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Byju's, NITI partners for free education in 112 Aspirational Districts

Edtech major Byju's on Friday said it has partnered with NITI Aayog to provide free access to its tech-driven learning programmes for children from 112 'Aspirational districts' of the country.

77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: UNICEF

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, which has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months.This Thursday, the UN agency is closing down its social media channels for the next 18 hours to send one message to the world: #ReopenSchools for in-person learning as soon as possible, UN News reported."117 million students, representing 7,5% of the total student population, are still affected by complete school closures in 18 countries. The number of countries with partly open schools has declined from 52 to 41 over the same period. Schools have remained closed for a total period of 18 months in five countries, accounting for 77 million students," UNICEF said in a statement.In all countries having experienced prolonged full school closures, education was provided through a combination of online classes, printed modules, as well as TV and radio lessons."For UNICEF, the right to go to ...

Afghanistan: Taliban say girls, women may study in no-men classrooms

The higher education minister in the govt says women can study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but that classrooms will be gender-segregated and that Islamic dress is compulsory

B school curricula: Time for a reset?

… as the world swings from 'financialisation' to 'artificial intelligence'

Hybrid learning here to stay, like work: Re­port by PwC and CII

The management of the institutes are actively looking to partner with edtech firms, according to the report

Learning disabilities

Govt must reopen primary schools immediately

IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore in top-50 QS Global Full-Time MBA Rankings

While both Ahmedabad and Bangalore rose four places to 46th and 50th globally, IIM Calcutta improved three places to 76th from 79th. ISB moved one place from 93rd last year to 92nd this year

NIRF Rankings 2021: IIT Madras continues to be India's best institute

IISc, IIM-A top universities and B-schools in the 6th edition of Ministry of Education's rankings

Remote learning setting back millions of children in South Asia: UNICEF

In India, 80% of children aged 14-18 reported lower levels of learning than when physically at school

As schools reopen, board classes find attendance in Ahmedabad

To assist teachers to engage with both offline and online students, schools have also been investing in infrastructure

'Delighted to be back', say students in Tamil Nadu as schools reopen

Most schools find half the students back as physical teaching resumes for Classes 9 to 12

Back to school: Gurugram, Delhi schools reopen to near empty classrooms

Teachers, too, are concerned about the challenges of convincing younger children to adhere to social distancing norms

Tomar to launch programme for Karnataka farmers' children on Sep 5

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Wednesday discussed various issues related to farmers with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

DBSE to conduct tests for Specialised Schools of Excellence from Aug 27

The Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE) will be conducting aptitude tests for admission to Specialised Schools of Excellence (SoSE) from August 27-31, according to officials.

IDigitalPreneur - Game Changer in ED-Tech Sector redefining Online Business

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Children who lost parents during Covid should be given free education: DoE

The Delhi government has directed schools in the national capital to ensure that students who have become orphans or lost a parent be adjusted in the same school and offered free education

Charaiveti: An academic's journey-3

'In general, in popular culture all around me canniness was implicitly or explicitly highly valued', says the author

J-K among country's one of best in education infrastructure: LG Sinha

Manoj Sinha said the government is bringing reforms for the transformation of the education ecosystem by bridging the gaps and opening up new opportunities for the younger generation

Covid conundrum: Students caught in a logjam in the run-up to Fall semester

With Canada, Australia extending restrictions, admission seekers are deferring their studies or looking elsewhere

China's education crackdown pushes costly tutors underground

A sweeping overhaul announced last month bans private companies from teaching the school syllabus during weekends and vacations and from making a profit, along with a laundry list of other restriction