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A STEP AHEAD ….. ALWAYS

“EVERY GRADUATE SHOULD LEAVE THE COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN ONE HAND AND A PLACEMENT ORDER IN THE OTHER HAND.”

Shri G.N.RAO, I.A.S

Andhra Pradesh is unique not only in terms of its varied culture but also in its ability to meet the challenges of the present global world. It recognizes the power of education, science and training to develop its people especially the rural sector and hence the establishment of Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKCs) in the colleges of AP.

JKCs Key Goals

To bridge the gap between Colleges and Industry and provide intensive training to students to promote confidence building and professional enrichment, to suit the corporate necessities.
To integrate IT into daily teaching learning process and provide variety of opportunities for learning and improving in technologically rich environments like our JKC labs and ELLs.
To be sensitive to the needs of students of remote, rural and marginalized sections of the society.
To provide bright opportunities to talented but economically poor students in various IT & ITeS sectors.

Teachers play a pivotal role in inspiring and motivating students. Hence CCE recognizes the essence of this support structure and is sparing no effort in offering the best training and skills to not just students but teachers too.
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE : ESOL EXAMINATIONS

What is ESOL?

Cambridge ESOL (English for Speakers of other Languages) is interested in developing and supporting the English skill building initiatives in the Higher education sector. Cambridge ESOL is a department of the University of Cambridge and is also a member of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE). They provide a wide variety of tests and exams that test the teachers and students in the four skills of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Why take Cambridge ESOL qualifications?

Assessment is vital to enhance the effectiveness of any institution. It acts as an essential tool to realize one’s objective and also the objectives of the institution. Cambridge ESOL provides an accurate measure of one’s true ability. They assess teachers’ and students’ ability to understand spoken and written language, and knowledge of language systems. This means that teachers and students are tested against what they can do with the language they know.

Mode of Assessment

They have designed a testing program called BULATS (Business Language Testing Service) for use by employers and final year students who are looking for jobs and the main outcome of this test is its accuracy in showing potential employers the level of English language skills they have attained.

The BULATS Standard Test & Certification

Mandatory for all English Language Teachers teaching in government degree colleges of AP

BULATS TEST administration across the state either Computer Based or Pen/Paper based as per requirements of CCE.

Skills to be tested & assessed
Listening, Reading , Grammar and Vocabulary

Taking down a phone message
Understanding notices and short extracts
Understanding longer texts
Correcting errors in a text

Special Pricing for CCE

BULATS Standard Test/ Computer Test (For Each Teacher) - Test Fee: Rs.500/-
Test Fee for each teacher: To be met from either Special Fee Funds or JKC Funds of one’s respective college.

Outcome of BULATS

Each candidate who takes the test is given a rating between 1 and 100 which reflects levels ranging from beginner to near native speaker. They also receive certification and a report outlining their performance in each area. Their score is benchmarked against the Common European Framework of Reference Scale (CEFR) (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 & C2) and this will help to discern between students who are good in in language skills and those who need more support.

Advantage of Cambridge ESOL Certification

The ESOL Cambridge certificate is recognized by thousands of Educational organizations and employers throughout the world. Government agencies, Immigration authorities and professional bodies in many countries recognize this qualification. This recognition will give a student even from the remotest corner in the state to showcase his language skills which can provide easy employment options.

MoU’s

They have a number of MoU’s with state governments (Tamilnadu, Gujarat , MadyaPradesh, Haryana, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh) and Universities to offer their qualifications and these are widely recognized by Schools, Teachers Training institutions, individual companies as well as industry associations like Nasscom and CII.

Impact of Cambridge ESOL on JKCs

They intend to support the JKC initiative of CCE by providing internationally recognized benchmark English language qualifications from Cambridge namely BULATS.
Through their support they want to help the program managers of JKC to evaluate the efficiency of the trainings programs delivered
They want to motivate students to opt for a Cambridge certificate and this would positively impact the language learning activity in the classroom.
They are also ready to offer teacher training and orientation programmes to all the teachers of JKC which can help them support the training in JKCs.
Work in partnership with CII and NASSCOM to identify language standards for different jobs and share the same with the students.

Conclusion

CCE hopes that the effectiveness of the project will promote sound student centered teacher techniques, an enthusiasm for teaching and a sensitivity to the needs of students.