COVID impact: Punjab cancels all university and college exams

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July 6, 2020

In the light of COVID-19 outbreak, Punjab Government has decided to cancel all university and college exams to be held at varsities across the state. However, state government may allow universities who currently have their online exams underway to continue uninterrupted.

The announcement of cancellation of pending University and Semester Exams 2020 was made in his weekly #AskCaptain Facebook Live session with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. In the session, the CM also confirmed that the college and university students would be promoted on the basis of their previous years’ results.

In the session, CM also announced that colleges and universities have been asked to work out the detailed process for working out the modalities for implementing the decision, he said, adding that the decision would be announced in the next few days.

Also read: The Punjab Public School’s Success Story During Lockdown

He also added that students who are not satisfied by the result announced on the basis of promotion formula, they will be allowed to take a fresh examination later once the COVID-19 crisis is over. For school students, Punjab CM said that the state government would be following the CBSE decision announced in the Supreme Court some days ago.

In another major announcement, the Punjab Chief Minister also announced that all ex-servicemen will get an increased number of attempts for taking the Punjab Civil Services examination.

Rajasthan govt cancels colleges and universities exams

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July 6, 2020

In the wake of Corona crisis, Rajasthan State Government has cancelled university and college exams in the state for all students. All undergraduate and postgraduate students from universities, colleges and technical institutions across the state will be promoted without holding the exams.

Rajasthan CM announced the decision about cancellation of pending semester exams in the state through a tweet sent out from his personal handle. Taking the social media, he said “In the light of COVID-19 pandemic, the state government has decided not to hold examinations for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all universities, colleges, and technical educational institutions in the state.”

The decision to cancel all the pending semester exams for higher education institutions based in the state was taken by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a high-level meeting held on 4th July 2020.

Also read: Rajasthan University exams postponed over COVID-19

The high-level meeting was attended by Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Minister of State for Technical Education Subhash Garg, Chief Secretary Rajiv Swaroop, Additional Chief Secretary Finance Niranjan Arya, Higher Education Secretary Shuchi Sharma, Information and Public Relations Commissioner Mahendra Soni, as per a report filed by Times Now.

Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that the state government was mulling to introduce a chapter on Coronavirus pandemic in the school curriculum from next year.

CBSE-Facebook join hands to offer digital training to teachers and students

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July 6, 2020

In the wake of Corona crisis, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Board has joined hands with social media giant Facebook. The board to offer digital training programmes on ‘Augmented / Virtual Reality’ to teachers and students.

CBSE said that ‘Augment Reality’ is going to be the next big thing in teaching, especially during the current times of COVID-19 and school closure, when teachers are away from students. The new programme will be offered completely free of cost to all the teachers and students affiliated with CBSE Schools.

The CBSE – Facebook collaboration courses on Augmented Reality will begin their first phase in August to November 2020. The course for students will begin on 6th August followed by teachers’ course which would commence on 10th August 2020.The courses will be offered in completely online and virtual mode.

Also read: CBSE to declare Class 10 and 12 Results by 15 July

The courses are planned to be held on a mass level to accommodate maximum number of teachers and students. Each of the programs will have 10000 seats each for teachers and students.

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took social media to laud the stakeholders for such a novel initiative. He sent out a tweet from his official account in which he encouraged students and teachers to join these programmes. According to the details sent out to CBSE Academics, the course will be offered to a total of 30000 students in each category. Schools would be required to nominate teachers and students, who are chosen to participate in the digital training programme.

I appreciate the intiative launched by @cbseindia29 and @Facebook India to introduce training programs in Augumented Reality for teachers & Digital Safety for students.

I encourage teachers and students to join these programs at https://t.co/Qh4fC2lgiZ pic.twitter.com/7vTIzyDNo9

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) July 5, 2020

Jharkhand Academic Council declares JAC Class 11 Result 2020

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July 6, 2020

Amidst Corona crisis, Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has announced JAC 11th Result 2020 for the Class 11 students of Jharkhand Board. The JAC result for 11th Class students has been announced online on the official website i.e. jacresults.com. Around 3.4 lakh students had appeared for the examination earlier in the year.

