digitalLEARNING Magazine | Weekly Newsletter | 10 February 2022 | Volume 17 | Issue 66 |
NewsIIM Lucknow Concludes Yet Another Stellar Placement Drive With 100% PlacementsIndian Institute of Management Lucknow concluded its Final Placements for the Batch of PGP 36 and ABM 17 in a record time of 2 days. The Institute also witnessed the maximum number of offers being made on Day 0 of the placement cycle. The Institute completed 100% placements by securing 534 offers for 491 students... Read More >UGC appoints JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar as its new chairmanVice-Chancellor of JNU, M Jagadesh Kumar has been appointed as the next chairman of the UGC (University Grants Commission). The earlier chairman Prof DP Singh resigned after reaching the age of 65. The position of UGC chairman was vacant from 7th December 2021. Read More >‘Happiness’ subject to be started in Madhya Pradesh high schools by the MP governmentIntroducing happiness as a subject in the syllabus will be a great initiative by the Madhya Pradesh government. They will be adding it to the syllabus for higher secondary school classes from the next academic session. In the year 2016, the MP government was the first one in the country to set up a happiness department. The Ministry of Education sends letters to states and UTs with a learning recovery plan and an activity scheduleThe Ministry of Education has asked all the states and union territories to prepare a plan to maintain continuity of learning and therefore lessen the impact of the pandemic. The plan should include financial support to students, fund allocation for the primary school teachers to purchase tablets... SDMC starts first fully digitally equipped schoolThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has started its first school, which is fully equipped with digital technology including tablets, smart TVs and electronic study material. Located in Najafgarh Zone’s Dwarka Sector- 3, the SDMC primary school is run in collaboration with an NGO. digitalLEARNING Magazine |