Union Education Minister to answer queries on National Education Policy

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August 19, 2020

On the new National Education Policy, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyak will be conducting a question and answer session with students, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders. The new NEP 2020 was approved by the cabinet and introduced in July 2020 after a gap of 34 years.

The introduction of the NEP 2020 has brought in numerous queries since the changes incorporated in and are hard to understand with regard to the continuation of education for the students.

Those who have queries related to the National Education Policy can send in their questions to the minister with a hashtag #NEPTransformingIndia on Twitter and Facebook. The Union Minister will interact with stakeholders through social media.

Also read: Haryana Governor urges VCs to implement NEP effectively

The new policy will bring on major changes in the school and college level education along with the hiring of teachers. The major change introduced in the NEP includes the change in the 10+2 school system which has now been changed to 5+3+3+4 format. This in turn will change the board exams and the assessment system. The teaching mode has also been changed with the introduction of the mother tongue as a medium until class 5.

Admissions to colleges will include mandatory entrance examinations along with multiple entries and exit points during the course.

Many stakeholders lauded the new National Education Policy 2020.

Dear students, teachers, and parents!
Do you have any question related to #NEP2020?
Share them with me using #NEPTransformingIndia.
I and the ministry will be dedicating 1 full day to address your concerns.
Looking forward to your queries! pic.twitter.com/9h1xk7TGf1

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) August 18, 2020

UP Govt: Home isolation of teachers will be considered work from home

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August 19, 2020

Providing huge relief to school teachers, Uttar Pradesh government said that if a school teacher tests positive for coronavirus and is sent for home isolation along with the contacts, then the isolation period will be counted as “work from home”.

Satish Dwivedi, Minister of State for Basic Education, UP Govt in a letter to director-generals of school education has said that an order should be issued to implement the guidelines.

The letter said that if teacher of any school tests positive for coronavirus following which teachers who came in contact are also sent for home isolation, then their home isolation period “will be counted on duty as work from home”.

Also read: MHA releases circular for teachers to work from home

Schools are closed for students from mid-March due to Coronavirus and teachers are going to school after easing of lockdown restrictions.

With 4,336 new COVID-19 cases in the state in the last 24 hours, the number of active cases in Uttar Pradesh stands at 50,242.

CHSE Odisha declares 12th Class Commerce Results

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August 19, 2020

Finally, the long wait of students from Commerce stream has ended with the official declaration of CHSE Odisha +2 Commerce Result 2020. Odisha State Education Minister Samir Dash declared the Odisha +2 Results 2020 for Commerce stream students in a press meet organized by CHSE Odisha. Now, students who had appeared for the Class 12 Commerce Exams can check their Odisha 12th Commerce Results 2020 online via official website orissaresults.nic.in.

Steps to Check CHSE Odisha +2 Commerce Result 2020:

-Visit the official website: www.orissaresults.nic.in 2020 commerce result

-Click on the link of CHSE Odisha result 2020 12th commerce

-Enter roll number and registration number in the appropriate field.

-Fill the captcha code.

-Click on the submit button and www.chseodisha.nic.in result 2020 12th commerce will be shown on the screen.

Out of 25785 students, a total of 19318 have secured the passing grade in Odisha 12th Commerce Result 2020 and the overall pass percentage has been increased to 74.95. This includes 12,215 boys and 7,103 girls. Class 12th commerce result has been declared in a press conference. This year, the overall pass percentage is 74.95 which has increased by 4.69% as compared to last year.

Haryana Governor urges VCs to implement NEP effectively

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August 19, 2020

Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya urged to the vice-chancellors and academicians to take initiative in implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) in an effective manner. He also said the change in the education system in the country and the state will help the younger generation become self-reliant.

The Governor was addressing the vice-chancellors and academicians at a digital conclave organized by the Haryana State Higher Education Council. He said the people associated with the education sector will be responsible to implement the new National Education Policy, whose basic objective is to prepare people with good skills, technical knowledge, and expertise.

