NIOS counters AAP govt: Country’s first virtual school launched by Centre, not Delhi

NIOS counters AAP govt: Country’s first virtual school launched by Centre, not Delhi

The Centre-run National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Wednesday countered Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that his government was launching the first virtual school in the country. In a statement, the NIOS, which functions as an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Education, said the first virtual school of India was launched by it […]

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JEE Advanced: UT aspirants find maths time-consuming

JEE Advanced: UT aspirants find maths time-consuming

The Joint Entrance Examination Advanced 2022 (JEE) aspirants found the mathematics section the most difficult and lengthy after the examination was held on Sunday in Chandigarh. The exam was conducted at different centres including Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology Mohali, SAS Institute of Information Technology and Research, and IoN Digital Zone (IDZ Mohali). […]

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Difficult JEE (Advanced) papers to make race for IITs tougher this year: Experts

Difficult JEE (Advanced) papers to make race for IITs tougher this year: Experts

The race to bag a seat at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is expected to get tougher this year, say experts, considering the difficult question paper for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) – Advanced held on Sunday. While the papers were on a lengthier side, Mathematics and Physics sections were more difficult, with […]

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Teachers burdened with administrative work; need to enable, not disable, them: Former vice-chairman and CEO of HCL Vineet Nayar

Teachers burdened with administrative work; need to enable, not disable, them: Former vice-chairman and CEO of HCL Vineet Nayar

Former vice-chairman and CEO of HCL Vineet Nayar, who runs the NGO Sampark Foundation, believes learning outcomes in primary classes will not improve unless the focus shifts to teachers, who remain burdened with administrative work. Nayar tells Sourav Roy Barman that findings of the National Achievement Survey, which has shown a dip in learning levels […]

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Howrah school seeks to revive long-shut schools to offer education to poor kids

Howrah school seeks to revive long-shut schools to offer education to poor kids

Samaritan Mission School, which was recently listed as one of the world’s 10 best schools “ for overcoming adversity” by UK-based organisation T4 Education, has taken upon itself the task of reviving the since closed old schools in the Howrah Municipal Corporation area in an attempt to provide an easy access to education to those […]

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Smart India Hackathon 2022: PM calls for making research, innovation a ‘way of life’

Smart India Hackathon 2022: PM calls for making research, innovation a ‘way of life’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the culture of innovation in India would grow on the back of social and institutional support, and emphasised that research and innovation must be turned into a “way of living”. Addressing the finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2022, Modi said innovators were the flag bearers of […]

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Two teachers from Punjab among 46 named for national awards

Two teachers from Punjab among 46 named for national awards

Two government school teachers from Punjab are among 46 selected from across the country to be honoured with national awards on September 5 (Teacher’s Day) at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi. As per the list of teachers selected released by the Union Ministry of Education, Punjab’s Arun Kumar Garg, principal, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Datewas in […]

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NMC revises MBBS curriculum: ‘Sodomy’ and ‘lesbianism’ no longer defined as unnatural sexual offences

NMC revises MBBS curriculum: ‘Sodomy’ and ‘lesbianism’ no longer defined as unnatural sexual offences

National Medical Commission (NMC), the country’s apex medical education regulator, has modified six modules for forensic medicine and two for psychiatry taught to undergraduate medical students to make the education more friendly to LGBTQ+ community. The modifications include removing sodomy and “lesbianism” from unnatural sexual offences, making a distinction between sexual fetishes such as voyeurism, […]

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UK, Gulf countries and Egypt among 7 locations on IIT expansion list

UK, Gulf countries and Egypt among 7 locations on IIT expansion list

A COMMITTEE set up by the Centre for the global expansion of IITs has, in consultation with Indian missions abroad, identified UK, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia and Thailand as prospective locations for offshore campuses under the “Indian International Institute of Technology” brand name, The Sunday Express has learnt. These seven countries ranked high […]

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Ukrainian varsities’ mobility programme to medical students not recognised: NMC

Ukrainian varsities’ mobility programme to medical students not recognised: NMC

In a setback to Indian medical students who returned from Ukraine after the war broke out there, the National Medical Council (NMC) of India has notified that it doesn’t recognise the ‘mobility programme’ being offered by the Ukrainian government for foreign medical students. Ahead of the autumn semester starting from September 1, Ukrainian universities are […]

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