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Colleges in Maharashtra to reopen on Oct 20 for fully-vaccinated students

Colleges in Maharashtra

The colleges and universities in Maharashtra will start physical classes from October 20. The students need to be fully vaccinated in order to attend offline classes. This was informed by the Maharashtra Higher Education Minister Uday Samant recently.

The staff and non-staff should complete their vaccination before attending the schools.

“All the non-agricultural colleges, state-run universities, deemed universities, self-financed universities and colleges affiliated to them can start holding physical classes from October 20. The teaching as well as non-teaching staff should complete their vaccination on priority,” the minister said.

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He added that the students who have taken both the doses can attend the classes. Others should get the vaccination on a priority basis.

Every university needs to have the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and must adhere to it strictly, Samant said.

Unacademy Graphy acquires edtech startup Spayee for $25 million

Graphy funding

Unacademy Group-owned Graphy has recently acquired edtech platform Spayee for $25 million. The focus is to increase the reach of the company and optimise the product offerings, the company said in a statement.

After this acquisition, Spayee will operate independently. Sumit Jain, co-founder and chief executive/ officer, Graphy, said, “The creator economy is booming and at Graphy, we are constantly on the lookout for avenues that will help creators grow and achieve their full potential. We share a common ethos with Spayee, recognising the need for an affordable, secured and scalable medium for content creators to build an online education business. And Spayee has built a winning proposition for creators.”

Spayee allows content creators to produce courses in the form of audio and video tutorials, portable document format (PDF) documents, quizzes, live classes, and assignments. Creators can build their own website and mobile apps on Android and iOS. Over 2,000 creators have created and launched platforms using the Spayee.

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“We are confident that having them as part of the Unacademy Group will help us explore common synergies and build the world’s largest creator community,” added Jain.

Over 500 active creators are using the Spayee platforms. In fact, Graphy also launched programs like the Creator Grant and Graphy Select Accelerator to monetise their skills.

Earlier, Unacademy raised $440 million from General Atlantic, Tiger Global, and Softbank Vision Fund.

Schools and College Students will have counselling session: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

The Kerala Government will conduct counselling sessions for students in schools. The reason for conducting counselling sessions is for the students who are facing learning loss, mental health disturbances due to losing friends and families.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has taken a decision on Wednesday to conduct the counselling sessions for school and college students who may be in a particular state of mind and focus on their emotional well-being .

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According to an official release, the schools and colleges need to have counselling sessions for students. In fact, in a review meeting recently, it was decided that the students below 18 years in undergraduate programmes will be exempted to get vaccinated due to their age.

Also, the students who do not have time for taking the second dose will be allowed to attend classes, the chief minister said in its meeting.

He added that awareness programmes need to be conducted for teachers and students. All schools need to follow covid protocols such as wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing.

Delhi University Receives 43,412 Applications Under its 2nd Cut-Off List on Day 2 of admission

Delhi University Receives 43,412 Applications

The University of Delhi received 43,412 applications under its second cut-off list by the second day of its admission to undergraduate programmes.

Delhi University admission process under the second cut-off lists will end today. A total of 10,593 applications have been approved and around 3,213 students have completed the payments.

Candidates who meet the scores for admission to undergraduate programmes can login to the students’ dashboard to select course and college. Approved candidates need to pay the admission fee within the designated period.

Students can change their preferences in selecting courses as they are allowed to select multiple programmes and colleges.

Around 70,000 seats are there for the academic year 2021-22 in the Delhi University. During the 1st cut-off list, 36,130 students got admission in various courses in DU. The University of Delhi received 60,904 applications in its first round of admission process.

The second cut-off list was released on October 9. The Delhi University will release three more cut-off lists and special cut-off lists upon availability of seats in DU colleges.

IGNOU extends admission date for online UG and PG programmes

IGNOU extends admission date

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the last date for admissions to Online undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the July 2021 session.

Candidates can register to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes till October 25. The students can apply online at the official website ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in.

IGNOU also offers courses in various undergraduate, postgraduate, postgraduate diploma and diploma, postgraduate certificate and certificate programmes and appreciation/ awareness programmes.

