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Nov 18, 2021

NDMC Ties up with Toppr to Educate Underprivileged Students

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) tied up with ed-tech company Toppr to educate underprivileged students through its flagship corporate social responsibility programme Asha.
Toppr Asha aims to systematically improve the performance of high school students from underserved and low-income families through the Toppr learning app. Asha will provide access to its learning programs to around 12,500 underprivileged students studying in classes 6 to 12 in collaboration with Bharat EdTech Initiative.
Toppr will offer support to students for the board exams and competitive exam preparation using the best of technology and pedagogy.

IIT-Delhi, IIIT-Delhi Collaborate to Set-up India's First Medical Cobotics Centre

The Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and TIH of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD), signed an MoU to set up India's first Medical Cobotics Centre (MCC) at IIIT-Delhi.
Medical Cobotics Centre (MCC) will be a technology-enabled medical simulation and training facility for the young resident doctors. It will also act as a validation centre for the research outcomes in the area of healthcare robotics and digital health. The centre would facilitate the training of other healthcare professionals, paramedical staff, technicians, engineers, and researchers.
The training programmes will be designed in consultation with leading doctors/experts, mainly from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at New Delhi, Jodhpur, and other prestigious medical colleges.

Nov 17, 2021

Dr. Vivek Gaur Elected Kurukshetra University Teachers' Body President

Dr. Vivek Gaur was elected the new president of the Kurukshetra University Teachers' Association (KUTA). Dr. Gaur got 193 votes compared to his opponent Dr. Dalip Kumar's 96 votes.
There were 343 eligible teachers for voting, of which 307 participated. Of the total votes, while four votes were found invalid, 14 postal votes were not opened due to a big margin of votes between the candidates.
While the new president was elected, the other four office-bearers were elected unanimously earlier. Dr. Rajvir Singh became vice-president, Dr. Jatinder Kumar secretary, Dr. Sandeep Gupta joint secretary and Dr. Chander Kant treasurer.

Nov 16, 2021

In a First, CLAT to be Conducted Twice in a Year

The Consortium of National Law University (CNLU) announced the dates to conduct the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2022-23. For the first time, CNLU will conduct the CLAT for the years 2022 and 2023 in the same year. This is the first time that CLAT will be conducted twice in the same year.
CLAT 2022 will be held on May 8 while CLAT-2023 will be held on December 18, 2022. The consortium has also reduced the counselling fees from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 30,000. For reserved category candidates, the counselling fees will be Rs. 20,000.

Nov 15, 2021

CBSE Brings in MCQs for 1st Term Examination

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) finalised a new pattern for the board examination for the first term of Class 12 and Class 10, which will begin on November 16 and November 17, respectively. The first term will have multiple choice questions and the exam duration will be 90 minutes. According to the CBSE, this time, the students will be given 20 minute-reading time instead of 15. Every question will have four options, and the student has to encircle the correct one. They have been given the option to appear in the examination centre of their choice as due to Covid many of them were displaced. Many students are still at their native places, while their schools are at other locations.

BHU Gets New VC

Professor Sudhir Kumar Jain, director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, was appointed as the new vice-chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
A Padma Shri awardee, Prof. Jain will hold the office for a period of three.
Jain served on the faculty of IIT Kanpur for 35 years from 1984-2019. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Roorkee (1979), and Masters (1980) and Doctoral (1983) degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

Nov 14, 2021

National Achievement Survey Conducted Successfully

As per initial estimates shared by the Ministry of Education, nearly 96 per cent schools in 24 states and 92 per cent students participated in the National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted across the country.
The survey was conducted in different mediums of instruction as available in the sampled schools.
The survey, which assesses the competencies developed by the students at the grade levels of third, fifth, and eighth, is conducted every three years. The survey was last conducted in 2017 and was scheduled to take place in 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 situation, it was postponed until this year.

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