Tag: Students
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Forced by Covid spike, U’khand govt scraps decision to reopen schools from 21 Sept
Earlier this month, under Unlock 4 the central government had issued advisory to reopen schools and allow 9 to 12 classes' students to take guidance from their teachers on a voluntary basis on the matter.
September 16, 2020 -
Rise Of A New Era
Smart classrooms are not only transforming education in private schools but are also rapidly making inroads in government ones as well
September 10, 2020 -
Story books open new windows for tribal Spiti kids during lockdown
Hundreds of primary school students in these distant tough terrains have been introduced to the new world through picture and story books in Hindi, English and even Tibetan by a Delhi based NGO, Let’s Open a Book, over the last three years in their school libraries. Spiti tribals also include many Buddhists.
September 10, 2020 -
Cash for marks row in Katwa college: Students
The aggrieved students submitted audio clips containing conversation of the accused teachers with some students in which the former was allegedly heard asking for money, promising better marks.
September 10, 2020 -
Congress holds nationwide protests demanding postponement of NEET, JEE exams; Sachin Pilot, others join
In Delhi, hundreds of Delhi Congress workers staged a protest outside the Ministry of Education against the holding of JEE-Mains and NEET this September.
August 28, 2020 -
Changing Face Of Teaching
With the advent of new technologies, it is crucial for educators to make significant alterations that help further society
August 28, 2020 -
Amid oppn flak, over 150 academicians write to PM Modi backing NEET, JEE exams in Sept
The academicians have said that delaying the medical and engineering entrance exams -- JEE-Mains and NEET - any further will mean compromising the future of students.
August 27, 2020 -
Forwarding the academic trajectory
Education boards of almost every state in India are collaborating with several edtech players to continue the process of pedagogical transmission during lockdown
August 26, 2020 -
Mobile unit teaches South Dinajpur rural students
An apolitical organisation called 'Shiksha Alachona' in the district started the initiative with a view to keeping in touch with the students of remote areas so that they can continue with their studies even during the pandemic.
August 21, 2020 -
A Novel Policy
One of the most wonderful aspects of the new policy is its flexibility ~ there is no reason why a Physics Honours undergraduate cannot take up Music or literature as a subsidiary subject. Similarly, the student can make a lateral shift from physics to literature as the main subject.
August 8, 2020 -
NEP 2020 will lay foundation for New India, says PM Modi, stresses policy focuses on ‘how to think’
The Union Cabinet on July 29 gave its approval to a new National Education Policy aimed to bring about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.
August 7, 2020 -
IIIT Bhubaneswar records 91%placement
Twenty six notable companies including Microsoft, McKinsey, Visa, Dell, Turtlement and Amazon have visited the IIIT campus during the year 2019-20 for campus recruitment
August 6, 2020 -
AFAIRS India organising Virtual Admissions Fair 2020 on 17 July
AFAIRS, one of Asia’s leading education fair and convention organizers has announced its first, one-of-a-kind, Virtual Admissions Fair, on 17 July, where students get their best-fit Institutions without the need to step out of the safety of their homes.
July 16, 2020 -
Students from poor families getting step-motherly treatment: Akhilesh Yadav on online classes
The SP leader alleged the BJP government did not think about the livelihood of the teachers and other employees working in the educational institutions that got closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 12, 2020 -
Democratic party urges US govt to reverse its order barring international students
In its July 6 order, the ICE declared that non-immigrant F-1 and M-1 students attending schools operating entirely online or taking only online courses will not be permitted to take a full course load and remain in the United States.
July 10, 2020 -
New visa regulations likely to cause difficulties for Indian students, says official
At the India-US Foreign Office Consultations held on July 7, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla conveyed India's concerns on the matter to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.
July 9, 2020 -
‘False narrative’ being created over exclusion of topics by CBSE, it’s merely ‘one-time measure’: HRD minister
The CBSE has reduced up to 30 per cent of the syllabus for the 2020-21 academic session for classes 9 to 12 in a bid to decrease the course load for students during the pandemic.
July 9, 2020