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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Feb 19, 2019

QR Coded Books in UP Government Schools

The UP Basic Shiksha Parishad has come up with QR code (Quick Response code) in textbooks of English medium schools of government-run schools.
The move is aimed at providing digital content related to particular chapters, which could be a short video lecture or 3D tutorial that students can download through their mobile phone.
There are nearly 5,000 Parshadiya English medium schools in UP.
QR code is a machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, typically used for storing web-links or other information for reading by the camera on a smart-phone.
For this to work, a mobile phone application, 'Diksha', has been developed by the union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) that will help scan the QR code.

Feb 16, 2019

New MBBS Syllabus

As per reports, undergraduate medical students will be given the option of choosing Ayush (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy) systems as an elective subject from the 2019-20 academic year.
The initiative is aimed at introducing future doctors to alternative systems of medicine.
The government had in September 2018 dissolved the Medical Council of India and constituted the board of governors (BoG) to supersede the medical regulator.
The new syllabus received final approval from the BoG in January and will be implemented from August, when the new academic session (2019-20) begins.
The 3-month module will be designed by Ayush ministry.

Feb 14, 2019

Annual Financial Support for Students

The Delhi government announced an annual support of Rs. 1,000 to class 11 and 12 students of its schools and Rs. 5,000 to those enrolled in its colleges as a part of its "entrepreneurship mindset curriculum".
The curriculum will be taught to students of classes 9-12 in Delhi government schools from the academic session 2019-20.
The idea is to encourage students to materialise their ideas and give them a concrete shape while working in groups. The cost of this scheme, Rs. 40 to Rs. 50 crore, will be allocated by the government from the next financial year.
The curriculum will be taught by activities and stories. There will be no books. There will be no examination to evaluate students. The focus will be directly to monitor and observe the entrepreneurship mindset of the students.
The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is preparing the syllabus. The government, meanwhile, asked the teachers to give their inputs on how to make the programme interactive.

Feb 10, 2019

SPPU to Start 4 Undergraduate Courses

For the first time ever since the inception of the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) in the year 1948, the university from the coming academic year will be offering four undergraduate courses in the bachelor of science (BSc) which will be a three year academic programme for students after the completion of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC).
The new programmes in the SPPU will be BSc in physics, BSc in chemistry, BSc in environmental science and BSc in the earth and atmospheric science.
The batches for each course will have only twenty students.
The first two years of the course will have a common programme and in the final year, the students will opt for specialisation.

Feb 08, 2019

Global Women Initiative

Ivanka Trump unveiled an effort aimed at helping 50 million women in the developing world get ahead economically over the next six years.
The White House officially launched the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, a government-wide project led by the senior adviser and daughter to President Donald Trump.
The initiative will involve the State Department, the National Security Council and other agencies.
The President previewed the launch during his State of the Union address, describing it as part of our commitment to improving opportunity for women everywhere.

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