IIT Roorkee has developed a low-cost portable ventilator that can be useful to ensure the survival of COVID-19 patients. Named as ‘Prana-Vayu,’ the closed-loop ventilator is developed in collaboration with AIIMS, Rishikesh, and is equipped with state-of-the-art features. The ventilator is based on the controlled operation of the prime mover to deliver the required amount of air to the patient. …
The National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and sought relief for private schools. In this letter NISA has urged government and concerned ministries, not to issue any orders pertaining to school fee waiver for the next three months. It also …
According to an official release FLAME University, Pune has moved to online classes for over 200 courses, including those as diverse as calculus, psychology, finance, economics, cinematography, music and visual art. Over 100 faculty members have been seamlessly conducting their classes as of 31st March, 2020. A Digital Learning Task Force was formed to train and support faculty members to …
Notebook app, a school education app, has announced to provide access to its content for all schools and students across India till May 31 as a gesture of support in fight against COVID-19. Notebook is a digital content portal that allows children and parents to learn topics in their respective school syllabi through engaging videos and notes. Its vernacular feature …
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ISCE) has clarified that the documents and media circulating on whatsapp and other social media about cancellation of examinations is fake and there is no truth in that. ISCE had announced postpone of remaining subject exams due to COVID-19 and lockdown on March 18.
Mass promotions till class 8; promotion for classes 9 and 11 on basis of completed evaluation in case of schools who have completed exam schedules and for those who haven’t done so on performances in internal assessments; board will hold exams for main 29 left out subjects—11 papers in case of class 12 all over India, and 18 in respect …
