Edtech company Unacademy announces acquisition of Rheo TV

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July 26, 2021

Edtech company, Unacademy announced the acquisition of Rheo TV. It is a platform that helps professional game streamers livestream their gameplays and monetize those feeds. Moreover, Unacademy will also fully acquire Rheo TV.

However, as part of the deal, there will be existing investors such as Lightspeed India Partners, Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, AET Fund, Phanindra Sama, Founder and Former CEO of RedBus, and Mahesh Narayanan, Ex-Country Head of Google Mobile. All these investors will fully exit.

Post the acquisition, Rheo TV founders Saksham Keshri and Prakash Kumar will join Relevel — an Unacademy Group company that seeks to revolutionise the Indian job market by enabling job-seekers to showcase their skills through tests, and secure employment at some of India’s top companies — as Co-Founders.

Also read: AdmitKard raises Rs 10 Cr from Edtech founders and investors

Rheo TV was set up in August 2019 by Saksham Keshri and Prakash Kumar to build an entertainment ecosystem that drives engagement and monetization. The platform has more than 5 million users and over 10,000 live streamers.

Madhya Pradesh schools will reopen today for Classes 11, 12

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July 26, 2021

Madhya Pradesh to reopen schools from today. As the COVID 19 cases are declining, the state government has taken the decision to reopen schools with the strength of 50 percent.

The schools in Madhya Pradesh will continue with both offline and online classes to keep the learning momentum going. The schools will reopen for Classes 11 and 12 currently. However, Classes 9 and 10 will reopen from August 5.

According to the current SOPs, the classes will be held twice a week for Classes 11 and 12. It has been decided that Class 11 students will go to schools on Tuesdays and Fridays, Class 12 students will go on Mondays and Thursdays.

Also read: Madhya Pradesh board allows options for classes 9, 11 exams

The state government has directed all officials to make sure teachers and other non-teaching staff are properly vaccinated. The government will also begin a vaccine campaign to ensure everyone gets their jabs soon.

CBSE likely to declare Class 12 results 2021 this week

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July 26, 2021

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare Class 12 results this week. The result will be available on the official website of the board cbse.nic.in.

The education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the developments. A total of 14 lakh students registered for the examination

Earlier, the Supreme Court (SC) also said that the Class 12 results should be declared by July 31. The students are unhappy that the results declared on the basis of internal assessment can appear on offline exams once the COVID 19 situation is under control. The written exams are expected to be held between August 15 and September 15.

CBSE had earlier released a circular for schools that have not yet submitted marks to the board. The board had issued directives for such schools in the notice.

The board earlier was expected to declare the results by July 15 and the results cannot be declared now as the school did not submit the marks.

Moreover, the University of Delhi (DU) will also begin their admission process from August 2. This is a reason why the CBSE will declare the results this week.

Isha Kalia is the new Director General of School Education (DGSE) in Punjab

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July 26, 2021

Strong-willed IAS officer of Punjab, Isha Kalia is the new Director General of School Education (DGSE) and appointed at the headquarters of the Punjab education department, Mohali. The 2009-batch IAS officer has been given additional charge as Secretary of Punjab School Education Board.

Earlier, she was posted as special secretary, department of health and family welfare in April 2020. She also has served as deputy commissioners of Hoshiarpur, Fazilka and Bathinda.

Also read: Ashish Chauhan Appointed As Chancellor of the AU

According to her, school education is an important sector in Punjab and she will do her best to fulfill the roles and responsibilities entrusted to her by the government.

ICSE, ISC declares Class 10 and 12 result today, check websites to know scores

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July 24, 2021

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announced results of Class 10 (ICSE) and Class 12 (ISC) on Saturday. The pass percentage of ICSE is 99.98 percent and the pass percentage of ISC is 99.76 per cent.

Like last year, the board did not release any merit lists. The council had cancelled the Class 10 and 12 results in April due to the ongoing pandemic situation in the country. The marks have been given to the students on the basis of internal assessment.

In a note by the board’s Chief Executive Gerry Arathoon said, “This year has been an extremely difficult one for the entire country, with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc and impacting every aspect of life, especially the educational sector. In spite of the severe crisis, the CISCE, has against all odds and difficult circumstances, prepared, and tabulated the results…The data submitted by the schools was analysed by a team of reputed statisticians from some of the premier institutions in the country, along with senior officials of the CISCE. While devising the methodology for computing marks, the endeavour was to ensure fairness to all candidates concerned to the best possible extent.”

Around 2,19,499 ICSE candidates, 2,19,454 passed and out of a total of 94,011 ISC candidates, 93,781 passed.

