Paid internship in professional studies in Haryana

The Haryana government has decided to provide paid internship to students of professional courses in different sections of the school education department in the state.

Officials said internship would be provided to students studying engineering and post-graduation in management, social welfare, journalism and mass communication at recognized universities and institutions in Haryana.

"Students, who complete their studies in April 2011, will be absorbed as interns for projects such as quality initiative coordinators, community mobilizers and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinators," Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal said here. 

"Working within the school education system will provide wide exposure to interns. We have 16,000 schools, 105,000 teachers and 26 lakh school children. No other organization could match the volume and scale of the school education department," she said.

All the interns will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs.15,000 and their internship will be extended up to one year. The students will also be provided a laptop and internetfacility from the department.

Interested students can forward their applications on the prescribed format either through e-mail at edusecondaryhry@gmail.com or through post to joint director (education). Application form can be downloaded from www.schooleducationharyana.gov.in.

Bhukkal said a selection process would be conducted to finalize the interns and after selection they would be provided induction training.

"The interns will be exposed to various aspects in human resource development like quality initiatives and manpower requirements, budgeting and financing, community mobilization training programmes and management during the induction training," Bhukkal said.

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IGNOU to train cops in human rights

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) School of Law (SOL), in collaboration with the National Human RightsCommission (NHRC), has launched an online training programme to sensitize police personnel onhuman rights.

The five-day programme was inaugurated for the police academy personnel of Delhi, Haryana andUttar Pradesh by NHRC Chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan at the IGNOU Convention Centre on February 1.

"This activity is an outcome of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between IGNOU and NHRC a few months ago. The main aim of this programme is to sensitize and spread awareness about human rights. With such a programme,IGNOU aims to bring down the rate of conflicts and crime in the society by creating awareness among police personnel," said IGNOU Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai.

While delivering the inaugural address, Justice Balakrishnan said, "It is our basic duty to sensitize people and protect their human rights, and the police play a very important role in the society in maintaining the law and order. NHRC appreciatesIGNOU's efforts in this field. We have launched a basic programme for lower level police personnel in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi andHaryana. The programme is currently available in Hindi and shall be translated into regional languages soon."

Keeping in view the tight schedule of the police personnel, the five-day tailor-made programme aims to equip them with the knowledge of human rights and it can be applied while dealing with the public, said SOL Director Prof K. Elumalai.

The first basic programme was attended by the police personnel in three police academies in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. They had an online interaction with the chairperson and other members of the commission on human rights related issues.

Giving details about the programme, Prof Elumalai said, "On the first three days, participants will be taught six units through interactive lectures using multimedia tools. On the fourth and fifth day, interactive counseling sessions will be held, wherein all the participants and the programme coordinators will interact through web-conferencing."

"Almost 60 to 80 percent of the police personnel are constables and sub-constables and nearly 80 percent of them are just 10th pass. There is a need to make them aware about all the penal laws in the country, along with the legal knowledge," he added.

NHRC member P.C. Sharma said, "The huge number of complaints against police personnel received in the commission compels us to think about the needful steps to be taken to train them, to make them realize their responsibility towards prevention and detection of crime."

Others present at the event included Sunil Krishna, DG, NHRC; Satyabrat Pal, Member, NHRC; K.S. Money, Secretary General, NHRC; and Prof Uma Kanjilal, Director, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU.

SOURCE:http://indiaedunews.net/Delhi/IGNOU_to_train_cops_in_human_rights_13464/