“There is immense potential for rapid benefits of new Education Policy and promotion of education in the state of Haryana, because the entire infrastructure related to education is already strong in the state,” he said.

Also read: Haryana to open over 100 Sanskriti Model Schools

Arya said that the basis of progress and future of any country is a strong education system. “With this objective, the National Education Policy 2020 has been prepared after 34 years. This education policy is the cornerstone of India’s innovation.

The aspirations of 130 crore people have been reflected in this education policy,” he said.

He said that for the first time in the country, 6 per cent of GDP has been allocated for education in order to continuously intensify research, new innovations and employment-oriented programmes, under the NEP 2020.

DST sanctions Rs 115 cr to IIT Jodhpur to set up technology and innovation hub

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August 18, 2020

Providing huge boost to the innovation and technology, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has sanctioned Rs 115 crore to Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur to set up a technology and innovation hub on augmented and virtual reality.

Named as iHub Drishti, this technology and innovation hub is being incorporated as a company with the initial seed funding from the DST under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).

The five verticals that iHub Drishti will focus on are dependable computer vision for autonomous systems, bio and medical imaging for healthcare and ecological sustainability, and intelligent multimedia platform for digital learning, computer vision, and AR-VR for Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence-driven augmented and virtual reality applications.

Also read: Naidu: IITs must provide sustainable solutions to nation

IIT-Jodhpur Director Santanu Chaudhury, also the chairman of the Hub Governing Board, said iHub Drishti would support and nurture start-up ecosystems, operate upskilling and reskilling programs and enable appropriate technology interventions in relevant areas.

The hub will host teams of faculty members, research scholars, developers and scientists who will work towards achieving the hub’s targets.

SC reserves order over UGC final year exams

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August 18, 2020

The Supreme Court of India has reserved its order in the students’ plea against University Grants Commission’s (UGC) decision to make final-year exams compulsory. This plea is against UGC’s July 7 decision asking institutes to conduct final year exams by September 30.

SC has asked all the parties to give a note on their submissions within the next three days.

The apex court bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan is hearing the matter. During the hearing, Justice Bhushan questioned whether the final semester examinations can be skipped by students.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for UGC said that many universities have conducted their examinations already. He added that while the universities can ask for an extension of the September 30 deadline, these entities do not have the right to confer degrees without conducting examinations.

Also read: UGC final year exam: SC adjourns hearing till August 18

Senior advocate KV Vishwanathan appearing for the Delhi government said that there is a divide between rich and poor students and that the latter may not have access to technology to write online exams.

Responding to this, Justice MR Shah said that UGC is not conducting exams and that it upto the universities.

Also, Justice Bhushan added that only the authorities will be able to decide students’ welfare and that students are not ‘competent’ enough to decide.

However, Justice Bhushan responded saying that not all universities in India follow the semester system. Students had sought cancellation of the examinations citing health concerns due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Atal Ranking 2020: IIT Madras tops the list, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi

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August 18, 2020

Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has announced The Atal Rankings of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020. The IIT Madras and the KIIT Odisha have bagged the top positions in the Centrally funded institutions and Deemed/Private universities category respectively.

A total of 10 ranks have been announced. The IIT-Madras is followed by IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi. At rank 4 and 5 were IISc and IIT-Kharagpur, respectively. Avinashlingam Institute of Home Science and Higher education for women has been ranked 1 followed by Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical Education for Women, Delhi.

The ARIIA 2020 rankings have been released in a virtual ceremony in the presence of Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, State Minister Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre as well as Higher Education secretary Amit Khare.

Also read: Melvano App by IIT Madras Alumnus becomes popular choice for IIT JEE & NEET aspirants

This year, ARIIA 2020 has six Prize categories. In the newly introduced a special category for women- only higher education institutions, Avinashilingam Institute For Home Science And Higher Education For Women has been named as the best.

Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of AICTE, highlighted that the world is witnessing a noteworthy improvement in India’s performance in the Global Innovation Index ranking. India, in the last 5 years, has risen 29 spots in the Global Innovation Index.

ARIIA is an initiative undertaken by the Education Ministry to rank Higher Education Institutions and Universities of the country on the basis of indicators such as Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Development within its students as well as faculty.

HRD Ministry officially renamed as Ministry of Education after President Kovind’s assent

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August 18, 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind provided his formal assent for renaming Ministry of Human Resource Development to as the Ministry of Education as part of the New Education Policy 2020. This suggestion was provided in the latest draft of the New National Education Policy, NEP 2020, which was prepared by K Kasturirangan.

The changing of the name was approved by the Union Cabinet on the very day of the suggestion that is on July 29, 2020. The name was changed on the ministry’s official website as well as the education minister’s social media accounts on August 4, 2020.

The President’s nod was essential to bring about any changes decided upon by the cabinet in the government machinery. The name change was approved by Ram Nath Kovind on August 14, 2020. A gazette notification published on Monday said the President had given his nod to changing the name.

Also read: Industry experts laud National Education Policy 2020

A panel which was headed by former ISRO chairman K Kasturirangan was tasked with working on the new NEP. It had first proposed that the name of the ministry must be changed again.

In the year 1985, the Ministry of Education’s name was changed to the HRD ministry. The last National Education Policy, NEP was made in 1986. It was later amended in 1992. Now almost 30 years have been passed since the first policy came into being. Thus on July 29, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved a new education policy and took some major decisions regarding the Indian Education System.

Facebook launches ‘Educator Hub’ to help teachers

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August 18, 2020

Facebook launched the Educator Hub to help the teachers find and build their online community. The hub will also discover resources for the classrooms and beyond as the schools are set to reopen soon.

Parents, teachers, and students around the work are facing different challenges from remote teaching and learning along with balancing work and home responsibilities, and with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Educator Hub will also include information and guides from relevant organizations to help teachers have conversations with students regarding racial inequities to create an inclusive environment.

Facebook also added that it will be sharing Anti-Racism Guides on Instagram to help cater to a more inclusive and respectful community and provide access to information and inspiring content.

The Educators Hub will also include activities, lesson plans, conversation starters, videos, and other tools to help young people develop the skills needed to navigate and thrive in the digital world. It will also help the teachers to connect with other teachers and find support from the online community.

Facebook has also mentioned that the Educators Hub offers self-care strategies, mental health tips, and other resources from experts.

Facebook is planning to share mental health and anti-bullying guides to help the educators, parents, and students to manage stress and maintain a positive environment in this academic year.

NTA releases JEE Main 2020 admit card; check details

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August 18, 2020

Providing relief to lakhs of aspirants, NTA has released the JEE Main 2020 admit card for all the successfully registered candidates. The admit card of JEE Main 2020 has been released by the NTA in the online mode. Aspirants can now download from- jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Following the dismissal of a plea by the Supreme Court demanding postponement of the JEE Main 2020 second phase exam due to the rising number of COVID-19, the admit cards for the engineering entrance have been finally released.

The JEE Main 2020 admit card was to be released by the testing agency 15-days prior to the examination. The engineering entrance exam is scheduled to be held from 1st to 6th Sept 2020; which means that the admit card should have been out on or before 15th August 2020.

Also read: JEE Main 2020 online application ends on Sunday

However, owing to the pending hearing of a plea demanding postponement of JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 exams, the apex testing agency decided to postpone the release of hall tickets.

Steps to download hall ticket for JEE Main 2020 Admit Cards:

-Visit official exam website- jeemain.nta.nic.in

-Click on Link 1 / Link 2 for downloading JEE Main admit card 2020

– Enter application number in the first field

– Enter date of birth in second field

-Verify the details and submit

– JEE Main 2020 Admit Card will be displayed

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