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Google announces additional grant of USD 3 mn. for Indian nonprofits
In its effort to bridge the learning gap in India, Google.org - Google's philanthropic arm, on Thursday announced additional grants of USD 3 million to Central Square Foundation and The Teacher App.Together with the partner Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Google.org will help them scale their existing initiatives and fund content creation and teacher training, through tech-based learning solutions.The reasons behind the lag in learning levels are varied and complex, but limited access to quality materials, under-resourced teachers, and barriers to learning outside the classroom are among the many challenges.As per the data shared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), there are 11 lakh teachers currently teaching in schools that are not properly trained and according to a World Bank report, there are approximately 1,30,000 single teacher schools in India.The annual Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2017 report also points out the need to help students in ...
AIR 1 in JEE Main 2018 - Bhogi Suraj Krishna from Narayana Academy
JEE Main 2018 results are out, the toppers have been announced and as always, many toppers have been claimed by multiple coaching institutes, while those who failed have been ignored.In the flood of contradictory claims and "your word against mine" culture of misinformation, the future students wonder which institutes the toppers really belonged to. The IIT JEE coaching market needed an impartial unbiased authority which can validate the results and conflicting claim. Enter standyou.com.Standyou is one of India's leading online data-driven research tool build on 75+ Data points and a marketplace of coaching institutes, that helps students in finding right career option and coaching institutes for them.JEE Main 2018 Toppers: - AIR 1, AIR 2, AIR 5 and AIR 10 are from Narayana Academy - Confirmed by Dr. P. Sindhura Narayana, P. Sharani Narayana and authenticated by Standyou.The idea behind this press release is to inform the mass, about the Results of JEE Main 2018 of Narayana Academy. ..
PILs seek nod for offline mode for engineering admissions process in TN
Two public interest litigations were filed in the Madras High Court today seeking that counselling and admission process for engineering courses in Tamil Nadu be conducted both in online and offline modes. A vacation bench of justices V Bharathidasan and N Seshasayee issued notice to the Higher Education Department Secretary and Anna University on the PILs returnable by a week. In their pleas, CVMP Ezhilarasan, a DMK MLA representing Kancheepuram constituency, and P Ponpandian, an advocate, claimed the online mode of counselling and admission process introduced by the university would be a disadvantage to students from rural areas. According to the petitioners, students from rural areas lacked English and computer knowledge required to apply and attend counselling online. As the process involved filling applications, scanning relevant documents and uploading them online, the petitioners claimed that many rural areas of Tamil Nadu lacked such facilities. This apart, as the entire ...
Eerie silence descends on AMU campus, heavy police deployment
An eerie silence today descended over the AMU campus even as hundreds of student protesters gathered at the Baab-e-Syed gate, the scene of yesterday's violent incident in which around 20 students were injured in police action. Violence broke out at the Aligarh Muslim University yesterday after the right-wing protestors barged into the varsity demanding removal of the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah displayed on the campus. Following yesterday's incident, policemen in large numbers and a RAF contingent were deployed near the Baab-e-Syed gate to maintain law and order. While the rest of the injured students were discharged after first aid, three of those with serious injuries are admitted at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College hospital. According to a hospital official, all the three students are out of danger and recovering. The AMU students today sat on an indefinite dharna demanding action against the protestors. The AMU Students' Union (AMUSU) alleged that violence on the campus ...
Govt gives nod to rename North Maha University after poetess
The Maharashtra government today decided to recommend the promulgation of an ordinance to rename the Jalgaon-based North Maharashtra University after poetess Bahinabai Chaudhari. The decision was taken by the state cabinet here at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. "The cabinet has decided to make a recommendation to the governor to promulgate an ordinance to rename the North Maharashtra University as 'Kaviyatri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University'," an official in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. Earlier, during the state Assembly's budget session held in March, the chief minister had said the educational institution would be named after Bahinabai Chaudhari, the noted 19th century poetess. The demand for renaming the university was then raised by Eknath Khadse, former minister and the BJP MLA from Muktainagar in Jalgaon. Chaudhari, an illiterate cotton farmer from Jalgaon district, used to compose her songs verbally in a mixture
45 Afghan schoolgirls hospitalized in 'gas attack'
At least 45 schoolgirls were poisoned following a suspected gas attack in Afghanistan's Takhar province on Thursday, police said.
