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NTA releases UGC NET Admit Card 2020; check details

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UGC NET Admit Card 2020

After much deliberation, National Testing Agency (NTA) has released UGC NET Admit Card 2020. The admit card has been released for September 24 and September 25 examinations. Aspirants can download the admit card from its official site- ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

The Agency will follow COVID19 special measures for the exam. The Health Minister has already released the SOPs for conducting exams and like NEET, JEE exams, NTA will follow the guidelines for this exam too. As per the new guidelines, staff and students from containment zones are not allowed to be physically present at the exam centers. Alternative arrangements are to be made for them. They may be allowed to appear in exams at a later stage. The SOPs also have other guidelines that NTA would follow to conduct the exam.

Also Read: National Testing Agency issues text message helpline for candidates

UGC NET examination will comprise of two papers-  Paper I and Paper-II. Paper I would carry 100 marks questions and Paper-II would be carrying 200 marks questions. The exam is to be conducted in two shifts- the first shift from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and the second shift from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm.

Steps to down the UGC NET Admit card 2020:

-Visit the official site-ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

-Click on UGC NET Admit Card 2020 link available on the home page.

-Click on submit and your admit card will be displayed on the screen.

-Check the admit card and download it.

President Kovind: NEP sets vision of developing an equitable knowledge society

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President Kovind

While addressing the Visitor’s Conference on ‘Implementation of National Education Policy 2020: Higher Education, President Ram Nath Kovind  said “The National Education Policy 2020 sets a vision to implement an equitable and vibrant knowledge society by providing quality education that meets the requirement of the 21st century”.

 Kovind also said “The National Education Policy (NEP) aims to reorient our educational system towards meeting the needs of the 21st century. It sets the vision of developing an equitable and vibrant knowledge society by providing quality education to all. It achieves twin objectives of inclusion & excellence.”

He further said that the NEP would discourage the habit of rote learning among the students and overemphasis on marks or grades that causes stress among students.

Also Read: A brief reflection on the new national education policy

While lauding the new education policy, the President said, “More than two lakh suggestions have been taken into consideration. Thus, the policy reflects a ground-level understanding of the challenges, aspirations and solutions of the education system.”

He further said that the role of the Centre should not be limited to ‘setting norms’ through agencies like the University Grants Commission adding that higher education institutions under the centre must set quality benchmarks.

Also Read: Union Education Minister to answer queries on National Education Policy

“The Centre’s role must not be limited to setting norms by the agencies like the University Grants Commission or the proposed Higher Education Commission of India. There should be a clear focus on quality–higher education institutes under the Centre must set quality benchmarks,” he said further.

CISCE Board reduces syllabus for second time

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CISCE syllabus

To provide more relief to students, the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) Board has reduced the syllabus for second time for the classes 10th, 12th students. It had earlier reduced the syllabus for the current academic year and the board exams of 2021.

The council had sent a letter to the school heads regarding the syllabus reduction earlier and the chief executive and the secretary has informed that the continuity between the syllabus of the classes would not be broken or compromised with.

As per CEO & Secretary of CISCE Gerry Arathoon, no students’ career would be compromised through the reduction. The students can visit the official website to find out the topics being carried forward and the ones being reduced. The board has decided this on account of learning disruption that students faced as the schools were closed during the nation-wide lockdown.

Also Read: CISCE to reduce syllabus by 25 pc

Earlier Arathoon hinted at an increased reduction in case the situation did not improve. He said, “given the academic loss till July, which is around 45 days we have reduced the syllabus for the students appearing for Class 10 and 12 Boards up to 25 pc. However, that is subject to further review as from July first week our schools are only able to resume online classes. This could have further adverse effects. We may even have to reduce the syllabi further and may even have to go up to 50 per cent reduction.”

CoA announces NATA 2nd exam result 2020

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CoA announces NATA 2nd exam result 2020

In a huge relief to lakhs of students, the CoA has released NATA second test result. The result is declared on its official site at nata.in. To check the NATA result 2020 2nd test, candidates have to use their registered email ID and password. NATA second test result is available in the form of score card mentioning details of marks scored by candidate and qualifying status.

