National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed an MoU on June 20 with Labour, Employment Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (LESDE) department of the Government of Mizoram and Sikkim-based Medhavi Skills University (MSU) to develop an international centre for innovation and skills excellence in Mizoram for skilling the youth, pursuing domestic and overseas employment opportunities in hospitality and tourism sectors and in their allied …

The 4th Education Working Group meeting (EdWG) spread over two days is being held in Pune to finalize outcome documents. These documents are to be presented at the Education Ministers meeting also in this Maharashtra metropolis and an educational hub on 22nd June, 2023. Education for a sustainable and prosperous future will be part of declaration by the G20 countries later this …

Darul Uloom Deoband, the renowned Islamic seminary in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, is in the crosshairs of law for a recent ‘ban’ order on the learning of languages other than Arabic and Urdu. Learning of English language and skills, which appears to be increasingly popular within the student community of the seminary is seen as the chief driver for …

GITAM (Deemed to be University), a NAAC A++ accredited university, inaugurated the DST GITAM Technology Enabling Centre (G-TEC) at its Visakhapatnam campus and will be the first-ever such centre set up in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The university recently received a grant of Rs 3.28 crores from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for this purpose. G-TEC will focus on identifying new-age technologies and making them …

The Children’s Art Museum of India (CAMI) recently launched its inaugural game – Children’s Art Museum on Roblox’s global platform, marking India’s first online art museum in the metaverse designed specifically for children. By offering this game free of charge, CAMI wants to make art accessible to all children, regardless of their background or financial means. The game caters to …

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati declared JEE Advanced 2023 results on June 18. A total of 1,80,372 candidates appeared in both papers in the exam conducted on June 4. Of them 43,773 candidates have qualified. They include 36,204 male and 7,509 female students. Students who appeared in the exam can check their results on  jeeadv.ac.in. In all  six …