Oi Playschool Committed to Create Global Leaders

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With an aim to create global leaders who will lead this world to a happier tomorrow, the journey of Oi Playschool began in 2010 with its flagship centre in Hyderabad. Today, Oi Playschool has spread its wings to multiple cities, winning an array of titles, says Prasanna Mandava, Director, People Combine Playschool Initiatives Pvt Ltd, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

How does Oi Playschool’s philosophy help developing strong foundation in early childhood?

At Oi Playschool, we are committed to prepare children for a life beyond school. Children are little explorers who cherish being able to explore and experience than being told and taught. Thus, young minds at Oi are provided with an environment that radiates happiness and allows them to learn through interactive, fun, sensorial and engaging experiences. The roots of our playschool philosophy originate from theories of renowned psychologists – Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson and Lev Vygotsky.

What are the various programs conducted by Oi Playschool for holistic development of kids?

At Oi, innovation is the order of the day and we are “Committed to create global leaders, in partnership with parents through our early childhood program”. Through continuous innovation and developing new programmes, we strive to make learning more fun, while staying a step ahead in safety, security & hygiene.

Toddler Programme (1.5-2.5 years) at Oi focuses on child’s primary areas of development such as Gross motor skills, Fine motor skills, Social skills, Emotional skills, Communication skills and Cognitive skills
Nursery Programme (2.5-3.5 years) is a blend of sensorial development where Oi provides materials required to stimulate curiosity, exploration and creativity coupled with thematic discoveries of constructive learning.
PP-1 and PP-2 (3.5-5.5 years) are designed to get kids ready for school by introducing them to world of words, letters, math concepts, simple science tasks, patterns, classification and identification.

What are the best practices adopted by the playschool in its curriculum for all-round growth of students?

Children learn best by doing, and at Oi Playschool we nurture the abilities of our little discoverers at every step. Putting this belief into practice, we have adopted a “Developmental approach” in our curriculum. This approach allows our facilitators to be sensitive to each child and thereby strategise to promote optimum growth and development in them. Our teachers are extensively trained through our Elevate Teacher programme to smoothly deliver/drive the curriculum.

Aiding our development approach, the custom-designed ambience allows us to safely cater to children. Our centres are equipped with paramount hygiene, and safety measures such as – lady security guards, and CCTV surveillance.

How does Oi Playschool ensure active participation of parents to be aware about their wards’ performance?

Parents play a major role in the development of a child as they are one of the greatest influencers. Oi partners with parents, encouraging them to be actively involved in the child’s learning process. Through a series of events and activities over the year, parents and children come together to cherish their learnings and make fond memories. This is how we motivate parents to be an effective partner in encouraging independence, fostering creativity, instilling confidence & developing values of love and trust.

Our centres are known and appreciated by its parent partners for its unique parent involvement activities. So much that, Oi has been ranked first for Safety, Hygiene and Parent Involvement by the Eduation World Ranking 2017-18.

Futuristic Edu Initiatives Providing World-Class Education to Children

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September 20, 2019

Futuristic Edu Initiatives Providing World-Class Education to Children

**Narendra Prasad E**
Founder and MD, Futuristic Edu Initiatives, Hyderabad

Futuristic Edu Initiatives forayed into the field of education with a one-point agenda of providing world-class education to children to make them globally competitive. Today, with commitment and dedication, the group has redefined education with its progressive concepts, says Narendra Prasad E, Founder and MD, Futuristic Edu Initiatives, Hyderabad, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

What are your expectations from the Government’s new education policy? How will it change the face of the education in India?

The present education system is designed as one size fits all specially in primary and secondary schools. In this system students get limited chance to explore their interests in arts, music and sports as the curriculum is rigid. This system gives no freedom for students to choose their interests thus leaving the students to feel bored or uninteresting, which further leads to failure. We think that the students should enjoy learning, which can only happen only if, their interests are aligned with the curriculum, which further improves students self confidence. We believe this helps the student to develop an attitude towards learning, which further enhances the personality of the students and gives him/ her enough courage to tackle any circumstances in life and contribute for society.

