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India set to produce world’s largest number of engineers - The Times of India
LONDON: India is all set to produce the world's largest number of engineers.
The first ever global report commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering and to be made public on Monday has revealed that while just 20% of 16 to 17 year-olds from the UK and 30% from the USA are interested in an engineering career, in India the rate is as high as 80% - the highest in the world.
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The report will also unveil another interesting finding - India has closed the gender gap in engineering to an all-time low of 14% in 2015.
Around 66% men in the world are interested in engineering while the figure stands as low as 43% for women globally. However when it comes to India, both men and women have shown great interest in engineering - the highest percentage in the world.
While 85% Indian men have shown interest in engineering, the number stands at a close 79% among women in India.
In comparison, 62% women in China are interested in taking up engineering as a career, 55% in Brazil, 48% in Turkey, as low as 35% in US, 33% in Germany, 28% in UK and 27% in Japan.
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Also when asked whether they would like to take up engineering as a career, 80% of 16 year olds in India said it was their first choice, while the number rose to 81% among 18-24 year olds, and 87% among 24-30 year olds.
"Emerging economies like India have narrower gender gaps regarding the overall interest in engineering than the leading economies of the world. This is astounding since women have a far more equal access to education in the US, Germany and Japan compared to the emerging world, yet their aptitude to pursue engineering careers is less. In these same industrialized nations, more than 35% of the population consider engineering as a masculine domain," said professor Viola Vogel from ETH Zurich.
The report said "To the contrary, in India where women of the emerging middle class are increasingly fighting for equal rights, only 29% of the population consider engineering as masculine, while an amazing 30% consider it as feminine. This is the second most surprising finding, since India therefore has by far the most gender-balanced view towards the attractiveness of engineering in comparison to all of the other countries".
The report examined the views of those outside the profession in 10 key economies: Brazil, China, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, UK and US.
Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys said US Ivy League colleges and UK Oxbridge universities have traditionally focused on the liberal arts. Students of these topics have therefore tended to hold society's most prestigious and well-paid jobs, making arts subjects more attractive to young people and limiting interest in areas like engineering".
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"In India, the software services industry alone recruits about 300,000 people every year. Meanwhile, over a third of the country's engineering students are women. This boom is partly due to businesses wanting to make use of the comparatively cheap production and talent costs.
In the future the Internet of Things will undoubtedly create more job opportunities across all branches of engineering," Murthy added.
Engineering tops the list of professions seen as most vital for economic growth. Other professions include business leader, lawyer, doctor and teacher.
People in the US, Germany and India have shown the highest numbers rating engineering as a top career opportunity.
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Road, port sectors to create over 50 lakh jobs: Nitin Gadkari | Zee News
Last Updated: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 00:56
Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said roads and ports sectors will create over 50 lakh jobs in the next five years and contribute nearly two per cent to the country's GDP.
"Since the time I have taken charge, the number of projects undertaken have risen. We have taken various initiatives in port development, waterways and road projects. I expect these sectors will contribute nearly two per cent to the GDP in the next five years," Gadkari, who is the surface transport and shipping ministers, said in a select media briefing.
He said his ministries intends to create nearly 50 lakh jobs over the period.
Talking about the progress made in the road sector, he said of the 283 stalled projects 44 have been terminated and of these remaining, nearly 90-95 per cent of the issues are resolved.
He said the government intends to award 100 projects on public private partnership (PPP) basis next fiscal.
"We are seeing an improvement in investor sentiment and interest from both domestic and international players in investing in the country's infrastructure projects. We have awarded nine projects in this year so far and by March end it will increase to up to 15 projects. Our target is to award 100 projects on PPP basis," he said.
He also said the government has also undertaken steps to award projects under the hybrid model, where 40 per cent cost will be borne by the government while 60 per cent will be funded by the developers.
Of the 60 per cent banks will provide 30 per cent of the requirement, he said.
About Delhi-Jaipur Highway, he said the Rs 1,700 crore project will be completed by December this year as 85 per cent of the long-delayed project is completed while problems related to Delhi-Haridwar and Ranchi-Jamshedpur highways were being addressed.
Gadkari said his ministry has no dearth of resources but was lacking on two fronts - shortage of contractors and capacity constraints.
He also said the Centre will spend around Rs 5,000 crore over the next five years for plantation, beautification and modernisation along the highways.
The BJP leader from Nagpur further said the work on the 1,620 km stretch between Varanasi and Haldia under the clean Ganga mission will start by this year-end.
"We have already acquired the land near the banks of Varanasi and Haldia. We hope to start the dredging work by December end," Gadkari added.
Last Updated: Friday, October 30, 2015 - 00:56
Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said roads and ports sectors will create over 50 lakh jobs in the next five years and contribute nearly two per cent to the country's GDP.
