Deakin University, Australia has announced relief measures for international students who are experiencing hardship due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Deakin has announced up to AUD 25 million in additional targeted support for international students who might be facing hardships due to COVID-19.  Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin said, “Many international students, in these uncertain times and through no fault of …

Lucknow-based ed-tech startup EduGorilla will offer free e-books catering to competitive examinations on Google Playstore. It is also offering a 25% discount on all packages catering to competitive examinations in an endeavour to enable the maximum number of students to benefit from online education. Students can log on to e-books on https://books.google.co.in/books/about?id=KwLaDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y “E-learning is a viable option to ensure continuity in …

Prasar Bharati, Public Broadcaster through TV and Radio has been helping students with their studies amidst ongoing lockdown. In collaboration with various State Government institutions, Doordarshan and All India Radio are broadcasting virtual classes and other educational content through their regional channels across the country on TV, Radio and YouTube. On an average, any DD Channel is airing 2.5 hours …

The nationwide lockdown forced due to Covid-19 Pandemic had initially thrown higher education in deep crisis but universities and other HEIs in India have been able to adopt online teaching/learning from home rather quickly.  It is all the more gratifying that the young students have found Online Classes both interesting and greatly satisfying, says Prof PB Sharma, Prof PB Sharma, eminent academician and …

Online classes is work of a resilient community where schools, teachers and parents—are collaboratively coming together to keep the flame of learning:—burning, writes Autar Nehru The novel CoronaVirus or COVID-19 as specified by the World Health Organization (WHO) after  becoming the most serious health security threat world over since its outbreak in December last year in the Chinese city of …

In a big development, government has come up with guidelines on this year’s academic calendar disrupted by Covid-19 pandemic.  The alternative academic calendar AAA, https://ciet.nic.in/pages.php?id=aac,  has been developed by the NCERT for all the classes from I-XII and subject areas. In order to engage students meaningfully during their stay at home due to COVID-19 through educational activities at home with …