Candidates must keep safe the NATA result 2020 2nd test scorecard for admission purposes. Candidates declared qualified through NATA 2nd exam result 2020 can now apply for admission to the institutes. NATA second test 2020 was held on September 12.

A total of 30,999 candidates enrolled for the NATA second test out of which 22,289 candidates appeared for the examination. 8,202 candidates appeared for the NATA 2nd test 2020 from their homes and 14,087 candidates appeared for online examination in 158 designated centres.

Also Read: Delhi HC rejects plea to appear CLAT 2020 exam from home

Steps to check NATA 2nd exam result 2020

-Visit NATA 2020 official website-nata.in.

-Click on “NATA 2020 registration” link.

-Enter email Id, password and security code.

-Click on Login In and scorecard link to get results.

Rajasthan govt to provide free civil services coaching to students

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civil services coaching

In a major boost, the Rajasthan state government will be providing free coaching with the help of reputed institutions for Civil Service Aspirants from the different tribes and the Sahariya Community. The announcement was made by Arjun Bamania Minister of State for Tribal and Regional Development who also added that the Tribal and Region Development Department will soon begin the TAD Super-30 project.

Around 30 aspirants will be selected from which 20 will be men while 10 will be women who will be given online coaching to prepare for the civil services examinations.

The Minister also said that the project to train civil service aspirants commence as per the budget announcement to provide free coaching to the students preparing for competitive examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission also known as the UPSC and the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC).

Also read: Rajasthan govt merges elementary, secondary education boards

In order to take advantage of the scheme, it is necessary for the candidate to pass the graduation exam with a minimum of 60 percent marks. It is also necessary that the required ST certificates and online coaching facilities are available with the student.

The minister also expressed hope that the initiative will not only improve the educational, economic, and social status of the aspirants but also help them play their role in the development process of the country.

Teacher in Chhattisgarh uses unique way to teach students

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A teacher in Chhattisgarh has gone extra mile to impart lessons to students who are missing out on their classes in this pandemic.

A teacher named Rudra Rana, in the Koriya district of Chhattisgarh, is winning hearts on the internet for starting mohalla classes for children in the area. The teacher is trying to bring education to students as they cannot go to schools. Many students don’t have access to online education in the area and its huge help for them.

The teacher teaches the number counting and addition by singing a rhyme as a question. The students reply and cheerful their responses were. Students are enjoying the process the new process of learning.

Also read: Chhattisgarh Board declares CG Board 12th result 2020

Another teacher in the Koriya district’s Phatpani region travels around on his bike with an LED TV strapped to the vehicle, teaching children who do not have access to the internet. Ashok Lodhi, a government school teacher, has been hailed as ‘Cinema Wale Babu’ for his creative way of teaching students from class 1-5.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected the education system all across the world. However, with the help of the internet, some students are able to take classes on applications like zoom and skype. In India, the situation is a bit worrying as many underprivileged children in the country are without smartphones and the internet.

Online Education: Delhi HC orders schools to provide gadgets to EWS students

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Online Education

Providing huge relief to students from the economically weaker sections, the Delhi High Court has ordered the Government and Private schools to provide gadgets and internet packs. The Delhi HC has asked the schools to provide these facilities to the poor students for online classes citing that the lack of the same is preventing such students from pursuing elementary education.

Due to devices and internet EWS students are deprived of education in the crisis.

As per the order passed private unaided schools are entitled to claim reimbursement of reasonable cost from the state for procurement of the equipment and internet package for the peer students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

Also read: Ministry of Education: Rs 818 cr allocated for online education

The HC ordered the constitution of a three-member committee, comprising Education Secretary from the Central Government or his nominee, Education Secretary of the Government of Delhi or his nominee and a representative of the private schools.

The establishment of this panel is meant to expedite and streamline the process of identifying and providing the gadgets to poor and disadvantaged students. As per the orders of the Delhi HC, the committee will also frame standard operating procedures (SOPs) which will help in the identification of disadvantaged students from the economically weaker sections and supply them with the necessary facilities.

