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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - October 2019

Oct 2019

Dec 26, 2019

Telangana Govt. Planning to Introduce Coding in Govt. Schools

The Telangana government will launch a pilot programme across 33 schools in the district to introduce coding to government school students in the state.
The state's Education Department, the IT and Communications Department and the Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) will carry out the week-long pilot in 33 schools in Wanaparthy district.
TITA members have been identified to carry out a practical pilot of this project to assess the challenges that might arise while scaling the programme across the state.
After an entry level training programme, school students and a teacher would be trained in Scratch programming, HTML and Python programming languages over five days.
This project will expose students to new skills. Introducing coding skills at the school level will inculcate problem-solving skills among students. This will also orient them to entrepreneurial possibilities. We have selected 99 students – 3 each from 33 schools – for this programme.

Show-cause Notice to Calcutta University

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a show-cause notice to Calcutta University, Kolkata, after its law department was found to be flouting several rules, including one requiring it to have permanent faculty members to teach law.
In a related development, a two-member panel of the BCI also proposed withdrawal of Rajasthan University's power to grant affiliation to law colleges after it was found to be skirting rules and procedures to be followed in permitting institutions to teach law.

Dec 24, 2019

IIT Mandi Celebrates a Successful Decade

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi completed 10 years in 2019 since its inception - a decade filled with achievements in R&D, academics, innovation, entrepreneurship and sports.
Since the first batch of 97 students enrolled in July 2009, IIT Mandi has grown to currently host 125 faculty and 1,630 students including 262 B-Tech, 102 MSc, 158 M-Tech, 12 M.A, 307 PhD, 57 MS and 19 I-PhD. The ranks of the alumni has grown to 1,135 who make the institute proud.
IIT Mandi successfully achieved the target of female enrolment in undergraduate courses by admitting 20.22 per cent female students to B-Tech programme for the Academic Year 2019-20. This compares favorably with the target of 17 per cent set by Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Apex Board Committee for 2019-20.

Dec 22, 2019

Wipro, NASSCOM Launch Platform to skill Engineering Students

IT firm Wipro partnered with IT body NASSCOM to launch a skilling platform for new-age technologies like AI that will reach 10,000 students from over 20 engineering colleges in India. The platform 'Future Skills' will bridge the industry-academia skill gap and help students keep pace with emerging technologies.
The initiative is a part of Wipro's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, TalentNext which aims to enhance the quality of engineering education by preparing faculty and academic leaders to train students.

Dec 21, 2019

WhizJuniors Launches Online Google Course for Students

WhizJuniors, an online education platform, launched WhizGoogler for school and college students to become 'World's Next Googler' by offering expertise in over 36 Google Suite Courses.
Students can access the learning content available on the platform online and complete Google Courses such as Google Sites, Google Drive, YouTube, Google Groups, Google Forms, Google Classroom, Gmail for a fee of Rs 360. The course will have two sections -- MCQs (multiple choice questions) and a video project submission.
Es per Vidushi Daga, CEO, WhizJuniors, the Google course helps students navigate Internet for various technology needs making them employable at a young age.

ULCCS to Offer Cambridge English Programme

ULCCS, the 94-year-old co-operative society, launched a 'Centre of Excellence' for Cambridge English at Karapparamba in Kozhikode.
ULCCS (Uralungal Labor Contract Co-operative Society) is actively involved in education and skill development through UL Education.
The basic objective of UL education is to reduce the skill gap and to improve the employability of educated youth. As part of improving soft skills, communication and English proficiency, ULCCS Ltd has entered into an agreement with Cambridge Assessment English, a department of the University of Cambridge, the UK to start a Centre of Excellence.

Dec 20, 2019

IIT-Kharagpur Launched a Joint PhD programme with Auckland University

IIT-Kharagpur launched a joint PhD programme with Auckland University of New Zealand to strengthen the economic and research ties between the two countries.
Admission of students to the joint PhD programme, a first between the two countries, will begin in the autumn of 2020.
The programme would initially focus on engineering and later broaden to include other subjects.
The research scholars will work under the supervision of academics of both the institutes and would split their time between the two countries.

Successful Non-beating Heart Transplanted a First for Scotland

A tyre-fitter from Midlothian has become the first person in Scotland to be transplanted with a heart that had stopped beating.
Transplant hearts are normally beating when they are removed from donors who are certified brain dead.
The surgery was possible due to technology which keeps hearts beating for longer outside the body.
Mr. Davidson's operation took place at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank - only the seventh centre in the world to transplant a heart that has stopped beating.
The ground-breaking treatment means surgeons can consider many more organs for transplant than they have in the past.
Until recently, transplanting a heart that had stopped beating, known as donation after circulatory death (DCD), was considered too risky.
However experts say the acquisition of new technology called the Organ Care System (OCS) has opened a new chapter for organ transplant in Scotland.

In a First, Number of Male Smokers Drops

According to the World Health Organisation, the number of male tobacco users is falling for the first time, hailing a major shift in efforts to kick the world's deadly tobacco addiction.
The number of women and girls who use tobacco products has been steadily declining for years. But tobacco use among males — who account for the overwhelming majority of smokers — has until now been expanding.
In a new report, the UN health agency hailed the beginning decline as a powerful indication that anti-smoking campaigns around the globe had begun to pay off.

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