At undergraduate level, the main focus of the education policy is to make students tested on the theoretical skills and awarded degrees on the marks . We feel that this can easily be obtained by reading prescribed text books and reproducing the same in the form of an answer in semester exams, thus getting a good GPA and recognised as a good engineer/doctor. But, this mere knowledge is not helping the brilliant students in their performance in the industry. We believe that on the job training and hands-on working as a part of curriculum will give more practical approach of the concept to the student. For this to happen, we proposed to bring in Industry experts and professional professors from the renowned University all over the world to come together to redesign the syllabus. Another challenge for many schools in India is that they have to be registered as with state department of education and also at the central department ( specially in case of CBSE ) level creating too many departments to deal with and too much documentation to support this leaving the less time and resources to schools to focus on education. With multiple education departments, there is too much confusion, for example state board says Local Language is compulsory in the list of subjects that are taught to the student, but CBSE says Hindi as compulsory subject to be taught. In such a scenario, I can only imagine a student position, whose parent frequently transfers from one state to another.

Another Policy of Government which is quite confusing is that State boards try to cap the maximum fee that can be charged by the schools and the Central Government wants to impose the Right to education Act. It would be very challenging for the school management to maintain the quality of education in such a scenario. In short, the new education policy should be unified (through the country) flexible, liberal and practical.

What are the innovative and exciting things you are planning to introduce from the new academic session?

We have tied up with Nature Nurture in developing a theme based curriculum, where our children are exposed to education content in various different forms (digital CSS, books, activities, classroom decoration, Theme assemblies, student conferences) and bringing them closer to real life usage of the education content. This is further helping our students in developing multiple intelligences. This year, we have started Hobby clubs like Astronomy club, Photography club, Cookery club, Art club etc and we are a making sure that student participate in at least one such club to explore his/her interests.

We have introduced Butterfly fields’ lab as an extension of science lab, which is helping our students to understand complicated science concepts using small experiments. This year, we are proud to announce that we have started a very unique SI Unit (Special Interventions Unit) which is headed by Deputy Head Academic, Senior Psychologist to understand the special needs to slow learning and as a part of the programme we are also engaging a shadow teacher to cater exclusively to slow learners.

“We believe that on the job training and hands-on working as a part of curriculum will give more practical approach of the concept to the student. For this to happen we proposed to bring in Industry experts and, professional professors from the renowned University all over the world to come together to redesign the syllabus.“

How are you incorporating the emerging technologies in your existing curriculum?

This year we have tied up with mind box for setting up a STEAM lab (Science, Technology, English, Arts, Mathematics Lab ), which is helping us in delivering key subject concepts using digital designing and some of the industry standard software like Coral draw, Photoshop AutoCA, Pro-E, etc. Our students are able to print their digital design using 3D printers and see that their designs come to life. We are also encouraging our students to design online games, and many are willing to participate in the game design championship.

We have introduced Robotics to our students, which we helping them to design and code the Robotics and have a plan to send our students to world Robotics challenge in next two year. We have tied up with Wordsworth group to establish an English lab, which would help our students with communication skills. Our Teachers are using the digital content available in the open source to create custom eBooks, so that our students can learn various concepts in digital platform at their own pace.

What are the challenges that schools face in keeping pace with the present day requirements of education ecosystem?

We think that the present Curriculum is too rigid and leaves very less scope to modify, or innovate. We think that the examination system is little outdated as it does not help teachers to implement differentiated learning in the classrooms.

What are your plans regarding the expansion of ‘Futuristic Edu Initiatives’?

We are trying to develop a framework, to assess the students’ interests, their learning levels in different subjects and create a student learning profile, and our teachers will be using it to understand students’ progress. Using this student profiling we would like to introduce differentiated learning in the classrooms. We believe that, in future this would help us in customizing the lesson plan to individual student level thus helping the student to make learning easy and enjoyable. We would like to use this framework to develop a digital system to track student progress.

