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May 18, 2021

Tripura Launches 24x7 Dedicated Educational Channel

Fourteen months into the pandemic, Tripura launched 'Vande Tripura', a 24×7 dedicated educational channel to offer lessons on the school syllabus and cover the educational loss incurred in the last 14 months of the pandemic, as schools, colleges and other educational institutions are shut down to break the chain of transmission.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that the channel was conceived as the first-ever initiative of its type to enable students in getting their lessons despite the shutdown in educational institutions.
Launched, Vande Tripura has started with recorded lessons. It would shift to live classes, discussions on different academic topics, educational news and different information relating to the education department and directorate from June 1.

China Bars Foreign Curricula, Ownership in Some Private Schools

China's State Council has announced tough new curbs on school curricula and ownership of private schools, the latest in a series of measures intended to tighten control of the country's fast-growing education sector.
The new law, which comes into effect on Sept. 1, halts the teaching of foreign curricula in schools from kindergarten to grade nine (K-9) and prohibits the ownership or control of any private K-9 schools by foreign entities.
China currently has private K-9 schools that teach local and foreign curricula. Ninth grade students in China are typically 15 or 16 years old.
Members of the board of directors or any other decision- making body at a private K-9 school must be Chinese nationals and must include representatives from the regulators, according to the Private Education Promotion Law published on Friday on a government website.
The K-9 schools will no longer be able to organise entrance tests or recruit in advance. They also will be barred from establishing private schools or converting themselves into private schools.

Haryana Declares Black Fungus a Notified Disease

Black Fungus has been categorised as a notified disease in Haryana, making it imperative that government authorities be informed about each case. This will allow in the tracking and management of an outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic in India has catalysed the spread of black fungus or mucormycosis, which can disfigure people even when it is not fatal. Declaring a disease notifiable helps collate information and lets authorities monitor the disease and set off early warnings.
"Black fungus" mainly affects people on medication for other health problems that reduce their ability to fight environmental pathogens, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research. The COVID-19 pandemic in India has catalysed the fungal infection into a dangerous disease disfiguring scores and even killing some.

Jamia Millia Islamia Releases E-prospectus for academic session 2021-22

The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) launched e-prospectus for the academic session 2021-22. The prospectus containing information about admission to various undergraduate, postgraduate, BTech, BArch, diploma, advanced diploma, postgraduate diploma courses has been uploaded on the university's website www.jmi.ac.in and portal of the controller of examinations at www.jmicoe.in.
The online application form must be submitted by June 30, 2021. The correction window will be available from July 1-5, 2021.
The entrance test for 134 courses will begin on July 26 and conclude on August 28, 2021, and the last date for submitting the qualifying exam result is September 30, 2021.
The university will offer the fllowing 8 new courses from the coming academic session:
Master of Design in the Faculty of Architecture, BA (Hons.) French and Francophone Studies in Centre of Spanish and Latin American Studies, BA (Hons.) Spanish and Latin American Studies in Centre of Spanish and Latin American Studies, MSc Environmental Science & Management, MA Mass Media (Hindi) in the Department of Hindi, PG Diploma in Translation Studies in the Department of English, PG Diploma in English-Hindi Translation in the Department of Hindi and MBA (Healthcare & Hospital Management).
The university is also starting four new departments from the coming session – (1) Department of Design and Innovation (2) Department of Hospital Management and Hospice Studies (3) Department of Foreign Languages and (4) Department of Environmental Sciences.

May 17, 2021

MJPRU Admission 2021 to be Given Considering JEE Main 2021, UPCET 2021 Marks

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, has decided to give admissions to students on the basis of Joint Entrance Examination, JEE Main 2021 and the Uttar Pradesh Combined Entrance Test, UPCET 2021 scores.
The institute will use UPCET 2021 for admitting students to the first year of Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm), Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT), Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses.
Admission to the second year (lateral entry) of Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm), and Bachelor of Technology (BTech) will be given based on UPCET 2021 results.
JEE Main 2021 scores will be used for BTech admission.
Apart from MJPRU, APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, AKTU, Lucknow, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology (MMMUT), Gorakhpur, and Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), Kanpur, will also use UPCET for admission to different programmes.

