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* STRIDE - scheme for trans discipline research For indias developing economy by UGC in college n University.

State of the Education Report for India 2019: Children with Disabilities - UNESCO + Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

There are 78 million children (5-19 yr old) with disability in india, out of which Only 61% of them were attending an educational institution. About 12% had dropped out, while 27% had never been to school at all. Globally 15% children are disabled, 49% do not attain literacy.

* University Grants Commission (UGC) scheme ‘Paramarsh’ to help Higher education Institutes to get NAAC accreditation.

* Min of HRD has launched national education alliance technology (NEAT) in alliance with Edtech Companies in PPP model to further strengthening the Massive open online courses (MOOC) by using artificial intelligence and technology to help economically backward students. 

Edtech will be responsible for students enrollment etc n AICTE will b implementing agency of NEAT program.

* Margadarshak and Margadarshan (50 lakhs over 3 years period) initiative of AICTE.

 

* FIRST School Education Quality Index: NITI Aayog for all states n UT with collaboration with MoHRD and world bank n other experts based on 30 key indicators.

Among large state Kerla ranked first while UP ranked last. Among small states Manipur ranked first n Chandigarh among UT.

Base year taken is 2016-17 for assessment

* All India survey on higher education (AISHE) report - 

Key finding- UP & KA has shown more girls enrollment than Boys.

- No of female student per 100 male students has gone up from 90 to 95 from 2017-18 to 2018-19.

- 944 out of 994 Universities have uploaded the data on AISHE portal.

- highest number of students have enrolled for undergraduate course (79%) than postgraduate course (10%)

- Only 2.5% colleges offer PHD. courses and 11.04% colleges are exclusively for women.

Govt initiative- 

- National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT),

Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF)

Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC),

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)

Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN) launched by MHRD.

 

* Min of road n transport released it's annual Road accident report.

- 53 crashes and 17 deaths every hours. In 2018 1.5 lacs death due to road accident n around 48% were under age group of 18 to 35.  severity (number of death per 100 accident) has increased by 0.6% in 2018 from 2017.

- 64.4% is due to over speeding on straight road followed by no helmet 28.8%.

- 2 wheeler accounts 35%.

- young adults (18-45) 69.6%. males 86%, female 14%.

- Tamilnadu highest accident, UP highest number of death, Delhi topped in all cities.

- however road accident n releted accident have decreased from earlier decades.

Global analysis -

According to World road federation's world road statistic 2018 report India records highest number of deaths in the world followed by US n China.

as per WHO's Global report on road safety 2018, India accounts 11% of road death in the world.

Global effort

1. Brasilia declaration on road safety 2015 - try to achieve SDG 3.6 i.e half the road accident by 2030. India is signatory

2. UN declared 2010 to 2020 as decade of action on Road safety.

3. UN global road safety week - biannually. 6th Held in June 2019.

India's effort

1. Brasilia declaration signatory

2. Motor vehicle amendment act 2019. Hiked the traffic rules fee when violated. Motor vehicle amendmend fund for insurance of some types of accident. National road safety board n Protection of good Samaritan.

3. SC setup 3 jusdge bench committee under Justice KS radhakrishnan in 2014.

 

* Pattiseema lift irrigation project is first river linking project which Link godavari n Krishna river Through Polavaram right canal.

* Ekal vidyalaya - to give education to rural n tribal students in India and Nepal.

Only one teacher in school work on Panchtantra model which includes-

1. Promoting POSHAN Abhiyan through POSHAN kutiyas

2. Social awareness

3. Training for employment

4. Knowledge of bio fertilizer

5. Skills of medicinal value of herbs

 

* UN's Human development index - India is ranked 129 in 189 countries against 130th position in 2018.

It is part of UNDP's Human development report which also include -

- inequality Adjusted human development report.

- Gender development index

- Gender inequality index

- Multi dimensional poverty Index

It considers 3 parameters while preparing human development report

- Access to education

- standard of living

- long n healthy life

 

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