Attacks on education during times of conflict must stop: UN chief
Sep 11, 2020, at 05:29 pm
New York: Education is a fundamental human right and an essential driver for peace and development, yet armed attacks targeting teachers, students and education facilities are on the rise, with some 11,000 incidents reported between 2015 and 2019, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.
UK announces new student visa route for Indian students
Sep 11, 2020, at 01:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A new visa route for international students will open on 5 October, delivering on the UK Government’s commitment to introduce a new points-based immigration system. The new Student Route will replace the previous Tier 4 visa route, making the process more streamlined for students and their sponsoring institutions.
Sep 09, 2020, at 11:22 pm
New Delhi/Salem: A team of college students from Salem, Tamil Nadu have made news as their Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based software solution seeks to give a push to smart farming. Their crop guidance software is a set of three applications that enable remote monitoring for pest control, automated watering and growth monitoring.
Centre allows schools to reopen from Sept 21 for classes 9-12
Sep 09, 2020, at 04:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has allowed the partial reopening of schools from Sept 21, for face-to-face classes on a voluntary basis for the students of 9th-12th grades.
Students in Vietnam begin new school year amid COVID-19
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:53 pm
Hanoi/Xinhua: Nearly 23 million students in Vietnam began their new school year on Saturday under the COVID-19 epidemic, Vietnam News Agency reported.
France closes 22 schools due to COVID-19 infections in first week of new school year
Sep 04, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: France was forced to halt the activities of 22 schools after new coronavirus cases were detected among the pupils days after the new school year began, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said on Friday on the Europe 1 broadcaster.
Supreme Court dismisses plea by six opposition-ruled states to put off JEE, NEET exams amid Covid-19
Sep 04, 2020, at 09:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected for the second time the plea to postpone the engineering and medical exams JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) and NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) in view of the coronavirus crisis, said media reports.
Linc takes its annual inter-school spelling contest online, registrations open
Sep 04, 2020, at 03:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Linc Pen and Plastics Limited, a writing instruments manufacturer, has decided to take their annual inter-school spelling competition for children, online, this year, in the light of the pandemic related restrictions.
Sep 04, 2020, at 02:59 pm
New Delhi: Majority of students (79%) use smartphones to study online reveals ‘India Lockdown Learning’ report by Vidyasaarathi.
Calcutta University to hold online final exams from Oct 1, results on Oct 31
Sep 03, 2020, at 02:19 am
Kolkata/UNI: The University of Calcutta on Wednesday announced that it would hold college and Universities final examinations online between Oct 1-18 and the candidates must submit their answer papers within 24 hours after getting questioners at home via email or WhatsApp.
‘Emergency’ for global education, as fewer than half world's students cannot return to school
Sep 02, 2020, at 03:12 pm
New York: Classes for more than 450 million students starting the new academic year are expected to be entirely remote – or for some, a mix of distance and in-person learning – the UN education and cultural organization (UNESCO) has said.
Beginning of school year in 23 Israeli towns postponed over COVID-19 - Officials
Sep 01, 2020, at 09:21 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: The Israeli government decided to postpone the beginning of the school year in 23 cities and towns that are a part of the so-called red zone with a high rate of the COVID-19 infection.
JEE Main entrance exam begins today amid strict COVID-19 precautions
Sep 01, 2020, at 03:26 pm
New Delhi: The Joint Entrance Examination-Main or JEE for admission to IITS started from Tuesday despite opposition by several non-BJP ruled states amid rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Globally, 1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools
Aug 28, 2020, at 02:38 am
New York: For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, “there was no such a thing as remote learning,” the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, as the agency launched a new report outlining the limitations of remote learning and exposing the deep inequalities in access.
HireMee announces online exam tool ProEx
Aug 27, 2020, at 05:21 pm
Bengaluru: Edtech firm HireMee has announced the launch of an online examination platform ProEx amid COVID-19 pandemic spread in the country which has forced students to resort to online education as an alternative to the normal system.
#PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID: Greta Thunberg comes out in support of Indian students
Aug 25, 2020, at 11:00 pm
Climate activist and global icon Greta Thunberg came out in support of the "postpone JEE NEET" movement and said it is 'unfair' that students in India need to sit for the crucial examinations at a time when the country is witnessing COVID-19 pandemic.
Seoul schools switching to online format amid spike in COVID19 cases
Aug 25, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Seoul/Sputnik: The South Korean authorities are switching all schools and kindergartens in Seoul and the country’s central regions to online classes until September 11 amid a new spike in coronavirus cases, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae announced on Tuesday.
Kashmir school teacher creates Android app, website to help students amid COVID-19 lockdown
Aug 23, 2020, at 05:54 pm
Baramulla: A government school teacher in Jammu and Kashmir is trying to help students hit by COVID-19 lockdown by creating a school website as well as an Android application.
Innovation takes deep root in non-metro colleges
Aug 21, 2020, at 11:04 pm
Salem: The 2020 Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement, ARIIA 2020 is out. Released this week by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and All India Council for Technical Education, one thing is clear from the list – innovation is taking root in the deep interiors of the country.
COVID-19: African countries urged to promote a safe return to school
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:56 pm
New York: School closures implemented to protect students from COVID-19, are hurting them in other ways, while the long-term impact of this disruption to education could create a “lost generation” in Africa, two UN agencies said on Thursday.
G20 countries urged to stop ‘COVID generation’ from being locked out of the classroom
Aug 20, 2020, at 06:22 pm
New York: A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and business leaders on Wednesday, urged the G20 group of leading industrialized nations to help stop the pandemic from leaving tens of millions of children from becoming known as the "COVID generation", denied a proper education.
COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth: ILO
Aug 19, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Geneva: The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people.
Visva Bharati to write to PM seeking his intervention into campus vandalisation
Aug 19, 2020, at 11:04 pm
Santiniketan/ Kolkata/UNI: The Visva Bharati is expected to write a letter to its Chancellor and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention into August 17 incident, while the Enforcement Directorate has sought information from Police Super regarding FIRs to investigate if any money was involved in the vandalism of the university's property on Monday.
Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking to postpone JEE Main, NEET UG exams
Aug 18, 2020, at 12:11 am
New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a bunch of petitions seeking to postpone JEE Main 2020 and NEET UG examinations after National Testing Agency assured the apex court that all precautions for Covid-19 would be taken during tests.
MAKAUT, WB inaugurates 'The Centre For Digital Healthcare Technology'
Aug 17, 2020, at 07:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), West Bengal has inaugurated a modern state-of-the-art centre of Digital Health and Bio-Medical Technology in pursuit of academics, research, consultancy and higher learning.
Most believe studying remotely is here to stay: global study on world education
Aug 13, 2020, at 12:31 am
Three out of every four learners across the globe think that COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the long accepted process of education, revealed a recent study conducted by Pearson, a learning company operating in 70 countries.
No network in this Nagaland’s village, students travel 3-4 km hills area to appear online exam
Aug 12, 2020, at 10:56 pm
Kohima/IBNS: Every morning, 14-year-old Libo M Zhimo – a student of Class 8 in Nagaland’s Zunheboto districts has to take a 30-40 minutes ride to reach a camp located inside a dense forest nearby her village to attend online classes.
Amid rising of COVID-19 cases Gauhati University prepares to start regular classes from September 1
Aug 08, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid rising COVID-19 positive cases in Assam, Gauhati University is preparing to start regular classes from September 1.
Uttar Pradesh to hold BEd entrance exam on Aug 9
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:30 pm
Lucknow/UNI Lucknow University (LU) will hold its entrance test for BEd courses on August 9, sources said on Saturday.
India's National Education Policy will lay country's foundation for 21st century: PM Modi
Aug 07, 2020, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the National Education Policy (NEP), which has been restructured by the central government very recently, will lay the country's foundation for the 21st century.