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24 Feb

Post Budget Seminar on Budget 2022

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Education, IndiaPost Budget Seminar

The Budget 2022 for the education and skilling sector rightly focused on expanding reach, improving quality education, building capacity, and strengthening the digital skill ecosystem. MSDE) and the Ministry of Education, along with other ministries, is organising a session in Skill India webinar themed- ‘Towards Fostering Stronger Industry-Skill Linkage,’ on Monday, February 21, 2022 from 12:15 PM to 2:15 PM. The session is a part of a series of seminars being inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will be addressing the first webinar themed on ‘Digital University: Making World Class Higher Education Accessible for All’. The panellists will…

23 Feb

Supreme Court dismisses supplication looking for cancellation of offline board tests for Class 10, 12

editor0 CommentsEducation#CBSE, SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pushed aside a plea in search of cancellation of bodily tests for Class X and XII to be performed by way of all State Boards, CBSE, ICSE and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), pronouncing such petitions provide false hope to students and only create extra confusion.A bench headed by means of Justice AM Khanwilkar slammed the petitioner's counsel for submitting such a plea saying authorities are extra aware of the floor realities and are capable of taking a choice with which the court ought to no longer interfere. "Such petitions provide false hopes to students. Entertaining such…

21 Feb

Class 10 and 12 Exams : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea To Cancel Physical Exams Of State Boards, CBSE and ICSE

editor0 CommentsEducationSUPREME COURT

Considering the COVID pandemic, understudies from classes 10 and 12 moved toward the Supreme Court of India looking for suspension, crossing out, or elective appraisal for the disconnected board assessment, which will be held by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (CICSE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), and other state sheets. The Apex Court consented to hear the request on Monday. Boss Justice of India NV Ramana acknowledged the solicitation made for the dire posting of the writ appeal that said, "the matter will presently be heard before the seat of Justice AM…

17 Feb

UGC NET 2021 Result soon, here’s how to check

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, EducationUGC NET

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) 2021 exam result today through their official website – ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The provisional answer key was released on January 21, 2022. The objection window was opened till January 24, 2022. The University Grants Commission (UGC) had merged National Eligibility Test (NET) Examination for December 2020 and June 2021 cycles. The examination was conducted on November 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, December 1, 3, 4, 5 and January 4 and 5, 2022. The last UGC-NET was held in June 2020. Approximately 12.67 lakh candidates had registered for…

17 Feb

Hundreds of Indians including Indian Students in Ukraine are in crisis

editor0 CommentsEducation, India, International, Lifestyle, Travel, world

20,000+ Indians are presently in Ukraine out of which 18,000 are students. The latest updates are as following:- According to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 24% of overseas students in Ukraine are from India.Around 25 students from Indore, Madhya Pradesh are stuck in Ukraine. The MP of Indore's Lok Sabha Shankar Lalwani said, “He has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.”Around 1,000 students from Rajasthan are in Ukraine out of which 40 students are from Kota. Bundi's Congress leader Charmnesh Sharma said, “Many Indian students are in distresses who are studying at Zaporizhzhia State…

15 Feb

NEET PG 2022 medical aspirants move SC for clarity on EWS quota

editor0 CommentsEducationNEET PG, SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court will soon hear the plea related to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test- Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2022 as several medical aspirants have approached the top court seeking clarity in the information bulletin regarding the applicability of EWS criteria. Earlier the top court had paved the way for starting the stalled NEET-PG 2021 counselling process based on the existing 27 percent reservation for OBC in the All India Quota seats, saying there is an “urgent need” to begin the admission process. It also allowed 10 percent EWS reservation for this year and…

15 Feb

BYJU’S ‘Education for All’ initiative completes one year of its launch

editor0 CommentsEducationBYJU’S

BYJU’S flagship social impact initiative, Education for All (EFA), marks the one-year milestone of its launch and has impacted 3.4 million children across 26 states and 340+ districts by making tech-driven education accessible, equitable, and possible for all. On the occasion of this momentous one-year anniversary, BYJU’S Education for All has revised its goals to empower 10 million children by 2025 through high-quality digital learning from 5 million which was decided at the launch of this initiative. BYJU’S Education For All, through its partner NGOs, has been enabling children from rural areas and urban slums of India to get an…

14 Feb

NSDC signes MoU with CSC

editor0 CommentsEducation, IndiaNSDC

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Common Services Centers recently. This collaboration is for the delivery of services related to various skill development programmes to youth in rural and remote areas of the country.Under the partnership, CSCs at the village level will act as a Skill Desk, creating awareness about the various available skill development programmes. Registrations of the candidates will be carried out under the available programme for skill development training, along with Aadhaar seeding of candidates and certificate distribution. Since 2010, NSDC has trained over 3 crore people through its…

12 Feb

MSDE and IGNOU inaugurated 33 Extension Centres

editor0 CommentsEducation, IndiaIGNOU, MSDE

The Secretary of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India Shri Rajesh Aggarwal and the Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Professor Nageshwar Rao inaugurated 33 Extension Centres, aimed at strengthening the vocational and technical training framework in the skill ecosystem. The inauguration of the IGNOU-MSDE Extension Centres at National Skill Training Institutes (NSTI) will help in meeting the aspirations of the country’s youth who are undertaking skill and trade-based programmes. Professor Rao highlighted the importance of skill training and elaborated on the programmes being offered through 33 NSTIs across the country. Prof. R.P. Das,…

10 Feb

Apex Medical body warns the Medical Aspirants

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Education, Health, India, International, worldChina, education, medical

National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked medical aspirants from India to stay vigilant while applying to any of the medical universities of China because it has restricted the entry of foreign students. The top medical education regulator of India NMC has issued its advisory for medical students after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) warned against China universities that is offering admissions in medical colleges. The medical universities of China have informed that the courses will be conducted online because of Coronavirus expansion. The NMC has declared that the online medical courses will not be recognized by the commission. It…