Education

29 Mar

Tina Dabi, 2015 IAS Topper, Gets Engaged, Shares Pics With Fiance

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Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tina Dabi, whose first short-lived marriage to a fellow officer had grabbed countrywide headlines, is getting married again. Ms Dabi shared the news of her engagement thru a image on the photo-sharing app Instagram."I'm wearing the smile you gave me #fiance," wrote Ms Dabi, who enjoys massive reputation on the social media platform with over 1.4 million followers. She additionally tagged the husband-to-be - 2013-batch IAS officer Pradeep Gawande - in the picture. Mr Gawande also shared two pictures on Instagram, they can be considered retaining arms in one of them. He shared two greater…

24 Mar

IBM expands STEM For Girls program in Nagaland

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a collaboration with the Department of School Education Nagaland to introduce the IBM STEM for Girls program in more than 250 secondary and higher secondary schools across 15 districts in the State. The curriculum will align and supplement the State's efforts towards quality education. This program will help enable more than 12,000 girls studying between 8th to 10th grade with access to digital fluency, coding skills training, 21st-century skills, including life and career skills. The collaboration is part of a three-year program between IBM and Nagaland State Government, with the QUEST Alliance and YouthNetas an…

22 Mar

Common University Entrance Test won’t affect quotas: UGC chief

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All central universities will have to admit students to undergraduate courses based totally on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and not Class 12 marks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) stated Monday. This rule will come into effect from the upcoming session (2022-23) year. UGC chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar said it will be obligatory for the 45 central universities to adopt CUET for admission to their undergraduate courses. However, for postgraduate admissions, universities will have the flexibility to use CUET scores as of now. The frequent test, CUET, for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate courses, will be conducted in the…

14 Mar

Cyboard School Brings New Age Schooling in Kolkata

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Cyboard School, 100% online school launches in Kolkata. It aims to deliver a superior learning experience for students by combining best teachers, international curriculum and superior technology, to experience the next-level revolution in school education. The school has been co-founded by CA Rajat Singhal and Kunal Singhal.It’s a chance to be more efficient and productive while developing new and improved educational skills and knowledge through online learning and assessment via 100% online schooling. The school encourages Adaptive Learning to lay a strong conceptual foundation thereby eliminating the need for external tuitions. It also leverages AI for facial recognition and body…

09 Mar

BYJU’S Exam Prep Student cleared JRF in 2021

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Preparing from BYJU’S Exam Prep, an offering from the world’s leading Edtech Company BYJU’S, Mayukh Majumdar from Siliguri has secured 99.99 percentile and a prominent position in the meritorious exam of UGC NET 2021 exam. Multiple students across India attributed their outstanding results as an outcome of learning on this platform. UGC NET is a well-established & highly coveted exam category that covers 12 subjects. More than 9000 aspirants use BYJU'S Exam Prep to prepare for this exam each year. Formerly known as Gradeup, BYJU’S Exam Prep is a fast growing comprehensive exam preparation platform. It caters to students preparing…

08 Mar

Telangana to establish Women’s University, district medical colleges

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The Telangana government on Monday announced setting up of first women's college in the state. In the budget 2022-23 in the Assembly, the government has allocated Rs 100 crore for the purpose. "The Government of Telangana believes that female have to be at the forefront in higher education also. To acquire this, I am proud to announce to this August House that the first girls University of the nation of Telangana is going to be established. An outlay of Rs 100 crore is proposed toward the same," Finance Minister Harish Rao said in his price range speech. He additionally announced…

06 Mar

WB to suspend internet services temporarily from Monday

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Mobile web and broadband services will be quickly suspended in numerous regions of West Bengal to forestall illegal activities. According to the kingdom government's order, the internet offerings will be suspended in few blocks of Malda, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum and Darjeeling districts. The services will stay suspended between 11 am to 3:15 pm from March 7 to 9, March eleven and 12, and March 14 to 16. West Bengal's Additional Chief Secretary in an respectable order stated that talent reports have been received that web transmissions and voice over web telephony may be used for unlawful things…

28 Feb

Unacademy launched new learning product: ‘Unacademy Icons’

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India’s largest learning platform Unacademy has announced the launch of a new learning product called 'Unacademy Icons’ — a platform built to provide a structured curriculum taught by industry icons. This will give learners across the country an opportunity to learn from them with a single subscription and offers a variety of features such as in-show graphics and animations that makes the lessons engaging and interactive. The first Icons segment - ‘Cricket with Sachin’ - has been developed in collaboration with world-renowned legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his brother Ajit Tendulkar. He will mentor Unacademy Learners through a series of…

24 Feb

West Bengal Board Proposes to Shut Internet Services During 10th, 12th Exams

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The West Bengal board has proposed to shut the internet provider at certain locations adjacent to the examination facilities to prevent examination leaks for Madhyamik and Uccha Madhyamik exams. The board tests are likely to be held as per time table in March. Due to the Covid-19 situation, it was once now not feasible to take secondary and higher secondary examinations ultimate year. Prior to that, the query papers had been allegedly leaked soon after the assessments started out and there were instances of dishonest reported. The boards, however, had denied the charges. On Tuesday, Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi held…

24 Feb

Post Budget Seminar on Budget 2022

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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…