Strengthening government schools from outside by working with youth, villagers and volunteers.

1. II HYDERABAD HANS
FRIDAY 14 October 2011 Lifestyle Art & Culture Events Guide Celebrations
Rosy days ahead for scribes
T
here are fifteen plus news pa- Electronic media includes working of Hyderabad states that with the about 60 years old. Media education
pers (Telugu and English) and for Radio, Television and an Inde- opening up of cable sector in the last in India has not received proper
around twenty 24 x7 news pendent documentary film produc- ten years, job oppurtunities in jour- recognition from the government as
channels (Telugu and Urdu) presently tions houses. In Electronic nalism had increased by leaps and well as media. In India at present
in Andhra Pradesh, which are keep- Journalism one can be a reporter, bounds. Moreover, these days Jour- some 75 Universities and 100 private
ing the readers and viewers updated writer, editor, researcher, correspon- nalists are getting paid handsomely, institutions annually train about thou-
about all the happenings in the state, dent and anchor. In Internet media the job had become more dignified sands of students in various aspects
country as well as the world. One one can be a content writer, freelance and there is good visibility for re- of Mass Communication and Jour-
would be astonished to know that journalist etc. This new medium re- porters (particulaly in television news nalism including reporting, editing,
around 400 new news channels (Eng- quires skilled people to maintain channels), he added. photography, videography, printing,
lish, Hindi and in Regional Lan- news websites (which cater only to “With more news channels coming designing, advertising, public rela-
guages) are awaiting permission from the web and do not have print edi- up, I feel those pursuing journalism tions and so on. Especially agricul-
Ministry of Information and Broad- tural universities are imparting Traffic was held up for long from around 5-30 pm on Thursday as a drunken auto-driver and his
casting to start operations. More training on farm communication, ex- friends mistook the stretch of road at Picket, Secunderabad, for their bed and lied down, blissfully
news channels in the pipeline means tension education and development unaware of honking vehicles and furious vehicle owners. Later, with help from the Karkhana Police,
plenty of job opportunities for suit- communication. Most of the univer- traffic was restored.
able candidates in the journalism sities and colleges have provided in-
field. While recruiting freshers, most frastructural facilities and manpower
employers are setting journalism de- in audio-visual communication field
grees as the yardstick and then testing also to some extent. Our country is
the writing skills, news sense etc of witnessing a rapid growth (around 20
the candidates before giving jobs. percent each year) in terms of news
Mass communication and journalism media, said, Prof. Vishveshwar Rao
education assumes new significance of Osmania University.
in the age of globalization and com- “In the coming three, four years
munication. every major event, be it political,
Journalism is concerned with col- sports, art, culture, entertainment etc.
lection and dissemination of news would be beamed live everywhere. So
through the print media, electronic instant reporting will be the need of
media and now web media. This in- the hour. Apart from good writing
volves various areas of works like re- and reading skills, an aspiring Jour-
porting, writing, editing, nalist must have a thorough knowl-
photographing, broadcasting news edge of politics, history, culture, art
items, independent documentary film etc. This is where the Journalism
productions and community radio schools come into picture. Apart
etc. Previously Journalism was clas- from teaching different subjects, stu-
sified into two categories on the basis dents would be taught about media
of media 1) Print Media 2) Electronic ethics which a Journalist must strictly
(Audio/Visual) Media. But in the adhere to in his profession, “he said.
