EDUCATION
Safety tips for kids Returning to school during COVID-19
Children have been taught to study in schools by being there physically for as long as one can remember. 5 years back no one would have believed that the same children who threw tantrums for waking up early in the morning to go to school would be studying in online classes from home regularly. As impossible as it sounds, proper tips for students during pandemic helped them pull it off.
NEET UG Counselling 2021: Round 2 Registration to Start on February 16 | Here're details
As the NEET UG Counselling results are to be declared on February 26, 2022, the window for registration and fee payment for the second round will be open and available till February 21, 2022. Registering candidates can fill and lock their choices between February 17 and February 21, according to the MCC NEET Counselling schedule.
Western Australia state reopens to international students
The state of Western Australia (WA) announced a new pathway for already-enrolled international students to return to the Aussie state despite its closed borders. The new pathway announced on Tuesday night allows international students already enrolled in a WA primary school, secondary school, university, college, and technical college, among others, to enter the state, Xinhua news agency reported. Students can either fly directly into the state within the arrival cap set by the Australian government, or indirectly by transiting through another state or territory.
$11.2 mn Australian Maitri Scholarships Programme for Indian students
The $11.2 million Maitri Scholarships Programme will attract and support high achieving Indian students to study at Australian universities. It will showcase Australia's globally renowned academic and research institutions, particularly in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health, the Australian High Commission in India said.
ISB bags top ranks in two global MBA rankings
ISB's Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) has been ranked 32nd globally in the Financial Times (FT) Global MBA 2022 ranking, and ISB has been ranked number 11 globally in the Poets & Quants (P&Q) composite ranking of the top international MBA programmes 2021-2022.
School bands to perform at National War Memorial
A decision in this regard has been jointly taken by Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to prepare a schedule of school bands in consultation with the Ministry of Education and Delhi government so that school bands can perform at the NWM.
Delhi University to resume offline classes from February 17
"The teaching-learning process in the University of Delhi has been continuing in online mode in view of the onset of Covid-19 Pandemic. The students enrolled in the University of Delhi and its colleges belong to all corners of the country and have been residing in their hometown since the teaching-learning process has continued online. It is difficult for the students in different parts of the country to reach Delhi at a short notice in the prevailing pandemic situation
LU to introduce course in Avadh culture
Introduced in accordance with the New Education Policy, the postgraduate level course will be dedicated to everything that represents Awadh culture. Prof Abbas Raza Nayyar, head of the Urdu department, said: "From Qissagoi, the traditional art of storytelling, to writing shayari to sitting on a Dastarkhwan, understanding Sufiana Kalam, attire, food, language, festivities, everything has been included in the syllabus of the course."
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit: 10 interesting facts about JNU’s first woman VC
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has been appointed as the 13th Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is the first woman ever to hold this position in JNU. Given the significance of the appointment where a woman has broken another glass ceiling in the field of education, it becomes imperative to familiarize ourselves with her background, educational qualification and work experience she brings to the table as a VC.
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit appointed as the first female VC of JNU
Handing over the charge to Pandit, the outgoing VC and Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Professor M Jagadesh Kumar, said: "I am happy to inform that Professor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, from the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Savitribai Phule Pune University, has been appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor of JNU. She is the first female vice-chancellor of the university. I wish her success in her new role."
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