Cusat News

Ranking for Teacher Education Institutions
‘The quality of teachers is an important indicator of learning outcome’ said Dr. A. Santhosh Mathew, Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education in a press conference held at Cusat. He was leading an Open House Session on ‘National Consultation on NCTE’s Reform Plan’ for south Indian Teacher Educators. Which envisages a ranking and accreditation framework for Teacher Education Institutions in India. Thus providing an holistic assessment of TEIs.Beyond the physical assets and rudimentary academic assets in the original framework, it gives maximum waitage to teaching and learning quality and learning outcomes. Thus a four pillar framework is drafted and consulted among the institutes and sought opinions of Principals, teachers and students of Teacher Education Institutions from Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telungana, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry. Sanjay Awasthi IRS, Member Secretary, NCTE and Senior Officers, NCTE led the session.

Cusat: Seats Vacant at IPR Studies
Five seats in general category and one seat each in SC and ST are vacant for one year LLM (IPR) programme 2017 conducted by the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cusat. Interested candidates may appear for interview and admission scheduled at 10 a.m on 14 th July at office of the IUCIPR Studies with original documents and fees.
Candidates who have appeared for CAT 2017 will be given preference. For details website: www.ciprs.cusat.ac.in, Ph: 0484- 2575174/2575074.

Cusat: Announcement for the Post of Project Fellow
Applications are invited for the post of Project Fellow in the ongoing DOECC sponsored project entitled
“Fireworks accident at Puttingal Devi Temple, Paravur, Kerala on 10 th April 2016, and subsequent groundwater contamination; A study of Groundwater Quality, Abatement and Mitigation” at School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi- 22 for a period upto maximum 3 years. Essential qualification:- First class M.Sc in Environmental Technology/ Environmental Chemistry/ Analytical Chemistry. Monthly emoluments: Rs. 14,000 + 10% HRA. The candidates
interested in the post may report at office of School of Environmental Studies, CUSAT before 11 a.m on 12/07/2017. For further contact: Dr. V Sivanandan Achari, Associate Professor- Principal Investigator, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin -22, Phone: 9495383342, email: vsachari@gmail.com

Cusat: Spot Admissions
Spot admission to fill up two seats reserved for SC candidates each for the M.Sc Electronic Science and M.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering courses by the department of Electronics, Cusat will be held at 11 a.m on 10 th July at the department office. Candidates having B.Tech/B.Sc in Electronics are eligible. In absence of SC candidates ST candidates are preferred. For details, Ph: 0484- 2576418.