past decade a new news media called Srinivas Panthukala, Assistant Pro-
the Internet Media, emerged and also fessor, EFLU “Career in journalism
made its mark in the web world. Print tions) and popular newspapers and should not confine themselves to one is a prestigious profession as well as a
Media includes newspapers, maga- magazines, which also maintain their language. They should master at least highly paid one. Journalist plays a
zines and journals. own web editions. one more language (Hindi or English) major role in the development of na-
It is significant to note that cover- The opportunities for journalists apart from their native language to tion. It is through them that we get in-
ing the news hasn't changed through are endless and at the same time the excel in this field,” Prof Vinod Pavar- formation about daily happenings in
the years, but the tools journalists use job has become more challenging. ala said. In the Indian sub-continent, the society. The purpose of journal-
to do their jobs certainly have Greater specialisation and profession- Punjab University of Lahore was the ism itself is to be informed and inter-
In print media one can work as ed- alism in reporting is required more first to offer a journalism course. In pret, educate, enlighten the people
itors, reporters, columnists, corre- now. India, education and training in Mass and he should be the voice of voice-
spondents, freelance writer etc. Prof. Vinod Pavarala of University Communication and Journalism is less. The usually busy Regional Transport Authority office at Thirumalagiri, Secunderabad, wore a de-
serted look to due to ongoing strike of Sakala Janula Samme. Photo: Ch. Saibaba
‘Second freedom struggle’ for first rate schools
(Continued from P I) on the school premises one
various constructive and cre- hour ahead of school and two
ative activities. Akshrab- hours after the school by vol-
hyasam is the traditional unteers. Weak students in
Hindu way of way of initiating higher classes are identified
children into education. Chil- and sent to these study centres
dren in the school going age for extending help. Camps are
Deputy CM Rajanarasimha speaking at the seminar are indentified in select villages conducted to encourage meri-
and initiated into education in torious students who may not
Dual nature of light the presence of village elders.
About 90,000 children have
been so admitted to schools
have a congenial atmosphere
at home. They are supported
by residential study camps
A
lthough the dual na- nothing but ripples of density since 2005 and the drop-out with all facilities for focused
ture of light is the cur- that had been formed due to rate is low, at 5 to 6 percent. study. Some of such students
rently accepted mechanical pressure exerted Slates from the temple town of have come out in flying
description of light by the sci- on this layer as also due to Basara are brought to the vil- colours. As many as 138 stu-
entific community, B Prasada thermal cause, he said. lages and assurance is taken dents have been selected for
Rao, managing director and Mr Rao said interference from their parents and villagers sue their education. Over ance from them that they IITs and over 150 got free
vice chairman of the AP State fringes and diffraction pat- that they would support the 2,500 girls have benefitted would not employ children in seats in corporate schools.
Road Transport Corporation, terns could be explained in education drive. from the programme. Another farms and other activities. Study trips are organised
has come up with an alterna- terms of absorption, refrac- important aspect of the pro- School children tied over five for students in the city so as to
tive approach on interference tion and scattering of photons Kishori Vidyavikasam gramme is that after their col- lakh rakhis in 2007, 7.5 lakh help them understand life in
and diffraction. Detailing it at in the density ripples existing Many girl students discon- lege hours, these girls run in 2008 and 9 lakh rakhis in villages. Children from DAV
a seminar on Neutrino in the fluid layer. Since an al- tinue studies after SSC mainly study centres at home for stu- 2009 as part of this pro- Safilguda visited Banagipeta
Physics on Thursday, Mr Rao ternative explanation for in- due to financial constraints of dents of government schools. gramme. village in Warangal district in
said that fresh experiments terference and diffraction parents and they are forced This helps the girls to develop Diwali, the Festival of November 2010. Under the
conducted had thrown up a pattern was given by means into marriage at an early age. leadership qualities and im- Lights, is celebrated in 60 vil- Varadhi programme, the DAV
“fluid layer” which was found of particle nature of light, the This will tell upon their health prove their own performance lage schools in Warangal dis- school adopted the Zilla
adhering to all solid and liq- nature of light could be dis- and their future children. To in studies. trict. Each student brings a Parishad Secondary School of
uid surfaces in normal atmos- pensed with. Hence photons help overcome these difficul- lamp from his home to incul- Banajipeta. This programme
pheric conditions. The fluid were the only description of ties, under the foundation’s Festive gatherings cate concern for government is intended to strengthen
state was assumed to be an in- light and photons were to be Kishori Vidyavikasam pro- On Rakshabandan day, schools among the people in bonds between students in the Nizam’s grandchildren Prince Shah Ahmed and Fazal Shah laying
termediate state between a gas designated by their mass and gramme, financial support is school children tie rakhis to general. city and their counterparts in wreath on the grave of Nizam the Seventh, Mir Osman Ali Khan
and a liquid. The fringes were velocity, he said. given to indigent girls to pur- their elders and get an assur- Study centres are also run rural areas. on his death anniversary at a masjid at King Koti on Thursday.
