National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have joined hands to introduce a financial literacy curriculum for students of Class VI. The Financial Literacy Textbook is launched as part of new elective ‘financial literacy’ subject that will enable students to have an understanding of basic financial concepts at a preliminary stage of their education. …
Rishihood University, Sonepat and Tinkerly, an edtech in coding and STEM space, have announced the National Tinkering Awards 2021, a national level competition of original technological ideas and innovations for students of classes 10, 11 & 12, and also those who are passing out from 12th from any stream this year. As part of these awards, students will come up with …
IIT Roorkee held a first of its kind award ceremony on 26 June to commemorate the efforts put in by its students in continuing the placement and internship drive despite the challenges hurled by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-blues made placements one of the most challenging tasks for higher education institutions, even for the most esteemed institutions such as IIT …
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is launching a new initiative to showcase its research to the broad scientific community and policymakers. It will highlight the major research initiatives being pursued in emerging areas of global interest. While the first webinar under the ‘IITM Research Initiatives Spotlight’ (IRIS) is scheduled to be conducted on 1st July 2021 on the topic of …
Professor Adam Tickell has been appointed as its next Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Birmingham, UK. Professor Tickell will take up the post in January 2022, following Professor Sir David Eastwood’s retirement in December 2021. Professor Tickell is an extremely experienced senior leader within the higher education sector and joins Birmingham from the University of Sussex where he …
Students from class VI to XII can register at https://worldskillsindia.co.in/JuniorSkills2021. Top 21 students will get an opportunity to travel to WorldSkills International Competition JuniorSkills Championship 2021 extends registration date till June 30th, 2021, providing an opportunity to students to take part in the first ever national-level skill competition. Being organized by NSDC in collaboration with CBSE, JuniorSkills is an endeavour to create …
