20% Job Quota for Indian English Graduates
India: 20% Job Quota for English Grads in Maharashtra Schools
There was a time when Maharashtra politicians flared up at the idea of introducing English in schools. What a sight that must have been. Finally, picking up on what parents and students actually want, the state has now been forced to woo (sounds a bit saucy) English D.Ed graduates, who otherwise join private schools.
Maharashtra produces close to 4,000 such graduates, who go on to teach in English-medium primary schools, most of them private. Now the state is setting aside a 20% quota in government schools for teachers who have completed their D.Ed in English.
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Even a good interpreter can get lost in translation. As such, the Singapore Institute of Management University (UniSIM) hopes to raise the industry’s standards by launching the first national certification for interpreters. First to go to school in the pilot programme later this year will be diplomatic officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
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