"Since the time I have taken charge, the number of projects undertaken have risen. We have taken various initiatives in port development, waterways and road projects. I expect these sectors will contribute nearly two per cent to the GDP in the next five years," Gadkari, who is the surface transport and shipping ministers, said in a select media briefing.
He said his ministries intends to create nearly 50 lakh jobs over the period.
Talking about the progress made in the road sector, he said of the 283 stalled projects 44 have been terminated and of these remaining, nearly 90-95 per cent of the issues are resolved.
He said the government intends to award 100 projects on public private partnership (PPP) basis next fiscal.
"We are seeing an improvement in investor sentiment and interest from both domestic and international players in investing in the country's infrastructure projects. We have awarded nine projects in this year so far and by March end it will increase to up to 15 projects. Our target is to award 100 projects on PPP basis," he said.
He also said the government has also undertaken steps to award projects under the hybrid model, where 40 per cent cost will be borne by the government while 60 per cent will be funded by the developers.
Of the 60 per cent banks will provide 30 per cent of the requirement, he said.
About Delhi-Jaipur Highway, he said the Rs 1,700 crore project will be completed by December this year as 85 per cent of the long-delayed project is completed while problems related to Delhi-Haridwar and Ranchi-Jamshedpur highways were being addressed.
Gadkari said his ministry has no dearth of resources but was lacking on two fronts - shortage of contractors and capacity constraints.
He also said the Centre will spend around Rs 5,000 crore over the next five years for plantation, beautification and modernisation along the highways.
The BJP leader from Nagpur further said the work on the 1,620 km stretch between Varanasi and Haldia under the clean Ganga mission will start by this year-end.
"We have already acquired the land near the banks of Varanasi and Haldia. We hope to start the dredging work by December end," Gadkari added.
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Cabinet approves amendment to 'The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009'
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the amendment to Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. This will ensure that all teachers, in position as on 31st March, 2015, acquire the minimum qualifications prescribed by the academic authority to extend the period for such training for four years up to 31st March, 2019.
This will enable the in-service untrained elementary teachers to complete their training and ensure that all teachers at the elementary level in the country have a certain minimum standard of qualifications. This would also ensure that all Teachers would attain minimum qualifications as considered necessary to maintain the standard of teaching quality. This would ultimately result in improvement in overall quality of teachers, teaching processes and consequently learning outcomes of children. This will reinforce the Government's emphasis on improvement of quality of elementary education.
Background:
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, is effective from 1st April, 2010. It envisages free and compulsory elementary education to every child in the age group of 6-14 years. The Proviso to Section 23(2) of the Act specifies that all teachers at elementary level who, at the commencement of this Act, did not possess the minimum qualifications as laid down under the RTE Act, need to acquire these within a period of five years i.e., 31st March, 2015. However, several State governments have reported that out of a total number of 66.41 lakh teachers at the elementary level, 11.00 lakh are still untrained (of this, 5.12 lakh are in Government and Aided Schools and 5.98 lakh are in private schools). In order to ensure that all teachers, in position as on 31st March, 2015, acquire the minimum qualifications prescribed by the academic authority, it is necessary to carry out appropriate amendment in the RTE Act, 2009 to extend the period for such training for four years up to 31st March, 2019.
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22-March, 2017 20:30 IST
Cabinet approves amendment to 'The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009'
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the amendment to Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. This will ensure that all teachers, in position as on 31st March, 2015, acquire the minimum qualifications prescribed by the academic authority to extend the period for such training for four years up to 31st March, 2019.
This will enable the in-service untrained elementary teachers to complete their training and ensure that all teachers at the elementary level in the country have a certain minimum standard of qualifications. This would also ensure that all Teachers would attain minimum qualifications as considered necessary to maintain the standard of teaching quality. This would ultimately result in improvement in overall quality of teachers, teaching processes and consequently learning outcomes of children. This will reinforce the Government's emphasis on improvement of quality of elementary education.
Background:
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, is effective from 1st April, 2010. It envisages free and compulsory elementary education to every child in the age group of 6-14 years. The Proviso to Section 23(2) of the Act specifies that all teachers at elementary level who, at the commencement of this Act, did not possess the minimum qualifications as laid down under the RTE Act, need to acquire these within a period of five years i.e., 31st March, 2015. However, several State governments have reported that out of a total number of 66.41 lakh teachers at the elementary level, 11.00 lakh are still untrained (of this, 5.12 lakh are in Government and Aided Schools and 5.98 lakh are in private schools). In order to ensure that all teachers, in position as on 31st March, 2015, acquire the minimum qualifications prescribed by the academic authority, it is necessary to carry out appropriate amendment in the RTE Act, 2009 to extend the period for such training for four years up to 31st March, 2019.
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