After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools in Haryana seem to have stabilised their operations while teachers continue to suffer. Sonepat: Teachers continue to struggle on a low salary during the second wave of the pandemic while schools seem to recover their losses. Working on a sum that is 50 to 70 percent of […]
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Due to the closure of schools, online exams were conducted and students were promoted without learning anything in the previous academic year. Haryana: Students of first and second standards were given marks based on oral assessment through Shiksha Mitra’s contact numbers, while students of third, fourth, and fifth standards had to give online exams through […]
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Online training of law students, might leave them with no jobs in the coming future, they fear. Chandigarh: Final year law students are worried that they aren’t learning anything online though most courts have gone online since the pandemic. Jaspreet Kaur, a final year law student said, “The final year of legal studies is supposed […]
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Map reading week goes without the use of traditional maps Mumbai: Digital map reading has evolved as a new form of map reading and the younger generation has almost given up on traditional maps. Prajakta Surve, a citizen, Mulund, Mumbai said, “I have not bought a map yet for my son. If, while studying Geography, […]
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More than 50 percent of competitive exam aspirants stopped studying, and coaching institutes are struggling to survive due to continual postponement of exams. Mumbai: Umesh Patil dreamt of becoming a police officer and had been preparing for Maharashtra Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) Police Sub Inspector’s (PSI) exam for the last four years. When the exam […]
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Students of culinary and hotel management courses are losing out on practical learning due to lockdown. Jaipur: Culinary and hotel management students of Rajasthan are not gaining any practical work experience due to the ongoing lockdown since April 2021which has forced all the schools and colleges to shut. Sujal Shreshtha, first year hotel management student […]
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Parents suffer an increased level of stress due to the education going online from the past one year. Vapi: Online education has changed the way children study. It’s not the same anymore. Rupali Behani, a mother of two children, said, “Managing two children having their online class simultaneously is one big task. I had to buy them their […]
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Amidst students’ disapproval, CBSE’s proposal to conduct class 12 board examinations offline meets states’ desire to prioritize vaccination of teachers and students. Sonepat: Class 12 students are against the Central Board of Secondary Education’s latest announcement of conducting offline board examinations in a shortened format in July-August 2021. In recent developments, it’s been reported today that […]
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Students wanting to study abroad are facing trouble in gaining visas. Jaipur: Travel restrictions and lockdown have slowed down the visa process for students wanting to study abroad. They are facing difficulties in getting a visa appointment as most of the visa agencies are functioning under restrictions. The United States has announced travel restrictions from […]
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Under the Khushi scheme, girls of government schools in the state are receiving fewer sanitary pads than promised. Cuttack-: Chandni, a 10th standard student of a government school in Cuttack, receives around six sanitary pads in a month under the Khushi scheme instead of 18 as scheduled in the scheme. She added that she has […]
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