New advice to help healthcare professionals promote exercise as a way of improving immunity has been launched by medical experts and exercise scientists. Being more physically active and/or engaging in regular amounts of moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise improves multiple aspects of immune function, which lowers one’s risks for infection and chronic diseases. Researchers agree that regular bouts of moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise (e.g. …

AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020 was conferred upon 12 faculty members of AICTE approved institutes on Engineer’s Day (September 15) in a virtual ceremony.  Engineer’s Day is marked  to appreciate the contributions of Bharat Ratna, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya and  the awards, introduced this year, were presented as part of the Engineers Day celebrations by the Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal …

The recently formed Coaching Federation of India (CFI) will be the first industry governing body aimed at protecting and furthering the interests of classroom coaching industry which is projected to touch USD 500 million in next couple of years. “CFI has been formed to safeguard the interests of all the stakeholders primarily students, parents, teaching and education management professionals,” noted …

In a survey conducted by the IC3 Institute on 2,252 high school students from India and Nepal, 83 percent said that they remain optimistic about the future despite the current challenges being faced by the postsecondary education system as well as industries due to COVID-19. Conducted by the IC3 Institute from June-July 2020, the Student Quest survey focused on 2,252 …

After breaking the convention of tabling a major policy document like National Education Policy in the Parliament by releasing it through a presser, the Government on September 14 presented a summarized snapshot of the highlights of the policy in the Parliament. Ministry of Education had announced the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) on 29.07.2020 and has been made available …

As per National Education Policy 2020, implementation of the Policy requires multiple initiatives and actions, which will have to be taken by multiple bodies in a synchronized and systematic manner. Accordingly, this Ministry has communicated to all States/UT Governments for implementation of NEP 2020 in letter and spirit. Ministry of Education is also organising ‘ShikshakParv’ from 8th September to 25th September, 2020 …