In order to keep up with the changing industry, the institute has proposed a change in syllabus. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) 2022 report revealed a 30 percent drop in enrollment from 2013. There has been a fall in demand for Chartered Accountant (CA) courses across India. The number of total registrations […]
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Educational professionals say that communal harmony can fix most of Karnataka’s problems. A panel of education professionals headed by Professor B K Chandrashekhar discussed a host of problem from farmer suicides to communal tensions. Prof B K Chandrashekhar is an ex-member of the Karnataka Legislative Council who has been working as a professor for the […]
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Despite women accounting for 44 percent of postgraduates and Ph.D. holders in STEM fields, their representation in the Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) workforce remains low, at just 13.9 percent. While the number of female students in STEM has risen, their participation in the workforce remains low shows a UNESCO report. Experts say that STEM […]
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Autonomous colleges, however, have started the process. Colleges affiliated with Bangalore University are awaiting the official circular from the university to start admissions whereas autonomous colleges have already begun the admissions process after the result of Karnataka’s Second Pre University (PU) exams came out on Friday. The pass percentage this year stood 74 percent, 12 […]
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Despite the Karnataka Government giving a two year adjusting period to the Central mandate on age, many schools in Karnataka have already started implementing it. A recent mandate issued by the Central government has left parents confused and worried as it requires children to have completed six years of age to be admitted into the first […]
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Experts say that the ruling party is employing this strategy to divert attention from crucial topics. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson MG Mahesh said that Indian history should only be written by a Hindu. The remarks from Mahesh come in response to Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar’s assertion that Tipu Sultan was the father of silk […]
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Autonomy from BU has left the UVCE with fewer funds to pay staff. The teaching and non- teaching staff of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) are protesting against the non-payment of salary for March. A professor at UVCE said, “Everything is uncertain right now. From March, we are working under the UVCE as per […]
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Bangalore City University will get a new academic block, sports block and a swimming pool as part of the campus re-development project. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai plans to build a knowledge city in Bengaluru and believes the renovated campus of the Bengaluru City University is the “forum which is going to decide the future of […]
Continue ReadingSustainability encourages younger generation in Bengaluru to move towards Indian handloom. The museum going crowd in the city are increasingly taking up short-term certificate courses on textiles which are seeing a rise in enrollments. However, fashion design and handloom academies in the city are yet to catch up on this trend, as so far only […]
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The BBMP also plans to revive its mobile libraries and school on wheels to give education a boost. Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) is planning to start evening schools in nearly all its wards. The evening schools, targeting about 10,000 students will be established under ‘Vidyarthi Belaku’ scheme for the next academic year. The education department […]
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