Education

04 Feb

Delhi Schools to Reopen From Monday

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The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has announced the reopening of schools and colleges in the city, owing to the drop in coronavirus cases. Schools will open in a phased manner- with classes 9th-12th reopening from Feb 7 and classes from nursery to 8 from Feb 14. It also announced that the night curfew will be shortened by an hour, from 11 pm to 5 am. Offices will be allowed to function with 100% attendance.All restaurants in Delhi can now remain open till 11pm. Physical classes for nursery to class 8 will resume from February 14. Deputy chief minister Manish…

02 Feb

“Step Up Scholarship” program offers 1000+ scholarships

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Sunstone Eduversity has announced 1000+ scholarships amounting to INR 5 Crores through its "Step Up Scholarship" program. The program offers an opportunity for students to launch their careers with outcome-oriented and impactful higher education programs. Under this breakthrough initiative, students pursuing or planning to pursue Post Graduate courses (MBA, MCA, and PGDM) are eligible to apply for scholarships up to 100%. As a first step towards availing the Scholarship, aspirants must take the "Step Up Scholarship" test to be conducted on the 5th & 6th of February 2022. The test will entail multiple-choice questions on quantitative and verbal aptitude, psychometric…

26 Jan

Protesting Railway job aspirants torch train in Gaya

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A train was allegedly set on fire by protesting railway job aspirants over the recruitment exams. The agitated protesters vandalised trains and pelted stones. Stones could be seen all over the platform at the railway station and visuals also showed broken windows of a train. "The CBT-2 exam date was not notified. The result is still awaited. We demand cancellation of the CBT-2 exam and release of exam result," ANI quoted a protester. Meanwhile, SSP Gaya Aditya Kumar said that the situation is now under control."They have set it (coach/train) on fire, we have identified some of them," ANI quoted…

23 Jan

KL Deemed-to-be University announces Engineering Entrance Examination Dates

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KL Deemed-to-be University, has announced its Engineering Entrance Examination (KLEEE) dates. The University’s Vijayawada and Hyderabad campuses will conduct the nationwide test on 27th, 28th and 29th January in a remote proctored format. To encourage genius from across the county and nurture talent from financially weaker backgrounds, KL Deemed-to-be University has also announced a bounteous allocation of INR 100 crore for merit scholarships 2021. Furthermore, the University has also launched new educational courses with additional specializations. The examination intends to assist meritorious students in their independent higher education journey via an exemption in tuition through scholarships. Dr.G.Pardha Saradhi Varma, Vice…

13 Jan

Schools shut but govt seminars on

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Schools have been out of bounds for students in the Valley for the past two and a half years but not the seminars lined up by the government to mark the upcoming Republic Day. The Jammu and Kashmir education department is holding a series of seminars on Atmanirbhar Bharat in the run up to the Republic Day, surprising students and school managements who have been impatiently waiting for the schools to reopen. The decision to scrap the state’s special status in 2019, which was accompanied by months-long shutdown, had led to the closure of Valley schools. The pandemic beginning in…

07 Jan

SC allows NEET counselling for 2021-22 to resume under existing EWS criteria

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Spelling big relief for doctors, the Supreme Court on Friday, in an interim order, has announced that it will allow NEET-PG Counselling for 2021-2022 based on existing EWS, OBC reservation. The Supreme Court said that it will allow 27% reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) and 10% for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the All-India Quota (AIQ) seats for admission in the NEET for all medical seats as existing criteria this year. The apex court has listed petitions challenging ₹8 lakh income criteria for EWS on March 5 for final adjudication. “EWS criteria for academic year 2021-22 for NEET-PG…

18 Dec

mjunction inaugurates Project Jyoti in Kolkata

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India’s largest B2B e-commerce company, mjunction services limited has launched Project Jyoti, its unique initiative for visually-challenged school students, in West Bengal, in collaboration with the Government of West Bengal. The inaugural session in Kolkata was chaired by Mr Aminul Ahsan, District Education Officer, Samagra Shiksha Mission, Kolkata District. Special guest at the session was Mr Kartik Manna, Chairman of Kolkata Primary School Council and Samagra Shiksha Mission.

04 Dec

Unacademy’s ‘Shikshodaya’: An Initiative to Educate Five Lakh Girl Students

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Unacademy, has announced its National Mega Flagship Initiative- ‘Shikshodaya’. Celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Shikshodaya is Unacademy’s commitment towards achieving Nation’s vision of becoming ‘Atma Nirbhar’ in our 75th Year of Independence. With this initiative, Unacademy aims to commit to ‘Beti Sang Bulandi ki Ore’ that is, to educate and empower five lakh meritorious girl students across the country. This initiative will enable girls who are school dropouts, currently in schools and in colleges by creating opportunities for them to be re-integrated into mainstream education. With Shikshodaya, all five lakh girl students will acquire knowledge & skills which will help…

27 Nov

‘Extramarks – The Learning App’, an integrated digital learning platform

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EdTech giant, Extramarks has announced the launch of its new logo, visual identity, and category positioning. At the core of the branding are new visual assets, including a refreshed logo and the one-stop Learning App solution- - reflecting Extramarks values- ‘fun’ ‘engaging’, ‘integrated’ and ‘inclusive’ with a modern approach to digital learning. The new branding is already live across all internal and external communication channels.As a part of this launch, the company’s flagship product- Extramarks -The Learning App has undergone a complete experiential overhaul. Extramarks has integrated all its Applications in the K-12, JEE, NEET segments and its School-based solutions…

03 Nov

3 students from Sri Chaitanya secure 5th in NEET 2021 Examination.

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Sri Chaitanya’s 3 students has secured 5th rank AIR by scoring 715 marks. Khandavally Shashank, GorripatiRushil from AP & Telangana are from the Class room programme and Suyash Arora from our Distance Learning Programme. The market leader also secured 21 top ranks below 100 ranks in the open category. Over 16 lakh students appeared in the exam this year. With NEET results out, the Medical Counselling Committee and other counselling authorities will begin the registration process for MBBS and other medical courses registration soon.The students credited their outstanding performance to the hard work and the excellent coaching provided by Sri…