As per the details shared by the JAC, around 95.53% students have cleared the Class 11 exam with flying colours. Reports indicate that a total of 3,46,504 students had appeared for the JAC 11th Class Exam 2020, of which 3,39,061 wrote the examination. In terms of success ratio, 3,23,924 students cleared the Class 11 Exam with an overall pass percentage of 95.53%. In terms of gender-wise performance, 1,70,372 boys and 1,68,689 girls had appeared for the exam and their respective pass percentages were 95.45%, while 95.61%.

Also read: Jharkhand declares Class 8 Results, check on jac.nic.in

The exams for Class 11 students from Jharkhand state were held on 5th, 6th and 7th March 2020 i.e. before the nationwide lockdown was announced due to COVID-19. However, the evaluation work for the Class 11 students was delayed due to Coronavirus pandemic induced lockdown.

Prometheus announces Ms. Aneesha Sahni as the Principal of the Primary School

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July 4, 2020

Prometheus, an IB candidate school in NCR, announces, Ms. Aneesha Sahni as the Principal of the Primary school starting the academic year 2020-21.

Ms. Sahni, joined Prometheus last year as the Vice Principal of Primary School and has led the school’s exemplary growth in its first year of operations in varied different facets.

Mr. Mukesh Sharma, the Founding Chairman of Prometheus, stated, “Ms. Sahni has been instrumental in the establishment and growth of the school this past year, often times, showing leadership at an overall school level, beyond her immediate purview of the primary program. As a strong believer in the school’s mission to re-imagine learning, she has brought in several unique strategies that have been received very well by students, including incorporating a play based inquiry driven learning.”

Also read: Prometheus School gets future-ready

“Thanks to her leadership, Prometheus was one of the first schools nationally to move into an online learning curriculum, with the onset of COVID-19. I am very happy to have her take on the role of the Principal Primary School and look forward to her ongoing contributions in establishing Prometheus as student centric, technology enabled, inquiry powered school in the country” he added.

Ms. Sahni added that she is very humbled and excited at this opportunity and looks forward to working with Mr. Sharma, Ms. Vaid, the Principal of Secondary School, and the entire team at Prometheus. She thanked the staff, students and parents for the support and trust in her.

Over 100 colleges and universities to go online with upGrad

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July 4, 2020

One of India’s largest ed-tech firms, upGrad has announced over 100 colleges and universities so far are using upGrad’s platform to replicate their offline classes, online. Many reputed institutes include Jamia Hamdard University, LPU, who are amongst the MHRD’s NIRF Top 100 universities are associated with the ed-tech firm.

Ronnie Screwvala, Co-founder & Executive Chairman, upGrad said “Migrating to an online ecosystem is not about placing a webcam in front of the teacher. Quality of education will plummet if sessions, participations & evaluations are not supervised with equal precision like in an offline setup. It’s a digital campus we have built for universities and strengthened it for over half a decade. Around 1,00,000 learners are logged in to the platform as we speak, with over 8500 hours of live sessions conducted in the past 3 months”.

Also read: Odisha to start online classes from July 13

The upGrad Live is utilized by number of universities from every part of the country. Institutes from North India like CT University (Ludhiana), Rayat Bahra University (Punjab), ABES Engineering College (Ghaziabad) to South India like Hindustan University (Chennai), AMC Group of Institutions (Bengaluru) to Central India like People’s University (Bhopal), to West India like Nagpur University (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University), Sandip University (Nashik), Sinhgad Group of Institution (Pune) to even institutes from the North East corners of India like Rabindranath Thakur Mahavidyalaya, Netaji Subhash Mahavidyalaya and Bir Bikram Memorial College in Tripura, are availing ‘upGrad Live’.

CISCE to reduce syllabus by 25 pc

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July 4, 2020

In the wake of Corona pandemic, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has decided that it will reduce the syllabus of ICSE 10th and ISC 12th by 25% in the year 2020-21. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a substantial delay in the start of the academic year 2020-21 across the country.

In order to make up for the loss during the current session 2020-2021, the Council, said in the statement, that based on working with subject experts, it will reduce the syllabus of all major subjects of ICSE 10th and ISC 12th levels.

Also read: CISCE releases revised assessment scheme for pending papers

The statement also included that the reduction in syllabus of ICSE Class 10 and ISC Class 12 has been done keeping in line with the linear progression across classes all the while ensuring that the core concepts related to a particular subject are retained.

Earlier, CISCE also disclosed the alternative assessment scheme for the pending exams of ICSE 10th and ISC 12th 2020. Students will be awarded an average of the best three percentage marks obtained in the subjects for which the ICSE 10th and ISC 12th exams 2020 have been successfully conducted.

