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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Dec 20, 2020

Civil Services Aspirants May Get Extra Chance

The Centre told the Supreme Court that it was discussing with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the issue of granting another chance to civil services aspirants, especially those who exhausted their last attempt in October 2020 Prelims during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dec 19, 2020

Four-year Bachelor's Programme in Talks again in DU

A committee appointed by Delhi University to look into the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) has come up with a four-year Bachelor's degree programme course structure, similar to the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) which was implemented in 2014 and then scrapped.
Vivek Suneja, Chairman of DU's NEP Implementation Committee (NIC), sent an email to its members forwarding the proposed structure of the four-year programme, which includes exit options after the end of each year, and granting a degree only at the end of the fourth year.
Democratic Teachers' Front (DTF) said that DU was moving towards "hasty implementation" without consulting stakeholders and that exit options would "encourage and institutionalise the system of drop-outs, especially among students from socially and economically underprivileged sections, particularly women.

IIT-Madras Bags 'The Most Innovative Institute of the Year' Award

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Madras) has bagged the most innovative institute award of this year. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) conferred the 'The Most Innovative Institute of the Year' award to the institute for its innovations in the field of Healthcare, Technology, and other sectors.
The award was given for the innovations- VITALSENS platform for clinical-grade wearable health monitoring, which includes the 'Wireless Continuous Multi-parameter Patient Monitoring Device' and related smartphone apps, developed by Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Faculty Head, Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC). The other awards are for 'Arise,' India's first standing wheelchair by Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan, faculty head, TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development and Shakti, first indigenous microprocessor, developed by Prof. V. Kamakoti, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Dec 18, 2020

Tripura Plans to Conduct Madhyamik, Higher Secondary Exams from May 10

According to Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath, Tripura is eyeing to conduct its Madhyamik and Higher Secondary school board examinations from May 10 depending on the prevailing COVID-19 situation. The minister said that regular classwork for class 10 and class 12 board examinations were started December 7 with a set of restrictions in line of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Health Ministry.
The minister informed that the board exams would be now conducted in CBSE style; minimum pass marks would be fixed at 33 for each subject.
Dual question papers would be set for the examinations next year based on the course curriculum and syllabus, which was earlier reduced by 30 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing affect on classes. Schools were now instructed to complete practical classes between March 15-30 while all classes would end by March 30.

Dec 17, 2020

India Drops to 131 in UN's 2020 Human Development Index

According to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India dropped one spot to 131 among 189 countries in the 2020 human development index.
Human Development Index is the measure of a nation's health, education, and standards of living.
The life expectancy of Indians at birth in 2019 was 69.7 years while Bangladesh has a life expectancy of 72.6 years and Pakistan 67.3 years.
India (131), Bhutan (129), Bangladesh (133), Nepal (142), and Pakistan (154) were ranked among countries with medium human development.
Norway topped the index, followed by Ireland, Switzerland, Hong Kong and Iceland, the report showed.

Dec 16, 2020

Edtech Startup upGrad Buys Recruitment Firm Rekrut India

Home grown online higher education company upGrad acquired Mumbai-based recruitment and staffing solutions company Rekrut India.
upGrad hopes that the acquisition of Rekrut will turbocharge its career engine by opening up wider placement opportunities and propelling accessibility of its learners to Rekrut's hiring partners.
Rekrut has built a wide reach through its multiple hiring models which allow simplified hiring.
It is currently working closely with many corporate start-ups, MSMEs, and large enterprises.

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