Uttar Pradesh government enforces strict regulatory system to prevent paper leak

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April 2, 2022

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Education Department has enforced a strict regulatory regime for strong rooms stocking papers across the state. The move has been taken to ensure that no question papers of the state’s school examination board are leaked. The regulatory regime includes surprise physical checks of strong rooms to limit visitors to them and putting a complete ban on the use of mobile phones by staff manning or visiting them.

The additional measures were implemented following the recent leaks of class 12 board exam papers that led to the cancellation of examinations in 24 districts across the state. While the investigation of the incident is underway and over 34 suspects have been arrested so far, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered invoking the National Security Act (NSA) against those involved in the leakage.

“Concerned officials in the districts have been asked to strictly monitor strong rooms where the board exam papers are kept. At exam centres, the officers have been asked to ensure that the entry into the strong rooms is strictly regulated and details of everyone entering it are registered in a log book,” a senior official of the education department said.

The Secondary Education Department, on the instructions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, has directed district officials across Uttar Pradesh to exercise strict vigilance to prevent the leakage of board exam papers.

A total of 27,81,654 class 10 students, including 15,53,198 boys and 12,28,456 girls, are taking exams this year. Similarly a total of 24,11,035 students, including 13,24,200 males and 10,86,835 females are writing the examination for class 12.

The state government has set up 8,373 exam centres across the state. Of these, 6,398 centres are in rural areas and 1,975 in urban areas. The state government has declared 861 exam centres as “sensitive”, 254 “very sensitive” and 7,258 as “general”.

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All these exam centres are being monitored closely with help of staff and a total of 2,97,124 CCTV cameras, an official said, adding the feed of these cameras is being monitored at the state-level examination command centre, 75 district-level command centres and 8,373 centre-level command centres.

IIM Jammu’s placement packages see 31% increase

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April 2, 2022

Jammu

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu has released its final placement reports for the fifth batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (MBA 2020-22). A total 119 companies participated in the final placement process. The entire process was conducted virtually, the institute stated.

A total of 217 MBA students appeared for the final placements. The highest CTC stood at Rs 32 lakh per annum, the top quartile CTC at Rs 29. 80 lakh per annum, while the average and median CTC stood at Rs 13.53 lakh per annum and 11.4 lakh per annum respectively. A total of 222 offers were received in comparison to 104 offers last year, IIM Jammu said in an official statement.

Prof BS Sahay, Director, IIM Jammu said, “Better placements over the last year indicate an optimistic placement scenario despite fears about the new variant of virus omicron surfacing and posing to affect the business economy throughout the globe. From the very beginning, IIM Jammu has set high standards for outstanding value-based quality education, high-quality research, executive education, consultancy, and strong corporate as well as international linkages.”

“Despite the considerable increase in the batch size from the previous year, we are proud to announce this year’s placement season to be a resounding success. Despite the difficulties posed by the pandemic, IIM Jammu was able to adapt to the new normal and was able to conduct the entire process smoothly online,” he added.

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IIM-Ahmedabad to release a new logo in June

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April 2, 2022

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has announced on Friday that it will unveil its new logo in June. IIM-A’s new logo, according to a statement by the institute’s communications team, will retain the Sanskrit shloka on its existing one, as well as the latticework of the city’s Siddi Saiyyed Mosque. The move however comes amidst opposition by a section of its faculty,

“Evaluation, exploration, development of wordmark, development of brand mark were all kept in mind while coming up with the final design recommendations,” the official statement said.

The IIM-A said the institute found the need to refresh its logo while revamping its website. The new logo would be out when the annual vacation ends in June. While the logo carries the original Sanskrit shloka – Vidya Viniyogat Vikasa – in its original form, the colour rendition has been improved and the fonts modernised.

“The jaali-inspired brand mark has been made more amenable to communication in digital media and the brand name made more distinct,” the statement said.

Yogi Adityanath to flag off ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ from Shravasti on April 4

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April 1, 2022

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch the ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ across the state from district Shravasti on April 4. The Chief Minister, in a meeting with the higher officials on Thursday, issued directions that the districts with low literacy rates should get more focus in this round of the campaign.

The primary schools in the state should be equipped with better facilities, he said. “From April 4, the ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ would begin from Shravasti, the district with the lowest literacy rate. The education department should complete all the preparations in time. All the teachers should go on a door-to-door visit and meet the parents, motivate the children to come to school,” the CM instructed. .

The Chief Minister further instructed the officials that along with all the public representatives that will be associated with the campaign, the members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) must adopt one school each. In addition to this, the officials should also adopt the schools for their holistic development.

The Chief Minister directed the officers to pay special attention to the districts with low literacy rate and run an extensive campaign in their schools. ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ is being started from Shravasti, where literacy rate is the lowest in the state followed by Bahraich, Balrampur, Badaun and Rampur.

Yogi Aditynath further gave instructions to transform all the schools of the Basic Education Council under Operation Kayakalp. He said that every primary school in the state must be equipped with all basic facilities. For this, private institutions, alumni of the schools should be contacted. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) should be also approached for the transformation of schools.

