PivotRoots bags digital mandate for govt's 'Study in India' initiative

'Study in India' is managed by EdCIL as mandated by Ministry of Human Resource Development and aims to make India a preferred destination for higher education among foreign students

Center unveils ambitious project to offer 10 million internships to students

• While the project will start immediately at 4,400 urban local bodies, or ULBs, and 100 smart cities, it will be scaled up to all government departments at the national and state levels in the next few years

Haryana government to open schools next month, colleges in August

• Classes in Haryana schools will be held in shifts from July
• Colleges and universities will reopen from August

IIT Bhubaneswar to conduct online end semester exams for outgoing students

• IIT Bhubaneswar students can choose from two examination schedules according to their choice
• The IIT said if the situation normalises, students can come to campus for second exam

Eight universities get ranked among best 100 in Asia

• IISc is ranked best among Indian institutions at 36
• According to the survey report, IIT Delhi climbed 24 places this year to be placed at 67 among Asia ranks

Top Indian universities improve performance in Asia ranking

• The Asia University Rankings 2020, by British ranking agency Times Higher Education showed IITs at Delhi and Kharagpur made significant improvement this year
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru was ranked the best Indian university with Asian rank of 3

IITs redraft courses to ensure students do not lose time, jobs to virus

IIT Kanpur plans to not detain any student and to award them with A, B, C and S grades under a special system

CBSE releases guidelines for conduct of pending class 10, 12 board exams

• The CBSE date sheet for both class 10 and 12 were already released by CBSE on 18 May
• CBSE has now released a scheme to conduct the examinations for class 10th (only for northeast district of Delhi) and class 12th (All India)

Graduation from IITs gets a makeover – from take home exam to flexible grading

• IIT Delhi has given its students the option of early graduation in June, with regular graduation likely sometime in July
• IIT Kanpur has said it will not fail anyone and a special grading scheme is being adopted keeping in mind the crisis and students will be awarded A, B, C and S grade

Kerala rings ‘First Bell’; schools reopen virtually amid covid threat

Half-hour videos on subjects for Classes I to XII will be telecast on TV between 8.30 am and 5 pm every day

Online learning platform Coursera to help students upskill amid covid-19

Coursera makes all its courses free from June 1 for all graduate and undergraduate students

NIOS board exam dates announced

• The NIOS exams were scheduled to be held from March 24 to April 24 but had to be postponed due to COVID-19 and lockdown
• Exams for physics, history, library and information science and Sanskrit grammar for class 12 will be on July 17

Covid-19: India may get more foreign students as US, Europe struggle

• Universities believe that a late start to the academic year in August –September will help them expand digital outreach and give time to dispel fears about the pandemic

ICSE, ISC board exams 2020: Students allowed to change exam centre

• ICSE, ISC students have been asked to make request for change in the exam centre by June 7 with their schools
• The exams, which were postponed in view of a nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, have been scheduled from July 1 to 14

Schools, colleges to re-open in July after govt readies safety rules

The union government’s new guidelines do not give a specific opening date in July and have underlined that all stake holders including states and parents' feedback will be taken before deciding on the exact date

Thackeray asks varsities to consider average marking system for passing students

Uddhav Thackeray asks ministers and universities to look into various options, including the average marks or grades system and giving students options to take exams for obtaining marks/grades required for their employment or higher education

UGC asks varsities not to insist on immediate fee payment but mull other options

• The education regulator said it has received hundreds of complaints from students related to payment of fees
• There is a cash flow issue for institutions and a lot of their expenses depend on students fees

Govt asks all colleges, universities to go for universal accreditation

Currently, less than 50% of the India’s 50,000 plus institutions are accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

Online exams are ready to start with social distancing armour

• NSDC started reopening its online testing facilities few weeks ago in the regions marked as green zones as per the government guidelines
• Students seeking admissions for higher education and youth looking for jobs are eagerly waiting for the examination process to be resumed

Punjab hikes fees of medical colleges

• Fees will be increased both in government and private medical colleges
• Fees for MBBS course in Punjab for government medical colleges was last notified in 2015 and for private colleges in 2014