Education

A year is a long time in business and, especially if it is marked by a “black swan” event. The coronavirus outbreak that continues unabated has devastated economies across all over the world, wrecking businesses as millions and millions of people are forced to stay in to curb the spread of the highly contagious virus. This staying in has pushed people deeper into the virtual world. They meet, learn, work, and even marry online. India is no exception and if numbers are anything to go by, it is in the…

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday asked Delhi university authorities to retain the procedure for admission under the extra-curricular activities quota that has been in place of previously by earmarking seats for talented artists. During a meeting with the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean Colleges, Delhi University, Naidu also asked the university the authorities to take prompt action on finalizing the examination calendar and on filling up vacant positions in the University. The advice on extra-curricular quota by Naidu, who is also the Chancellor of the University of…

New Delhi: On Tuesday, the CBSE syllabus for classes 9 to 12 was reduced by 30% for 2020-21 because of the loss of teaching time due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. On Thursday, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal tweeted on the “uninformed commentary” on the matter after criticism started to flow in regarding what was deleted from the CBSE syllabus. “There has been a lot of uninformed commentary on the exclusion of some topics from #CBSESyllabus. The problem with these comments is that they resort to sensationalism by connecting topics…

Goa: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Examination (GBSHSE) is contemplating to reduce the syllabus for classes 10 and 12 for the academic year 2020-21 in view of the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a senior official said it. The board will be consider views of the Principals Forum and the Goa Headmasters Association before taking any final decision, GBSHSE Chairman Ramakrishna Samant told reporters on Wednesday. “We will come up with a decision in the next few days, he said. The 2020-21 academic session,…

New Delhi: In spite of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the teaching fraternity in Delhi-NCR schools has ensured that the learning process of students remains uninterrupted and moves swiftly, using different online applications Year 2020, the year of the covid-19 pandemic, has pit all of humanity against the virus. It has changed lifestyles, quarantined and locked all home, and damaged health, wealth and well-being immensely. This has been no less than a war – except that in this one, we are all on the same side. Like in every…

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it will not conduct the class 10th examination while the students of Class 12th will be given an option of appearing in exams after conditions are conducive. The Class 12th students will get the option to appear in examinations or take assessment on the basis of their performance in past three exams. SC had last week asked CBSE to consider scrapping the class 10 and Class 12 board exams in view of the growing cases of coronavirus infections…

New Delhi: Climate science has been an accidental tourist at the debate dominating human discourse in the last two decades. Developing countries like India are being forced to strike a fine, but often impossible, balance between pushing aggressively for economic development and mitigating the unavoidable environmental damage that comes with such development (because of, among other reasons, reliance on dirty energy, unmanaged land use and natural resource exploitation). Economic development however  also facilitates higher investments in the human and computational resources required to advance weather and climate predictions as well…

NEW DELHI: Many Indian students are rejigging plans to study in China this year, given the current border tensions, and are looking at opportunities in the Middle East, Africa and other parts of Asia, while some are waiting it out. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, over 23,000 students from India studied in China, pursuing mainly medicine and management courses, according to experts and official data. Indians were the fourth-largest contingent among foreign students in China. Covid-19 derailed the plans of many Indians to study in China and the recent developments between…