Laboratory for the study of Commerce

Published in ‘Deccan Herald‘, Bangalore Edition on 3rd January 2013

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Today Commerce/Business Education is the second most attractive degree course after the engineering. This is due to quick placement and attractive salary to the candidates. Employers prefer commerce graduates because of conceptual/theoretical knowledge of business which is useful to the organisational activities. And recruitment of such Commerce Degree candidates reduces the cost of training. To make it more attractive and practice oriented, every college should start Commerce Laboratory and demonstrate the business activities.

Today, all professional educational courses have wide demand in the job which market is mainly because of practicals i.e, application of theory in laboratory and practice with different experiments. It makes the concepts clear. Hence, many educationists suggested establishing Commerce Laboratory in every Degree College and Post-graduate centre. In addition, they suggest, the students should be taken to Banks, Factories, Business Organisations, Markets, Offices etc to show the actual working. They can understand the real situation of the business and get confidence of setting their own venture instead of working under some person.

Earlier commerce graduates belonging to urban/industrial areas were absorbed quickly because of good communication and presentation skills. But today due to development in communication and transportation, rural candidates are also employed by the employers due to common syllabus. Further,  the turnover  rate of  rural candidates in job market is less compared with urban candidates. Now the enrollment to commerce education by the girl students is increased. Thus, currently it is very difficult to get a seat in a good college by a meritorious student. In almost all colleges, the seats are full.

The trade and commerce is rapidly increased due to liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation. This requires more number of commerce graduates and also commerce professionals like Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants, MBA Graduates. Our Commerce Professionals are .highly demanded in the world as Financial Adviser/ Consultant / Auditor. Though any degree holder can join the the above mentioned commerce professional course, but the commerce degree holders will have more scope of success. Hence, there is greater preference to commerce course. Practical oriented and introduction of specialization in degree level course of study will enhance the scope of the commerce students in the job market.

Commerce Laboratory:

The Commerce laboratory is a new concept, wherein students practice their theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom. In addition students carry on more and more experiments. Mock commerce/business activities are undertaken in laboratory. By this method of learning and practicing, candidates will develop self-confidence of running a business profitably and understand the practical difficulties.

Considering the importance of practicals in Commerce/Business Education, Sri Pratap Memorial Rajput College of Commerce (Jammu and Kashmir State), The Deccan Education Society’s Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune (2003), The Maharashtra Education Society’s (MES) Garware College of Commerce Pune (Maharashtra State), Patna Women’s College (PWC), Patna (2010), have established the Commerce Laboratory. The Osmania University during 2008, in its Board of Studies meeting approved the budget proposal for establishing Commerce Laboratory in every college and in every post-graduate department.

It is very difficult to list out, what the laboratory should have and what kind of practicals to be conducted/demonstrated/practiced. However, a well trained/knowledgeable teacher can develop any number of practical exercises to make the candidate understand the concepts.

The first and foremost thing is to provide a well furnished Room with Internet connectivity. Keep teaching aids like Projector, Video Camera, Multimedia, Laptop, TV, CD, LCD Player, Public Address System etc. to be provided to help and practice. Seating arrangement is to be made for conducting meeting, interview, and group discussion. using public address system.

I  Display:

1. Photos of the successful business icons, their ideas, way of working, their goals, their growth and achievement are to be displayed. This will motivate the students to set their life goals and try to be ambitious. Keep Videos, Books and Writings related to  such  big giants and their success stories, so as to understand  how they can become successful
2. All kinds of forms used in Banks, Finance Corporations, Insurance, Tax Departments etc. like Pay-in-slip, NEFT, RTGS forms, Account Opening Form,  Debit, Credit, ATM cards .to understand the rules and regulations applicable to them and the procedure for applying and  precautionary measures to operate them. Students will be asked to fill such forms.  Bank loan advancing documents like Agreements relating to Lien, Pledge, Hypothecation, Mortgage  should be kept
3. Keep Prospectus, Share Certificates, Debenture Certificate, Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, Annual Reports, Director/Chairman’s Reports, Audited Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Accounts etc.,of the various companies, which  will help  students to study, compare, evaluate  and analyse the financial position.
4. Financial Bills like Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Quotations, D.D. Cheques etc,
5. Posters, Advertisement copies, Prospectus regarding Professional Educational Courses like C.A., ICWA., C.S., M.B.A., P.G. & other Higher Educational Courses  are to be displayed to help them to choose the courses of study.
6. Notifications, Amendments, Circulars on various financial matters issued  by reserve Bank of India. Insurance Regulatory Authority, Stock exchanges, Government Departments  etc., are to be kept.
7. Various Magazines/Jourals/Bulletins relating to Marketing, Finance, Management and daily newspapers like The Economic Times, The Business Line, The financial Express etc., are to be displayed.

