In India, closure of 1.5 million schools due to the pandemic and lockdowns in 2020 has impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. The deluge of covid cases seen in the last three months has further added to their woes and prolonged absence from campuses. Between April 1 and mid-May, officially 577 children in India have become …
Free education to be ensured for children, who lost their parents to Covid. They will get free health insurance of Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman Bharat till 18 years & premium will be paid by PM CARES. PM CARES will contribute through a specially designed scheme a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches …
Reading between the lines of an opinion piece written by Union Education minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal, appearing in today’s (May 28) Indian Express, clearly makes a case for holding class 12 board examinations. A final decision on holding the exam by the Government is already scheduled on June 1, two days from now. “The course of undertaking the limited examination with …
Samiya Caur, a B Tech student of IIIT Delhi will receive this year’s IAPP Westin Scholar Award honoree in recognition of her contribution, enthusiasm, and excitement around the topic of privacy in his class CSE648: Privacy and Security in Online Social Media. “Congratulations, Samiya. We look forward to seeing the good work you will bring to the field of privacy,” …
In India more than 7300 students received their Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge International AS & A Level results on May 26. In total more than 52,000 entries were submitted for Cambridge IGCSEs and Cambridge International AS & A Levels by almost 336 schools across the country. The release of latest results means that thousands of Cambridge students across the country, …
The Union Sports Ministry has sanctioned 143 Khelo India Centres in Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur with a total budget estimate of Rs 14.30 Crores. These centres will be entrusted with one sports discipline each. The financial assistance will be used for remuneration of the past champion athletes as coach, support staff, purchase of equipments, …
