Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the AWS Young Builders Challenge, an initiative focused on providing school students in India an opportunity to understand and explore computer science, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). The challenge is open for participation to all schools across India; students studying in classes 6 to 12 are eligible to participate. Students need to submit …
Mumbai-based SchoolEdtech Company in K-12 segment, LEAD has announced the launch of LEAD Championships 2021, a competition to demonstrate skills such as speaking, reading, listening, comprehension, application of their science-based concepts, current affairs, etc,. This year, the Championship will have four categories – English Champs, Science Champs, Quiz Champs and Li’l Champs and is open to 10 lakh+ students from …
Students from the Civil Engineering department of MVJCE have taken an initiative to usher in sustainability in the waste management sector and help in providing economic and social benefits – under the initiative, they have devised a method to extract gold from printed circuit boards of old mobile phones. The same method can be used to extract other metals like silver and copper …
By Abhimanyu J. Kumar Inclusivity is and always has been a core ideal of our democracy, whether it is in the form of secularism, fundamental rights related to equality or an acceptance of different ideas and cultures from across the world. The most basic argument to substantiate the importance of inclusion in schools is that it is introducing inclusion at …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Sep 29 cleared the PM POSHAN Scheme for providing one hot cooked meal in Government and Government-aided schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26. This is a Centrally-Sponsored Scheme which covers all school children studying in Classes I-VIII of Government, Government-Aided Schools. The earlier name of the scheme was ‘National Scheme for Mid Day …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sep 30 inaugurated Central Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (CIPET), Jaipur through video conference. He said that the new Institute of Petrochemical Technology will connect the lakhs of youth with new possibilities. He also recalled his Chief Minister tenure and his efforts to establish and nurture Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, now Energy University, in the state. …
