ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR NEW AYUSH TEACHERS TO BE MANDATORY
NEWDELHI: The ministry of Ayush is planning an entry-level exam for new teachers of alternative medicine streams — Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy — to ensure quality of teaching and research.
“This will be a sort of eligibility test for new Ayush teachers. A candidate may be a good doctor but not necessarily a good teacher, and this test will check their knowledge and aptitude,” said Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, secretary, Ayush.
India has an estimated 18,000 Ayush teachers, which includes about 5,000 teachers for homoeopathy, besides an estimated 30,000 Yoga teachers.
“Quality teachers interested in teaching and research will produce quality students. We aim to generate world class human resource in Ayush, and this test will be one of the measures we have planned to ensure that,” Kotecha said.
In a move to benefit more than 4,000 post graduate students of Ayush streams each year, all teachers will also be assigned a unique verification code to track their attendence.
“We are trying to bring in quality and transparency in our education system,” said Vaidya Kotecha, adding that a committee under the chairmanship of Niti Aayog vice-chairman is examining the working of regulatory bodies such as central council of Indian Medicine and homoeopathy to suggest suitable reforms.. NEW DELHI : The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is likely to restrict the number of tourists visiting Taj Mahal to 40,000 daily and also put in place a three-hour cap on each ticket-holder.
The Indian Express has quoted Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma to describe this move as one intended to ensure that tragedies such as the stampede which took place last week at the monument do not happen again.
An elementary statistical analysis shows that the daily ticket sale cap might actually be counter-productive to ensuring better crowd management.
Statistics published by the Ministry of Tourism show that 4-6 million tourists visited the Taj Mahal every year between 2010 and 2015 We do not have the figures for
This will be a sort of eligibility test for new Ayush teachers. A candidate may be a good doctor but not necessarily a good teacher, and this test will check their knowledge and aptitude
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