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Feb 19, 2022

Model Schools in 24 Jharkhand Districts to be Ready by December 2022

The Jharkhand government said that it will ensure that the construction of model schools across 24 districts of Jharkhand is completed by December 2022, aiming at imparting quality education on par with public schools.
Work on building 325 model schools at the block level will start thereafter.
The state government is planning to establish three model schools per district, throughout the state.
These include a district school, a girls' high school and a Kasturba Vidyalaya. Once the school building is ready, the government would start providing books and other resources in accordance with patterns followed by private schools.

Education Ministry Approves RUSA Scheme to Continue Till 2026

The Ministry of Education approved the scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for continuation till 2026.
RUSA is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for funding the state government universities and colleges to achieve the aims of equity, access and excellence.
The proposal entails an expenditure of Rs. 12,929.16 crore out of which the central share is Rs. 8,120.97 crore and the state share is of Rs. 4,808.19 crore. It has been envisaged to support around 1,600 projects under the new phase of the scheme.
The new phase of RUSA targets to reach out the unserved, underserved areas, remote and rural areas, difficult geographies, aspirational districts, tier-2 cities, areas with low GER, to benefit the most disadvantaged areas and SEDGs (Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups).

Feb 18, 2022

IIM-Calcutta Introduces Advanced Programme in Strategic Project Management

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta launched an Advanced Programme in Strategic Project Management (APSPM) with Eruditus.
The APSPM Programme is a nine-month long course with the aim to equip mid and senior executives with the ability to plan and effectively manage projects in their organisation. It is scheduled to begin from April 2022.
This programme by IIM Calcutta has been specifically designed for senior executives looking for formal training in project and portfolio management. The programme content introduces the participants to the concepts of project and portfolio management, and the advanced tools and techniques available for implementing them in different businesses.

Ministry of Education Approved NILP Scheme for Adults

In a major transformation, the Central government approved the New India Literacy Programme, (NILP). It would be implemented for financial years 2022-27 and would cover all aspects of Adult Education to align with National Education Policy, NEP 2020.
As a major transformation, the Ministry of Education has announced to rename the term "Adult education" that is for non-literates of 15 years and above to be called as "Education for all."
As per the information shared by the Education Ministry, the scheme would cover non-literates of the age of 15 years and above in all state and union territories in the country. The target for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy for financial years 2022-27 is 5 crore learners that is 1 crore learners per year by using "Online Teaching, Learning and Assessment System (OTLAS)."

Feb 17, 2022

IIT-Guwahati Introduces Master's in Liberal Arts

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati launched a master's programme in liberal arts. The programme will be offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati from the academic year 2022-2023. The first batch of 30 students will be admitted from the upcoming July 2022 semester based on specific admission criteria to be announced soon.
The programme aims to offer cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary training to students and hone their ability to think critically and creatively about social, political, and aesthetic issues that concern the world today and would align with the NEP 2020.

Assam Governor Launches 'Bodoland Super 50 Mission' to Train Youth for Competitive Examinations

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi launched the 'Bodoland Super 50 Mission', an initiative of BTR chief Pramod Boro to prepare Bodo youths for competitive examinations.
The project of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) administration aims at transforming the lives of engineering aspirants coming from economically weaker sections of five Bodo dominated districts of Assam.
The initiative is similar to some of the well-known examples of enhancing students' achievements such as Anand Kumar-Super30 in Bihar, Oil India Super 30, ONGC Super 30 and Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS).

IGNOU Launches Online Certificate Programmes in Spanish and French

IGNOU's School of Foreign Languages has launched Certificate Programmes in Spanish and French (Online). The Programmes were launched through a virtual ceremony by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Nageshwar Rao.
Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture (CSLCOL) aims to help learners interested in learning Spanish language in a non-native context and who desire to receive culture information on the Spanish-speaking countries.
Certificate in French Language (CFLOL) aims to introduce the French language to beginners and gradually build up skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking, simultaneously developing intercultural competence.