Google.org expands grant pool to support education in India
In an effort to further support education and learning efforts in India, Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, on Thursday announced additional grants of $3 million to two non-profit organisations -- Central Square Foundation and The Teacher App.
Chitkara University and ImaginXP collaborate to announce master of design in user experience
Chitkara University and ImaginXP, India's leading UX design and design thinking certification organization have announced the start of 2-year Master of Design in UX Design. The two-year full time program is specifically designed in collaboration with industry experts and gives the opportunity to the students to work on real life design problems with the industry. The program will be taught by industry experts, practicing UX designers and esteemed faculty in the field of UX design. All the content in the program has been designed according to the prevalent need in the industry, ensuring that students get valuable experience and are readily employed by the end of the course.UX design is the process of creating digital products by focusing on meaningful and personal experiences. It is a field that encompasses education in design and technology to bring out easy to use mobile apps, web products, Augmented Reality and IoT based apps. UX designers with a focus on digitalization and digital .
Rote learning must be discouraged-AICTE Chairman
"Integrity is the pillar of excellence in academia and research", echoed eminent leaders from higher education and research institutions, at the country's first 'Academic and Research Integrity Conclave 2018', which the Capital hosted, today.Speaking at the inaugural session, Chief Guest Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education, said, "The faculty and researchers indulging in plagiarism will be punished as per the new UGC regulations, which is a positive aspect of the change that has happened in our higher education system. In this context, today's conclave becomes very important. It can really encourage people to understand what is plagiarism, how to avoid it and how do we use software to check it. And these are areas that our administrators, faculty members and related academic departments, need to be trained in."Further he emphasised on excellence to be achieved through integrity and said, "Rote learning must be discouraged, students ...
Focus on employability, not just academics in choosing foreign varsity: (Comment)
Time was when, if you aspired to study abroad, you wouldn't look beyond the US and the United Kingdom with their prestigious colleges and great institutions of higher learning, many of them with an Ivy League tag. They still exist, but a plethora of restrictions of late on internships, on-job training, work permits and the uncertainty around H-1B visas have led students and parents to cast the net wider.
Renaming Dyal Singh College will hurt Sikhs' sentiments: Harsimrat Badal
Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday downplayed the decision of the management of Dyal Singh College to rename the college as "Vande Mataram College", adding that it would hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community.Speaking to ANI, Badal said, "I am totally shocked on what the chairman (Amitabh Sinha) and the committee is doing. Despite assurances given by Human Resource Development Minister (Prakash Javadekar), making it clear that there would be no question of the college being renamed, the man has the audacity to hold an annual programme (on April 25) with a banner bearing the changed name 'Vande Mataram College'. I have raised the issue with the ministers. Due action should be taken soon. I do not know where is he deriving strength to do these things."She asserted that the renaming of the Dyal Singh College would lead to creating disharmony and troubles in the society.Adding that the management was fiddling with the legacy of the founder Sardar Dyal ..
18 students of naxal- affected Dantewada clear JEE Main
18 students hailing from the naxal-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh cleared Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2018."It's our dream to get into IITs or NITs. We feel very happy. We are preparing for Advanced and are determined to perform well," a student said.Collector Saurabh Kumar said, "18 children cleared the examination of JEE Mains. It's a moment of great happiness for us. Efforts are that children sit for JEE Advance with full preparations."On April 30, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on its official results portal declared the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains result of Paper I and formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).Out of 11, 35,084 students who registered this year for the examination, a total of 2, 31,024 have qualified.The offline paper was conducted on April 8, while the online examination was conducted on April 15 and 16.Bhogi Suraj Krishna from Andhra Pradesh was declared the topper, KVR Hemant Kumar ...
