Investment in education and R&D must be government’s top priority: Pranab Mukherjee

Investment in education and R&D must be government’s top priority: Pranab Mukherjee

On Monday, Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee urged the government to invest more in the sectors related to education and research and development. “Today, not as a former President but as a citizen of India, I want greater investment in education and research and the country will benefit from this,” Mukherjee said while delivering endowment lecture at the Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark. As he urged the government he was also regretful of the fact that budget allocation for the education and R&D sectors are not up to the mark and government needs to be more serious about them. He cited an example of Germany, who stood strong during the Eurozone crisis. For Germany, it was possible because of their greater focus on R&D area. “In 1991, the budget on education was six percent of the GDP but in 2018-19 Union budget allocation is just 3.6 percent of the national GDP, though the allocation of Rs 80,500 crore may seem to be a huge sum.” Mukherjee also reminded the government that by 2025 India will have the largest young population with the biggest workforce in the world and it is primary to turn this population into a suitable workforce or there will be a disaster. “If we are unable to convert this population into a suitable workforce and not able to create jobs by adopting new technologies, then instead of ‘demographic dividend’ it will be a 'demographic disaster’,” Mukherjee said.

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Non-English Schools in Maharashtra to have an international collegium

Non-English Schools in Maharashtra to have an international collegium

Education Minister, Vinod Tawde, Maharashtra told media that Maharashtra government is in the process of setting education board for all the non-English schools in the state. “The government has decided to form theMaharashtra International Education Board (MIEB) to prepare thesyllabus for the non-English medium schools. It will compete with theexisting boards such as CBSE and ICSE,” Vinod Tawde told reporters. The scheme will be implemented in phases and in the first phase, 13 selected marathi schools will have their syllabus based on the new curriculum of international standard. He further said that each district would have at least one school affiliated to the international board. MIEB will function as an autonomous body and will set up a curriculum for the affiliated schools as well as conduct the exams in the schools.

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JEE Mains 2018 results declared| Check on the official website

JEE Mains 2018 results declared| Check on the official website

On Monday, CBSE declared the results of the JEE Mains 2018 exam. All the candidates who had appeared for the exam can now visit the official website– jeemain.nic.in to check their respective results. Apart from the official website, students can also visit the sites– cbse.results.nic.in, results.nic.in– and check their results. This year, more than 10 lakh students appeared for the JEE exam in offline mode. The offline exam was conducted on April 8, 2018. The online counterpart of the exam was conducted on April 15, 16. Online exam witnessed more popularity among the students this year. Last year, 1.65 lakh candidates had appeared for the online exam but this year more than 2.5 lakh students registered for the exam. Steps to check the results Visit any of the websites as mentioned aboveClick on the results linkEnter the desired information in the prescribed formatClick on the submit buttonThe result will be displayed on the screenDownload the result and take the print out of the same Seat distribution in JEE Mains 2018 Following are the distribution of the seats among various IITs IIT Kharagpur (113)IIT Dhanbad (95)IIT Kanpur (79)IIT BHU (76)IIT Roorkee (68)IIT Delhi (59)IIT Bombay (58)IIT Guwahati (57)

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Google and CBSE joined hand to help students in information search

Google and CBSE joined hand to help students in information search

With the aim of helping the students, the tech giant, Google collaborated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide students with seamless access to the information related to the exams on the search engine. The first step of the collaboration begins with the JEE Mains results, which students can access from the Google search quickly and securely either from their smart-phones or desktops. “We are collaborating with Google for the smooth dissemination of results through an easy and secure platform,” Rama Sharma, Senior Public Relations Officer, CBSE, said in a statement. Google has also ensured the CBSE that all the data will be handled securely and only for the purpose of showing the results on the search page. Useful to the students, the feature will remain live only for short duration after the declaration of the results. “With over 260 million students enrolled in more than 1.5 million schools across India, we believe having reliable, seamless, and safe access to education-related information is crucial,” said Shilpa Agrawal, Product Manager, Google Search. “That’s why today’s updates are just the first step of many to improve access to information about important exams and other exam-related content in Google Search in India,” she added. It is said that the tech giant has also added additional support for other popular exams such as SSC, GATE, and CAT.

