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| A COVID – 19 INITIATIVE |
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| IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Listen to eminent education leaders sharing their valuable inputs and experiences on how the education sector can cope with the changing times amidst the outbreak of #Covid-19 |
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EDUCATORS’ CORNER |
| ARE WE DOING ENOUGH FOR OUR CHILDREN? |
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| Amidst all the psychic, physical and financial trauma and turbulence so caused by the COVID 19 pandemic, as an educator I feel, there is something which we… |
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| EDUCATION IN THE TIME OF A PANDEMIC |
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| The Pandemic of Corona did bring things to a grinding halt all of a sudden with the PM announcing lock down to keep the citizens of the nation safe… |
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| MENTAL HEALTH IN TIMES OF STRESS AND STRIFE |
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| Newspaper reports point towards a variety of serious mental health concerns in school going children. These range from violence and aggression… |
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| TAKE A STEP BACK PARENTS AND EMBRACE THE MOMENT |
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| If your child is struggling, it’s ok to feel scared and brave; determined and exhausted; concerned and proud; alone and supported; compassionate and frustrated… |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS |
| LEARNING |
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| Digital Learning sees a big upsurge during COVID-19 lockdown period |
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| As the HRD Ministry carries on with its efforts to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19…Read More |
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| Union HRD Minister releases alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT for schools |
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| In order to engage students meaningfully during their stay at home due to COVID-19… Read More |
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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| 1. 26 Lakh Students Taking 574 Online Courses In SWAYAM: Education Ministry |
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| 1,902 courses are available currently in SWAYAM, the national online education platform, which have been offered to 1.56 crore students since its launch… Read More |
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| Admissions/Examinations |
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| IGNOU Extends Assignment Submission Date For June Term End Exam |
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| Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the last date for submission of assignment till May 31 for those candidates… Read More |
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| NCERT Common Entrance Exam On May 24 |
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| The application process for the CEE 2020 will end on May 4. Admit cards of all candidates who register for the exam will be released on May 12… Read More |
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| POLICIES |
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| AICTE gives instructions to colleges/institutions to ensure safety and academic welfare of students |
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| Due to the outbreak of covid-19 pandemic the country is currently observing a lock down till 3rd May 2020, AICTE has issued instructions… Read More |
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| CBSE Mulls ‘Rationalising The Syllabus’, Curriculum To Be Reduced |
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| The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering rationalising the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for the next academic year to make up for lost time due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More |
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| Rajasthan Forms Task Force To Look Into Challenges In Higher Education |
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| The task force would apprise the state government on how to maintain the academics of 28 lakh students enrolled in different higher educational… Read More |
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| Children’s Body Asks States To Ensure Safety Of Students In Online Classes |
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| The apex child rights body, NCPCR, has issued an advisory to all states to take adequate precautions and security measures related… Read More |
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| INNOVATION |
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| Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” launches a web-portal YUKTI in New Delhi |
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| It’s a unique portal and dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD… Read More |
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| IIT(BHU)’s innovation center makes full body Sanitization Device |
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| Shri Jeetu Shukla, an incubate of Malaviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) at IIT(BHU) has developed a device… Read More |
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| GLOBAL NEWS |
| LEARNING |
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| UNESCO rallies international organizations, civil society and private sector partners in a broad Coalition to ensure #LearningNeverStops |
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| We must speed up the ways we share experience, and help the most vulnerable, whether or not they have internet access…Read More |
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| Urgent need to secure learning for children across South Asia |
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| While most countries in the global north are continuing education at home through online learning, South Asia faces additional challenges due to limited connectivity… Read More |
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| Digital libraries can ensure continuity as Covid-19 puts brake to academic activity |
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| Digital libraries and publishers have risen to the occasion, offering more and more free content and curating personalized collections…Read More |
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| Lessons learned from the massive shift to online learning due to COVID-19 |
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| Lessons learned from the massive shift to online learning due to COVID-19… Read More |
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| Has the leap online changed higher education forever? |
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| Online platforms threw many universities a lifeline, but the experience could well change how they and their students view the learning experience…Read More |
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| Poorest students most at risk in US online learning ‘experiment’ |
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| Continuing remote teaching in the autumn will be unsustainable for some institutions, warns leader of online college… Read More |
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| EXAMINATIONS |
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| China’s go-ahead for entrance exam seen as sign of confidence |
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| Other Asian nations weigh whether it is fair to test students during a time of mass disruption… Read More |
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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| Learning continues online: Facebook launches with UNESCO resources for educators to collaborate & continue learning process |
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| The online resource will guide education communities on how to collaborate and continue the learning process using Facebook products, tools and program… Read More |
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| HIGHER EDUCATION |
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| How Higher Education Leaders Should Respond To The Coronavirus Financial Crisis |
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| If revenues cannot continue to rise, operating costs must come down and with them the price to students and taxpayers… Read More |
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| Crisis-driven online exam shift ‘chance to boost academic integrity’ |
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| Integrity benefits of remote assessment via tech and change in attitudes outweigh the drawbacks, experts say… Read More |
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| Is student course evaluation actually useful? |
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| Virtually all modern university courses end with a request for feedback. But are students’ reactions even useful for improving future course design… Read More |
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| Students in England ‘have fewer teaching hours than rest-of-UK peers’ |
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| But Hepi analysis also suggests there is still ‘a single UK HE system’… Read More |
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