The first of its kind comic book, authored by Arthy Muthanna Singh and Mamta Nainy, exclusively on the lesser-known species of the Nilgiris, was launched by World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF India). The Nilgiri Tahr is the only mountain ungulate in southern India amongst the 12 species present in the country. A large part of the population has depleted from its …
Avery Dennison Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Avery Dennison Corporation on Aug 27 felicitated the winners of the 9th edition of its annual scholarship program ‘Spirit of Invention’ (InvEnt). Fifteen (15) scholars with a scholarship of US$ 1300 each were awarded in the virtual award ceremony. These students are studying in the fields of science, engineering & technology from five institutions. Since 2012, …
IIT Kanpur last week announced setting up of Shivani Centre for the nurture and re-integration of Hindi and other Indian languages aimed at a seamless integration of students from Hindi and Other Indian Languages (OILs) background in the socio-academic milieu of the prestigious institute. The Centre for students from across the country with a non-English medium of instruction at school …
Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVVs), a chain of 22 schools run by Delhi government will be subsumed in the proposed 100 schools of specialised excellence in Delhi. These RPVV schools for ‘gifted’ have stopped admissions for class VI since last year and therefore classes VII will continue this year and in two years, these schools will function for classes 9-12. …
A NCPCR report published in March this year which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities. The report got media attention recently and its findings are being debated. Speaking to Indian Express, NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said, “The aim of the study was …
NEP 2020 has pushed forward the goal of universalization of school education including the children from pre-primary to secondary level, but it won’t be realized without legal obligations. There is an urgent need of strengthening of existing Right to Education (RTE) Act. According to Prof. Muchkund Dubey, former Foreign Secretary and President, Council for Social Development (CSD) the commitment of …
