After indicating that Government is contemplating the option of reduction in the syllabus and instructional hours on requests from parents and teachers, union HRD minister Pokhriyal is facing flak from experts as they feel any such step at this stage is of no use. They say any quantum of reduction would depend on when will the schools reopen and what …
Royal Holloway, University of London, has adapted all postgraduate courses this year to ensure that students in India can confidently begin their studies with the university this September. The courses will combine face to face and online teaching and learning support. In view of any potential travel or other COVID-19 related restrictions place in the UK or in India, students …
NSRCEL, the start-up hub at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), today announced the list of 25 shortlisted fintech start-ups for a 15-month extensive program, which could see many of them receiving funding from the CSR fund of ICICI Securities, India’s leading financial services firm. The ventures selected are early-stage startups working in areas like trading, lending, payments, wealth …
A test developed by experts in Birmingham has offered evidence confirming COVID-19 to be the cause of a newly emerged multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, who have tested negative for the virus by the PCR test. This raises the possibility that children who may have had the virus in their system, even if they haven’t been unwell, could be at …
Lido Learning, an Indian EdTech start-up, is aiming to hire over 500 senior citizens as teachers in the next few months. The selected teachers would undergo a free 5-day training to deepen their knowledge and have them ready to teach online. The expertise of senior citizens in Science, Maths and English will be used to expand its small group face-to-face …
Online learning platform, Unacademy, today hosted a Live Class for its learners by Zev Siegl, internationally recognized speaker & presenter and co-founder of one of the world’s most famous coffee chains, Starbucks. The Live Class was a phenomenal success with around 20,000 learners attending the session. Earlier in March, Unacademy announced the commencement of the ‘Legends on Unacademy’ program with …
