The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on February 21 presented its best practices on digital transformation across different sectors in areas of health, education, skilling, IT and more, with a special focus on sectors that helped cater to the welfare challenges faced by the masses during the pandemic at a seminar in on Building Capacities through skill training and …

 Admission applications for Undergraduate (BA) and Postgraduate (MA) degree programs in Mass Communications are now open in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore (ranked 5th Best Overall University by NIRF 2022). The admission procedure for 2023-24 is a hybrid process with the following stages – submission of online application, offline entrance examination and in-person interview, seat allotment, and certificate verification. The eligibility criteria …

As many as 65 government high school students from 12 states such as Karnataka, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Assam, Nagaland, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Haryana took part in the national level hackathon ‘Hack to the Future- the Green Edition’ held by Quest Alliance in Bengaluru from February 16th to 20th. They developed over a dozen technology solutions for environmental challenges their …

Anita Karwal (IAS), who retired in November 2022 as Secretary Department of School Education & Literacy, has penned  a book titled ‘The Power of Curiosity—in and beyond classrooms’ jointly with two other authors (the names not revealed as yet).  Karwal, who has already authored a couple of books including a travelogue Kailash Manasarovar: Cycle Rides Soul Journeys inspired by adventure …

A pioneering global study has revealed how schools worldwide are using a raft of marketing techniques to attract higher performing pupils and climb the league tables. The research, published on Feb 16 and led by the University of Bristol, shows how the increasing trend of parents being able to choose which primary and secondary school their child goes to has …

Anoushka Jolly (14), class IX student of the Pathways School Gurgaon and Founder of Innerark Blocktech Private Limited, was in limelight again after receiving the ‘Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP)’ this year from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu on the eve of Republic Day. She was among 11 children who were feted with the National Award. She was …