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AglaSem rolls out CAT Percentile Predictor 2018 to let you estimate CAT result
Easy to use and precise CAT Percentile Predictor 2018 has been launched by Edtech company AglaSem at its portal for MBA aspirants mba.aglasem.com.It asks a user to enter the number of correct and incorrect answers and predicts their CAT Percentile by comparing calculated scores with data archives.AglaSem EduTech Pvt Ltd has launched CAT Percentile Predictor 2018 at mba.aglasem.com that calculates exact marks that candidate will score in the exam and likely percentile against that score. The app aims to assist candidates in taking decisions on college applications.Candidates can decide which B schools or MBA entrance exams to apply for based on their good or bad predicted percentiles.The predictor can be used online on web or mobile. Enter name, email ID, mobile number, state, number of correct and incorrect answers in VARC, DILR, QA and hit know expected percentile button. To check percentile prediction against a different set of answers, click reset button.Percentile predictor for ...
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35 students on way to attend PM's rally in Dharamshala injured as bus overturns
As many as 35 students of a computer training centre, on their way to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Dharamshala, were injured when their bus overturned in Jawali sub-division of Kangra district on Thursday morning, a district official said. They were on their way to Police Grounds, Dharamshala, in a private school bus to attend Modi's 'Jan Abhar Rally' being organised to mark the first anniversary of the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh. Among the injured, the condition of five is stated to be critical and they have been admitted to hospital, the district official said.
11 students injured as school bus overturns in HP
Eleven students were injured when a school bus overturned in Jawali sub-division of Kangra district on Thursday, a district official said. The injured students were being attended to, he said. The incident occurred at a time Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the district to address a Jan Abhar Rally in Dharamshala to mark the first anniversary of the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh.
Fake education board busted, 3 held for cheating 10,000 students
With the arrest of three persons including two school owners, the Delhi Police claimed to have busted a fake education board syndicate that cheated over 10,000 students in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and other states, an officer said on Wednesday.
DU begins process of taking feedback from various stakeholders
The Delhi University has begun the process of taking feedback from various stakeholders on the admission process, an official said Wednesday. According to the official, the varsity website has the option where parents, prospective students can give their views on the admission process and where the glitches exist. "The DU sees students from the farthest corners of India. This system is just a way of making it more formalised and asking various stakeholders for their feedback on the admission process," he added. The stakeholders can give suggestions on the admission process till January 2. "Parents and students have the option of telling us whether they want the process to be made simpler or more complex to ensure transparency," he added. Sources said this is also being done to ensure that students are not able to furnish fake marksheets to get admission.
No scholarship backlog pending, says Javadekar
The government has made an expenditure of Rs 250 crore in the form of a "special grant" to disburse the amount of various pending scholarships and fellowships for which complaints were raised, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday.
Punjab Minister warns officials on school results
Punjab Education Minister O.P. Soni on Wednesday warned that officers and principals will be held fully accountable for the poor performance of students in examinations.
Student alleges rape by tutor in Gurugram
A 17-year-old girl has alleged rape by her accounts tutor at knife point. The police has registered a case based on the complaint lodged by the victim's mother.
President gives assent to two bills from Tamil Nadu, Himachal
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to two bills, including one from Tamil Nadu which aims to create a board to maintain and administer public charitable trusts and endowments created by Vanniyar community members, officials said. The Himachal Pradesh Early Childhood Care and Education Centers (Registration and Regulation) Bill 2017 aims to ensure quality education to children by providing all basic facilities. The Tamil Nadu Vanniyakula Kshatriya Public Charitable Trusts and Endowments (Protection and Maintenance) Bill 2018 also aims to prevent misuse, misappropriation of properties and income by people for causes other than those for which these endowments were created, a Home Ministry official said. The president has given assent to the two state bills, the official said. The Tamil Nadu legislation will apply to all charitable trusts and endowments created and administered by persons or organisations of the Vanniyakula Kshatriya community. Many members of the community ...
Pulwama chief education officer removed after complaint
The Pulwama district chief education officer (CEO) was removed from the post following a complaint that he was continuing his services in two different departments simultaneously, an official spokesman said Wednesday. "The government ordered immediate attachment of CEO Pulwama Mushtaq Ahmad Salroo, pending inquiry," the spokesman said quoting an order issued by secretary, School Education, A K Sahu. He said Salroo would remain attached with the directorate of school education. Soni Sanam, the principal in-charge of the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Pampore, would hold the additional charge as the CEO Pulwama, he said. "The action has been taken against Salroo following a complaint regarding continuing his services in two different departments simultaneously during leave period," the spokesman said, without elaborating further.
HRD Ministry clears backlog of scholarships with special grant of Rs 250 cr
The UGC and the AICTE have cleared the backlog of scholarships using a special grant of Rs 250 crore from the HRD Ministry, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said Wednesday. Human Resource Development Minister Javadekar also said the government is "positive" about the demand by research scholars of a hike in the scholarship amount. "There were repetitive complaints that the scholarships are not being disbursed timely by the UGC and the AICTE. We issued a special grant of Rs 250 crore and now the entire backlog has been cleared and from now on the recipients will timely get their fellowships credited," he told reporters. The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) offer various scholarships to students. "The government spends Rs 4,000 crore annually for scholarships to nearly 2.5 lakh students. Some of them are the JRF, merit-cum-means-scholarship, Jammu and Kashmir scholarship, GATE scholarship and Ishan Uday scholarship," Javadekar ..
