The National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and sought relief for private schools. In this letter NISA has urged government and concerned ministries, not to issue any orders pertaining to school fee waiver for the next three months. It also …
According to an official release FLAME University, Pune has moved to online classes for over 200 courses, including those as diverse as calculus, psychology, finance, economics, cinematography, music and visual art. Over 100 faculty members have been seamlessly conducting their classes as of 31st March, 2020. A Digital Learning Task Force was formed to train and support faculty members to …
Notebook app, a school education app, has announced to provide access to its content for all schools and students across India till May 31 as a gesture of support in fight against COVID-19. Notebook is a digital content portal that allows children and parents to learn topics in their respective school syllabi through engaging videos and notes. Its vernacular feature …
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ISCE) has clarified that the documents and media circulating on whatsapp and other social media about cancellation of examinations is fake and there is no truth in that. ISCE had announced postpone of remaining subject exams due to COVID-19 and lockdown on March 18.
As a part of the Government’s preparedness to fight the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has decided to make available all 33 National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) and their hostels across the country for conversion into quarantine/ isolation facilities. The decision was taken by the Ministry to align its efforts with …
In the wake of COVID-19 lockdown, schools (over 1.5 million) in India are among the top category of closures for the 21-day period. While most primary schools have been closed from early March, the rest of the schools followed suit from March 19. Along with this, the remaining and upcoming examinations were ordered to defer and postpone till further notice. …