Avoid panicking during exams, PM Modi tells students in Pariksha Pe Charcha

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April 1, 2022

New Delhi

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked students to celebrate exams as festivals and not get stressed. Interacting with students during the fifth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha, the prime minister said, “You are not giving exams for the first time. In a way, you are exam-proof. Thus, do not be stressed. Remember that you have successfully overcome exams before.”

The PM also urged the parents and teachers to not force their unfulfilled dreams and aspirations upon children. “Students should not feel they are under pressure from teachers and parents to score good marks. Parents should not inject their dreams into their children. They should be allowed to decide their future freely,” he told students present for the event in the Talkatora stadium in New Delhi.

PM Modi answered the queries of the students who participated in the event. When students asked him how they can stay away from distractions when attending online classes, PM Modi laughed and asked whether they are truly studying or watching reels. “Students should introspect themselves while studying online, whether they actually study or spend time watching reels on social media,” he said. He explained that the material being taught in online and offline classes is the same so “the medium is not the problem. Irrespective of the medium, if our mind is delved into the subject, then it won’t make a difference in grasping things”.

A few students also asked him about how to stay away from exam stress, especially at a time when competition is so fierce. “I want students to stay away from a panic environment during exams. No need to copy friends, just keep doing whatever you do with full confidence and I believe all of you will be able to give your exam in a festive mood,” PM said.

He also suggested students to follow an interesting practice this exam season of writing a letter for the exam they will be appearing for next. “Write a letter and address it to the exam. Explain how preparedness and share the hard work that you’ve done. You will be in a more confident state afterwards,” PM Modi said.

“Cloud computing has the power to transform education landscape”

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Bhavesh Goswami is the CEO & Founder of CloudThat. He spoke to Digital Learning magazine.

Please share about your brand.

I came to India after working for companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft since 2005 in the US. I came to India in 2012. By then, the concept of the Cloud was still in its infancy stage in India. I had a mission of building an organization to nurture a strong cloud landscape by training individuals and corporates to be cloud ready. Thus, CloudThat was incepted. In this decade’s endeavor, we have helped 400k+ professionals trained on Azure, AWS, and Google cloud platforms. Through this process, we have created strategic partnerships with cloud stalwarts. Today, we are a Microsoft Gold Partner, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, AWS Authorized Training Partner, Google Cloud Partner. The new feather in our cap is affixed by recently becoming a VMware Authorized Training Reseller.

How have the various facets of cloud computing transformed the education landscape?

The Education Landscape has transformed rapidly from the traditional brick-mortar stereotypes to a technology-enabled, virtual learning platform-centric system in recent years.

As the entire globe went through the pandemic crisis, a drift towards online schooling and e-learning was witnessed. A plethora of educational applications provided by G-Suite for education from Google, Office 365 Education from Microsoft, Moodle Cloud, Blackboard, Naviance, and many more academic learning management tools aptly help us to understand the power of collaboration and the flexibility the cloud applications have brought into the classrooms.

A wide array of benefits has been witnessed in the educational sphere through cloud adoption; salient ones are:

Digital content has helped lower-income students immensely as buying expensive textbooks is no longer needed.
Unnecessarily investing in expensive hardware and software is not needed. For instance, WhatsApp being an integral part of every household, WhatsApp-based classrooms have gained popularity across different segments of education.
Fool-proof data security of study materials, student data, academic records, administrative documents is ensured.

How can Cloud computing delve deep into the Indian education ecosystem to bring a significant change?

Many educationists in the past and of recent days have one big complaint about the Indian education system, and that is- ‘Our system encourages rote-learning, and a rat-race with no emphasis on fostering problem-solving and analytical abilities in children and youth.’

This is emphasized by a recent Statista report that says 50% of higher educational and professional degrees holders are not employable in India. So, the education system needs restructuring, and technology like Cloud can act as a panacea to get the system overhauled.

Cloud Computing makes education accessible to students from all strata of society. For instance, CloudThat training on niche technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP, VMware clouds, DevOps, AI/ML, Big Data, and IoT are accessible to students from the remotest places of the nation.

Further, enhancing the quality of education is an important change that can be envisioned as what cloud technologies bring into play. For instance, the expertise of a renowned teacher can be shared with a wider pool of learners’ communities by embracing cloud technologies.

Where do you see the future of digital transformations in terms of education, and how can it lead to simpler, efficient solutions?

Digital Transformation has rapidly changed the classrooms of current days. Students today are learning in a collaborative and interactive environment, and teachers are quickly making changes to the delivery methods by incorporating technology tools.

According to me the factors that are driving digital transformation in the educational realm are Student success rate, Student-centric delivery, affordability, campus security, digital integration, and precisely building a strong IT foundation is key for realizing a digitally transformed campus.

Stalin hands over desktop computers to students from Corporation-run Schools

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March 31, 2022

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday handed over 1,370 desktop computers, presented by information technology major Infosys, to students studying in schools run by the Greater Chennai Corporation. Launching this initiative to benefit students in understanding the IT ecosystem and also move towards self learning, Stalin gave away six desktop computers to students at a function held at the Secretariat.

