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Amazon India to impart core skills to make students industry-ready

Amazon India announced the launch of an integrated learning programme for students to learn applied Machine Learning (ML) skills, making them industry ready for careers in the new technology.

Covid-19 pandemic has India's young anxious, turning to therapy

Faced with a torrent of guilt, fear, worry, more youngsters are seeking help

Ladakh LG launches YounTab scheme for students, distributes 12,300 tablets

Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh RK Mathur on Friday launched the YounTab scheme for students and distributed 12,300 tablets among them virtually in Leh

Time to plan about next academic session, about assessments: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Wednesday said it is time the government starts planning about how class 10 and 12 students will be assessed in March 2022

After CBSE, CISCE cancels Class 12 board exams in view of pandemic

The CISCE on Tuesday decided to cancel Class 12 board examinations this year in view of the COVID-19 situation, according to its secretary Gerry Arathoon. "The exams have been cancelled. The alternative assessment criteria will be announced soon," Arathoon told PTI. The decision by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) came after the central government announced cancelling the CBSE Class 12 board exams following a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was decided that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will take steps to compile the results of Class 12 students as per a well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner. In an official order issued on Tuesday night, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations said, "In view of the present situation of the Covid- 19 Pandemic in the country, the CISCE has decided to CANCEL the ISC (Class 12) Year 2021 examination. The safety, health and wellbeing of

Indian-origin girl among winners of Apple 'WWDC21 Swift Student Challenge'

Abinaya Dinesh, a 15-year-old Indian-origin girl, is among three winners of the annual WWDC21 Swift Student Challenge

Over dozen students arrested in Pak after protest against in-person exams

Students were protesting against the government's decision to hold in-person exams of classes 10 and 12 from June 23, despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country

NHRC warns HRD Secretaries over plight of students from poor backgrounds

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned of coercive action while issuing a final reminder

Don't make kids instruments of fulfilling your dreams, says PM Modi

Parikasha Pe Charcha: 'Parents shouldn't pressurise students, life's long'

Time to push children's wellbeing into domains of learning: Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said it was time to push the overall wellbeing of children into domains of learning and mainstream educational subjects.

Want our students to be 'job providers, not job seekers': Sisodia

My dream for India is that the students who graduate from our universities should become entrepreneurs and create employment opportunities, Sisodia said

54 students at school hostel test coronavirus positive in Hayana's Karnal

Fifty four students of a school near here have tested COVID-19 positive leading to suspension of classes and other academic activities, an official said on Tuesday. Karnal Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Yogesh Sharma said three students of Sainik School Kunjpura had tested positive for the virus on Monday following which the health department took samples of 390 students and staff members of the school for testing. "The reports revealed that 54 students are COVID-19 positive," Sharma said. Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said the school building and its hostels have been declared as a containment zone. The Sainik Schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society under the Ministry of Defence and the students stay in hostels. The Haryana education department had reopened schools for classes 9-12 in December last year and classes 3-5 from February 24.

UP schools: Adityanath govt to give tablets to 'Abhyuday' students

The government will fix the eligibility parameters to shortlist the students and has made a provision of Rs 20 crore in the Budget for the purchase of tablets

Delhi govt to provide science scholarships to 1,000 Class 9 students

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday approved a science scholarship scheme for Class 9 students

School students owning smartphone in rural India up 61% in 2 yrs: Survey

The percentage of school students owning a smartphone in rural India has increased from over 36 per cent to 61 per cent in the last two years, the Economic Survey 2020-21 noted

Himachal Pradesh govt decides to partially open schools from next month

Industrial training institutes, polytechnics and engineering colleges will also open from February 1

Schools reopen for primary students in Assam on first day of new year

Over 50 per cent students who were full of enthusiasm attended schools wearing masks and they used sanitiser before entering classrooms, officials said

Union Cabinet approves Rs 59,048 crore scholarship for SC students

Cabinet committee approved a total investment of Rs 59,048 cr of which the Centre would spend Rs 35,534 cr, amounting to 60 per cent of the total scheme, and the balance would be spent by the states

IIT Madras shuts down all depts as more than 100 test Covid-19 positive

The infected include research scholars, staff and students. management's decision to run only one mess could be reason for spread

DU announces special cut-off list for admission to remaining UG seats

Over 68,000 out of 70,000 undergraduate seats have been filled in five cut-off lists announced by the university so far