Seth MR Jaipuria Schools: Nurturing Children the Futuristic Way

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September 19, 2019

Seth M R Jaipuria Schools focuses on nurturing future leaders by imparting quality education to its students, says Shreevats Jaipuria, Vice Chairman, Seth M R Jaipuria Schools and Jaipuria Institute of Management, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

What are the prime objectives of the Seth MR Jaipuria Schools, as a group?

We want to make high quality, national level education and training accessible to students and teachers across maximum number of towns and cities of India. We are not limiting ourselves to a few towns and cities, or metropolitan areas. There is both an opportunity and a necessity of taking private school education to smaller towns without compromising quality. We foresee a bulk of growth, as well as requirement for high end education coming from Tier 2 / Tier 3 cities of India.

How is Jaipuria Group different? What values are students imbibing?

Thinking; Commitment; Creativity; Originality; Enthusiasm; Empathy; Values; are some of the values we are committed to. Students always remain at the centre of the teaching-learning process. An academic institute should stand for dreams, building of character & skills, and defining a person’s life. Few years that a student spends with us would ‘shape or break’ that individual, so there is great power and greater responsibility in the hands of the Institute. Similarly, the time a professional spends at the Institute would provide for scaling new heights, surpassing unprecedented horizons and success un-told in spheres un-explored. We take this commitment very seriously, and are leaving no stone un-turned to achieve this.

Also Read: Seth M R Jaipuria Schools— Nation Building with Quality Education

Kindly elaborate on your teaching pedagogy.

Thirst for learning is what guides all educators at Jaipuria. We want to help create new generation of responsible business and social leaders that will help the world at large be proactive to meet the global challenges of the 21st century and surpass beyond the realms of the ordinary. Learners can be motivated and groomed for leadership by firstly recognising them as leaders, and they are needed to be empowered. We have successfully created a model which is scalable, measurable and replicable on the non-academic side, and basic processes and tools of academics also documented and driven by process.

Lessons Plans – We have created detailed lesson plans for each class room period from pre-primary to Class 12 running into hundreds of thousands of pages, which give teachers a quick idea/ roadmap or pedagogy to involve students in learnings for that day.

Teacher Training – We are highly focused on teacher training and organise both central and at site training across subject and pedagogy regularly for our teachers.

Student Opportunities – Given our scale, we create many opportunities for students to compete with each other across academic, co-curricular and sporting activities at our flagship events. Every year, tens of thousands of students from across our 24 schools take part in a variety of events and activities.

Also Read: Seth M R Jaipuria Schools: Imparting Learner Centric Education

What are the achievements of your school chain?

Over the past 6 years we have grown from 1 to 25 schools across 19 cities. We continue to grow at 5-6 new schools per year. We are happy to be recognized as school of greater good by university of Berkeley in California and Indian School Chain of the Year by Indian Education Congress. We have been recognised by Fortune as one of the future 50 schools of India. ELETS has recognised our schools as one of the best in the country.

What are your future growth and development plans?

Our objective is to be present in every district within the geographical region we operate in, and provide education that is transformative and different from other existing schools.

What differentiates Jaipuria from other schools?

“A Group that would want to groom leaders and not merely churn out graduates.” Imparting and acquiring skill sets is a routine process and can be on a self learning mode or through gazillion training companies at every nook and corner. But the experience, diversity and differential thinking brought in by the various quality elements associated with a learning Institute defines it largely. Jaipuria is thereby taking steps in the right direction.

“Our approach is combining management principles with development methodologies to provide for rich array of resources to maximize achievement in any sphere of life. The biggest advantage is that this approach provides for a lifelong platform for growth.”

Please briefly explain the model of value delivery to a student adopted by the Jaipuria Schools.

The focus is on overall transformation of the student, not merely provide them with age old tools to be ready for the real world or ‘get a job’. Our approach is combining management principles with development methodologies to provide for rich array of resources to maximize achievement in any sphere of life. The biggest advantage is that this approach provides for a lifelong platform for growth. The biggest disadvantage is that the society at large assumes the transformation approach as imitable, thereby providing bottlenecks in the process.

Also Read: Seth M.R. Jaipuria Schools: Embedding Best Practices From Around the World

How much does the student’s contribution affect the training process?

