Students are relieved with additional exam-preparation time. IIT-JEE aspirants were reassured as the examination date was postponed by National Testing Agency (NTA). Exam that was earlier scheduled in April and May are now rescheduled for June and July. “I’m glad that the exam has been postponed. Since our final school exams also got delayed, I […]
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The registration process for 2022 was to start on April 5 but has been delayed till April 12 now. The waiting area at the Common Entrance Test (CET) cell just outside the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) was filled with students and their guardians. With hands full of documents and bags on their shoulders, they […]
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The Quebec Court has given students an option to reapply for admission in these colleges but students say they require time and money that they don’t have. Bengaluru: Happy Sandhu always aimed to make it big in life—when he enrolled in M College in Canada, he thought his dream was inching closer by the day. […]
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More than 960 madrasas in the state are facing problems in providing regular education. Students studying in madrasas are not able to continue their education for the past two years. Mainly because these institutions are unable to provide online classes due to a lack of funds. Mohammad Iqbal is one of those children who did […]
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Media literacy is still an additional workshop in Indian schools and a touchy topic in Indian homes—teachers, media experts and sociologists say that this needs to change. Bengaluru: It is 2 p.m., an hour after lunch break. As *Ishita looks out of her classroom window, she sees the gloomy grey clouds fill Bengaluru’s skies. She […]
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Private medical education remains largely unaffordable, students swarm to countries like Ukraine, while the healthcare system in India suffers. Sumy, Ukraine, is located 1500 kilometres (km) from Hungary, 1300 km from Romania, 1250 km from Poland, 700 km from Belarus, and 155 km from Belgorod, Russia. As of Monday, almost 700 Indian students remained stranded […]
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Overburdened therapists under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan are unable to provide physiotherapy sessions to special children while others quit jobs due to low payments. Mahesh Kumar, a specially-abled student spreads out colorful money notes to explain the concept of cash to his friends. One of them, trying to understand turned the notes upside down, with trembling […]
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Many orphanages prefer sending their children to nearby schools than RTE-reserved-unaided schools to save transport costs and other overhead expenses. The list stands out in the office in black and white. Food, rent, birthday celebrations, gas, laptops, printers, staff salaries—it costs a lot to finance the lives of 23 children at Vatsalyapuram Orphanage, Jayanagar. However, […]
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Teachers face difficulty in correcting students’ behaviour during online classes. As he got ready to attend his first online class of the day, Veer turned his camera on with a sparkle in his eyes hoping to see his friends. But what he saw next, came as a surprise to him as some of his classmates […]
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Educators say that an in-depth syllabus must be created to sensitize children about the LGBTQIA+ community. On September 6, 2018, 13-year-old *Rashmi rejoiced as the Supreme Court declared that Section 377 of the Indian constitution (British-era law that prohibited gay sex) was decriminalized. Although she was bisexual, she was happy because of the progressive step. […]
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