NDTV, India’s most popular news television channel announced notification for its post graduate career oriented programme, NDTV Broadcast Training Programme 2011. The duration of the course is 10 months. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in making a career in television / electronic media journalism. NDTV is highly reputed television channel in India with 22 years of television experience. Following are details of the eligibility, selection and application procedure:

Eligibility Requirements: Applicants should have Graduation / Bachelors Degree in any discipline. Age must be below 28 years as on 4th July 2011. Selection will be based on audio – visual test and personal interview. First batch will start in April 2011 and second batch will commence in August 2011. Candidates for both batches will be selected through this notification only. Academic and extra-curricular achievements of the candidate will be given weightage in the selection process. Each batch will has 40 seats. Fee for the total programme is Rs 1.90 lakhs and applicable taxes.

First 4 months of the programme will concentrate on formal classroom training in writing, camera work, voice training, editing, and and the next 6 months will be for apprenticeship and internship to train the candidates in real time news environment in the departments of NDTV.

The programme is based on experiential learning and intensive in nature. Candidates with sharp professional skills, leadership qualities, and strategies to excel in the media will be short listed through rigorous selection process. The programme has also been structures as an apprenticeship. Successful candidates shall find internships and job opportunities with NDTV group channels including NDTV 24/7, NDTV India, NDTV Profit, NDTV Hindu, Good Times, and the web-based Convergence.

Interested candidates can download application forms from the website www.ndtvmi.com. Filled in forms along with a DD for Rs. 1000 drawn in favour of ‘NDTV Limited” should reach ‘New Delhi Television (NDTV) Limited, 207, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-3, New Delhi- 110020. Last date for receipt of applications is 1st March 2011.

Phone: +91 11 66176250, +91 95600 11391, +91 95600 11392; Email: ndtvmi@ndtv.com

In a significant move to bring reforms in evaluation and assessment system in school education, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering the introduction of self assessment system by students. If everything goes right, students may get a chance to assess themselves apart from the detailed assessment and feedback of their teachers on the annual performance of the students. All these are in addition to the present examination grades system.

The move seems to be a part of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system introduced more than a year back. The students may also allocate more time to sports, arts and culture of their region if the CBSE’s efforts to more localize the syllabus got materialized. The CBSE is considering these reforms to be implemented gradually in 11,500 schools in India and abroad.

CBSE chairman indicated these reforms in an international seminar and disclosed that the parents also will have a major say in reforming the evaluation system. The Board has also likely to take views and experiences of various state boards and international experts before recommending any measure for implementation. Apart from giving importance to teaching, parent and teacher role has also been emphasized in the assessment process. The Board is also trying to bring reforms in curriculum through accommodating lessons on local history, arts, crafts and culture in mainstream curriculum.