China arrests Marxist student leader for celebrating Mao's birthday
Chinese police detained a well-known Marxist student activist at a top university on Wednesday, a witness said, for attempting to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Mao Zedong, whose legacy in China remains controversial. A student eyewitness told AFP that Qiu Zhanxuan, the head of Peking University's Marxist society, was forced into a black car by seven or eight plain-clothes officers near the subway station outside the university's east gate. Qiu was "screaming and resisting arrest", the student said, declining to be named due to the sensitive nature of the issue. "I heard him say I am Qiu Zhanxuan... I did not break the law. Why are you taking me away? What are you doing?" The eyewitness said police showed their "public security department documents", when questioned by onlookers. Peking University and the Ministry of Public Security did not respond to requests for comment. Considered China's most prestigious university, Peking University has a history of student activism ..
Guj govt bans school picnic buses from plying during night
In the wake of two recent bus accidents in which eight students were killed and several others injured, the Gujarat government on Wednesday banned school picnic buses from plying during night hours. The decision was taken at the state Cabinet meeting held in Gandhinagar, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said after the meeting. Two buses carrying school children met with accident (in separate incidents) while plying during night time in the last few days, he noted. "To avoid such mishaps in future, our government has decided to impose a ban on such buses from plying between 11 pm and 6 am with children on board," Patel told reporters. He said the restriction was being imposed while taking into consideration the safety of children. "Now, bus operators need to stop the journey during this time period and make lodging and boarding arrangements for children," Patel said. On December 22, eight students were killed and 17 others seriously injured when a bus in which they were .
Today's society is going down the drain: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Actor-writer-director Tigmanshu Dhulia feels the society is going down the drains at present, and says it is imperative to teach children to respect women from the start.
Japanese students' eyesight deteriorates, government blames smartphone use
Japan, which is one of the largest gaming market in the world, has found the root cause for the poor eyesight of the its young students - smartphones.The country's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology recently conducted a survey and found that students with vision below the standard 1.0 score (20/20 vision) is at an all-time high of 25.3 percent.According to Sora News 24, 34.1 percent of elementary students and up to 67.09 percent of high school students did not have 1.0 vision, the highest ever in history.The ministry has warned that the poor eyesight can be linked to the increased time spent staring at screens caused by smartphone usage and mobile games.
TopRankers Setting Benchmarks as Best Emerging Marketplace for Competitive Career Coaching
/ -- Setting benchmarks and striding ahead, TopRankers is actively enabling coaching institutes to go online by providing them ML and AI driven next-gen technology. It provides a vast nationwide visibility to coaching institutes by listing them in its highly rated marketplace platform. Boasting a subscriber base of over 2.5 million aspirants from various disciplines, TopRankers dominates as one of the finest and swiftest growing education marketplace platform in the nation. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/802270/TopRankers_Logo.jpg ) TopRankers is successfully enabling renowned local coaching centres by helping them attain a pan-Indian exposure. This platform also enables coaching institutes to create additional income by empowering them to teach more students from their physical classrooms. Simultaneously, it's helping students to learn the required competitive subjects from the ace teachers in the nation, irrespective of any geographical barriers. TopRankers shares ...
The 12th Annual ISDSI Conference at SPJIMR
/ -- SPJIMR will host the 12th Annual Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) conference from December 27-30, 2018 at its campus in Mumbai. Group Chief Technology Officer, Tata Sons, Mr. Gopichand Katragadda will deliver the inaugural address on December 28, 2018. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/688342/SPJIMR_Logo.jpg ) "The 12th ISDSI conference at SPJIMR will provide a platform for leading academicians, researchers and practitioners from both India and abroad to come together to deliberate on the theme of 'Data Driven Decision Making at the Digital Age'," said the Conference Chair and faculty member at SPJIMR, Dr. Sajeev Abraham George. Dr. George added: "This year, in addition to exciting keynotes and workshops, we have introduced a new format of 'Featured Panels' to focus on current issues that are relevant in the Indian environment to raise awareness and to potentially elicit research interest." SPJIMR Dean, Dr. Ranjan Banerjee said: "The ISDSI conference
Bengal govt to provide lessons on obesity-prevention among
In order to raise awarness about obesity-prevention among students, the West Bengal Education Department has decided to introduce lessons in the school curriculum on the importance of maintaining healthy lifestyles for addressing the health problem, a senior official said. The course will be implemented from the primary education level for which disbursal of funds have already started, he said. Besides imparting theoretical knowledge, the curriculum would also highlight the practical aspect of tackling obesity such as the necessity of physical activity, regular measurement of certain parameters and eating healthy food, the official said. Teachers will be taught to induce among students the habit of practising yoga to prevent obesity. The teachers in turn will teach the students, he said. "The lessons will explain the necessity of regularly monitoring certain parameters like blood pressure, blood sugar and body weight. The first two factors have an intimate relation with
Future Hope school win KBD Juniors Kolkata leg
In a test of strength and passion for kabaddi, the KBD Juniors season 2 Kolkata finale witnessed Future Hope School emerging victorious by thrashing Khalsa High School 31-11.