II. Practice:

1. Students are asked to fill up the Income Tax, Sales Tax and Municipal Tax Returns and ask them to submit in the respective departments. For imparting practical knowledge, the Tax Practicing Consultants to be invited for providing the latest information. Today most of the returns are submitted through Internet (online). Hence, practical submission of returns to be practiced in the college itself by the students.
2. Online Stock Exchange activities should be shown to the students by which they can understand the mechanism of Share Market. Share Brokers are invited to train practical aspects of  share transactions and also the  precautions to be taken
3.  Mock Meetings, Interviews, Group Discussions, Elections, Votings, Selection of candidates, Problem Solving, Negotiations, etc., to be practiced in the lab. which will facilitate them to develop Communication, Participation and Presentation Skills. These activities are recorded and replayed so that the students can understand their mistakes and rectify them.
4.  Various sessions are conducted to hone Communication, Presentation, Leadership Skills…

II Provide & Keep:

1. To facilitate Role Playing activities like Marketing, Management, Meetings, Discussion etc., a full fledged meeting room with mike system and furniture is provided.

IV Organise:

1. Organise Seminars, Conferences and conduct Competitions related to business activities to develop healthy competition among the students
2. Conduct Preparatory (Mock) Competitive examinations like FDA,KPSC, Banks etc.,
3. Get affiliation to run Chartered Accountancy, Company Secretary, Cost and Works Accounts, Bank Examination Courses.
4. Organise Sales Melas and Exhibitions to involve our students to develop the leadership qualities and to build organising capacity. .
5. Invite Non-commerce students and the Public to visit the lab. and understand  the business transactions.

The above list is sample activities to be done in the lab. A creative teacher can develop number of activities to suit the present business situations.  The laboratory will also help a teacher to undertake research work and perform extension services.

Conclusion:

Establishing a Commerce Lab. does solve some of the practical problems faced by the students. The Evaluation of students’ performance is to be made not only on theory but on performance in the lab. UGC and Government take initiative in establishing Commerce Lab. in every college to impart practical knowledge to the Commerce students like Science students.

Higher Qualifications for College Teachers

Published in ‘Deccan Herald‘,Education, Bangalore Edition on 25th October 2012

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Now Teachers in Colleges and Universities are designted as Professors, Assistant or Associate. This new designation was introduced by University Grants Commission when the new pay-scales were revised. The same designations are extended to the teachers of Karnataka by passing the order on 24^th December 2009 by the Government of Karnataka.

When UGC revised the designations, it expects the teachers in higher educational institutions to be highly qualified and contribute to the field of education through research and research publications. If the teacher improves his qualification and qualities, automatically the quality of students will also improve.

Thus, the revised UGC, in its regulations 2010,  on minimum qualifications for the appointment of teachers and in universities and colleges made it compulsory that, no Associate Professor and Professor will be appointed or promoted unless he/she possess Ph.D. qualification. In addition, he/she should publish the research papers in Journals.  However, it provided an opportunity to the in service teachers to improve his/her qualification by using the study leave provision. Various incentives were also introduced  by the UGC to the candidates who have acquired the Ph.D./M.Phil degree before recruitment and to the teachers who have acquired such qualification during their period of service.

 NAAC, an Institution established by the UGC to assess the quality of education in Higher Educational Institutions grant the quality grades to the HEIs on the basis of the number of faculties with Ph.D.or M.Phil qualifications. It also considers, Research Publications. The Higher educational institutions are recognised & known globally through the number and quality of research and research publications.

The 12^th Five year plan budget allocation on education has been raised to Rs. 1,84,000 crore from the previous plan of Rs. 85,000 Crores. It estimates the increase of Gross Enrollment Rate (GER) to 30 per cent at the end of the plan period from the present 20 percent among the eligible group of 18 to 22 Years.

