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Latest News |
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July 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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Now, filmmaking course for XI, XII CBSE students
New Delhi: Taking forward HRD minister Kapil Sibal’s
drive to involve private sector in education, the CBSE
on Monday signed MoUs with filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s
Whistling Woods International to teach film and media
studies and with Rolta India for geospatial technologies.
Both the courses will be taught at Class XI and XII level.
Right now, only a handful of schools have introduced these
courses. GT course has been introduced in 19 schools while
mass media has been started in 14 schools. On Tuesday,
the CBSE will sign another MoU with the tourism ministry
to introduce course on tourism in Class XI-XII. All courses
can either be taken as a vocational subject or as an academic
subject. The financial implication of the arrangement
is not known.
The GT vocational course has been launched keeping in
mind the growth expected in the Indian geospatial market.
A market report estimates requirement of 30,000 professionals
in the Indian geospatial industry by 2013. As part of
the certification scheme, CBSE students will have to compulsorily
pass two modules of GT in Class XI and XII. Rolta India
Ltd has been nominated as the resource institution for
the GT course and will provide assistance in various technical
aspects,including teachers’ training and availability
of the software. For the course in mass media, Ghai’s
Whistling Woods has prepared course material in five principal
areas — film, TV, print, radio and the internet.
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