Govt should promote research, innovation in education: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said that the government has a responsibility to promote and support research and innovation in centres of education.He also said, there is a specific responsibility that lies with the researchers as well.The President said this while presenting the Visitor's Award for Research in the field of Basic and Applied Science, Humanities, Arts and Social Science during the meeting of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities at Rashtrapati Bhavan.He also presented the Visitor's Award for Technology Development.President Kovind said that emphasis should be given to the merits of research and teaching profession in the society at large. He also said, this profession offers unique benefits that no other career offers, that is freedom to ideate and to test and spread those ideas through research and teaching.Expressing his deep interest for education, the President said, education holds the key for the development of nation and people and plays an important .
41 injured in clash between AMU students, cops
28 students and 13 cops got injured in a clash which broke out between students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and police on Wednesday.The students were marching to police station after Hindu groups protested outside the university campus a day ago, when the clash broke out.Students demanding ban on Hindu groups alleged that they were targeted by the police."Students were marching to the police station demanding to know why protesters of Hindu were groups let off without an FIR against them and why were they not stopped before reaching AMU. Police baton charged on them and used tear gas," a spokesperson from the university.
Research, innovation bedrock of advancing knowledge: President
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday highlighted the importance of research and innovation in improving the socio-economic status of a nation, terming it the bedrock of advancing knowledge.
Harsimrat requests PM to sack Dayal Singh College management
Union Food Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Dayal Singh College governing body chairman Amitabh Sinha for hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community. The Union minister, who briefed the prime minister on the issue today, said despite a written assurance by Prakash Javadekar on January 16 this year that the name of the college would not be changed, its management deliberately "inflamed" the sentiments of the Sikh community by putting up banners changing the name of the college to Vande Matram Dayal Singh College at its annual prize distribution function on April 25. Earlier today, Javadekar said the HRD ministry will not allow Dyal Singh (Evening) College to be renamed Dyal Singh Vande Mataram College and will take action against its management committee for doing so without consent. Delhi University, however, maintained that no such decision has been taken. Badal alleged that Sinha was deliberately "misusing" the name 'Vande ...
Mirwaiz stops short of condemning stone-pelting on school bus in J&K
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today called the stone-pelting incident on a school bus in Shopian district "hooliganism" but stopped short of condemning the attack in which a Class 2 student was injured. "The stone-throwing incident in Shopian on a school bus is quite disturbing and one fails to understand why a school bus carrying children was targeted," he said in a statement. He said those who indulge in "such hooliganism" should realise that these actions "tarnish our movement and provide an opportunity to our adversary to defame it". He said it is the duty of each Kashmiri to "safeguard the people's movement for which immense sacrifices are being given and do no such thing that will be detrimental to it in any way". Miscreants hurled stones at a school bus carrying nearly 35 students at Zavoora in Shopian district this morning. A Class 2 student suffered head injuries in the attack.
DUTA seeks Rahul's help to resolve issue of reservation for SC/ST candidates for teaching posts
The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) today met Congress president Rahul Gandhi, seeking his intervention to resolve the issue of reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes candidates for teaching posts. The University Grants Commission (UGC) in a circular on March 5 notified that fresh reservation rosters for the scheduled castes/scheduled tribes category has to be prepared keeping department/subject as a unit instead of university/college. "The delegation appraised Gandhi of the implications of the 5th March letter from the UGC, asking for implementation of department/subject-wise roster, instead of the current practice of taking the university/college as a unit. This would lead to a drastic reduction in the number of reserved positions as is already seen from the advertisements that have come out," DUTA president Rajib Ray said in a statement. Gandhi promised to help them in every possible way to get the matter resolved, he added. "He also assured the ...
SC upholds Kerala HC order striking down 3 acres land-300 students norms for schools seeking CBSE nod
The Supreme Court today upheld the Kerala High Court verdict striking down two conditions the state government had set for schools seeking its NoC for CBSE affiliation -- three acres land and 300 students on its roll -- saying the state was seeking to "arbitrarily" impose its authority on educational institutions. The top court termed the conditions imposed on schools by the state government seeking its No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for CBSE affiliation as "arbitrary" and "without any rationale basis". A bench of justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta dismissed the appeal of the Kerala government challenging the high court's decision. "The fundamental right to free and compulsory education to all children between the age of 6 and 14 years postulates good quality education and not just education for the sake of providing education. Regulation of such education is permissible by law and not by executive fiat," the bench said. It said that unfortunately, in this batch of petitions, the ...