As Ph.D. Degree becomes the basic qualification for the appointment or promotions, candidates are eager to register for the course. The course may be done under regular or on part-time basis by registering in a recognised University/Research Centre. However, one-semester of regular course work is compulsory both to the regular and part-time candidates.

Following are the incentives and facilties to improve their qualification introduced by UGC for degree college teachers.

Incentives:

Candidates with Ph.D.qualification joined the entry level designation of Assistant Professor in a college is eligible to get 5 non-compoundable Advance Increments and M.Phil. Degree holders entitled to get 2 Advance Increments under present rules. Teachers who complete their Ph.D. Degree while in service entitled 3 non-compounded advance increments under new rule.

Step up:

Teachers with Ph.D. qualification can step up to stage 2 of Assistant Professor (Grade Pay of Rs. 7,000) with a service period of 4 years only but for others it requires 6 years.

Study Leave:

Those who desire to improve the academic qualification of M.Phil/Ph.D while in- service teachers can get study leave with the name of Faculty Improvement Programme.  But, the teacher should be below the age of 50 Years (relaxation of for women, SC/ST candidates). The study leave will be for a period of Two Years to the candidates registered for Ph.D. degree and One year for M.Phil.Degree. During this period of study, teacher will get full salary, in addition contingency grant of Rs. 15,000 per year for the course. With this provision, the Institution is also not burdened, because, it can appoint a substitute teacher and the salary of such substitute teacher will be paid by UGC. The substitute’s monthly salary is fixed at Rs. 10,000.

Post of Professor:

The new UGC 2006 created post of Professor in a degree College. Accordingly, the number of posts of profesors in a college shall be equivalent to 10 per cent of number of posts of Associate Professors. Out of such posts, one-fourth (25%) shall be filled through direct recruitment and three-fourth (75%) under Career Advancement Scheme of promotion. There was no such provision in earlier UGC regulations. However, the identification of post of professors should be made by the concerned University in consultation with the college. Thus, now the college teachers can enjoy the designation of professor, the highest designation to a teacher in the field of education.

Publications:

The publications are compulsory to the teachers for the post of Associate Professor or Professors, may be with direct recruitment or through CAS promotion. Under direct recruitment for the post of professor, the candidate should have published 10 research papers/articles with ISBN/ISSN and for Associate professors it is 5 publications.

Those teachers who wish to be promoted under CAS promotion, the UGC specifcally mentioned that , the candidate should acquire the minimum API score points under Research and Publication section of Category-III. According, Assistant Professor to move from stage 1 to stage 2, the candidate is required to earn minimum 20 points per assessment period, and stage 2 to 3, acquire 50 point per assessment period. To move from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (stage 3 to 4) earn 45 points during assessment period and to move from Associate Professor to Professor (stage 4 to 5) should acquire  60 points during assessment period in addition to other conditions. Such points are clearly published in Appendix –III of UGC regulations 2010. The details are as under:

Research Projects;

The API score points can also be obtained by undertaking Major/Minor research projects by in service teachers. UGC mentions that, the sponsored projects carried out by the candidate if mobilized above Rs. 5 lakhs, get 20 points per project,  Rs. 3 to 5 lakhs, get 15 points and  the mobilized amount is less than 3 lakh he/she will get 10 points per project. However, the UGC put a cap of Rs. 10 Lakhs for Major Research Project and Rs. 2 lakh for Minor Research Project (Rs. 1.5 lakh in humanities).

Research Guidance:

Teachers guiding Ph.D/M.Phil candidates are entitled to get score points. For guiding and awarded Ph.D.Degree the teacher is entitled to get 10 points per candidate and 3 point per M.Phil candidate. During assessment period, if the research scholar’s award is pending but if submitted, the teacher is entitled 7 points. However, the UGC made a cap of guiding the number of candidates under his/her guidance.

Research Papers:

The outcome of the research is publication in Journal. Research papers published in referred journal, the teacher will get 15 points per publication and if it is non-referred, 10 poins per publication. In the same way research papers published in conference proceedings will also get 10 points per publication.