Feb 16, 2022

IAS Officer Vineet Joshi is Chairman of CBSE

IAS Vineet Joshi was appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). He replaced IAS Manoj Ahuja, who was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Mr. Joshi, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre, is an Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, under the Ministry of Education. He is also the Director-General of the National Testing Agency (NTA). In 2010 as well he got the responsibility of CBSE chairman.

IGNOU Launches Certificate Programme in Food and Nutrition

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched a certificate programme in Food and Nutrition. This new programme was launched under IGNOU's School of Continuing Education, and interested candidates can visit the official IGNOU website — ignouiop.samarth.edu.in.
The Certificate in Foods and Nutrition is a post-literacy level awareness programme meant for people with basic reading and writing skills. It aims to acquaint the learner with the role of food in ensuring healthy living for the individual, family and community, by including features such as food selection and preparation, nutrition from infancy to old age, economics of food, kitchen gardening, food adulteration, consumer rights, safety and education, and more.

IIT-Bombay Professor Rangan Banerjee Takes Charge as IIT-Delhi Director

Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Forbes Marshall Chair Professor at Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay took charge as the new Director of IIT-Delhi. He succeeded Prof. Ramgopal Rao.
Prof. Banerjee, a Forbes Marshall Chair Professor in IIT Bombay, is a B Tech (Mechanical) from the same institute. Later, he obtained a PhD (Mechanical Engineering), also from IIT Bombay.
The outgoing director of IIT Delhi – Prof. Ramgopal Rao was serving on extension, with his five-year tenure having ended in April 2021. The Central government on January 12 had appointed new directors to the Indian Institutes of Technology in Delhi, Madras, Indore and Mandi.

Feb 15, 2022

Financial Times MBA Rankings 2022

The Indian School of Business (ISB Hyderabad) emerged as the top B-school in India, according to the Financial Times World MBA Ranking 2022. ISB Hyderabad was ranked 32, while the three IIMs featured in the top 70 best MBA colleges in the world.
IIM Bangalore secured 53rd position, while IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta were ranked 62 and 68 respectively. As per Financial Times World MBA rankings 2022, Wharton and Columbia came first and second, respectively, ahead of Harvard, Northwestern: Kellogg, Stanford, Chicago: Booth, Yale, MIT, NYU: Stern and Berkeley: Haas — which were all among 16 schools in the top tier of the 100 ranked institutions.
The ranking is based on surveys of the business schools and their alumni. The programmes are assessed according to the career progression of alumni, the school's idea generation and the diversity of students and faculty. This ranking features the world's best 100 full-time global B-schools.

IIT Madras Prof's Digital Book Published by UK's Institute of Physics

IIT Madras faculty Prof. K. Ramesh achieved a milestone as his digital book was published in the UK's Institute of Physics. Titled 'Developments in Photoelasticity A Renaissance,' the book is based on decades of active research by Prof. K. Ramesh and his students at IIT Madras.
This digital book brings out in one volume, the use of Photoelasticity to understand complex problems such as understanding biological systems through their locomotion, which can help develop flexible robots for disaster management, improve agricultural production by understanding the stresses developed in plant roots, and the role of needle shape in epidural injections, among other applications.

Jamia Millia Islamia AJK-MCRC Collaborates with German Deutsch-Indische Zusammenarbeit

Under its newly designed CBCS Course: Communication Strategies for Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) is taking the help of national & international experts to train its students on the significance of media interventions in creating awareness on Human-Wildlife conflict.'
Surendra Varma and Sanjay Ajnekar of Asia Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF) will train students in using tools for awareness and community engagement on HWC mitigation.
The course is being conducted with the help of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Dr Mala Narang Reddy, a noted social anthropologist, will be teaching students through a workshop on Feb 19, 2022, how they may address people's perceptions and social dimensions of Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) and also facilitate gender-sensitive HWC conflict mitigation.

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