A Group that would want to groom leaders and not Training is a minimalistic action providing student with a skill set or imparting information for a set of actions. The focus should be on overall erudition, value-adds, character definition and transformation.

The faculty’s role is that of a facilitator, merely shepherding the students through the valleys of darkness, awakening life’s lessons for catapulting to greatness. The sessions are designed in a manner for the student to contribute in the most substantial manner possible. Experiential learning, workshops, discussions, real-time analysis, research, industry and society interaction, case studies, and experience sharing enables students to form a close-knit diverse and expert group of peers and provide for learning opportunities from all quarters. Therefore, the faculty merely plays the role of the guide- the path is tread-for by the student themselves. We are a learner centric Institution that provides opportunities for academic, technical and life-long learning in a collaborative culture dedicated to arouse curiosity, results and excellence.

Chitkara University- Re-Inventing Education 4.0

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September 18, 2019

Enabling Future Leaders Explore their Potential

It was in 2002 that Chitkara Educational Trust established its Punjab campus, near Chandigarh, on the Chandigarh-Patiala National Highway. In the year 2010, this campus became Chitkara University, a private University established through an Act by the Punjab State Legislature.

When a University is founded by two passionate teachers with over four decades of experience in grooming students, it gets reflected in their final products. The efforts of Dr Ashok K Chitkara and Dr Madhu Chitkara have made Chitkara University reach on top in placements for nearly a decade now. Since the last few years, Chitkara University based in Punjab & Himachal Pradesh have pioneered start-up incubation with outstanding results. Two of the incubated projects bagged top rankings in an International competition for start-ups across UK, China and India, recently. Chitkara University is also home to one of the largest portfolio of innovative courses in diverse fields.

Any world-class University is not only known for its holistic but also for its productive interventions into the world around it. Great Universities pursue this path because any University can produce a job aspirant whereas it takes a dynamic and a diverse University to create a true leader in any field. Chitkara University which aspires to be world-class in everything it does has been supporting all such social interventions, so that it creates leaders and not just followers.

Chitkara Education brings with it a reputation that has been earned through years of serving the career needs of the student community. Chitkara University graduates go on to make great careers, as they have hands-on experience in their respective fields.

Within a decade, most of the Chitkara University academic programs have been recognised and ranked among the top 50 programs in the country which speaks volumes about their string academic heritage, highly committed faculty, extensive industry collaborations, great International relations, and State of the Art campus facilities. Recently, Chitkara hosted State Youth Parliament 2019, organized by the NSS Department in collaboration with the Regional Directorate Office, Chandigarh. The main objective of National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 is to hear the voice of Indian youth between 18 to 25 years of age, who are allowed to vote but cannot stand as a candidate for elections, through deliberations in Youth Parliament at different levels.

With engineering education being a major thrust area for Chitkara University, it has always been working diligently to better its own Engineering Programs, as well as to support National and International initiatives. Recently, Chitkara University hosted the prestigious ICTIEE 2019 (The International Conference on Transformation in Engineering Education), at their Punjab Campus.

Chitkara University in association with Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) has been continuously working to improve Engineering Education Ecosystem in India. Its objective is to improve the quality and global relevance of Engineering Education in India.

The well-attended conference included keynote sessions, panel discussions and workshops by experts around the world. An important part of the conference was presentations by renowned Engineering faculty who already have great experience in transforming their own curriculum, classrooms and programs.

The conference was attended by some of the world-renowned Engineering Educators and Practitioners like Dr. Michael Milligan (CEO, ABET), Dr. Hans Hoyer (President, IFEES), Dr. Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University), B. Ramkrishna (Director, NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program), Dr. Rao Vemuri (University of California), Dr. Lueny Morell (InnovaHiED, USA), and many more.

Chitkara University also promotes the well-being and achievements of school going as well as college going students. It extends the same beyond its own student community too. Recently, Chitkara University in collaboration with RoboChamps, Chhapai.com and RoboGenie, conducted International School Awards, the world’s largest education conference and award show in Dubai. And most interestingly, Chitkara University alumni Akshay Ahuja is the Co-founder of RoboChamps India and RoboGenie.