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To cover the gap between Bio Science and Engineering, IIT-KGP to launch new courses

To cover the gap between Bio Science and Engineering, IIT-KGP to launch new courses

In the academic year soon to start, the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur is all set to launch new academic programs in the fields of Biology and Engineering. The main aim of these programs to facilitate multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach in the field of biomedical research. The new course will include a two year M.Tech course in Biomedical Engineering and all admissions in the course will be done through GATE ( Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam. “These programmes will bridge the gap between medicine, biological sciences and engineering with a roadmap to develop world-class scientists and clinicians,” said Prof Suman Chakraborty, Head, School of Medical Science and Technology. The course will include research area such as Bio-MEMS & Sensors, Cancer Research, Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Instrumentation & Rehabilitative Medicine, Microfluidics & Point of Care Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Research, Biomaterials, Immunology and Immunotherapeutics, Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological research, Biomarkers and Clinical Research Lab, Herbal Medicine, Medical Imaging & Image Analysis. IIT-KGP is also in the process of launching a super specialty hospital which will become fully operational in 2019. The institute has also collaborated with numerous national and international bodies which will further strengthen the medical research and data analysis of the hospital. “Innovations in technology have led to spectacular advancements in medicine. To meet the challenges posed by medicine in the 21st century, the country needs a new breed of medical professionals who can fuse together medicinal science with technology and can bridge the disciplines” added Chakraborty.

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UP Board results of class 10 and 12 are now live

UP Board results of class 10 and 12 are now live

On Sunday, Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) announced the results of the state board exams. This year the results of both classes 10 and 12 witnessed a sharp decline in the pass percentage of the students. This year, the pass percentage of class 10 and 12 is 75.16% and 72.43% respectively. Last year, the pass percentage was 81.6 for class 10 and 82.5 for class 12. This year, more than 66 lakh students registered for the exams of which 56,32,860 appeared. The huge drop in the number of students appearing for the exam was due to government’s crackdown on the cheating mafia in the state. Government took stringent steps to keep the incidents of the cheating under control this year. Exam halls were monitored through CCTV cameras and coded answer sheets were given to the students to prevent the incidents of mass cheating. Director of the education board Awadh Naresh Sharma said, “The exams have been conducted in a transparent manner and with complete honesty under the watch of CCTV cameras.” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday congratulated “students who had successfully taken the exams and got good results without cheating” and said that prices will be announced for the top 10 scrores. “I am very happy that in record time, within one month of the exams, the results have been declared. These results are a slap on the face of those elements who play with the future of our students by facilitating cheating,” he said. Rajneesh Shukla, a resident of Fatehpur, and Akash Maurya from Barabanki, both scored 93.20 per cent and emerged statewide Class XII toppers. Meanwhile, Anjali Verma, a resident of Allahabad, emerged the Class X topper with a score of 96.33 per cent.

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Newcastle University: Students receive cash reward for golden behavior

Newcastle University: Students receive cash reward for golden behavior

A recent study revealed that in more than 10 percent of the anti-social incidents in UK campuses students of Newcastle University are involved. To put an end to this rowdy behavior, the university is now offering a cash reward of £1000 to the students who behave best for one month. It is the university’s ‘best neighbor on campus’ scheme. Students are nominated by the local residents based on activities such as keeping the streets clean, not smashing the bottles on the streets etc. Will Ovenden and Oli Armitage are among the five students who have won the cash reward. Students are excited after winning the prize money and said that some of it will be spent in arranging a party. The country, right now is witnessing an increase in the disruptive incidents among the students and according to the Freedom of Information data obtained by The Times, the students of Newcastle university received more punishments than any other in the Britain. The University is also known as the rowdy University. Therefore, to keep the student’s behavior in check the University introduced best Neighbour on Campus scheme. The scheme layouts the criteria for winning the prize and how it will be equally divided among the housemates. The prize is given the house where there is ‘Evidence of students who have shown a demonstrable commitment to being good neighbours’.

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