The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre to consider granting one-time relaxation on age limit to UPSC civil service aspirants, including those who had exhausted their last attempt in the 2020 exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic and would get one more chance this year provided they are otherwise not age barred. The Centre had on […]
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UGC, AICTE, NCTE to be Replaced by a Single Body; Midwifery Commission To Take Place of Nursing Council
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Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, presented Union Budget 2021 lately on February 01, 2021. This year, the Finance Minister conferred Union Budget in tablet to promote the paperless budget concept. The recent budget not only discussed the development of the health department but also the education sector. As per the announcement, the conducting bodies such […]
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Delhi University colleges will reopen in a graded manner on Monday for final-year students who want to use college facilities for practicals. However, most college hostels will continue to remain unavailable. While students may go to their colleges on a voluntary basis for practical work, theory classes will continue to be held online. Different colleges […]
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Union Budget 2021 Expectations: From switching to digital learning to adopting the vocational courses by the professional, 2020 has brought many challenges for the education sector. However, EdTech companies expect assistance from budget 2021 for various tax cuts, setting up of Fab labs, and other benefits to cope with the covid19 pandemic. During the recent […]
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Education Budget 2021: Online Classes, COVID19, NEP & Others- What the Education Sector Can Expect
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There are lots of expectations from Union Budget 2021 as the country’s economy has been paralyzed due to COVID19. The education sector in India has also been affected immensely due to the pandemic and has also witnessed some major changes in the history of the world. Starting from online classes, to the implementation of NEP, […]
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A ‘virtual university‘ would soon be a reality as the central government on Friday, January 29, made an announcement in this regard as part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. With online learning gaining prominence amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic, there have been several media reports stating that the government will be allocating funds […]
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State public sector undertaking Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar for the establishment of OPTCL Chair in the premier engineering institute. It is indeed a historic moment for Odisha to collaborate with a premier institute like IIT for the development of the Odisha power sector, […]
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Several states including Gujarat, Meghalaya, Telangana, and Jammu, and Kashmir will resume offline classes for students of schools and higher educational institutions in February. Schools across the country had been closed from mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many states have reopened their schools for face-to-face classes for the students of Classes 9 to […]
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Manipal Education and Medical Group Launches ‘UNext’ – An Affordable, End-To-End, Online Learning Platform For Professional Courses
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India, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — UNext, a next-generation online learning organization and a subsidiary of the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), today announced the launch of its operations to offer high quality and affordable digital higher education solutions for learners across India. UNext will focus on programs catering to the higher education ecosystem […]
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IIT Roorkee and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) signed an MoU to boost research and development in the field of highway infrastructure. Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has taken an initiative to develop indigenous and apt technologies to bring down the cost of construction and reduce the construction period […]