How to check the result:

-Visit the official website of CISCE

-On the homepage, you will see ‘Result 2021’

-Enter the unique ID, index number and security key. Click on login

-Your result will be displayed on the screen and download

-Take a print out for future reference

Andhra Pradesh to reopen schools on August 16

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July 24, 2021

Schools in Andhra Pradesh will reopen on August 16, the state government said on Friday.

The decision was taken by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy at a high-level meeting. Due to the COVID situation in the state, the decision to reopen the schools was delayed.

The Chief Minister’s Office issued a statement regarding the government developments.

The official release also stated regarding the implementation of the New Education Policy 2020 for which the government will bring out detailed guidelines. The CM also announced that the second phase of Naadu-Nedu programme will be launched on August 16.

Also read: Andhra Pradesh Govt. focuses to uplift education sector

The government’s official release further stated that all existing anganwadis would be converted into satellite foundation schools. “The Foundation School will be set up within a kilometer radius and high school in a three-kilometer radius. There will not be a single school beyond the three-kilometer range bringing down the travel distance,” the statement added.

NEET UG 2021: Exams will be held in Dubai this year

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July 24, 2021

The Ministry of Education will open another centre for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Dubai, said HRD Secretary Amit Khare in a letter to Foreign Secretary, Ministry for External Affairs recently.

The centre is expected to be open this year to conduct entrance examinations.

“The National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to create one more centre city in Dubai in addition to the one already created at Kuwait city during the year 2021,” Khare said in a letter to Foreign Secretary, Ministry for External Affairs.

Earlier the ministry also mentioned about conducting exams in Kuwait to facilitate Indian students in the Middleeast region. “The Indian community in the Gulf countries may appropriately be informed about this. I would also be grateful if the Indian embassies in Kuwait and Dubai are advised to extend their full cooperation to the NTA in conducting the exam in a fair and secured manner,” he added.

The NEET exam will be conducted in multiple languages such as Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Urdu and English. The NEET exam will be conducted on September 12.

President Ram Nath Kovind appoints 12 Vice Chancellors to central universities

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July 24, 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind appoints 12 vice chancellors to central universities, the education ministry said on Friday.

Dr Tankeshwar Kumar has been appointed as vice chancellor to the Central University of Haryana. Prof Sat Prakash Bansal was appointed as vice chancellor to the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Sanjeev Jain was appointed to the Central University of Jammu and Kshitij Bhushan Das to the Central University of Jharkhand.

In fact, Battu Satyanarayana was appointed as the VC of Karnataka University, Muthukaligan Krishan got the Central University of Tamil Nadu and Basuthkar J Rao to the Central University of Hyderabad.

Also read: Universities not mere degree factories: President Ram Nath Kovind

Kameshwar Nath Singh has been appointed as the VC to the Central University of South Bihar, Prabha Shankar Shukla to North Eastern Hill University,

Alok Kumar to Guru Ghasidas University, Syed Ainul Hasan to Maulana Azad National Urdu University and N Lokendra Singh to Manipur University.

A total of 22 vice chancellor posts are vacant in central universities. The ministry of education filled up 12 VC posts and 10 posts are vacant.

Rajasthan Board will announce Class 12 result on July 24

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July 23, 2021

The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE), Ajmer will declare the Class 12 results on July 24.The results will be available on the official website rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in, and rajresults.nic.in.

The education minister, Govind Singh Dostara will announce the results at 4 pm. The results of all the three streams, such as science, arts and commerce will be announced. The move comes at the time when the Covid situation is improving in the state.

Also read: Rajasthan Board announces BSER 12th Commerce Results 2020

The students need 33 percent passing marks to clear the examination. The examination was cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic. The assessment of Class 12 will be evaluated on the basis of performance of Class 10 and 11. The weightage will be given 40 and 20 percent.

Karnataka to vaccinate all teachers on a priority basis

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July 23, 2021

The teachers of both government and private schools in Karnataka will be vaccinated against Covid 19 virus on a priority basis, said the Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar recently. “The corona vaccine will be given on a priority basis to teachers and non-teaching staff of all government, aided and unaided private schools in the state for the early re-opening of schools keeping the future of children in mind,” the minister said.

The minister wants to reopen schools soon and it is important that all teaching staff of the schools are properly vaccinated. The schools were shut down due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Online classes have been conducted to impart learning for the students.

Also read: KSEEB releases admit cards for Karnataka SSLC exams

As fear intensifies among people for getting infected due to the third wave of Covid 19, the Karnataka government is ensuring all should get vaccinated at the earliest.

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