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Half of NCERT e-textbooks not accessible to visually impaired, finds study

Priscilla Jebaraj

Over 60% of NCERT chapters and over 95% of SCERT books are either totally or partially inaccessible

Imagine, create, innovate

Technology can help foster creativity in education and help students be active learners

Sounds of success

Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana

The richness of Indian music can be harnessed in a relevant and useful way for those interested in making it their career

Learning is also a social experience.

Create a learning community

On the shelf

Take every possible action to attract, hire and promote more women in STEM fields.

Towards a balanced world

Archana Subramanian The GATI initiative aims to achieve a systemic and cultural transformation in establishing a Gender Equality framework in Higher Education Institutions

Learnings for life

Shekhar Bhattacharjee Why a liberal arts education could just be your cup of tea

Check-in for a great future

Mehul Sharma It is only a matter of time before the hospitality industry regains its pre-COVID-19 eminence and opportunities open up for students.

Opinion

yarn it! Opinion

Meet the real power players: on alternate career paths for college students in 2020

Jane De Suza Career choices where you can call the shots with minimal effort

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Comment | Higher Education post-COVID-19

C.P. Gopinathan K. Ramachandran Online has become the default mode of education during this long lockdown period in the wake of Covid-19. What does this mean for the institutions and academic leaders, administrators and students in the long run is getting clearer.

ON THE OTHER HAND | Columns

Convince the student first

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

Schools

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Sounds of success

Kamakshi and Vishala Khurana The richness of Indian music can be harnessed in a relevant and useful way for those interested in making it their career

Learning is also a social experience.

Create a learning community

Abhinav Arora Existing social media platforms can be leveraged to benefit the ed-tech industry and accelerate the learning process

Higher Education

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India makes sustained outreach to U.S. universities to build knowledge partnerships

PTI As part of this effort to build knowledge partnerships, India’s Ambassador to the U.S. Taranjt Singh Sandhu has intensified interactions with U.S. universities

Learning is also a social experience.

Create a learning community

Abhinav Arora Existing social media platforms can be leveraged to benefit the ed-tech industry and accelerate the learning process

Careers

Imagine, create, innovate

Charu Noheria Technology can help foster creativity in education and help students be active learners

Take every possible action to attract, hire and promote more women in STEM fields.

Towards a balanced world

Archana Subramanian The GATI initiative aims to achieve a systemic and cultural transformation in establishing a Gender Equality framework in Higher Education Institutions

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Era of the knowledge economy

Education | Education

No decision yet on postponing CBSE exams

Make the time count

India makes sustained outreach to U.S. universities to build knowledge partnerships

Visually impaired struggle with NCERT e-textbooks

News from the world of education: April 11, 2021

Admissions

Diploma in Nutrition and FitnessThe Institute of Nutrition and Fitness Sciences (INFS) has launched a Diploma in Nutrition and Fitness(DNF) that

Imagine, create, innovate

Technology can help foster creativity in education and help students be active learners

No soft corner for the covidiot

What is the difference between ‘covidiot’ and ‘vidiot’? (KL Hema, Tiruchi)Of the two, ‘covidiot’ is a relatively new word. ‘Vidiot’ is a combination

Sounds of success

The richness of Indian music can be harnessed in a relevant and useful way for those interested in making it their career

Create a learning community

Existing social media platforms can be leveraged to benefit the ed-tech industry and accelerate the learning process

On the shelf

The Mind of a Consultant: Leveraging a Consulting Mindset for Professional SuccessAuthor: Sandeep K KrishnanPublisher: Penguin Random HousePrice:

Scholarships

HDFC Bank Parivartan’s ECS ScholarshipHDFC Bank supports meritorious and needy students from underprivileged sections.Eligibility: Open to Indian

Towards a balanced world

The GATI initiative aims to achieve a systemic and cultural transformation in establishing a Gender Equality framework in Higher Education Institutions

Introspect for answers

Uncertain about your career choice? Low on self-confidence? This Q&A column by Nandini Raman, practising counsellor and trainer, may help.

