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Odisha to host G20 sub-committee meet on education, culture, energy next yr

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said three G20 sub-committee meetings on education, energy and culture will be held in Odisha next year. Pradhan was speaking during an anniversary celebration of a regional media house here. The Union Education minister and G20 sub-committee meetings on education, energy and culture will be held in Odisha in April next year. State's Heritage town Konark and Bhubaneswar are likely to be among the venues for 200 such meetings to be held in the run-up to the main summit. On December 1, India assumed the presidency of the G20 forum, taking over from Indonesia.

upGrad's acquisition of test-prep provider Exampur may hit roadblock

Disagreement over valuation of Noida-based company which wants more from the deal, says source

Elite US colleges try to navigate a world where the SATs are optional

As deadlines loom for the Class of 2027 - Jan. 1 is the big day at many top institutions - American higher ed is in the middle of a grand experiment in "test-optional" admissions

PhysicsWallah, the unassuming underdog among edtech firms in India

While its rivals battled to stay afloat, PhysicsWallah has recorded consistent growth since the pandemic

Just when things look…: Beware the surprise that catches you unprepared

As the system emerges from the Covid trauma and India shifts its sights to long-term targets, attention must turn to the underlying weaknesses that may scupper ambitious aspirations, writes T N Ninan

Special emphasis on education infra in state under PM Modi: Tripura CM

Tripura CM Manik Saha inaugurated the Asgar Rahmanpur High School in Belonia and said under the leadership of PM Modi, special focus is being given to infrastructure development in education sector

Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with 6 engineering institutes

Institutes will set up 'BIS Standardisation Chair Professor' as part of agreement

Indian edtech major Simplilearn trains its sights on boot camps

The Indian edtech major is gearing up to compete with global majors in the space

upGrad-backed Harappa launches in US, to upskill 55,000 managers in 3 yrs

Harappa founders cite huge scope as 82% Americans are likely to quit their jobs because of a bad manager, while 44% managers feel they are unprepared for their jobs

AAP focussed on expansion of liquor vends than education: Anurag Thakur

Top BJP leaders on Saturday slammed the AAP over the issues of corruption and pollution, with Union minister Anurag Thakur alleging that the Arvind Kejriwal government focused more on the expansion of liquor vends than education. Campaigning for the upcoming civic body polls here, Thakur claimed that Delhi is suffering due to the Kejriwal government's "corruption and false claims of development". Elections for the 250 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be held on December 4. "This is the first government in the country that has focused more on expansion of 'thekas' (liquor vends) than education and its minister, who is in jail and getting a massage there, has not yet been removed from his post," Thakur alleged while campaigning for BJP candidates in Shastri Nagar, Kamla Nagar and Rajendra Nagar wards here. He said the way Satyendar Jain was retained as a minister despite being in jail for nearly six months, showed that the Arvind Kejriwal government was not just ...

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Amazon to shut down its edtech platform in India, refund customers

Edtech offering was launched last year to cater to students preparing for engineering colleges' JEE

Sourav Ganguly roots for sports as part of education to improve life skills

Former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, on Friday called for making sports an integral part of school education in the country as it can improve their life skills. In a video message before World Children's Day on November 20, Ganguly who is also also an ex-captain of the Indian cricket team, advocated the rights of education for every child. "On behalf of children, I request that all children are provided opportunities to play and also to include sports as an integral part of their school education. Children's participation in sports can improve their learning and life skills, Ganguly said in the message released by UNICEF on social media platforms. UNICEF organises week-long programmes on young achievers starting on National Children's Day on November 14 and the events continue till November 20, World Children's Day. The UN body has dedicated the year 2022 to sports, particularly to children's achievement in sports. "Every child shoul

AEEE 2023 registration to start online on Friday; here's how to apply

The AEEE 2023 examination will be conducted in CBT (Computer Based Test) mode across 140 cities in the country

SSC CGL admit card: Application window opens, here's how to check status

The exam will be held from December 1 to 13

Complaints against ads up 14%, highest came from 'education' domain: Report

Among the total 3,340 complaints processed, about 55 per cent of the objectionable ads were spotted in the digital domain, while 39 per cent were in the print domain: ASCI

Over 200,000 students went to US for higher studies in 2021-22: Report

More than 2 lakh Indian students chose the United States as their higher education destination in the 2021-22 academic year, a 19 per cent increase over the previous year, according to a report released on Monday. Nearly 21 per cent of the over one million foreign students studying in the United States are Indian, according to the Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE). For the second consecutive year, a record number of Indian students went to the United States to pursue higher education, it said. "Congratulations to India on leading the globe in the number of students choosing the United States," Gloria Berbena, minister counselor for public diplomacy at the US embassy here, said. "It's clear Indian students and their parents recognise the value of a US education, one that prepares them to leverage their newly gained know-how to tackle the world's challenges and readies them for future opportunities, whether that's in artificial intelligence

For 19 months in pandemic, 43% children had no access to education: Study

The socially and economically disadvantaged groups and children with disabilities were worst impacted as compared to more advantaged counterparts: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's report

Kerala amends deemed varsity rules to remove Guv as its chancellor

The LDF government on Thursday amended the rules of Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university to remove the Governor as its Chancellor

Delhi University postpones 3rd round of seat allocation for UG programmes

The third round of seat allocation at Delhi University which was scheduled to begin on Thursday has been postponed, the varsity said. The new schedule will be announced on Friday, it said in an official statement. A senior university official said the rescheduling has been done as the varsity needed some time to prepare the list for the admission for all supernumerary seats like those under economically weaker section (EWS) and sports categories. According to an official notice issued by the DU Dean of Admission, the allocation-cum-admission to the third round of the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) has been postponed. "We are taking admission for all supernumerary seats in this round. However, the trials under various categories concluded very recently. So a little more time was needed to finalise the list that is why this rescheduling has been done," DU Dean of Admission Haneet Gandhi told PTI. Gandhi said the release of the list has been delayed for one or two days and not