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Analysis of Minority status schools makes a case for doing away with their exemption from RTE Act

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 may have pushed universalization of school education, but role of legal obligations remain: RTE Forum

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 …

Essex launches free data science course for all its students

Data analytical skills are needed increasingly across many other disciplines.  To meet this need, Essex is offering data science training to a much wider range of students.  A pioneering project offering all students free data science training is being launched by the University of Essex at the end of next month (September). In what is thought to be a UK first, every Essex student will be offered the new Data Science for All course. A Data Science Boot …

IIT Kanpur wins TRIFED award for its ‘Tech for Tribals’ program

IIT-Kanpur has won the prestigious Best Entrepreneurial Skill Training Project award for its ‘Tech for Tribal’ program at the inaugural Van Dhan Annual awards of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED). The awards were given marking the 34th Foundation Day of TRIFED on 6th August 2021. ‘Tech For Tribals’ an initiative aims at the holistic development of tribals with …

GRE, Cellular Networking, and Google Cloud Pro Architect Top In-Demand Global Skills: Udemy July Workplace Learning Index

Udemy, an online learning and teaching platform, in its “July 2021 Workplace Learning Skills Index,” identifies the most in-demand skills consumed by organizations globally in July. GRE (795%), Cellular Networking (265%) , and Google Cloud Pro Architect (264%) were named as the top 3 trending skills in the country. The top 10 skills in India for the month of July 2021 were as follows: …

Case study: How CRM platform, Salesforce, powered transformation of NGA-SCE into a digital-first university

NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE), the distance and online arm of Mumbai’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) deemed university for management education is amongst India’s top institutions in the executive, online & distance space. NGA-SCE was founded in 1994 with an aim to provide distance education and in 2013 began the journey towards online learning. …

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