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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - August 2021

Aug 2021

Mar 28, 2022

Not Cut-offs, Clearing Class 12, CUET Now Enough to Secure Admissions to DU

From the academic year 2022-23, students will only need to clear Class 12 and CUET to be eligible for admissions to Delhi University (DU).
The proposal to consider passing marks in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admissions, and not the cut-offs as earlier, was passed by the varsity's executive council during its meeting.
The university also accepted the proposal to set up Delhi School of Analytics (DSA) under Institutes of Eminence.
The DSA will offer short and long-term certificate courses, diploma and degree programmes that will enhance the business analytical skills of students.

IBM India to Impart Digital Skill to 12,000 Girl Students in Nagaland

IBM India announced a collaboration with the Nagaland School Education department to introduce digital powered training in more than 250 secondary and higher secondary schools across 15 districts in the northeastern state.
The programme IBM Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) for girls programme aims to provide 21st-century skills to more than 12,000 girls.
The curriculum will align and supplement the state's efforts towards quality education. This programme will help enable more than 12,000 girls studying between 8th to 10th grade with access to digital fluency, coding skills training, 21st century skills, including life and career skills.
The IBM Stem for girls programme, currently running in 12 states that include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Nagaland.

Mar 26, 2022

IIM-Sambalpur to Develop Entrepreneurship Skills among Tribals

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur, signed an agreement with a research institute to develop entrepreneurship skills among tribal youths and provide them with quality education.
The memorandum of understanding with the Center for Adivasi Research and Development was signed recently for multi-modal initiatives and projects on teaching, skilling, training and global outreach.

Mar 25, 2022

IIT Guwahati Hosts Chair of 'Jal Jeevan Mission' for Water Treatment Technology

The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, established the 'Chair of Jal Jeevan Mission' for Water Treatment Technology. The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019 from the ramparts of the Red Fort. It aims to enable every rural household to have a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024.
The institute appointed Professor Mihir Kumar Purkait, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, as the first occupant of this Chair. The tenure of the Professor's Chair is for five years.

Mar 24, 2022

British Council Announces PG Scholarships for Indian Students and English Teachers

The British Council announced a new set of postgraduate (PG) scholarships for Indians across various fields of study for the academic year 2022-23. The council, in collaboration with the UK government's GREAT Britain Campaign and in partnership with UK universities, announced 20 GREAT scholarships for students from India, across 16 UK universities, in a variety of subjects like business, finance, humanities, psychology entrepreneurship, design, marketing, HR and music.

Mar 23, 2022

TCS and IIT Madras Partner to Launch M. Tech Program in Industrial AI

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to launch an online masters course, M.Tech in Industrial AI. The course is targeted at up skilling corporate employees in applications of artificial intelligence to industrial problems.
The 18-month-long course will be offered by IIT Madras through virtual classrooms. The first cohort of students for the program will be from TCS.
Each subject in the programme will have a mid-term and a final examination conducted in online mode, besides project work.
There will be a total of 28-30 hours of online classes per week with post-classroom activities.

Kochi-based Start-up Launches Video Solutions to CBSE Maths Problems

A Kochi-based educational start-up launched video solutions to mathematics questions for CBSE syllabus explaining how to solve each problem.
Showans.com, the web portal, initiated the service explaining answers to multiple-choice questions in video format.
In the first phase, the video service covers the mathematics syllabus of CBSE Classes X, XI and XII.

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