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The MAIN target

With the JEE Main 2020 just a month away, it is time to get set for the last leg of preparation. Some expert tips...

KnowlEDGE Quiz

Walnut Knowledge Solutions

Q1. Her name literally means “grief stricken”. She was named after a national folk hero who rallied with the local fighters against the British troops

Why preparation matters

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To succeed, teachers must create a plan, well in advance

Think Education

Active learning

What’s your direction? Track your graph

Live lightly Education

Don’t write me off

Initiative When ideas spark change

MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN Enactus, an international not-for-profit organisation, aims to develop value-driven leaders for communities

Sparking change

Madhuvanti S. Krishnan The Spark India programme encourages students to apply innovation and business models to tackle social and environmental problems through social entrepreneurship

Postcard from... Sheffield Befriending bots

Working with real-world clients and programming robots to play football, gave Palash insights into artificial intelligence

Opinion

ON THE OTHER HAND | Columns

Convince the student first

Raghavan Srinivasan Regulatory change won’t persuade students that they’re getting a better education

T.V. Mohandas Pai

New education methods will transform the way students learn, says Mohandas Pai

Lalatendu Mishra ‘Students and employers will begin to question the value of a university degree’

Cute little girl waving a Flag

On the other hand | Columns

One nation, one school board?

Raghavan Srinivasan To increase employability of graduates, we need uniformity in school education

Schools

Think Active learning

Aruna Sankaranarayanan Asking questions and eliciting solutions can help the teacher to get the students to apply themselves

What’s your direction? Track your graph

Live lightly Don’t write me off

Nivedita Das Narayan Live lightlyNivedita Das Narayan We are the lucky race that is constantly evolving

Higher Education

Blackboard Why preparation matters

Viney Kirpal blackboardviney kirpal To succeed, teachers must create a plan, well in advance

Initiative When ideas spark change

MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN Enactus, an international not-for-profit organisation, aims to develop value-driven leaders for communities

Careers

Off the edge Focus on your competencies

Nandini Raman Do you feel uncertain about a career? Do you lack the freedom to choose a subject that you really want to pursue? Do you always feel low on self-confidence? Are you constantly doubting yourself? A Q&A column to assuage your doubts

What’s your direction? Track your graph

Live lightly Don’t write me off

Nivedita Das Narayan Live lightlyNivedita Das Narayan We are the lucky race that is constantly evolving

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Backpacker’s Guide Education

Disruptions in a shared space

Bon App-etit

In conversation Education

Overcoming the challenge

Step out of the spiral

Exam prep Education

Decoding CLAT 2020

EQ... Engage Education

Spotting a match made in heaven

Traversing an emerging field

Digital anthropologist Payal Arora explains the process of tech innovation, its applications in education and how it can address the needs of next billion users

Nirmala Prasad, former principal of M.O.P. Vaishnav College for women, passes away

After working in Ethiraj College for 21 years where she had helped set up the commerce department, Ms. Nirmala joined M.O.P. Vaishnav College in 1997

In many countries, less than 5% of people benefit from adult learning opportunities: UNESCO

The UNESCO report was published by Institute for Lifelong Learning, based on data submitted by 159 countries, including India.

Moms watch out for each other

Part of a huge online community, these mothers meet offline regularly to chalk out programmes that would advance their careers

The day of the apprentice

It has not arrived yet; but it is not too far from the doors of Corporate India, as recent developments in the area of ‘apprenticeship training’ show

From apprentice to B.Tech graduate

A locomotive manufacturer trains and hires local talent for its factory in a remote area

App takes education through games to tribal schools

STEPapp being tested at 16 Eklavya Model International Schools

KnowlEDGE Quiz

Q1. Her name literally means “grief stricken”. She was named after a national folk hero who rallied with the local fighters against the British troops

Focus on your competencies

Do you feel uncertain about a career? Do you lack the freedom to choose a subject that you really want to pursue? Do you always feel low on self-confidence? Are you constantly doubting yourself? A Q&A column to assuage your doubts

Why preparation matters

To succeed, teachers must create a plan, well in advance

All party talk

“My! My! Look at you! Where are you off to dressed like that?”“Rajesh is getting married next week. He’s having a party at his place tonight.”“That’s

Active learning

Asking questions and eliciting solutions can help the teacher to get the students to apply themselves

Don’t write me off

We are the lucky race that is constantly evolving

When ideas spark change

Enactus, an international not-for-profit organisation, aims to develop value-driven leaders for communities

How to crack the JEE-MAIN

With the JEE Main 2020 just a month away, it is time to get set for the last leg of preparation. Some expert tips...

