People with poor literacy battle more mental health problems worldwide, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The study is the first to look at the global picture of literacy and mental health. Fourteen percent of the world’s population still has little or no literacy – and the study finds that they are more likely to suffer …
According to a news report shared by Human Rights Watch, WIRED reported this week that the Indian government had, for over a year, exposed the personal data of nearly 600,000 students and more than a million teachers on the open web for anyone to find. Human Rights Watch spoke to Nathaniel Fried, co-founder of Anduin, the intelligence software company that had identified …
President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu conferred the “Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar” instituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India on 11 exceptional children on Jan 23. This year the award has been given to 11 children from 11 States/ UTs, representing the diversity of the nation for their exceptional achievements. The awardees of this …
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) conducted an all-India basis, convocation across 10 leading cities in the country for 14,700 Chartered Accountants, who have completed their program. Of these 44% of which were women. Mumbai had 2386 graduating Chartered Accountants. 4,305 CAs graduated from Western Region comprising of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa. The ICAI Convocation covered awarding Rank Certificates for CA Final …
ASER 2022 returned to the field nationwide after a gap of 4 years, reaching 616 rural districts. This year’s data will be especially valuable as it comes after schools reopened after prolonged closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This household survey recorded the schooling status of children in the age group 3-16 and assessed children aged 5-16 in basic reading …
The much-talked-about demographic dividend of India (40% of India’s population is in the age bracket of 18 or below), with over 350 million young people, requires concerted efforts by all stakeholders toward realizing the potential of young people. The country needs to spend a great deal on education feel education & Skilling Industry voices. “The concern of all academicians, people …