Mpower launches mental health curriculum-‘Minds Matter’

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July 4, 2020

With schools closed from mid-March and lockdown imposed children across the country are feeling stressed. It becomes imperative now more than ever to address children mental well-being at an early age.

With this objective in mind, Mpower, a pioneer in Indian Mental Healthcare, will be rolling out a progressive mental health literacy curriculum for schools, called ‘Minds Matter’. ‘Minds Matter’ is a comprehensive, research-based and distinctive curriculum to be adapted during the school hours and interwoven in the timetable for grades 1 to 12.

‘Minds Matter’ will thrive to build mental health awareness among children and youth, foster empathy and aid them to discover ways to combat stigmas attached to mental illness prevailing in India.

Also read: Mental Health Project to benefit over 2 Cr students with learning disabilities

As children spend more time in school than in any other formal institution, school plays a pivotal role in providing mental health education blended with seamless and well-coordinated interventions.

An absolutely hands-on ‘Minds Matter’ syllabus crafted by mental health experts covers sensitive and significant topics such as bullying, body image, gender discrimination, understanding sexual harassment, coping with bereavement, dealing with self-harm and suicidal thoughts, understanding disabilities within a classroom, eradication of racism, homophobia, helping children through a divorce or abusive home environments, among other key issues.

On the launch, Neerja Birla, Founder and Chairperson, Mpower, said, “I have always believed that Mental Health Education needs to be an integral part of school curriculum. Today, I am very proud to introduce a structured curriculum ‘Minds Matter’ which is a result of research-based models and collective years of experience of our team in understanding child and adolescent mental health.”

Since inception, Mpower has been at the forefront of tackling mental health issues across India. After the outbreak of Covid-19, Mpower has seen a rise in new cases of mental health concerns like anxiety, stress, depression and paranoia. To address these, Mpower has been providing counselling and therapies through video-calling and telephonic/online conversations to help people tide over these difficult phases.

MP Board declares Class 10th Results 2020

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July 4, 2020

The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education has finally declared the Class 10 result 2020. Students who have been eagerly waiting for their MP Board 10th result 2020 can finally check the same now. Students will be required to visit the official website – mpresults.nic.in. Students must enter their roll number and application number to check their results.

The MPBSE 10th result 2020 has been announced for over 11 lakh students. The MP Board Class 10 result 2020 has been declared on the basis of the ‘five rule’ formula applied by MPBSE.

As per the official statement, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, subjects for which MP Board Class 10 exams (theory/practical) could not be conducted will simply be marked as passed in the MP Class 10 result 2020 marksheets.

Also read: MP Board releases admit card for Class 12th exams

Abhinav Sharma of Bhind along with Pawan Bhargav and Lakshadweep Guna have topped the MP Board Class 10 results 2020. Girls have outperformed boys in MPBSE 10th Result 2020 with a pass percentage of 65.87% while the passing percentage of boys stood at 60.09%. The overall passing percentage in MP Board 10th result 2020 is 62.84%.

Students will be required to collect the original marksheets issued as and when issued by MPBSE from their respective schools.

Steps to check MP Board Class 10th Result 2020:

-Students must visit-mpresults.nic.in

-Click on Result Tab on home page

-Click on the MP Board Class 10th Result 2020

-Enter Name or Roll Number in given space

-Click on the ‘Submit’ button to get results

RILDSU inks MoU with Manipal University

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July 4, 2020

To provide employment to students in the state, Rajasthan ILD Skills University has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Manipal University. The MoU has been done to work in petrochemical and chemical sectors.

During the signing, Rajasthan ILD Skills University VC Dr Lalit K Panwar and Professor Dr. Gopalakrishna Prabhu K, President, Manipal University Jaipur, were present. Both universities registrars were also present during the ceremony.

Also read: Manipal University jaipur: Fostering Academic Excellence

Rajasthan ILD Skills University VC Dr Lalit K Panwar said the university will provide training to students in the petrochemical sector. The sector has huge scope in the state. He also said the university will start a training centre in Barmer district for which they have got 30 acres of land.

Professor Dr. Gopalakrishna Prabhu K, President, Manipal University Jaipur said with the help of Rajasthan ILD Skills University, they will work to provide training and employment to students.

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