EDUCATION
Students of Class 1 to 8 promoted in Tamil Nadu
The office of the director of elementary education said that this is in accordance with the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. The Director also said that officials of the School Education Department should inform all government, government-aided and private state board schools under their jurisdiction to promote all students of Class 1 to Class 8.
Last year's policy can be adopted this year too, SC on 12th board exam
Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, urged the top court to give him time till Wednesday to come with a decision on cancelling class XII board exams due to pandemic. A bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari told the AG, "you take a decision, but if you are departing from the decision taken last year in connection with the exams, then you must give us good reasons."
DU teachers, students want final semester exams scrapped
Delhi University on May 20 postponed semester exams for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students for the second time and announced that these will now commence on June 7. The exams, which will now be held in the open-book format online, were earlier scheduled to start from May 15 but were postponed to June 1 owing to the spike in Covid cases.
US colleges look to federal govt to ease visa control: Report
Students from abroad often pay the full sticker price on tuition and fees, making them desirable to admit, but the cash flow halted when the pandemic closed borders, cancelled flights and shuttered buildings, Xinhua news agency quoted the Politico news report as saying on Saturday. Education groups are looking at President Joe Biden to restore it.
Rajasthan class X student raises Rs 6.5L to buy O2 concentrators
At the beginning of April, my family was infected with the coronavirus. It started with my mother followed by my brother before I and my father too tested positive. Fortunately, my family and I weren't affected severely. This episode, however, made me realise just how hard it can be especially when people do not have access to adequate support.
Higher education firm upGrad goes bullish on small town India
upGrad, which offers more than 100 courses in collaboration with top-notch global/local universities like Deakin Business School (Australia), Duke CE (US), Michigan State University (US), Liverpool Business School (UK), IIT Madras (India), IIM Kozhikode (India) and others, has empowered over 10 lakh registered learners over 50 countries across the world.
Oxford University to launch Pandemic Sciences Centre
The Pandemic Sciences Centre, which will include a number of core institutes, will focus on generating actionable knowledge and data (from pathogens through to patients) in near 'real-time' and making this globally accessible; translating research into real-world solutions; and identifying ways to strengthen societal and political engagement, resilience, and responsiveness.
'Be optimistic for a resolution': SC agrees to hear plea seeking Class XII board exam cancellation
A bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari said: "Please be optimistic. There may be some resolution by Monday." The bench fixed the matter for further hearing Monday while asking the petitioner to serve copies of the plea on the two boards as well as the central government.
Class XII board exams in late July, Class X in August: Mamata
As per the announcement, tests will be held only for the compulsory subjects, while the schools will give marks for the additional subjects based on internal assessment. "We understand the importance of these two examinations and so we are the first state to announce the schedule. Higher Secondary examination will be held ahead of Madhyamik in the last week of July."
Rajasthan Board to conduct Class 10, 12 Boards when Covid graph flattens
"Cancellation of exams will be unfair for those students who have studied hard to get admission in their dream institutes. "Also, there needs to be a proper criteria to evaluate the performance of students. So we are looking for a favourable situation to conduct the exams," he said speaking exclusively to IANS.
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