Presentation:

Teachers presented Research papers in International Conference will earn 10 points per paper, if National 7.5 points, Regional/State level 5 points  and at University/College level, it is  3 points per paper, may be in Conference/Seminars/workshops. A teacher who has given lecture/presentation at the international level, he will be awarded 10 points each.

Books Published:

Teachers who have written Text or Reference Book and it is published by International Publishers, will earn 50 points and if it is an edited Book, 10 points per Chapter. The subject Books published by national/state level publishers with ISSN/ISBN numbers, entitled 25 points per book and if it is an edited book, it is 3 point per chapter. With regard to Joint publications, the first/principal author and the corresponding supervisor/mentor share equally 60% of the total points and the remainng 40% shared by all other authors equally.

Consultancy:

Teachers can also generate funds to the educational institution by undertaking consultancy projects. If a teacher mobilized Rs. 2 lakh to the institution, he is entitled 10 points. A project report accepted by funding agency, the teacher will get 20 points per major project and 10 points for each minor project. In the same way, if the policy document is accepted at national level, 30 points per document and if it is International it is 50 points.

Suggestions:

Those who are interested to join the teaching post in a degree college, the research and research publications are must. Though, they may be appointed initially by clearing the NET/SET examination, but in future there is no scope and recognition unless obtained Ph.D. Degree and publications. However, the research environment should be created in the educational institutes by the heads of the institution and the head will be well qualified, encouragive to guide their collegues. Due to shortage of research supervisors in universities, the provision is to be made to the eligible and qualified teaching faculties of colleges to guide the Ph.D/M.Phil candidates. For more detail visit: www.ugc.ac.in

Direct Entry to Chartered Accountancy Course

Published in ‘Deccan Herald‘, Bangalore Edition

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Hereinafter, any Graduate can join the Chartered Accountancy Course directly by registering to the Intermediate Course i.e., the second stage of C.A. This has been made by amending the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988. Accordingly, the Graduates or Post- graduates with specified marks are exempt from passing the Common Proficiency Test i.e. first level of examination. This rule is applicable to the graduate students who are registering to Chartered Accountancy Course from 1^st August 2012.

However, the Graduates or Post-Graduates of Commerce stream should obtain at least 55 per cent of marks in any three papers, out of Accounting, Auditing, Mercantile Laws, Corporate Laws, Economics, Management, Taxation, Costing, Business Administration or Management Accounting in their study. But for other stream of Graduates or Post-Graduates the minimum marks fixed is 60 per cent. The Graduation certificate obtained will be from any recognized university including Open University. This amendment will boost more number of graduates to register for  the professional course of Chartered Accountancy.

Similar professionals course Institutes like the Cost and Works Accountants of India. (ICWA) and the Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI) have already made a provision of direct entry of Graduates to the Intermediate Examination.  Now by this amendment all professional courses will have same pattern of admission to the course.

The new amendment also made an exemption of Common Proficiency Course for the candidate who have passed the Intermediate Examination of Cost Accountancy conducted by Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India or Company Secretary Course conducted by Institute of Company Secretary of India. Earlier there was no such provision. .By these amendments many candidates are relieved from repeating the examinations which they have already passed under different mode. Now, the candidates have wide choice of shifting from one course to other course of their interest without attending the  entry level examinations.

The registration for direct admission to the Intermediate Course of Chartered Accountancy is extended up to 30^th September 2012 for May 2013 examination.

Provisional Registration:
Students who are in final year of graduation and desire to purse the Chartered Accountancy Course can also make provisional registration for Intermediate Course.  But such candidates are required to submit their proof of completing graduation with minimum required marks within six months of final year examination. Otherwise, their registration will be cancelled. However, they can complete Information Technology Training and Orientation Course during this period. But, the Articleship Training will commence only after getting the graduation or post-graduation with minimum specified marks.

Change of Name:
The amendment also made a change in names of different levels of study. Thus, “Common Proficiency Test” has named as “Common Proficiency Course” and “Integrated Professional Competence Course” as “Intermediate Course”.

Articleship Training:
Under new regulation, a Chartered Accountant, who is in full time employment, can train One Articled Assistant (Enrolled as student of Chartered Accountancy) for the Chartered Accountancy Course. Earlier there was no such provision. Presently the number of candidates to be admitted for Articleship Training by the Practicing Chartered Accountant is depending upon their experience. Today many students finding it difficult to get the admission to Articleship Training with the Practicing Chartered Accountant. This amendment helped in increasing the number of Chartered Accountants in India.

