The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the revised datesheet of the class 10, 12 pending exams. The exams will be conducted from July 1 to 15. The exams will be held only for 29 major papers – includes six exams for class 10 students for North-East Delhi and 12 subjects for students of class 12 to be held …
The National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has identified several S&T based innovative solutions through the Challenge COVID-19 Competition (C3), a campaign which was running from 31st March to 10th May 2020 for engaging innovative citizens to come up with ideas and innovations to tackle the pandemic. A foot-operated device for …
Technology Driven Education with Equity post-COVID PM eVIDYA, a programme for multi-mode access to digital/online education to be launched immediately. Over 100 top universities will be permitted to start online courses by May end.DIKSHA to become ‘one nation, one digital platform’ for school educationTV channel earmarked for each class from standard 1 to 12 under ‘one class one channel programme’, Community …
Universities regulator, UGC, now has a dedicated email & helpline number to redress academic-related grievances for students, teachers, and institutions, arising due to #COVID19 pandemic. The help line number is 011-23236374 And, the dedicated email address : covid19help.ugc@gmail.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a massive increase in mental health conditions in the coming months, according to a policy brief on COVID-19 and mental health issued by the United Nations on May 14. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is already extremely concerning,” …
Higher education sector must find innovative solutions with economic sustainability at this hour of crisis say Nitin Gadkari, union minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSME. Addressing the webinar on ‘Impact of Higher Education In The Post COVID Economy’ organized by FICCI in partnership with AIU on May 15, Gadkari said, “Education and research play an important role in helping any sector. Innovation, …
