New Delhi: Does your child have an app or a patent? Has he won national or international competition? If yes, then as per All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), your child will qualify as “Genius”.
Technical education regulator had announced last month That it would allow institutions to make provision for two additional seats under the “gifted child” category, for which it issued norms earlier this week.
“Institutions admitting students under this scheme are committed to give full tuition waiver to the admitted students. However, institutes can charge students for examination, hostel, library, transport, laboratory and other activities as per the existing norms.
According to the Council’s definition, a “gifted child” is one who “is eager to study and discuss answers in detail beyond the scope of the question”, “makes (careless mistakes in repetitive tasks)”, “in new The keen observer is “learning activities”, “enjoys non-structured and non-routine problems”, and “speaks of his mind”.
The document also states that there is a difference between a “bright child” and a “gifted child”—a “bright child” is someone who is more conscientious in the classroom and is well-versed in the curriculum, “well Scores way high – tasks practiced”, and is “classical”.
But for a child to qualify as a “genius,” he must:
• Winner of at least one National/International level competition organized by the Government or a recognized private body;
• have received funding from a government agency to pursue innovative projects;
• is a candidate who has high quality original research article publications in peer-reviewed journals as first author;
• is the primary holder of a patent granted by the Indian or International Patent Office;
• Owns or has launched an app on Google/Apple/Windows Store or is in the process of launching a technology based innovative product in the market (with over 10,000 downloads).
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need to create awareness
The AICTE document further states that identifying “talented children” is no easy task, and hence, there is a need to sensitize schools and teachers and nurture such children.
“Many gifted students remain unknown as high achievers because they are held back. They might not be counted on because of poor scores in school, but could potentially be high achievers. The purpose of creation of two additional seats in AICTE-approved institutions to empower talented and talented students is to fully enhance the innate potential of such students, who have secured lesser marks or have not appeared for the entrance test,” The document stated in the policy.
This is a view shared by education experts, who lauded AICTE’s initiative and told ThePrint that the need to create awareness about “gifted children” in India should also be addressed, adding that schools need to be a Develop a program that specifically addresses their needs.
“In India, we do not have a formal policy as to who qualifies as a gifted child and what we can do to identify them. NEP has made some suggestions to make people aware about it and now the AICTE document says that It is a step forward in the direction. It will serve as a starting point to make people aware about it,” said Dr Samina Manasawala, domain in-charge at Kauvery Gifted Education and Research Centre, Pune.
AICTE, in its document, also refuted the “common belief or myth” that academically gifted children will be successful, no matter what educational environment they are placed in.
“The notion that creativity, high potential and talent are additional donations to a child and he or she is already ‘lucky’, prevails in Indian society, which expects such students to excel on their own with minimal additional support. will do.” Reads the document.
“Indigenous talents in rural areas remain mostly unknown and, on the other hand, students with intense curiosity, fertile imagination and questioning do not find a creative outlet in a society where test scores are still a leading indicator of ability. Therefore, There is a need to identify and nurture gifted children,” it further says.
(Edited by Amritansh Arora)