CBSE schools to encourage students’ talents by promoting art and culture

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May 12, 2018

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools in Kerala and Lakshadweep are going to promote art, culture and creativity to showcase the talents of their students.

According to a top official, the initiative is in line with the board’s vision of developing a robust system for holistic development of children. “Co-curricular activities supplement and complement the curricular or main syllabi activities. These are very important to develop the students’ personality as well as to strengthen classroom learning”, said Tarun Kumar, CBSE Regional officer,Thiruvananthapuram.

Letters to around 1,350 schools of Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, which comes under Thiruvananthapuram division, have been sent asking them to start video channels on their websites or use any free video sharing app to provide a platform for students to exhibit their skills.

According to Kumar, some schools have started using websites like Youtube or vimeo for uploading or sharing the activities in form of videos. “We have prepared elaborate themes such as patriotism,love to humanity and compassion, empathy, caring and sharing,honesty, sincerity and self-reliance as topics for the students to choose from, so that these human values can be inculcated”, he added.

Many schools in Kerala are already promoting such creative activities. The activities can be in the form of skits, dance-drama, extempore, flash mob, rendition, shadow play, tableau, motivational speech, short film scripted and directed by students or a cartoon strip.

Kumar emphasises on organising stage shows in music room/activity room/auditorium of schools on weekly basis to encourage students for showcasing their talents. He said, “More emphasis should be given on expression and raising self-confidence without any additional cost to the children.”

Gujarat Class XII Board Results Declared

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May 11, 2018

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Examination Board announced class XII science stream results on 10th May 2018, with 72.99 per cent students successfully clearing the board examination this year.

The pass percentage, however, has gone down by 8.9 per cent, the lowest in the last five years.

The girls have fared better than boy in the results. The pass percentage of girls is 74.91 per cent and for boys the pass percentage is 71.84 per cent.

2017 is the first academic year when students here appeared for annual examination after a break of five years. Earlier, there existed semester system of examination.

Gujarat Education Minister, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama in a reaction to this year’s decline is pass percentage of students told a leading media organisation. “We can not rule out that the semester system could have helped better the results. This could be one of the reasons.”

Eupheus Learning partners Allied Publishers

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May 10, 2018

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Eupheus Learning has gone into a strategic partnership Allied Publishers to reach over 3.5 million students this year by re-launching over 350 school book titles in print and digital forms.

Speaking about the partnership, Sarvesh Shrivastava, Managing Director and Co-founder, Eupheus Learning said, “Having been in the educational industry for more than three decades, I have long admired the work published by Allied Publishers. Radiant Readers as well as Simplified Chemistry series are bestsellers amongst students and need no introduction.”

The partnership will enable Eupheus Learning to cater to grades from Pre-Primary to 10th standard covering both, CBSE and ICSE boards. The relaunched titles will be in line with the current learning requirements and available in print and digital forms.

The alliance is also supposed to support Eupheus Learning in achieving its target of reaching in line of the current learning requirements.

Commenting on the association, Sunil Sachdev, Managing Director, Allied Publishers said, “Having known the founders and their background for years now, I feel this is just the right way ahead for us at Allied Publishing. We were looking for the next wave of publishing culture and with Eupheus Learning already providing solutions in the digital space with a captured market, we believe they will take our books to new heights.”

MeitY launches Digital India Internship enabling youth for firsthand experience

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May 10, 2018

The Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MeitY) has launched the “Digital India Internship Scheme” to enhance skills of youngsters. Under the scheme, Rs 10,000 per month will be offered as stipend to interns.

Launching the scheme, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics and IT and Law & Justice, said that the internship scheme will offer 25 slots in each session – summer and winter.

He said that the objective of the scheme is to provide youths an opportunity to secure first hand and practical work experience under the guidance of a mentor and students will be able to apply for the internship scheme online.

“The internship scheme will enable the young students to learn closely about the initiative of Digital India. It will also give exposure to the students about technology policy and decision making of government of India,” Prasad said.

The internship is likely to start from the next month and will be of two months’ duration (extendable to three months). After completion of the internship and submission of report, students will be awarded with a certificate.

Eligibility for Internship:

Students with minimum 60 per cent marks in the last degree or certificate examination and students who are pursuing BE/ BTech (second/ third year) or integrated degree course/ dual degree (B.E/ B. Tech, M.E./ M. Tech) can apply for the programme.

The proposed areas of internship include Research and Development in Electronics and IT, Cyber Law/ IT Act, Digital Forensics, Malware Analysis, Mobile Governance, Cloud Computing, Digital Literacy, Software/ Hardware Industry Promotion and Digital Payments.

Class X, XII results of ICSE, ISC in Pune on May 14

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May 10, 2018

The Class X and XII results of over 26 schools affiliated to the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) in Pune will be declared on coming Monday, an official announcement has revealed.

The examinations were held for the schools affiliated to ICSE and ISC in February and March, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) stated in an announcement.

The results will be declared at 3.00 pm. They will be available both offline and online for the students. The council’s headquarter at Noida will display the results as well as on the website of the CISCE.

Two days after the declaration of result, class X students can take a digitally signed copies of the statement of marks along with the pass certificate from Digilocker. Whereas class XII students can download the statement of marks, pass certificate and the migration certificate from the same portal after two days.

A unique username and password of Digilocker can be obtained by the students once they sign in on the portal through a mobile number. The Government of India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology has created Digilocker as an original portal for the students.

Every year lakhs of students appear for the class X and XII examinations to get admissions in the best colleges and universities.

Degree admissions in Telangana to begin tomorrow through DOST

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May 9, 2018

Registrations for admission to undergraduate courses in Telangana for the academic year 2018-2019 will begin from tomorrow through Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST) portal.

