Hallo!

The International University in Germany (IU), located in Bruchsal, is a state-recognized private university that focuses on information technology, business administration, and communications management. The IU offers the following degrees: B.A. International Communication Management, B.A. Business Administration, B.Sc. Information Technology, M.Sc. Computer Science, and M.A. Information and Communication Technology.

If you hold high school diploma or equivalent degree and are interested in this unique opportunity, apply by sending your CV, including the latest university transcript and a statement of purpose (around two pages).  Applications should be sent to the IU Admissions Office by Aug 15 for the intake in September 2008; November 1, 2008 for the intake January 2009. Scholarships may be granted to exceptional students.

If you have any questions, please contact: admission2008@i-u.de or info@education-germany.de or visit www.i-u.de .

I am happy to answer any further questions.

Best wishes from Germany

Christiane Rösch

Nurses in Software & IT Skills

A great demand for Nurses in Software & IT Skills: Due to the dedication in services of the Nurses from North East, there is a high demand of nurses from the North-East within India and abroad. But due to lack of Communication and IT Skills displayed by nurses from the North East, the Nurses face problems in their working environment and getting a job. Expertise in computers would greatly enhance nursing recruitment and would prove to be the ultimate solution to problems of adaptability that nurses from the North East face outside their home states.

About The Course:

A syllabus for training the Nurses has been developed by DOEACC Centre, Aizawl with feedbacks from leading health care institutions. The course aims to tackle six domains that have an influence on patient satisfaction with nursing care:

• Socio-demographic (cultural) background of the patients.
• Patients expectations regarding nursing care.
• Physical environment.
• Communication and information.
• Participation and involvement.
• Interpersonal relations between nurse and patient.

The syllabus for the proposed training programme includes topics/domains that have been found to be the main reasons for the inability of nurses from the North-East to function as efficient health care professionals both within India and abroad. The programme also includes training on Information Technology (IT) and familiarization of computers within the Health Industry.

Course structure and duration:

The Course consists of classroom and laboratory sessions for the technical subjects, and interactive sessions in developing the soft-skills. The duration of the course is 160 hours spread over eight weeks (2 months).
Each day’s training will be a mix of classroom and laboratory sessions.

CBSE Students Engineering Admissions

CHENNAI:

CBSE students who wish to apply for engineering admissions in the State could be in for a busy and stressful weekend on May 24 and 25.

With their Class XII board examination results expected around that time, and Anna University closing its applications on Monday, May 26, they will be racing to meet the deadline. Sources in the CBSE said the results were likely to be out during the last week of May.

Last year, the Class XII results for Ajmer and Chennai regions were declared on May 23.

Anna University officials involved in the admission process say that the dates may be extended after discussions with the State government and the CBSE. “We will make sure there are no problems for students …Even State Board schools will only be giving mark sheets on May 21, so we may have to extend dates,” said an official.

The original dates for submitting applications had been announced after consultation with the State Board officials.

“They expected to declare results by May 10, so we set the dates as May 10 to 16. We have not had any interaction with the CBSE,” said an official.

Fee For Government Quota Seats

An amicable settlement has been reached for the long pending issue of fee revision for unaided engineering colleges in the state. While the government stuck to its stand of not changing the tuition fee for government quota seats, the bureaucrats consented to allow an annual development fee of Rs 2,500 per student. This was based on the condition that the development fee should be used for strengthening, computing and teaching infrastructure.

Enquiries on both sides revealed that the government had given consent to the managements to collect Rs 65,000 as annual fees for their quota. The consensus basically means the government has met the college managements’ demands for differential fees structure. The government said it could consider the demand for another fee revision in case the sixth pay commission is implemented.

The government had five to six rounds of negotiations with the managements of unaided engineering colleges. All stakeholders in Tamil Nadu engineering scenario have been eagerly waiting for the announcement over the revision of fees chargeable by unaided colleges in the state. The delay has a lot of stress to parents and students, who say that they were left in the dark about the issue.

Private engineering college managements have been seeking a 100 to 150 percent increase from the present Rs 32,500 fixed by the government four years ago. The managements had contended that they need at least Rs 60,000 as fees considering that not only provide education, but also they complete training in soft skills, which makes give students employable.

A chairperson of a private engineering college said, “Industries recruit students with at least three types of skills (computing, soft skills and problem solving capability). Several managements spend at least Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 per student the third and fourth year to provide these value adding skills. Other than this, the cost of software has phenomenally gone up, although hardware cost has come down significantly.

Application Forms For Hotel Admission

Applications are invited from eligible school and college students belonging to Backward Class (BC) and Most Backward Class (MBC) categories for staying in government hostels in the city.

A press release here said there were seven hostels for college students and one hostel for girl students belonging to the BC category at Thiruvanmiyur, Saidapet, Otteri, Mylapore, Thirunagar in Vadapalani and on Lady Wellingdon School campus. For those belonging to the MBC category, there were two hostels for male students at Otteri and Saidapet.

Students studying from standard IV to XII, UG, PG students, polytechnic and teacher training institutes can stay in these hostels and pursue their education.

Accommodation and food will be provided free of cost at the hostels.

Students studying up to Standard X would be provided two sets of uniforms and for students of X and XII free career guidance programmes would be arranged, the release added.

Eligibility

Students whose family income is below Rs.50,000 and whose residences are at a distance of 5 km are eligible to apply. However, distance will not be taken into count in case of girl students.

Students can get application forms from the hostel wardens or from the District Backward Class and Minorities Welfare Office at the Chennai Collectorate. Completed forms in the case of school students should be submitted at the same offices before June 30, 2008 and in case of college students before July 15, 2008.