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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - July 2019

Jul 2019

Jan 02, 2022

Education Ministry Launches 100-day Reading Campaign 'Padhe Bharat'

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a 100 days Reading Campaign 'Padhe Bharat' to improve learning levels of students.
The campaign marks an important step to improve learning levels of students as it develops creativity, critical thinking, vocabulary and the ability to express both verbally and in writing. It helps children to relate to their surroundings and real life situation.
Children studying in Balvatika to class 8 will be part of this campaign. The reading campaign will be organised for 100 days (14 weeks) starting from January 1 to April 10, 2022. The reading campaign aims to have participation of all stakeholders at national and state level including children, teachers, parents, community, educational administrators etc.

Jan 01, 2022

UK, Canada and US among Most Popular Destination for Study Abroad Aspirants

The UK is the most popular study abroad destination followed by Canada and the USA, according to data of over 75,000 applications processed by Leap Scholar.
Based on the applications for the year, the most popular country is the UK at 49 per cent, followed by Canada at 36 per cent, and the USA at 18 per cent. The most popular courses for study abroad in 2021 include MBA, MSc Data Science, and Computer Science, while MSc Management, Business Analytics, and Project Management saw an increase in popularity. The year 2021 witnessed an increasing trend of students preferring specialized courses.
With the introduction of the Graduation Immigration Route, interest in the UK as a study abroad destination has zoomed. The new policy allows students graduating from UK universities to work in the UK for up to 2 years. This trend is expected to continue in 2022 as well.

Dec 31, 2021

PM Modi Lays Foundation of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University. As per reports, the university will be established at an estimated cost of Rs. 700 crore at the Salawa and Kaili villages of the Sardhana town in Meerut.
The sports university will have the capacity of training 1,080 sportspersons, including 540 women and 540 men.
Named after field hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, the sports university has been planned with all the modern, state-of-the-art sports infrastructure – including a synthetic hockey ground, football ground, separate grounds for basketball, volleyball, handball, and kabaddi.

Dec 30, 2021

Atal Innovation Rankings 2021

Ministry of Education's innovation cell released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021. ARIIA 2021 classifies participating institutions into two major categories; technical and non-technical.
In the technical ranking, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) was recognized as the Most Innovative Educational Institute in India. This is the third time that IIT Madras has secured the first rank. IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi were placed at the second and third ranks respectively.

Dec 29, 2021

PM Modi Launches Blockchain-based Digital Degrees at IIT Kanpur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a system to award blockchain-based educational degrees in digital form to students. These digital degrees can be verified globally and are unforgeable, according to IIT Kanpur director.
The technology has been developed by the institute under the National Blockchain Project.
The blockchain system works on the principle of decentralisation. This means that the control is not in the hands of a central agency, but to a distributed network of nodes.
This will help in keeping the data safe even if any specific node is compromised.
Also, the information in a blockchain is recorded and stored sequentially along with an exact timestamp. The previous information can't be altered, only amended by adding a new block. This makes tampering with a transcript very hard.

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