The event witnessed participation from 500 representatives from educational institutions of 20 different countries. A total of 180 schools and educators took home the awards in various categories, which had received over 12,000 nominations. A first-of-its-kind Educational event on a Global scale, International School Awards, served as a platform to brainstorm and recognize excellence, and transformational approaches in the field of education.

However, Chitkara’s social interventions for the benefit of its students are most impactful in the start-up sphere. Universities today cannot afford to ignore entrepreneurship development and start-up incubation, given the high momentum start-ups have achieved in India. While most private universities worth their names have started start-up promotion cells, very few have fully operational Incubation Centres.

Even for Private Universities with their own Incubation Centres, it is an uphill task for delivering the promised, as unlike degrees and placements; start-ups do not become successful with hard work alone. It calls for brilliant ideas, the right enabling ecosystem and real entrepreneurial brains that can be utilised productively.

Chitkara University recently achieved significant acknowledgment in International start-up domain. The University incubation initiatives, named Chitkara University Research and Innovation Network (CURIN) and the Chandigarh based Chitkara Innovation Incubator, are the places where its researchers, faculty and aspiring student entrepreneurs work across various disciplines to extend the boundaries of knowledge so that their projects can be executed.

An event titled Ingenuity-2018 Innovation Challenge was hosted by a UK based University, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China where Chitkara University participated as a competitor from India along with China and United Kingdom. While only a select group of 17 teams from these three nations got to participate in this high- profile event, Chitkara University could send four teams, in association with the public facility, Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC). Ingenuity 2018 Innovation Challenge has several tiers of winners. Out of the 17 teams, only top 10 teams got an Exclusive International Pass for having swift business establishment with local government support in China and in the UK. The top 6 among them will be co-founded in India, China and the UK.

Two teams from Chitkara University, could make it to this category. Chitkara University’s project, a farm engineering start-up called MOKSH bagged the First position and a Gold medal among all 17 International projects. The winning USP of MOKSH was the global importance of an innovative idea that simplifies the life of a farmer’s post-harvest and helps them earn more from crop waste. MOKSH is headed by its Founder Dr. Nitin Saluja, an entrepreneur from the Chitkara Innovation Incubator, Chandigarh.

The second winning project from Chitkara University was DAT, an incubated company which makes Braille Education for the blind easy across the globe. It was declared as the ‘Best International Project’ at the event. They won 10,000 UK pounds by Hayden Green Foundation, UK.

E-Braille Slate is a project devised by DAT for making education for the blind painless and comfortable. The project, under the supervision of Chitkara University Centre for Research and Innovation (CURIN), has a high international relevance as it addresses millions of people with blindness. This project was especially applauded by the Jury and the present audience.

Such achievements by students of Chitkara University can be traced back to the passion of its founders. The University has been founded by Dr. Ashok K Chitkara and Dr. Madhu Chitkara who have been passionate teachers for more than 40 years now. As Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor respectively, they are not just founders but hands-on leaders at the campus. This continuous support and presence have proven to be a major edge in the field of education and hence the Chitkara Educational Trust.

Edtech Funding: AttainU raises ‘undisclosed amount’ from former Google India Head & others

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September 17, 2019

AttainU – the Bengaluru based edtech startup, has raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding from multiple investors. The list of investors includes names like: Shailesh Rao ex-Google India Head, Nikhil Rungta ex-Intuit India Head, Anil Gelra – Founder, SnapMint and Manish Kumar – Founder, KredX and LetsVenture.

Notably, the backers are eyeing AttainU, an online platform offering live tuition courses, as a chance to corner a domestic post-college tuition market worth around $370 million—and a global e-learning set to be worth almost $2bn by 2021.

On the other hand, AttainU stated that it will utilise the funding to further strengthen faculty, development of courses, counselling teams and build a semi-automated platform to cater to the inbound student demand.