The Course:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is nodal authority to conduct the Chartered Accountancy Course in India.  The Course is of correspondence, but study material will be supplied by the Institute to the registered candidates by post. The ICAI does not have any training institute with regular classes. But in some big cities ICAI authorized to conduct oral coaching to the students. The course has both theory examination and practical training.. Examinations are held twice in a year.

The Course has 3 levels of study. They are:
Level 1 – Common Proficiency Course
Level 2 – Intermediate  Course
Level 3 – Final Course

 Level – I. Common Proficiency Course (CPC):
Common Proficiency Courseis the entry level examination for the Chartered Accountancy Course. The registration for CPC is open throughout the year. The eligibility for registration to the course is pass in 10^th standard. After completing 60 days of registration and appearing 10+2 or equivalent examination they may register for CPC examination. The examination will be held twice in a year i.e., June and December. However, the cut off dates for registering to June examination is on or before 1^st April and for December examination is 1st October.

CPC course consists of two parts with four basic subjects carrying 200 marks viz. Fundamentals of Accounting, Market law, General Economics & Quantitative Aptitude.. Examination will be of objective type multiple choice questions and negative marks for wrong answers. The candidate will be declared as passed only when in one sitting obtained minimum of 30 per cent marks in each section and a minimum of 50 per cent aggregate of all the sections, subject to the principle of negative marking.

Level – II: Intermediate (Integrated Professional Competence) Course:

Those who have passed CPC or Graduates or Post-graduates with prescribed minimum marks can directly register for the second level of Intermediate Course. The course consists of six subjects and seven papers made into two groups. Group-I consists of Accounting, Business law, Ethics and Communication, Cost Accounting, Financial Management and Taxation (Income tax & Service Tax) and group-II consists of Advanced Accounting, Auditing & Insurance, Information Technology and Strategic Management. Subjects. A student may appear Group-wise or both the groups together.

Level – III:   Final Course:

The last leg of the Chartered Accountancy Course is Final Course. It is considered as one of the toughest exam in the world Those who have passed the I(IPC)C appear for final examination during the last 6 months of Articled Training Period. The final course consists of two groups. After passing final examination and completing 15 days General Management & Communication Skills Course one can be a Chartered Accountant. If one desire to practice as a Chartered Accountant, he has to obtain a Certificate of Practice from the ICAI.

The Chartered Accountant who is registered as member of the ICAI, he is named as “ Associate Chartered Accountant” and use theword A.C.A. and those who have  a continuous practice for a period of 5 years,  he/she will be named as ““Fellow Chartered Accountant” and use the word F.C.A..  . As of April 2010, there are 161,516 members in ICAI, out of which 94,991 are Associate Chartered Accountants and 66,525 are Fellow Chartered Accountants.

 

Conclusion:
All the three Professional Courses i.e., C.A. ICWA and CS will have similar weightage in the field of Business/Trade activities, but are specialized in different fields. Chartered Accountancy Course is specialized in Financial Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, where as Company Secretary is in Company Laws and ICWA is in Cost and Management Accounting.

As there is much increase in trade and commerce, more number of such professionals is required. Hence, making use of the amendments you can join the course immediately and flourish in your career.

For registration and for other details visit  www.icai.org.

Dreaming to be a Professor – Pass NET/SET Exam

Published in ‘Deccan Herald‘, Bangalore Edition

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Most of the candidates join a P.G. course with an intention to start a career as a Professor.  It has become an attractive option due to high salary, and social respect. For recruitment as professors in Universities/colleges/institutions a minimum eligibility condition of NET(National Eligibility Test)/SET(State Eligibility Test) Exam Pass  has been made compulsory. However, candidates who have been awarded Ph.D. Degree (UGC Regulation 2009) shall be exempt from NET/SET. Generally NET Test will be conducted by the UGC twice in a year i.e. in the month of June & December every year. Since June 2010 examination, there will not be negative marks for paper I & II.

The NET qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of lecturer in all Indian universities/Institutes/colleges, but the SET qualified candidates shall be eligible for appointment to the post of lecturer only in the universities/colleges belonging to the state from where they have passed the SET examination.