Leading from a ‘shared’ platform

To benefit from the dialogic leadership model, two challenges have to be met first

The new agenda in the boardroom

Five hundred companies are expected to set an example by promoting disability-inclusion in their workplaces. Twenty of them are from India

CBSE moots new question paper pattern

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would introduce major changes in the pattern of question papers for classes 10 and 12 by 2023 to

In Telangana, these moms home-schooled by their children clear Telugu exam

Over 41,000 women learn the Telugu alphabet from their own children and clear exam conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling

17 government schools in Mangaluru to get a facelift under Smart City Mission

In all, 17 government schools in the city will get a facelift under the Smart City Mission. The project comprises strengthening the schools with

Sparking change

The Spark India programme encourages students to apply innovation and business models to tackle social and environmental problems through social entrepreneurship

Bon app-etit

The Internet has never been the safest place for people to exist. The same goes for our phones too. A recent study by the University of Cambridge

Facing the storm

Do you feel uncertain about a career? Do you lack the freedom to choose a subject that you really want to pursue? Do you always feel low on self-confidence? Are you constantly doubting yourself? A Q&A column to assuage your doubts

Breaking taboos

Shikoh Zaidi is helping women in her village by providing easy access to their basic hygiene needs

Make peace, move on

Feel let down when someone you trust betrays you? How does one face it and move forward?

Befriending bots

Working with real-world clients and programming robots to play football, gave Palash insights into artificial intelligence

Giving it that once-over

Exams and assignments may be similar in their objective, but a student should approach each differently

Study-cation

As policies, economies and diplomatic relations change throughout the world, we bring a list of countries that a student can choose from...

Want to be rated? Then pay up, says Karnataka govt. to all universities

State universities to be charged ₹1.5 lakh, private institutions ₹2.5 lakh for annual rating exercise

Completing entire course mandatory for becoming teachers: AICTE

The rule comes into force from 2020-21 academic year

‘Technical education must focus on problem-based learning’

Participants at a symposium at KLETU stress on the need for students to develop new skills and critical thinking

Bringing the office closer home

Companies with multiple addresses in a city can easily help their employees tide over commuting-related problems

Tuition award announced for Indian applicants to New York Film Academy

Senior executive vice-president David Klein says that those interested should get exposure to creative arts in any way possible

U.S. draws fewer new foreign students for third straight year, according to new report

However, the Trump administration attributes the drop to high tuition costs and not to students’ concerns over the political atmosphere of the nation

Make the right connect

When creating a network, ensure that you include individuals from all backgrounds

Credible or credulous?

What is the meaning of ‘nerd’? (SK Rajendran, Madurai)The word, which is mostly used to show disapproval, rhymes with ‘herd’, ‘bird’ and ‘curd’. A

Plan ahead

Do you feel uncertain about a career? Do you lack the freedom to choose a subject that you really want to pursue? Do you always feel low on self-confidence? Are you constantly doubting yourself? A Q&A column to assuage your doubts

Knowledge Quiz

Q1. This ancient Indian empire spread as far as Afghanistan to Bengal to the Deccan plateau. The empire lasted from 322 BC to 187 BC and had its

Licensing is the key

While many teachers dream of getting a government job, the process of applying for one seems like a nightmare

Not sure how to start preparing for UPSC? Here is a head-start

Aspirants who are confused about how to start preparations for the UPSC should follow these points:

A muggy affair

Why do our examinations encourage rote learning? Is there a way students can get out of this unproductive habit?

Muslim teacher in Sanskrit faculty: BHU to seek legal opinion

The university, however, reiterated its backing for the newly-appointed assistant professor Firoz Khan.

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Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts, in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case./ File photo

39K | Nirbhaya case convict seeks withdrawal of his mercy plea

The burns ward of New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital where the Unnao rape survivor was admitted on December 5, 2019.

27K | Unnao rape victim succumbs to burn injuries at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital

The bodies of the accused are being shifted from the spot near Hyderabad on December 6, 2019.

44K | Hyderabad vet rape, murder: uneasy calm in village of 3 of the 4 accused shot dead by police

36K | Why did the Brahmins become vegetarian? B.R. Ambedkar asks in this excerpt from ‘Beef, Brahmins and Broken Men'

Cyderabad Commissioner of Police V.C. Sajjanar addresses the media at the spot on December 6, 2019.

37K | Hyderabad 'killing by police': IPS officer Sajjanar led similar police action in 2008 in Warangal

Locals commend the police officer who shot dead the four culprits accused of Disha's rape and murder, in Chatanpally near Hyderabad on Friday.

35K | Hyderabad vet rape and murder accused death: Must wait for magisterial inquiry outcomes, says Cong.

The clues team recover the pistol snatched by one of the accused from police at the shootout site, near Hyderabad on December 6, 2019.

599K | All four accused in Hyderabad vet rape and murder case shot dead

FILE - In this May 11, 2019 file photo, detained Chinese nationals, accused of involvement in a trafficking gang to lure Pakistani women into fake marriages, try to shield their faces while they are escorted by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency officers to court in Lahore, Pakistan. The Associated Press has obtained a list, compiled by Pakistani investigators determined to break up trafficking networks, that identifies hundreds of girls and women from across Pakistan who were sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to China. But the biggest case against traffickers fell apart in October, when a court in Faisalabad acquitted 31 Chinese nationals charged in connection with trafficking. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

93K | 629 Pakistanis sold as brides in China

37K | Filmmaker Daniel Shravan draws flak on social media for weird comments on rape