No Summer Vacations for Students in Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh government has issued an order for all schools and colleges in the state to commence online classes for students from May 20 onwards.
In the order, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed all educational institutions to start online classes from May 20 so that the students in the state do not miss out on their set curriculum amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, online classes will not resume for students of primary classes.
Earlier, the state government had issued an order on May 10 suspending online classes for all educational institutions amid surge in COVID-19 infections.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said that the academic work in schools was earlier stopped from April to May 20, which will be considered as summer vacation and online classes will be conducted in schools from May 20.

May 16, 2021

MIT-WPU Launches New Online Education Portal

MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) launched its new online vertical — World Peace University RISE (WPU RISE) earlier this week. The new venture aims to bring industry-relevant education in the areas of Science, Technology, and Management to students across the globe. MIT-WPU collaborates with KPMG as its first partner to accelerate the launch of MIT-WPU RISE.
WPU RISE kick-starts its first program - Programme in Data Science in June 2021 in collaboration with a top consulting firm in India. The course includes over 350 hours of live and self-paced lectures, capstone projects, internship options and mentoring by industry experts. Through this programme, WPU RISE aims to provide career enhancement and further skill-up gradation that bring together research from academia and the requirements from the industry and corporate world. Each module in the programme is carefully curated and delivered jointly by faculty and Data Science consultants with years of experience in the field.

University of California Drops SAT and ACT Scores

The University of California won't consider SAT and ACT scores that are submitted with admission and scholarship applications under a settlement of a student lawsuit that was announced Friday. The 10-campus system, which has more than 280,000 students statewide, decided not to continue fighting a judge's injunction issued last fall that barred it from considering the scores for admission even when they were submitted voluntarily.

May 15, 2021

IIT Hyderabad and NIMS Japan Jointly Launch Research Centre for Materials Research

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan today launched Joint Research Centre. The two institutes had signed an agreement last year on an international collaborative graduate school programme which allows graduate students enrolled in doctoral programs to stay at NIMS for up to one year for their thesis research works.
To further develop the joint research with complementary strengths in the materials science field, young faculty members of IITH stay at NIMS with their PhD course students during the sabbatical leave period and conduct sustainable collaboration with NIMS scientists. To perform the sustainable joint research between both institutions, the research centre has been launched.
The opening of this joint research centre will further strengthen these ties and support the future leaders of both countries to achieve the best research results in the field of materials science.

May 13, 2021

CBSE Launches 'Dost for Life' Mobile App for Students and Parents

Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has launched a new mobile app for students and parents. The new app 'Dost for Life' is an exclusive psychological counselling app for students and parents of CBSE-affiliated schools. The app has been designed for students of classes 9 to 12 and parents and can be used for counselling sessions.
The new App will simultaneously cater to students and parents from CBSE-affiliated schools in different geographies across the world. The Board will conduct live counselling sessions free of cost thrice a week on Monday, Friday, and Wednesday by trained counselors/Principals. Students and parents of CBSE affiliated schools can choose any of the two-time slots: 9.30 am to 1.30 pm or 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm and connect through a Chatbox as per their convenience.
The app will also provide students information on suggestive course guides after 10+2, tips on mental health and well-being, a corona guide, and also rap songs.

BHU Announces Part-Time Course in Fundamentals of Social Design

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, has announced a three-month part-time certificate course – Fundamentals of Social Design: Social Design in India and USA – Under the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) project of the Education Ministry.
The course aims to prepare creative change makers with the tools and methods to advance equity and social justice and become pioneers and leaders in the practice.
Students, designers, professionals, academicians from different disciplines and knowledge bases can register for the course.
Those who maintain 70 per cent attendance throughout the course will receive e certificate from Banaras Hindu University, Maryland Institute College of Arts, and Michigan State University.

Tripura: Nine More Schools Affiliated To CBSE

State Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that nine more schools in Tripura have been affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Sabual English Medium HS School, Damcherra English Medium Model School, Kumarghat English Medium High School, Ambassa English Medium Model School, Ananda Roaja Memorial English Medium High School Karbook English Medium Model School, Melaghar English Medium HS School, Kshudiram Basu English Medium School, and Bhagat Singh Hindi (English Medium) School in Tripura have been affiliated to the central education board.
Previously, 20 schools of the state were affiliated to the CBSE.

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