The education policy is essentially concerned to perform holistic development of students by fostering high-order ‘cognitive capacities’ along with ‘social, ethical and emotional capacities.’ These educational objectives are not entirely new, these were mentioned in the previous policies also but the point is that how strong minded the government is in attainment of these high goals writes, Komal Kapoor Our …
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology will be organising its 9th convocation ceremony on September 26, 2020, conferring degrees to all the graduate and postgraduate students. To ensure the safety and well-being of the students and staff amid the Coronavirus pandemic, IIIT-Delhi has announced that its 9th convocation ceremony would be conducted on the virtual platform. This ceremony would mark the …
Turnitin, a leading edtech company has launched a comprehensive academic integrity solution called Turnitin Originality that combines the text similarity checking functionality such as contract cheating and teach students the value of original thinking skills. Turnitin Originality uses comprehensive technology to help deter unoriginal work and support students in learning how to properly attribute ideas and concepts to others. When …
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote skilling as a national priority, NASSCOM FutureSkills and Microsoft have joined hands to launch a nation-wide AI skilling initiative. The initiative aims to skill 1 million students in AI by 2021. The collaboration will provide Microsoft’s AI, machine learning and data science expertise to students through easy to consume modules including live …
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, in collaboration with education company WileyNXT will launch three executive programs- Advanced Management Certification in Transforming Customer Experience with AI and Design, Advanced Management Certification in Blockchain and AI for Fintech and Advanced Management Certification in Services & Supply Chain Transformation. Each program is targeted at the professionals in the domain of Technology, Data, …
By Rajat Mukherjee and Monika Srivastava 5+3+3+4 will replace 10+2. This isn’t math magic. But a change in the framework of India’s school education proposed by the new National Education Policy. The ‘5’ in the proposed new framework includes two years of pre-schooling. The unmissable impact of this reconfiguration is that the previously unregulated (debatable, as discussed below) pre-school segment …