How to register For IGNOU For July 2021 Session

Step 1: Visit to the official website — ignou.samarth.edu.in or ignou.ac.in
Step 2: Enter and Register the details of the course
Step 3: Enter the details like enrollment number
Step 4: Fill the application form
Step 5: Press Submit Button and pay the application fee

ICSI CS Professional Result 2021 announced

ICSI CS Professional Result 2021

The CS professional June examination results have been announced by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). The results are available on the official website at icsi.edu.

The institute has declared both new and old syllabus. The results can be downloaded from the official website.

Steps to download ICSI CS Professional June 2021 Result

  • Visit to icsi.edu
  • Click on the link for result
  • Enter the required information and important credentials
  • Download the print out of the result-cum-marks statement

The ICSI will send the mark sheets to the registered address of the students. Candidates will receive the marks sheets within 30 days.

The results for the CS Executive programme and the foundation programme will be declared tomorrow. The next session of ICSI exams is scheduled to be held in December 2021.

Goa Schools to hold Offline Exams For Classes 11 And 12

Goa Schools

High Secondary Schools in Goa to hold Class 11 and 12 examination in offline mode, the Goa Education Department said recently. The Director of Education, Bhushan Savaikar, said that the request to conduct examination in offline mode has been given from many schools and the authority ensured that the schools will adhere to strict Covid guidelines.

“Only vaccinated staff shall be allowed in the school premises. Those who cannot produce vaccination certificate shall be allowed after producing the negative report of RTPCR test. Such report shall be valid for seven days and a fresh report shall be produced after seventh day,” the circular read.

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Classes will be conducted by 50 percent capacity and the students have to wear masks all the time. There is a need to maintain social distancing and follow all Covid 19 protocols.

“Every student and staff shall be checked for body temperature before entering the school premises. which shall be sanitized every day prior to opening,” the circular further said.

Schools In Himachal Pradesh to Reopen For Class 8 Students

Schools In Himachal Pradesh

Schools in Himachal Pradesh started Classes for 8 to 12 from Monday onwards. The decision to open schools has been taken after the Covid 19 positivity rate is less.

Schools have already reopened for students of Classes 9 to 12 from September 27.

A standard operating system (SOPs) have been issued by the state government. All safety guidelines have been mentioned in the SOPs. The notification has been issued on October 8.

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The schools have to follow all the SOPs and Covid 19 protocols seriously after the reopening of schools.

The principals and headmasters are also authorised to implement plans within the schools to maintain safety and standards within the premises, the SOPs said.

ICSI to declare CS June 2021 Result Tomorrow

CS June 2021 Result

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will announce Professional, Executive (Old and New syllabus) and Foundation programme results tomorrow.

The ICSI CS result will be available on the official website icsi.edu. Candidates need to login online and to access details of CS Foundation, CS Professional and CS Executive results.

“Formal e-result-cum-Marks Statement of Executive Programme (OId and New Syllabus) and Foundation Programme examinations will be uploaded on the website of Institute www.icsi.edu immediately after declaration of result for downloading by candidates for their reference, use and records. No physical copy of the Result-cum-Marks Statement will be issued,” read an ICSI statement.

ICSI CS Results for the Professional (Old and New Syllabus), the CS Executive (Old and New Syllabus) and CS Foundation course will be declared at 11 am, 2pm and 4 pm respectively.

How to Download the ICSE CS Result

Go the official website icsi.edu

On homepage, click on the designated result link

Enter required details including the roll number and name

Press the Submit Button and access the CS 2021 result

Arvind Kejriwal Launches ‘Desh Ke Mentor’ Programme to guide Govt. School students

Arvind Kejriwal Launches 'Desh Ke Mentor'

Delhi Government launched a programme for government school students that will provide them with guidance on career choices by citizens. The citizens can provide guidance to those who are successful in their respective fields.

The “Desk ke mentor” will teach one out of 10 government school students and mentor them. Mentors will guide students every week over the phone and take out 10 minutes from their schedule. Selections of students can also be done by the mentors.

“If our students get the right guidance, they can excel in every sphere of life. We have launched this programme to help them chalk a future path with mentors guiding them beyond the role played by their teachers,” Arvind Kejriwal said while launching the programme on Monday.

In fact, the Bollywood actor Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador of the programme.

 

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