The candidates who qualify the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Examination of UGC/CSIR/NET are also eligible for the post of lectureship. In addition they are also eligible to receive Fellowships (UGC/CSIR) under various schemes. The validity of the offer is two years.

Important Dates:

Date of NET exams:                                                             26-12-2010

Online Submission of Application, -Last date- :           25-10-2010

Filled Application Form should be submitted to the    11-11-2010

Selected Test Center   (Last date).

Eligibility Conditions:

1. Qualification – Master’s Degree with 55% Marks. Final Year appearing candidates can also apply. However, 5% exemption will be given to SC/ST/PH/VH Candidates.

2. Age limit : For Lectureship – there is no upper age limit; but for Junior Research Fellowship – not more than 28 years as on 01.12.2010. A relaxation up to 5 years is given to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH categories and to women applicants.

3. Choice of subject – . Candidates should appear in the subject of their post-graduation only.

SCHEME  OF TEST:

The Test will consist of three papers in two separate sessions.

Paper-I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). The duration is 75 minutes.

Paper-II shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each.

 

The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper-II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet.

Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by the candidate. Subject wise syllabus can be downloaded from the website.

Note: A candidate who does not appear in paper-I, will not be permitted to appear in paper-II and paper-III.

How to Apply?

The submission of Application by the candidate for NET Examination Online through www.ugcnetonline.in OR  www.ugc.ac.in.is mandatory.

Steps for Submission of Application Form:

I.  Download the Bank Challan Proforma from the UGC website.

II. Deposit the requisite test fee General : Rs.450/-; Other Backward Classes:Rs.225/-; SC/ST/PH/VH: Rs.110/-in any branch of State Bank of India along with the bank charges (commission) of Rs.20/-. (Fee submitted through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be rejected).

III. Before submission of the application Online possess:

(i)                 Scanned passport (pp) size photograph in JPEG format.

(ii)               Copy of Bank Challan (fee receipt).

(iii)             Name & code number of Test Centre where the candidate is going to appear.

(iv)             Choice of Subject & the code.

IV. Fill all the information  required and submit the same Online.

V. After successful submission, the candidate should take printout of online Application Form (two copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and Admission Card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers.

VI. After submission of the application, note down the Roll No. for future reference.

VII. The candidates must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, at the places indicated, on the printout of Online Application Form and sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a part of the signature spreads over the Application Form beyond the photograph. Besides, it should be duly attested by the Head, University Depart./Principal of the College/Class-I Gazetted Officer.

VIII. Application with the above printouts the following documents to be submitted to the test centre keeping all these in an envelope:

1. High School/Matriculation Certificate depicting date of birth.

2.Master’s degree/Provisional Certificate.

3.Consolidated mark-sheet of Master’s degree course.

4.Caste certificate ( in case of SC/ST/OBC candidates)

5.Certificate of Physical disability (if applicable)

Note: All certificates have to be attested by a gazetted officer.

IX. The envelope containing the Application Form should be superscribed “UGC NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR JUNIORRESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP, DECEMBER, 2010”.

X. Application with documents should reach the Registrar of the University (UGC Test Centre) before 01-11-2010.

XI. The old test question papers can be downloaded from the website.

Test Centres:

Following are the Test centres in Karnataka with code Nos.

1. Bangalore University, Bangalore – 560 056 (06).

2. Gulbarga University, Gulbarga – 585 106 (24)

3 Karnatak University, Dharwad – 580 003 (30).

4. Mangalore University, Mangalore – 574 199 (38).

5.University of Mysore, Crawford Hall, Mysore – 570005 (74)

Candidates will be issued the Admission Card by the respective Test Centres after allotment of test venue. Note:  change of centre will not be allowed under any circumstance

However, the candidate should have a love for education if s/he wants to pursue a career as a professor

Scholarship to Single Girl Child of the Family

Published in ‘Deccan Herald‘, Bangalore Edition

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To reduce the dropouts of girl from education particularly in higher education, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has started an encouraging scheme of by sanctioning scholarships. The new kinds of scholarships started from the year 2006-07. Accordingly, those families who have adopted the small family norms of single child particularly, a girl child the sanction of Scholarships to the candidate introduced to compensate educational costs particularly in higher education.  Government has already introduced fee waiver to the single child of the family for class VI to XII. In addition, the candidate is entitled monthly scholarship for completion of her degree course. Further, for non-professional courses, the Indira Gandhi Scholarship also given for P.G. Course, sanctioned by the University Grants Commission.

