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Jun 29, 2022

Rajasthan's Sikar Highest Performing District in School Education across India, Reveals MoE Gradi...

According to the Union Ministry of Education's Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D), Rajasthan's Sikar was the highest performing district in school education followed by Jhunjhunu and Jaipur. The three districts figured in the 'Utkarsh' category (scoring 81-90 per cent on a scale of 100) with Junjhunu scoring the maximum (236 out of 290) in learning outcomes.
Also, in the second grade 'Ati-uttam', Rajasthan was significantly ahead of the second and third top states having 24 of its districts in this category.
The other states whose districts performed best in the latest index released by the Ministry of Education (MoE) on Monday are Punjab with 14 districts in 'Ati-uttam' grade (scoring 71-80 per cent on a scale of 100) followed by Gujarat and Kerala with each having 13 districts in this category.

Jun 28, 2022

CBSE, UNICEF, YuWaah Join Hands to Promote Skill-based Learning

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) joined hands with UNICEF and YuWaah to work together on life skills development, career guidance, as well as enabling access and engagement of students in volunteering opportunities.
Through this partnership, the organisations will now roll-out the Passport to Earning (P2E) initiative for CBSE students, wherein they will be upskilled with key 21st century skills mapped to CBSE's employability skills curriculum. On the basis of this pilot run, the initiative will then be extended to students all over the country, in addition to teacher training and capacity building to enable the same.
This initiative has been launched in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) and CBSE's ongoing initiative of Handbook on 21st Century Skills and Employability Skills coursework. Experts wish to move away from rote learning and promote the importance of skills in students.

Tamil Nadu CM Launches 'College Dream' to Help Class 12 Students

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin launched a special programme for class 12 students titled 'College Dream'.
This programme was launched under the "I am the first" programme. He made the announcement at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. The programme falls under Naan Mudhalvan initiative of the Tamil Nadu government and would help students decide their fields after completing class 12.

Jun 27, 2022

IIM-Bangalore only Indian Institute in Top 50 Category: QS Global Executive MBA Rankings

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore was the only Indian institute to have featured in the top 50 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Global Executive MBA Rankings released in June 2022. The institute got the 46th spot on the global list with an overall score of 61.6.
IIM Bangalore was followed by the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad which was slated in the 111-120 group with an overall score of 49.2. Additionally, IIM Kozhikode scored 28 points and was grouped in the 171+ category.
This year, ISB Hyderabad has fallen nearly 10 ranks as it had ranked 92nd last year and 93rd before that. Additionally, IIM Kozhikode seems to have slipped nearly 20 places in the rankings, as compared to last year.

Jun 26, 2022

IIT-Hyderabad to Offer MTech in Heritage Science and Technology

Starting from August 2022, IIT Hyderabad (IIT-H) will offer MTech in Heritage Science and Technology with three specialisations. The institute inaugurated a new Department of Heritage Science and Technology (HST). The department was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, best known as the father of India's PARAM series supercomputers.
The online Master's Program in Heritage Science and Technology will be offered in three specialisations that target distinct heritage industries – Technology for Yoga, Indic Language Processing, and Conservation and Reconstruction. The course will be in online mode for 2 years, where the second year is exclusively earmarked for a thesis project with a focus on either research or product development.

Jun 25, 2022

WHO Considers Declaring Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency

As the World Health Organisation convenes its emergency committee to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO's decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.
Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the UN health agency considers the outbreak to be an extraordinary event and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders. It would also give monkeypox the same distinction as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.

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