The PIL sought directions of the Centre and the Delhi government in providing laptops, tablets or mobile phones to poor kids free of cost so that they are able to access classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

The schools are closed across the country from mid-March due to corona pandemic,

Byju’s acquires LabInApp’s solution

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Byju’s

In a major development, Edutech major Byju’s has acquired Unitus Ventures-backed LabInApp. LabInApp offers science lab-like simulation on mobile devices, curating interactive and immersive learning experience for students and teachers. Byju’s confirmed the development.

LabInApp co-founder and CEO Pavan Shinde said “Technology has become the core to most human essentials, with ed-tech topping the chart; especially in the pandemic world. While schools have their set of challenges, students shouldn’t miss out on experiential learning. Keeping this in mind, we have created a virtual learning and teaching environment representing science laboratories where teachers can teach practical concepts to students.”

Also read: Ed-Tech firm Byju’s raises fresh funding from Silver Lake

He added that to further scale LabInApp’s products and potential, there is no better education platform than Byju’s that has a huge number of K-12 students actively using their services.

“Acquisition of LabInApp by Byju’s during the course of a global pandemic exemplifies the growth story of innovative ed-tech solutions,” Unitus Ventures Managing Partner Will Poole said.

Founded in 2015 by Pavan Shinde, Girish Shirigannavar, Pramod Ramdurg, and Vinayak Hulabutti, LabInApp’s solution has more than 5,000 schools on-board across India. There are 550 simulations on LabInApp with more in various stages of development.

Reopening of school: States planning to start classes from 21st Sept

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Reopening of school

In a major development, the Central Government has confirmed that it is not compulsory to reopen schools from September 21. The Unlock 4.0 guidelines, as released by Ministry of Home Affairs, allows schools to partially open for teaching and non-teaching staff. It has said voluntary attendance of students of classes 9 to 12. The final decision, however, to open or not to open the schools and allow students, even voluntarily, to go to school to seek guidance, rests soleley with the State Governments.

In pursuance to the same, many state governments have announced their decision to allow or not to allow. While most of the state governments have deferred re-opening of schools, Haryana and Delhi Government have allowed students of classes 9 to 12 to attend school to clarify doubts or seek guidance.

Also read: Delhi govt directs schools to observe “dry day” once a week

Most of the states including Goa, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Odisha, Maharashtra have decided not to reopen the schools until next month. However, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand are the only states which has decided to open its schools with SOPs from September 21.

The Haryana has made compulsory for teachers to go under COVID-19 test before resuming. Many other states in the country are still undecided to open the schools or not reopen the schools.

The schools across the country are closed from mid-March due to Corona pandemic across the country.

Pokhriyal confers Second Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award

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Pokhriyal confers

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtually confers Second Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award in 14 categories to the Institutions under AICTE on Vishwakarma Divas Celebration.

The Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award is being organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) since 2019, which aims to motivate, recognize and honor the AICTE approved institutions to raise their performance in the specific domain leading to significant contribution for the growth and development of the society.

Also read: Pokhriyal: Survey conducted by NCERT to understand online learning

India is facing an extraordinary challenge to protect citizens from the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic all around the globe, Pokhriyal said. Since the technical education community in the country is well-capable of serving the community by utilizing its vast knowledge and ample resources. Therefore, in order to motivate and honor technical institutions, AICTE under its Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award (USVA) 2020 has proposed the theme of the year as “INDIA FIGHTS CORONA”, he added.

The Minister informed that Institutions who have initiated steps to ensure that the spread of coronavirus is slowed down and have helped their society by providing their helping hand in fighting COVID-19, have sent their nominations. He further informed that more than 900 institutions were registered for the award this year. 535 applications were considered for the first round of evaluation. These applications were scrutinized by a Committee of experts nominated for the purpose of evaluation, who shortlisted 103 institutions under 14 categories for the next round of evaluation conducted at Regional Offices. Out of 103 institutions, 34 were selected for the awards.

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