A. Under-graduate Courses:

This scholarship will be to those girls, who have studied up to X standard under the CBSE pattern of education and continued her college education of XI & XII standard under the same pattern. In the same way, the scholarship is also extended to Degree course, selected through the examinations conducted by CBSE i.e., AIEEE/AIPMT.

The procedure for claiming scholarship is very simple.  The eligible candidate can down load the applicable prescribed application form from CBSE website & fill all contents properly. The principal of the college must certify that, the candidate is regular to the class and having good conduct in the college. Further, enclose an affidavit of their parents, sworn before the First Class Judicial Magistrate/ SDM/Executive Magistrate on Rs. 10/- non-judicial stamp paper, stating that she is the only daughter to their family and they have no other children. The original affidavit enclosed when the first time the scholarship is claiming. There is no need to send it every year. Once the scholarship is sanctions under the scheme, the next and every year, it will continue as renewal application. The format of Affidavit and the application form (applicable to the course of study) can be down loaded from the CBSE website. At the time of applying for scholarship and for renewal, the previous years attested Xerox copy of marks statement (for XI standard, the X standard marks statement) to be enclosed. However, in case of XI & XI standard, the college should be under the CBSE pattern of education.

Scholarship Amount:

The amount of scholarship differs from course to course. For XI and XII standard, the scholarship amount is Rs. 500 P.M. For undergraduate courses, it is Rs. 550 Per Month. For Professional Courses selected through AIPMT/AIEEE, the scholarship amount is at Rs. 1000/- Per Month and it is payable for 4 Years.

There is no limit for number of scholarships to XI & XI standard candidates every year. However, the number is limited to 550 for under graduate course, 150 for Medical Course and 350 for Technical Course per year. The sanctioned scholarship amount directly credited to the Bank Account of the candidate as mentioned in the application form. The sanction letter posted to the candidate’s address given in the application form and such candidates name published in the CBSE website every year.

The Last date for submission of completed Application form for the Academic Year 2011-12, is 30th October 2011. The application form is different for different course. The candidate download the concerned application form i.e., For XI standard form F1, for XI standard form F2, for under graduate form F4, for medical course form F6 and for technical course form F8 from the website.

As the professional courses like Medical/Technical is for 4 years. Therefore, the candidate has to submit renewal application and enclose the previous years pass marks statement.

The completed application form duly signed by the candidate and certified by the principal of the concerned college, be sent to the Section Officer (Scholarship) CBSE, Shikshana Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, New Delhi- 110 092. The envelope should super scribe “APPLICATION FOR MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FOR SGC (mention the Class/Course and form no.) 2011.   For more details, visit www.cbse.nic.in.

 

B. P. G. Courses:

University Grants Commission of India (UGC) has introduced scholarship to Single Girl Child for non-professional post-graduate courses. The scholarship be given to that candidate who had admitted to the first year Masters Degree course recognized by the UGC and the University/Institute/College will be under 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act. The candidate’s age should not exceed 30 years at the time of admission.

The amount of scholarship will be of Rs. 2,000 Per Month and payable for Two years period (10 months every year). For this, the candidate’s parents submit the Affidavit stating that she is the only girl to their family and no other children. The number of such scholarships limits to 1200 candidates per year. Such scholarship awarded under this category will not affect any other benefits that the student drawing from other sources. The scholarship is applicable to the regular students and not external candidates.

The scholarship named as Indira Gandhi Scholarship, because she was the country’s First Woman Prime Minister who was a single girl child herself. The applications for the scholarships generally invited in the month of August/September every year. For more details visit www.ugc.ac.in.

The newly formed Delhi Technological University, earmarked one seat over and above the sanctioned intake capacity in all its undergraduate engineering programmes i.e., B.Tech, for single girl child in a family from the academic year 2011-12. In the same way, many university/colleges are also giving incentives and reservation quota for higher education of single girl child. However, due to lack of non-availability of information, the candidates are not making use of it. Therefore, regularly see the press notes in the newspapers/medias & avail the benefits.