Aakash: Bridging the digital divide
K JAYADEV catching on very fast. Like in the Aakash (sky). The Human Re- many useless things in our country. the entire Indian tablet.
case of mobile phone penetration, source But when it comes to cheap com- Earlier named Sakshat, tablet
"There are milestones in life which is much deeper than that Development Ministry plans to puters that actually look like the began life as a $10 laptop way back
when we feel we have really of computer or landline phone con- make it available to all students in computers you use, the Indian tablet in early 2009 and, in the years
achieved something great. This is nections in this country, the the universities for digital learning is certainly an attractive one. since, has had more delays and
one of those milestones," said tablets are sure to create a huge via a government platform that dis- Aakash looks like difficulties. The government is buy-
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, sensation in its adoption. More- Amazon's Kindle Fire. ing the first units of the lightweight
at the launch of Aakash, the quin- over, thanks to innovations and It appears to be small Aakash for $50 each from a British
tessentially Indian tablet, on Octo- competition, it is turning out to be enough to fit in one company. During the pilot run,
ber 5. much cheaper than your 3G hand. It's (Continued about 100,000 units will be given to
Today people are accessing data, phone! Indeed, it could from P I) students for free, with the first 500
internet and almost all regular ap- be the easiest way to Wi-Fi-enabled being handed out at the launch.
Maneka fumes at plications on their mobile devices.
Of course, there are people who
have a sense of discomfort in letting
take the mass to the next
wave of technology usage
in this country.
for connect-
ing to the In-
ternet and
The Indian population consists of
large sections of middle class, while
iPad would be dream gadget, they
conditions in their mobiles do all the jobs. They,
and others looking for handy de-
vice, will welcome the advent of
While the world is try-
ing to come to terms
with Apple iPad,
has video
playback --
features which
can still realise their dreams through
Aakash. Though it seems to say, sky
is limit for innovation, are we a
veterinary hospital tablet personal computers. Tablets
are certainly impacting the rich in
the country, but what about the
Samsung Galaxy
Tab etc, India has
come out with a
are sure to make a
deep impact on the
Indian mass.
game for such devices? Who are
they targeting? Especially, we need
to understand the fact that just 8 per
M
ember of Parlia- roundings and the rancid mass? That’s where Aakash stands clincher of sorts not The tablet offers about cent of Indians have access to Inter-
ment and social ac- smell are unbearable,” she re- out! only in terms of its three hours of battery life. It net, despite the number of users
tivist Maneka marked. The unhygienic con- Tablet PCs, popularly called usage, but also cost-wise. runs on Google's Android Froyo growing manifold in the last five
Gandhi made a surprise visit ditions will have a telling tablets, are easy to carry, comfort- The recent launch by Kapil operating system. It has 256 MB years.
to the Government Veterinary effect on the animals, Maneka able to operate, designed for the neo Sibal of the world's cheapest RAM and 2 GB of internal storage. Leaving behind the technological
Hospital at xxxxxx on Thurs- said. She later planted some computing people and is extremely tablet for just around $50 and $35 External drives add another 32 GB hitches that come with the initial
day and had a first-hand view saplings in the area. user friendly. Tablets are here to for students is something that is un- trib- of storage space. It has got two USB versions of any product, gaining
of the filthy conditions there. Blue Cross activist Amala stay. They are sure to make an believable. Just imagine, Apple u t e s ports, some preloaded apps that in- mass appeal for the product still
Furious at the appalling Akkineni participated in the impact on the way we have been iPad’s starting price is around $499! electronic clude email. seems to be a mirage. Hopefully,
conditions and the lack of surprise check. Some local computing. A tablet is a complete Then, what are we talking about? books and According to a research firm’s es- this tablet will fulfil the wishes of
proper maintenance, she took people complained about the mobile computer, larger than a mo- Surely, there’s a new revolution in courses. timates, Amazon is spending $87 Kapil Sibal: "The rich have access to
the hospital staff to task. stray dog menace and bile phone, and comes with a flat the making. The initial response has been just on display and touch screen the digital world, while the poor
“How can you work in this at- Maneka enquired about the touch screen. Let us all welcome the cheapest mixed. While you have critics for hardware for each Kindle Fire—or and ordinary have been excluded.
mosphere? The squalid sur- vaccination programme. The excitement in this area is tablet on the earth, aptly named everything, we also have fans for $37 more than the selling price for Aakash will end that digital divide."