The official notification in this regard is likely to release today i.e. May 8. After the registration, the first list of seat allotment will be released on June 4, 2018 and thereafter subsequent lists will be released on June 19 and June 30. Registration for degree admissions will be held at the official website dost.cgg.gov.in.

Through DOST portal, online admissions will be hosted for six universities in the State including Osmania University, Kakatiya University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Telangana University, Palamuru University and Satavahana University.

Candidates that the admissions are for the degree courses other than Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical (Pharmacy, Veterinary etc.) streams. Candidates interested in these courses will have to apply to TS EAMCET 2018.

Regarding the registration process, “students wishing to take admission into degree courses through the Degree Online Services of Telangana (DOST) need not visit helpline centres for submitting their biometric details if their Aadhaar cards are linked to a mobile phone. Students whose Aadhaar cards are not linked to any phone will, however, have to visit one of the 74 helpline centres in the State to submit their details,” said Navin Mittal, Commissioner, Collegiate Education.

Salesforce partners ICT Academy to train educators

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May 9, 2018

Salesforce has partnered with the ICT Academy, a Government of India initiative, to train and certify educators from more than 200 institutes across India.

In another initiative, Salesforce will train over 1,00,000 students in the skills required in today’s job market by large and small businesses through its free online learning Platform – Trailhead.

M Sivakumar, Chief Executive Officer, ICT Academy said “We are delighted to announce this association with Salesforce. Career readiness and employability skills are becoming an integral part of education. To truly achieve ‘Make in India’, we need to adopt a framework that supports the holistic development of the youth and make the country the world capital of skilled workforce. We believe a global leader like Salesforce can help students enhance their skills and equip them to pursue their career in this era of digitalisation.”

Salesforce along with ICT Academy will train educators by conducting workshops at the member institutions of ICT Academy across India.

Salesforce Business Administration Specialist Course will be offered to the computer science and management graduates to give them an introduction to the Salesforce ecosystem, the company said. The programme will help strengthen skills for candidates who would like to work as Developers, System Administrators, Architects, Marketing Managers, Business Analyst and Sales Operations Professionals, it said.

Sunil Jose, Senior Area Vice President and Country Leader, Salesforce India said “We are in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution where technology is evolving more rapidly than ever. India’s burgeoning youth population, is set to make it one of the youngest nations in the world, while transitioning to a knowledge based economy. We believe our association with the ICT Academy will fuel the creation of a professional skilled workforce equipping the next generation with employable skills and knowledge, making India a global economic powerhouse.”

Bihar Govt offers Rs 1 lakh incentive to SC/ST aspirants clearing UPSC Prelims

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May 9, 2018

The Bihar Cabinet has announced encouragement incentives of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 for students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories on qualifying the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) preliminary test and Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exams respectively.

“Under the scheme of the SC/ST Welfare Department, the state cabinet has decided to give one-time Rs 50,000 amount to an SC/ST candidate clearing prelims of BPSC and Rs 1 lakh for clearing prelims of UPSC,” said Arun Kumar Singh, principal secretary, cabinet secretariat department.

The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has approved the “Mukhyamantri Anusuchit Jati Evam Anusuchit Janjati Civil Seva Protsahan Yojana” to help the bright aspirants of these categories to focus on their studies without worrying about expenses.

The scheme is a follow-up of the chief minister’s flagship Student Credit Card scheme. Under the scheme, students with annual family income less than Rs 1.5 lakh and have passed class XII are eligible for the loan of up to R 4 lakh.

The Cabinet also decided to provide Rs 1,000 to each SC/ST student as hostel incentive and free supply of 15 kg food grain to the hostels.

Recently, the Government has also extended all schemes for ‘Mahadalits’ in the state – be it provding land for housing or Dashrath Manjhi Skill Development scheme – to the categories.

Centre gives nod to first medical college of Daman-Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

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May 8, 2018

The Central Government has approved to set up the first medical college in the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (DNH).

The Government has allocated the fund of Rs 189 crore for the construction of the medical college at Sayli in Silvassa, the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The medical college is likely to start functioning from the academic year 2019-20, said Praful Patel, Administrator of the two Union Territories.

“As promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of Daman-Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli during his visit on February 24, the central government has approved a medical college for which Rs. 189 crore has been approved by the Union Home ministry,” Patel said.

The college will offer enrollment to 100 students of which 50 each will be reserved for students from the two Union Territories, he said.

“Ever since Daman and Diu was liberated from the Portuguese rule in 1961, its people were demanding a medical college,” Patel said.

The construction of the medical college is likely to begin soon and officials of the Home Ministry will check the progress in every three months, he added.

Chinese consulate to host education expo in Kolkata

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May 8, 2018

The second “Chinese Higher Education Expo” in Kolkata is likely to witness the participation of over 60 Chinese universities. Consulate General of China in cooperation with the School of Chinese Language will organize the expo.

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According to Chinese Consul General in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, “About 100 major courses in the fields of engineering, medicine, IT and AI will be on offer at the expo. Over 60 universities from eleven provinces and municipalities of China will participate in the expo. They are here to publicise their achievements, to find Indian partners of cooperation and to woo Indian students. Various types of scholarships will also be available for students.”

The two-day long conference to be organised on May 10 and May 11 will see the participation of Chinese universities at the expo such as Nanjing University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Sichuan University of Science and Technology, Northeast Normal University and others.

“This is the first time that so many universities are coming to India together. We were expecting around 50. But the response was even better than we expected. Visitors have registered from as far as Delhi, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.” Zhanwu added.

The consulate has been promoting bilateral exchanges between educational institutions in Bengal and China. Recently, two delegations of high school principals have visited China.

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