Education

19 Jul

Kerala Police register case against those who forced girl to remove innerwear during NEET exam

editorEducationNEET PG

Kerala police on Tuesday registered a case in connection with an alleged incident, where younger ladies and female who appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test or NEET exam, were requested to put off their bra to be allowed to write the examination in Kollam district. The issue came to mild on Monday when the father of a 17-year-old woman advised the media that his daughter, who used to be sitting for her first-ever NEET exam, was but to come out of the nerve-racking experience whereby she had to sit down for the over 3-hour-long exam besides a bra. The case…

18 Jul

Tamil Nadu: High Court orders 2nd autopsy of student whose death by suicide sparked violence

editorEducation, India

The Madras High Court has ordered a second autopsy of the female who killed herself after she was once allegedly pressured by means of two teachers at her school in Kallakurichi, Salem district. The court docket ordered that the father of the woman be allowed to continue to be for the duration of the procedure. The incident sparked violent protests in the district, prompting the Salem police to deploy heavy safety around the school and other areas. Section one hundred forty four had to be imposed in quite a few areas. The HC also ordered the Police to discover out…

17 Jul

Free education, medical care not ‘revdi’: CM Arvind Kejriwal on PM Modi’s freebie remark

editorEducation, PoliticalPM Modi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said giving free training and medical facilities to students and people is not termed as distribution of 'revdi'. The AAP supremo's reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that efforts are being made to distribute 'free revdy' in the country to garner votes is a subculture. Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'revdi culture', the Delhi CM said, "I am being accused, but I choose to ask what is wrong with me. 18 lakh college students study in Delhi's government schools. We are providing them with free, first-class education." .Am I committing a crime…

12 Jul

JEE Main 2022 topper Sneha Pareek: ‘No strategies to appear in Session 2, will prefer BTech (CS) from any IIT’

editorAssam, Education

Assam's Sneha Pareek, the only woman among 14 candidates to score hundred percent in JEE Main 2022 Session 1, said on Monday that she once decided to learn about engineering and was, therefore, completely focused on cracking the entrance exam. For the past two years, Pareek has been away from social media structures and various leisure activities. "I studied for about 12 to 13 hours every day and devoted myself to JEE practice rather than board exams," she said. She wants to do a BTech in Computer Science and has no intention of going to any institute now. “All IITs…

09 Jul

West Bengal: No ‘immediate plan’ to close educational institutions as Covid cases surge

editorCovid19, Education, West Bengal

West Bengal authorities are now planning to close educational institutions without delay, even as the state is recording an upward push in Coivd-19 cases. West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said on Friday that the choice to close schools, colleges, and universities would rest with the state health department. However, he reiterated that the state government does not make college-college closure graphs now. “We will act as per the recommendations of the health department. Nothing immediate is on the cards," he asked a question. When asked about the election of student councils in faculties and universities, the education minister said…

05 Jul

Marwadi University opens admissions for 2022-23

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Education, IndiaGujarat, Marwadi University

Marwadi University, the youngest University in Gujarat to be awarded the Centre of Excellence status by the Gujarat Government, has opened its admissions for the academic session 2022-23. This is for courses including Science, Engineering, Commerce, Computer Applications, Law, Arts, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Business Administration, Management, Agriculture and Research for UG and PG level. Admissions are also open for its new programs in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Engineering, a growing field that has employment projections to the tune of 62 million in 2023 compared to 53.2 million in 2019. Marwadi University recently crossed the 10,000+ student milestone, which includes 1500+…

02 Jul

Vedantu establishes hybrid learning center in Muzaffarpur

editorEducation

Vedantu, an online mastering platform, on Thursday launched its first hybrid studying centre in Muzaffarpur to offer available and less expensive pleasant schooling to students across the country. The courses at the ‘Vedantu Learning Center’ will cover education for the IIT-JEE and NEET exams, a two-year route program for the college students of grade 11 and a 1-year route for the dropper batch. At the edtech’s Muzaffarpur centre, every batch will have 25 college students and each pupil will be supplied with their personal Wi-Fi and 4G-enabled tablet, to have interaction in class and study at home. The students will…

27 Jun

BYJU’S partners up with Rotary India Literacy Mission

Business CorrespondentBreaking News, Business, EducationBYJU’S, Rotary India Literacy Mission

The BYJU’S ‘Education for All’ initiative has announced a three-year partnership with Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) to positively impact 1.5 lakh children from underserved communities across the country by 2023. They will work towards providing tech-driven digital learning tools to students in classes 4 to 12 across the country by giving them free access to BYJU'S high-quality learning programs and engaging content. BYJU’S has already issued 100 tablets and licenses to students from lesser-served communities in Hyderabad. The initiative will soon spread its wings across the rest of the country in a phased manner. With a mission to empower…

24 Jun

Rajasthan government school students from Class 1-8 to get milk twice a week

editorEducation, India

Students from Class 1 to Class VIII of Rajasthan Government Colleges will now be given milk twice a week. According to an official statement, the government is hopeful that the initiative will boost the nutritional level of children besides increasing their enrollment and attendance in authority schools. Under the 'Mukhya Mantri Bal Gopal Yojana' launched with the help of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the budget, students of classes 1 to 8 will get milk twice a week. The 'Mukhyamantri Bal Gopal Yojana' is going to be implemented in schools, madrasas and exclusive education centers of the authorities affiliated to…

22 Jun

Assam down town University to host 8thAnnual Job Fair on June 25th

editorAssam, Education

Leading educational institute Assam down town University (AdtU), Guwahati is all set to conduct the eighth edition of Annual Job Fair 2022 on June 25th at the university campus for the students across India. Touted as one of the largest job fairs of Northeast, the day-long event is expected to be attended by 4000 job seekers, who can get recruited by more than 40 reputed national and multinational companies including Down town hospital, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Ampath, JustDial, Talent Aquitance, Marico, Dabur, Sodexo etc. Last year the job fair provided a platform for recruiters and young talents had 3,500 job seekers…