

(Source: ncert.nic.in)

Fight against Corruption

Please participate in the fight against corruption; take online Integrity Pledge by visiting the website of Central Vigilance Commission (Government of India) pledge.cvc.nic.in

कृपया भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ लड़ाई में भाग लें; केंद्रीय सतर्कता आयोग (भारत सरकार) की वेबसाइट pledge.cvc.nic.in पर जाकर ऑनलाइन 'सत्यनिष्ठा प्रतिज्ञा' लें।

Join NIDM e-learning Courses

The National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi

The Institute is offering Online Courses on Disaster Risk Management in collaboration with the World Bank (GFDRR) Washington. The aim of this Programme is to raise the level of Awareness and Preparedness as well as to enhance analytical skills and professional competencies of distant key stakeholders in different areas of Disaster Risk Management.

The ten (10) courses including Basic and Specialized offered by NIDM are as under:
1. Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Framework (CDRMF)
2. Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
3. Climate Change and Disaster Risk (ClC)4. ™™Earthquake Risk Reduction(ERR)
™™4. Risk Identification, Assessment and Analysis (RA)
5. ™™Safer Cities (SC)
6. ™™Financial Strategies for Managing Economic Impacts of Disasters (FS)
7. ™™Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning (RSLUP)
8. ™™Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction (GENDER)
9. ™™Damage and Reconstruction Needs Assessment (DRNA) 

These courses are beneficial for:

™ General Development Practitioners, Central & Local Government Officials,™™ Policy Makers,™™ Corporate & private Sector Professionals,™™ Professionals from UNO, World Bank, Red Cross & Red
Crescent etc.,™™ Teachers and Students of Technical, Non Technical & Research Institutions, Universities etc.,™™ Consultants,™™ Researchers &Academicians,™™ NGO & INGO Professionals

 For details visit:     www.onlinenidm.gov.in 

Rajasthan REET 2020

REET stands for Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers and is a recruitment test for Primary and Elementary teachers (Grade III) in government schools of Rajasthan. It is also the recognised Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) under the RTE Act, 2009 and a minimum qualification for the appointment for the post of Primary Teacher and Trained Graduate Teacher (Grade III) and Grade II. 

TET of the central government i.e. CTET certificate and of the other states are valid for lifetime. 

Government of Rajasthan will soon announce the REET 2020 for recruiting about 31000 teachers. 

Eligibility to sit the Test:

Level I (to teach Classes 1 to 5): (1) DElEd or equivalent

                                              OR (2) BEd or equivalent with PDPET (Bridge Course)

                                              OR (3) BElEd 

Level II (to teach Classes 6 to 8): (1) Graduation with DElEd or equivalent

                                                OR (2) BEd or equivalent 

                                                OR (3) BElEd

(A detailed and authorised list is declared by the NCTE, New Delhi.)

 

Fees: Rs 500 for any one Level 

         Rs 750 for both the Level.  

Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer holds the REET Exam.

Date of Application: Starts soon, date yet to be declared. 

Website: Link will be provided at:     http://rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in/

 

CTET and State TET under RTE Act to have lifetime validity

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has taken an important decision in the 50th General Assembly meeting held on 29 September. 

The Council considered the agenda item and approved the validity of Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET and State TET) certificate changing it from 7 years to the Life time. This provision would have prospective effect and for those have already passed out (already having TET certificate), NCTE would take legal opinion and will act accordingly.