Governmental initiatives in improving mathematics learning
- 1. Governmental initiatives in improving Mathematics learning
- 2. Mathematics popularization activities and nurture programmes • Leading mathematics spread across the country in many national level institutions, many individuals and the national council of educational research and training contribute towards popularizing mathematics among students, teachers and the community at large.
- 3. • Ganit Mela and Metric Mela organized in different parts of the country are different some attempts to take mathematics to the community. • In this country of great diversity, we also have a very promising group of students spread across the country and across grade levels. Initiatives have been taken to retain their interest in mathematics and motivate them to pursue a career in mathematics.
- 4. • Some such programmes are the Mathematics Training and Talent Search (MTTS), Rural Mathematics Talent Search (RMTS), Mathematical Science Foundation (MSF) and the Mathematical Olympiad. • This aim to promote independent thinking among students, make challenging mathematics accessible to them, show applications of mathematics in various walks of life and interact with experts in the field. • The MTTS programme is meant for students
- 5. pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. • The RMTS aims at identifying and nurturing talent in the rural areas of Orissa. • It holds a mathematics competition at the grade 6 level, designed on the lines of Olympiad competition. The selected candidates are trained for the next three years, meeting them twice every year. • MSF is involed in arranging innovative programmes related to the teaching,
- 6. understanding, learning and application of mathematics at the school, college and the post graduate levels. • The mathematics Olympiad activity is undertaken by the national board for higher mathematics and aims to support mathematical talent among high school students in the country. • It culminates in the selection and training of the Indian team for the International Mathematical Olympiad every year.
- 7. • An important part of these nurture programmes is providing scholarships for students even at the undergraduate level for pursuing mathematical study, and enabling their systematic interaction with research mathematicians.
- 8. The preparation of NCF-2005 was a huge exercise and led to significant changes in the way one thought about teaching and learning of mathematics and the way textbooks for children were written. It proposed 5 guiding principles for curriculum development :
- 9. ◦Connecting knowledge to life outside the school ◦ Enriching the curriculum so that it goes beyond textbooks ◦ Ensuring that learning shifts away from rote methods. ◦ Making examinations more flexible and integrating them with classroom life. The tone of the books is reader friendly and the books have many visuals, games, activities and open-ended tasks.
- 10. FIELDS MEDAL
- 11. • Fields medal, officially known as International medal for outstanding discoveries in mathematics. • The most prestigious award in the field of mathematics. • The Field medal is often described as the “Nobel prize of mathematics”. • The Field medal is awarded only every four years.
- 12. • The Field medal differ from the Abel prize in view of the age restriction mentioned above. • The medal was first awarded in 1936 to Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and American mathematician Jesse Douglas. • The medal was last awarded in 2014 to an Indian mathematician Manjul Bhargava
- 13. NUMATS North Western University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search
- 14. •NUMATS is a research validated programme that utilizes above grade level assessment, as a means of gifted testing to help parents and educators better understand their student’s educational needs. •NUMATS allows eligible students to take internationally recognized tests before the grade levels at which they are normally administered.
- 15. Identify exceptional academic ability and areas of strength. Monitor growth over time. Connect students to a community of peers and tailored programs and opportunities. Set a course for a life long journey of achievement and fulfilment.
- 17. INMO is a high school mathematics competition held annually in India since 1989. INMO is conducted by the Homi Bhabha centre for science education(HBCSE) under the aegis of the national board of higher mathematics(NBHM). The INMO is held on the 3rd Sunday of January at 30 centers across the country.
- 18. Prospective candidates first need to write the regional mathematical Olympiad (RMO) of their respective state or region, usually held on the 1st Sunday of December of the previous year. Around 30 students are selected from each region, to write INMO. Students in the 12th grade in India are not permitted to take RMO.
- 19. The INMO examination paper comprises 6 problems to be solved over a time of 4 hours. These problems are in the area of Algebra, Geometry, Number theory and Combinatorics. No calculus is required, though calculus based approaches are allowed to solve problems.
- 20. • The Qualifying students are invited to the IMOTC. • In this camp the students are taught Olympiad mathematics and some other general mathematics. • Four selection tests and two practice tests are held during this period.
- 21. • The top 6 students in the selection tests qualify to represent India in the International Mathematical Olympiad
- 22. INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD (IMO): The 6 member team selected at the end of the IMOTC accompanied by a leader, a deputy leader and an observer represents the country at the IMO, held in July each year in a different member country of the IMO. Students who qualify the INMO once and come to attend the IMO training camp are
- 23. send postal problems during the period July-December that they have to solve and send back. Based on their responses, some of the students are invited to the IMO training camp the next year directly. Others have to rewrite the INMO again (they do not have to write the regional mathematics Olympiad). Students qualifying the INMO are automatically eligible for admission to the B.Sc mathematics course in the chennai mathematical institute.
- 24. Since 2008 INMO awardees applying for B.stat or B.Math courses of the Indian statistical institute are directly called for the interview without having to write the written test. INMO awardees are also eligible for an NBHS scholarship about Rs.2500 per month. Indian team members who receive a gold, silver or bronze at IMO are given cash awards by the NBHM of Rs.5000 Rs.4000 and Rs.3000 respectively.
- 25. All travel expenses for the IMO training camp and all expenses for the IMO are borne by the ministry of HRD government of India.
- 27. • NTSE is the one of the most prestigious exam in India • To Identify and recognize students with high intellect and academic talent • Close to 500000 students appear in this scholarship exam every year and 1000 scholarships are awarded, of which 775 are unreserved. • The former union minister of human resource development smt. Smriti Irani announced that
- 28. the number of scholarships under national talent search scheme will be doubled to 2000 from existing 1000 while speaking on the occasion of 55th foundation day celebration of the NCERT in New Delhi on 1 September 2015. • The scheme is open to students of Indian nationality. • Students studying in class 10th are eligible to appear for the selection process.
- 29. • NTSE is the most prestigious and the most difficult examination at the secondary level in the country
- 30. History • The state and the union territories have been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the 1st screening examination known as state level talent search examination. • The state got complete autonomy to design and conduct their written examinations. However, they were advised to follow the national pattern which comprised MAT and SAT.
- 31. • The MAT which consisted of 100 multiple choice type questions was to attempted by all the candidates • The SAT consisted of 25 multiple choice type questions. • Each on 8 subject areas namely mathematics,Physics,Chemistry,Biology,His tory,Geography,Civics and Economics. • The candidates could choose any four out of these eight subjects and had to answer a total of 1000 questions in the SAT.
- 32. • A stipulated number of candidates who qualified at the national level examination were called for face to face interview.