According to an official state government release, the 1,370 desktop computers would benefit 28,000 students studying in schools run by the Greater Chennai Corporation and encourage them towards ‘self-learning’.

“Online education provides a low- cost alternative to traditional education”

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Kalpathi S. Suresh is the Executive Director & Chairman of Veranda Learning Solutions. He spoke to the Digital Learning Magazine about strengths of the Edtech industry.

Give us a brief about your company

Veranda Learning Solutions offers diversified and integrated learning solutions in online, offline hybrid and offline blended formats to students, aspirants, and graduates, professionals and corporate employees through a multitude of career-defining competitive exams, professional courses, exam-oriented courses, short term upskilling and reskilling courses.

We offer our services through our four wholly owned Subsidiaries including Veranda Race, Veranda CA, Veranda IAS and Brain4ce – whose customer-facing brand is named Edureka. State Public Service Commission, Staff Selection Commission, Banking, Insurance and Railways preparatory courses are offered under Veranda Race. Under Veranda CA and Veranda IAS we offer CA preparatory courses and training for the Union Public Service Commission (prelims, main exam and personality tests). With the acquisition of Edureka in September 2021, we have expanded our presence in software education in global markets.

We offer integrated 360 degree training to the Students by providing them with comprehensive courses prepared by our content team. Through our B2B offerings, we also provide customized short- term and long-term skilling courses and other corporate courses for employees.

What is the biggest strength of the EdTech industry in making a paradigm shift in the education ecosystem?

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown forced all educational institutions — schools, colleges, universities — across the country to shift from offline to online mode. This resulted in a significant increase in the number of students studying online in India since March 2020. Parallelly, there was an increase in demand for EdTech platforms from Tier II, III, semi-urban and rural areas, with requirement for courses in local vernaculars.

I believe that ever-evolving technology is the biggest strength of the edtech industry. The way the industry has begun to incorporate cutting- edge technology to make education available in whatever form the students need is clearly visible. Technology aids in the personalization of learning depending on the requirements of individual students. Edtech applications can help track students’ progress throughout the course and make recommendations and suggestions as needed.

Do online mentorship programs have the potential to provide the best to everyone and hence bridge the socio-economic gap?

Online education provides a low-cost alternative to traditional education due to lower infrastructure costs and a larger student base. Private edtech companies, I’m sure, are also working to close the socio- economic divide in online learning. Our brand’s commitment is to give a high-quality programme at an affordable price that drives outcomes, and we are working hard to fulfil that promise in tier two, three and four towns.

It is said that online mediums have the power to meet policy parameters of NEP – Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability and Accountability. Your views.

The NEP envisions an education system rooted in Indian ethos that contributes directly to transforming India into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society, by providing high-quality education to all, and thereby making India a global knowledge superpower.

The vision of the policy is to instil among the learners a deep- rooted pride in being Indian, not only in thought, but also in spirit, intellect, and deeds, as well as to develop knowledge, skills, values, and dispositions that support responsible commitment to human rights, sustainable development and living, and global well-being, thereby reflecting a truly global citizen. The NEP instills a great deal of optimism in the education sector’s future.

Delhi government’s three departments to work for setting boarding school for Homeless Children

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Three departments of the Delhi government will be working in close coordination to set up a boarding school for homeless children. This is being done after the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced this during his budget speech recently. The Aam Aadmi Party led government has allocated Rs 10 crore for setting up such a school.

According to a senior Delhi government officer, “The modalities of the school will be worked out in close coordination with the Department of Social Welfare, Department of Women and Child Development (WCD) and the Department of Education.”

Government sources say that the state government had earlier initiated a pilot project to give residential school facilities to homeless children. “ We did a pilot project in Malviya Nagar with the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and district authorities to see that if they are provided residential facilities how will they be benefitted. We identified the children, and found that we may be able to prevent them from getting into begging by providing them residence,” he said.

Sisodia had proposed Rs 10 crore for setting up the boarding school, while noting that the government has taken several measures to provide basic education to the homeless children, but the measures have only been partially successful.

“It is not possible to get quality education unless basic facilities like food and shelter are in place. The Delhi government has decided to set up a boarding school with modern facilities for these underprivileged homeless children. These schools will try to bring them into the mainstream of society,” he had said.

BSEB Bihar board Class 10 result 2022 to be announced today

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March 31, 2022

Patna, Bihar:

The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will release the matric (class 10) board exam results 2022 today i.e. on March 31 at 3 pm. The result will be announced by the state Education Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary. Students can check the result at official website — biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in.

BSEB matric exams were held from February 17 – 24, 2022 and nearly 17 lakh students in the state had registered for the exam. The exams were held in two shifts, the first from 9.30 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. and the second from 1.45 pm to 5 pm.

It may be recalled that the BSEB class 10 exams faced hiccups this year as the mathematics exam had to be cancelled and rescheduled to March 24, between 9:30 and 12:45 pm, after several students and others alleged that the question paper for mathematics was leaked prior to the exam.

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