Speaking on the latest development, Divyam Goel, CEO & Co-founder, AttainU, said, “For us, the goal has always been about solving higher education in a systematic, scalable way. From the beginning, we have had a very strong focus on maintaining our high-quality learning outcomes as we scale. Over the last 10 months, we have been able to figure out many processes, complementing human psychology, to facilitate deep-rooted learning”.

“At this point, we are receiving double-digit thousand student applications every month and are very excited about the scale of impact we will be able to deliver through our tech-first approach,” he added.

Founded by Divyam Goel and Vaibhav Bajpai in 2918, AttainU currently offers live online courses. For students looking to get into software engineering careers, the platform offers full-time, online seven-month long software engineering courses.

Besides, the company also provides career counselling as part of their student assessment process and connects graduates to industry partners for placement upon completion of the course.

CAT 2019: Registration to close in 2 days, know other important dates

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September 16, 2019

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode will be conducting the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2019 on November 24, 2019, across the country. Students planning to apply to various postgraduate and fellow programmes at IIMs are required to appear for the CAT exam. The window for applying for CAT 2019 will end in two days. The last date for applying is September 18, 2019.

Students can visit the official website of IIM CAT to register themselves by clicking on ‘New Candidate Registration’. After entering the name, date of birth, email ID and other details as required, the candidates will have to log in using the credentials generated to complete the registration process and pay the fee.

The CAT 2019 will be held in two slots in a single day on November 24, 2019. It is a mandatory entrance exam to apply for PGP 2020-22 and other programmes at 20 IIMs and top-rated B schools across the country.

Application fee for students belonging to General, EWS, and OBC category is Rs 1,900
whereas, for students from SC, ST, PwD is Rs 950.
Students are advised to keep in mind important dates for CAT 2019 mentioned below:

Registration: August 7, 2019, to September 18, 2019.
Tutorial on the official website: Oct 18, 2019
Admit card download: October 29, 2019, till the exam day
Exam date: November 24, 2019 (Sunday)
Results: 2nd week of January 2020 (Tentative)

Kapil Dev appointed as first Chancellor of Haryana Sports University

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September 16, 2019

Kapil Dev appointed as first Chancellor of Haryana Sports University

Cricket legend Kapil Dev has been appointed as the first Chancellor of the Haryana Sports University at Rai in Sonipat district. Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij announced the news on Saturday on his twitter account.

“Kapil Dev will be the first Chancellor of Haryana Sports University at Rai, Sonipat,” he tweeted.

Interestingly, Haryana is the third state in the country to establish a Sports University. Swarnim Gujarat Sports University (Gandhinagar) and Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (Chennai) are the other two operational in the country.

Notably, Vij had earlier announced that Sports School, Rai (Sonipat), will be upgraded to a Sports University. The proposal for the same has been recently approved by the State Cabinet.

He mentioned that the university will conduct academic and training programmes in – physical education and sports sciences plus sports technology and sports medicine.

The courses conducted by the university will encompass training for sports management, sports infrastructure engineering, sports nutrition, sports psychology, sports journalism and sports marketing.

GATE 2020: Registration to close on Sep 24; know steps to apply

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GATE 2020 | The registration process of GATE 2020 will be concluded on September 24, 2019, by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The candidates who have not filled the application form yet are advised to do so before the last date.

GATE 2020 is being conducted by IIT Delhi for admission in various post graduate engineering programs offered by the participating institutes. The examination will be conducted on February 1, 2, 8 and 9, 2020 in the computer-based mode.

The GATE 2020 application form needs to be duly filled and submitted by the candidates in order to participate in the entrance examination for M.Tech admissions and PSU recruitment.

In case the candidates are not able to submit the application form before the due date i.e. Sep 24, they can submit it until October 1, 2019, by paying the requisite late fee.

Notably, the registration process of GATE 2020 had begun on August 31, 2019. It is being done through GOAPS (GATE Online Application Processing System).

Below are the steps that can be followed to successfully fill the application form of GATE 2020.

Steps to fill GATE 2020 Application Form:

Step 1: Candidates need to register via GOAPS by entering their basic personal details like name, mobile number, email ID and more. Post that, candidate will receive the enrollment ID and password through email or SMS.

