Giving in to the intense pressure exerted by the students and experts for cancellation of class 12 examinations, the Government on June 1 acted to end the dilemma over conducting of these exams by announcing their cancellation. Ending uncertainty of several weeks, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, tweeted the decision after a high level review meeting on the issue. The meeting …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an important meeting regarding Class 12 Board Examinations, this evening. He will be briefed on all possible options, as a result of the extensive discussions with all states and other stakeholders: GoI Sources Following the news of Education Minister, Pokhriyal, being admitted to AIIMS following post-covid complications and CBSE sources saying that decision on …
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,” …