News from the world of Education: April 9, 2021

New offerings from EdulyteEd-tech start-up has launched interactive live classes and video conferencing for students to engage in personalised

Learnings for life

Why a liberal arts education could just be your cup of tea

News from the world of education: April 9, 2021

Ph. D in Heart-Based MeditationHeartfulness Research Center (HRC) offers a Ph.D in Heart-Based Meditation. Set up in Bengaluru in 2004 by the Sahaj

Check-in for a great future

It is only a matter of time before the hospitality industry regains its pre-COVID-19 eminence and opportunities open up for students.

COVID-19: Students of classes 10, 12 want board exams cancelled

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, over one lakh students of classes 10 and 12 have signed petitions urging the government to either cancel board exams

Selvakumar appointed TANUVAS VC

Governor and Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday appointed K.N. Selvakumar as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal

Collaboration is key

Why collaborative learning is important even in the digital age

More than just numbers

A list of some of the less-known yet fulfilling careers for maths students

Beat the exam stress

As academic pressure begins to get intense, here are some tips to put the forthcoming exam season into perspective.

Long-term COVID-19 effect: ‘There is an upskilling challenge on the cards’

McKinsey Global Institute’s latest in a series of studies says that through the 2020s, around 100 million employees in eight countries will be forced to switch to new occupations, and in the process many of them would be challenged to develop “higher socio-emotional capacity to acquire new skillsets”

Corporate organises a coding challenge for school students

A Hewlett Packard initiative, it invites students to solve 25 coding-related problems in three hours using any of the programming languages — C, C++, Java, Python and JavaScript

Non-employees can drive this referral programme

Slice, a payment and credit start-up, has expanded the scope of its referral programme by allowing non-Slice employees to refer a candidate.The

Think global, promote local

What can India do to promote more quality Ph.D programmes and avoid playing the “catch up” game with institutes abroad?

Off to a fresh start

Sai Abhinay Chepuri is riding the tech wave to revolutionise farming and help farmers

Go online or offline

Uncertain about your career choice? Low on self-confidence? This Q&A column by Nandini Raman, practising counsellor and trainer, may help.

News from the world of education

Executive MBAIIM-Sambalpur has launched a two-year Executive MBA degree programme for working professionals, which will be conducted through Flipped

Innovations in teaching

Webinars, post-class readings, and online assessments were among the few methods used to ring in blended learning

Look beyond the numbers

Why B-schools need to shape mindsets, and not be mere placement hubs

Join forces with the defence

Tips to ace the gruelling exam to join the armed forces

Print vs. Screen

A look into the age-old question of which is better: printed books or e-books?

CBSE not to reduce syllabus for students of classes 9-12 for academic year 2021-22

The students who studied the reduced syllabus will appear in exams in May-June

Vellore Institute of Technology team electrifies houses in rural Karnataka

Sixtyfive houses in Alambadi village did not have any power supply for the past 75 years.

Meet 14-year-old entrepreneurs who work to popularise the spelling bee

The Chennai-based twins now have over 1,000 registrations from 10 countries in their website

‘GATE’way to the Engineering jackpot

Multiple factors make the GATE an excellent option for those who aspire to make it big as Engineers

Biden allows H1-B visa ban to expire

Study showed the ban had little impact on reviving domestic employment in the U.S.; Indian IT industry bodies welcome the move.

At the high end

A look at the skills and career opportunities in the field of luxury brand management

LinkedIn puts out top 10 jobs, skills in India

Some 10 job roles were hot in India as per December 2020 data released by Microsoft-owned professional platform, LinkedIn.These positions included:

Tech impetus to peer-to-peer learning

If technology is used smartly, teachers and students can be given access to tools that would make learning and knowledge sharing interactive

How are pre-schools in the city geared up for the next academic session?

Parents and teachers come together to introduce preschoolers to the joys of learning

Admissions and scholarships

Applications open at HKUSTThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) opens applications for the 2021-2022 academic session for courses

Tamil Nadu schools continue to await detailed guidelines on awarding marks

For government schools in rural areas which have not had any online classes or tests conducted, teachers are concerned as to how they can proceed further since students will have to seek admissions for class 11

News from the world of education

Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Artificial Intelligence and Ambient IntelligenceUnder the aegis of the AICTE, the School of Computing Sciences

For a bumper crop

Technological advances in agriculture has opened avenues for students to transform a long-neglected field.

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