Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while welcoming the intense and extensive debate that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has generated in the country, has categorically assured of his political will to make it work on the ground. He called upon education administrators, educators and other stakeholders to do brainstorming sessions and webinars to come up with implementation blueprint, and actionable …

A policy brief, education and COVID-19, together with a new campaign with education partners and United Nations agencies called “Save our Future”  was launched by the  UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ on August 4 .  This policy brief calls for action in four key areas:   First, reopening schools.  Once local transmission of COVID-19 is under control, getting students back into schools and …

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), ranked No.1 in India Rankings 2020 by NIRF, opened its application process for the newly launched world’s first ever online BSc Degree in Programming and Data Science. Students may fill the application form to enroll in the Qualifier process and also upload the required documents and pay the application fee of Rs. 3000. The …

The latest edition of Smart India Hackathon (SIH) —a nationwide initiative conducted every year since 2017 in two formats i.e. SIH Software and SIH Hardware that provides students a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcates a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving, was kick started …

JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur in collaboration with All India Management Association (AIMA), on July 31 unveiled the first-ever virtual lab for management students for business stimulation exercises. It is a first such kind of lab in Rajasthan. BizLab will expose students to real economic, environmental and business issues related to finance, operations, marketing and other business functions.   The digital …

Israel has announced that after July 22 new international students would be permitted to enter the country to commence their academic studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.  The announcement follows a government enacted restriction in mid-March that prevented non-Israeli visitors from entering the country. Since then, the Council for Higher Education of Israel has been working closely with senior officials …