Step 2: Use the Id and password to login to GOAPS. Complete the GATE Application Form, by filling the rest of the required details.

Step 3: Upload the necessary documents- scanned image of their photograph and signature as mentioned.

Step 4: Preview the filled application form – recheck the details submitted and rectify it if required.

Step 5: Post that candidates will be required to pay the GATE 2020 application fee.

Step 6: After the payment of fee, candidates have to click on “Submit” to finally submit their forms.

GATE 2020 Application Fee

Category	Fee	With Late Fee
Male (General, OBC and Others)	Rs. 1,500	Rs. 2,000
SC/ ST/ PwD	Rs. 750	Rs. 1,250
Women (All Categories)	Rs. 750	Rs. 1,250
International Students – Dubai and Singapore	US$ 100	US$ 120
International Students – Addis Ababa Colombo, Dhaka and Kathmandu	US$ 50	US$ 70

As per the information, the admit card of GATE 2020 will be generated and released on January 3. Though, it will be for those candidates who register within the last date as mentioned by the authorities.

Notably, the candidates will also be given a chance to make corrections in their application form after September 24, 2019. However, they will be required to make the corrections within the specific time given by the authorities.

HRD Ministry felicitates 35 teachers at CBSE Awards for Teachers-2019

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September 14, 2019

The prestigious CBSE Awards for Teachers-2019 was held in Delhi on Thursday. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ felicitated the awardees of which only one teacher Vandana Sen from Nagpur’s BVM Ashti was awarded from the state of Maharashtra.

In a statement released by CBSE, the minister thanked the “dedicated teacher community in nation-building through teaching.”

“These awards are a symbol of your hard work,” Pokhriyal said. He emphasized them to promote a positive environment with values and quality that meet the present and future needs of the students.

He also launched CBSE’s portal ‘Vidyadan’ on Diksha App, a Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing’s (National Forum for Teachers) and released the CBSE’s annual activity calendar.

Pokhriyal also released 10 CBSE manuals on varied subjects such as experiential learning, art integration, learning of maths, enjoyable teaching, school quality assessment and assurance, and new initiatives, artificial intelligence, 10+2 post-academic courses, eco-club, water conservation and hubs of learning.

Sanjay Dhotre, MP from Akola, who is also MoS for HRD Ministry, was present at the ceremony as guest of honor. “Since every student is different and unique, education should be according to the individual needs and nature of each student so that children become courageous, confident human beings with strong character and may be able to build their bright future,” Dhotre added.

iCalibrator Improving Education Success Through Technology

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September 13, 2019

iCalibrator leverages the power & potential of patented technology in adoption of Outcome Based Education (OBE) Framework through Paperless Assessments and Analytics (PAA), says Pramod Saini, CTO, iCalibrator, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

What was the idea behind setting up the company?

The idea was to create a B2B platform where each candidate’s skillset or caliber could be assessed against highest established industry standards.

Please describe about the innovations of iCalibrator in last two years to improve its products and remain ahead of its competitors?

United States Patent & Trademark office (USPTO) approval on our Patent is a testimonial to our efforts in being innovative and we shall continue this journey, be it for our technology or customer processes. We have designed a complete ecosystem around understanding of a student’s potential and a feedback mechanism to Universities for personalizing the education deliverables.

What are the major products of the organisation and how they are helping in improving the education sector?

Intelligent Paperless Education System (iPES) and Paperless Assessment & Analytics (PAA) are our two main products. The paperless system, comprising subjective examination on tablets with pen, makes the whole experience safer & operationally exceptional. With analytics on formative and summative assessments, it not only enables improved decision making by focusing on patterns that indicate student success but also help universities to strategise assessment methodology and map student’s performance results with program outcome.

What do you think are some futuristic ways that companies like iCalibrator can look forward to contributing towards the education sector?

Research Simulation Labs on Tabs (RSLT) to provide a connected personalised learning experience to students and would use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to coach students into careers that suit their aptitude the best.

What is organization’s vision for upcoming years?

Develop enablers that shall empower education to capitalise technology in delivering comprehensive education eco-system.

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