Short-distance migration, which accounts for the vast majority of migratory movements in the world, is crucial for climate change adaptation, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Contrary to common assumptions, most migratory movements are people moving short distances, largely due to economic, social and environmental factors, such as climate change. A study of people living …

BITS Pilani, on March 9 announced a foray into legal education with BITS Law School in Greater Mumbai. The law school will move within a 63-acre university campus in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area for which Rs 1500 crore investment is being made. It will offer two hugely popular five-year integrated degree programmes, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.). The first academic year …

If the decade from 2000-2010 was about initiation and promulgation of Right to Education in school education, the current decade beginning 2020 is going to be the decade of ‘universal’ Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). While RTE had a historic basis, backing of international conventions and a vibrant activism behind it, FLN is more of a discovery and exploration together …

The course open to all students, irrespective of age, and having studied Mathematics and Physics in their Class 12 (or equivalent) will be taught in Online Mode & Admission is possible without JEE through an in-built 4-week qualifier process and aligns with the India Semiconductor Mission to make India a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design. The four-year online Bachelor of …

Exactly four months after it launched the NCF for Early Education or Foundational Stage (FS) in October 2022, the union Ministry of Education (MoE) on February 20, 2023, unveiled ‘Jadui Pitara’—a kit of play-based learning-teaching material in box comprising Toys, Puzzles, Puppets, Posters, Flash cards, Workbooks, Posters, Teacher’s Handbook etc., for the foundational stage of first five years (age group …

GITAM (Deemed to be University), campuses in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru has been accredited with A++ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) following peer team visits in the month of February 2023 and third-party blind evaluation during the last six months. The institution secured a CGPA of 3.54 out of 4 in the third cycle of accreditation …