Delhi-based Institute for Grooming Professionals (IGP), set up by CA Ashish Kalra and his wife CA Neetu Kalra in 2000, provides coaching classes for all levels of CA, CS and CMA through a network of centres across several cities. Prior to pandemic, IGP had already ventured into online classes, which came in its good stead as it quickly adapted to …
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) with the Tata Trusts as founding partner have launched the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE). An independent centre at TISS Mumbai, the establishment was inaugurated on Nov 12 by Santosh Kumar Sarangi, IAS, Chairperson National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) with Tata Trusts’ CEO, Srinath N, attending as …
HSNC University, Mumbai has launched its law school by the name of D. M. Harish School of Law (DMHSL). The law school is approved by the Bar Council of India and will offer five-year B.A. LL.B., five-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and three-year LL.B. courses to begin with. The courses go live from December 2021. The interested candidates can apply for …
After having faced a lot of criticism and Supreme Court scrutiny (Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 522/2021) over lack of an alternative examination policy during the pandemic academic year 2020-21 where the board examinations had to cancelled in the wake of deadly second wave of covid 19, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has ushered in a major examination reform from …
A white paper published by FICCI ARISE pushes for urgent and bold reforms, including unleashing the private sector’s potential in improving the country’s learning outcomes As against any major country across the world where the percentage of students attending unaided independent schools (private schools) barely reaches the double digit, as per available data in India nearly 50 per cent of …
Oxford University Press (OUP), in its newly published global report exploring the digital divide in education, has said that 68% of teachers rate poor access to the internet or a device as the biggest barrier to digital learning, 56% said it was held back by a lack of digital skills among parents, teachers, and learners. The report, Addressing the Deepening Digital …
