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UGC Drafts Handbook On 'Digital Hygiene'; Details Redefined Protocols For Virtual Classrooms
The UGC has drafted a handbook for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to enable students and teachers to stay safe in "Cyber Space".
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Covid, Online Professional Programmes; Here Are Top Trending Courses In 2021
Trending Courses In 2021: With colleges and universities holding classes remote, students have enrolled in online courses for their easy accessibility and easy course format. With the year coming to an end, let us look at the emerging courses in 2021.
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College Reopening 2021 Live: Latest Updates From Different Universities, States
Follow this live blog for latest news on college reopening, and decision of university officials on resuming offline classes.
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Zoom Gets Focus Mode to Help Students Not Get Distracted During Virtual Classes
Zoom has launched a Focus Mode feature to help students stay attentive during their virtual classes and not get distracted by others. Using the feature, teachers will be able to hide videos and screen shares of students so that they won’t be able to see what their peers are doing in the class.
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Government Fact Check Refutes Claim On Providing Free Laptops To Students
The government fact-check, Press Information Bureau (PIB) fact-checker, refuted a claim today, on August 3, related to providing free laptops to students to support virtual learning.
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Explain Shortcomings In Providing Online Education, Madras High Court Tells Tamil Nadu Government, UGC
The court direction came when the first bench of Justice Sanjib Kumar Banerjee and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a PIL seeking a direction to the authorities to vaccinate students, especially the college-going ones, their teaching and non-teaching staff on a priority basis, against Covid-19.
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Pre-School Kits To Be Distributed To Children Without Access To TV, Internet: Kerala Minister
The minister said the kits would be distributed to 14,102 children across the state and kicked off the initiative by handing over a kit to a child at Kulasekharapathi in Pathanamthitta district here.
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School Reopening: These States Have Resumed Classes In Online Mode From Today
School Reopening News: For the safety of the students and the teaching and non-teaching staff attending the educational institutions amid Covid, the government of these states has not allowed classes in offline mode.
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Why These Students In Kerala Travel 6 km For Online Classes
At a time when "stay home, stay safe" is the mantra, several students in Kerala's Idukki district are travelling 6 km daily to attend online classes owing to poor Internet connectivity at their homes.
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Parents Concerned About Online Safety Of Children Amid COVID-19: Report
The research found that parents with children attending school online were more concerned about online safety than ones whose children attended school in-person.
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Odisha To Resume Pre-Final Year UG, First-Year PG Classes From Tomorrow
The Odisha Government will be reopening the colleges and universities tomorrow for the pre-final year undergraduate students and first-year postgraduate students after months of online classes due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teacher Ensures Access To Virtual Learning In Maharashtra Village
A teacher from a zilla parishad school in a remote village of Jalna district of Maharashtra has ensured that his students get access virtual education during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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NIT Durgapur Launches Fundraising Campaign To Help Poor Students
NIT Durgapur has launched a fundraising campaign to help students of poor economic background to continue with their online classes. The institute said it is very important to bridge the digital divide that is threatening the future of many students in the present pandemic situation.
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Constitute Task Force To Frame Rules For Online Classes: Ahmed Patel
"Rather than changing education syllabus, the central government must increase spending to provide digital support for poor students," the Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel said in his Zero Hour submission.
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Jadavpur University Starts Virtual Classes For Students Of Arts And Science
In the virtual classes, downloadable soft copies of notes and audio and video clips of lectures are uploaded in the university website, and students can login and access those.
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UGC Drafts Handbook On 'Digital Hygiene'; Details Redefined Protocols For Virtual Classrooms
The UGC has drafted a handbook for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to enable students and teachers to stay safe in "Cyber Space".
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Covid, Online Professional Programmes; Here Are Top Trending Courses In 2021
Trending Courses In 2021: With colleges and universities holding classes remote, students have enrolled in online courses for their easy accessibility and easy course format. With the year coming to an end, let us look at the emerging courses in 2021.
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College Reopening 2021 Live: Latest Updates From Different Universities, States
Follow this live blog for latest news on college reopening, and decision of university officials on resuming offline classes.
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Zoom Gets Focus Mode to Help Students Not Get Distracted During Virtual Classes
Zoom has launched a Focus Mode feature to help students stay attentive during their virtual classes and not get distracted by others. Using the feature, teachers will be able to hide videos and screen shares of students so that they won’t be able to see what their peers are doing in the class.
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Government Fact Check Refutes Claim On Providing Free Laptops To Students
The government fact-check, Press Information Bureau (PIB) fact-checker, refuted a claim today, on August 3, related to providing free laptops to students to support virtual learning.
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Explain Shortcomings In Providing Online Education, Madras High Court Tells Tamil Nadu Government, UGC
The court direction came when the first bench of Justice Sanjib Kumar Banerjee and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a PIL seeking a direction to the authorities to vaccinate students, especially the college-going ones, their teaching and non-teaching staff on a priority basis, against Covid-19.
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Pre-School Kits To Be Distributed To Children Without Access To TV, Internet: Kerala Minister
The minister said the kits would be distributed to 14,102 children across the state and kicked off the initiative by handing over a kit to a child at Kulasekharapathi in Pathanamthitta district here.
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School Reopening: These States Have Resumed Classes In Online Mode From Today
School Reopening News: For the safety of the students and the teaching and non-teaching staff attending the educational institutions amid Covid, the government of these states has not allowed classes in offline mode.
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Why These Students In Kerala Travel 6 km For Online Classes
At a time when "stay home, stay safe" is the mantra, several students in Kerala's Idukki district are travelling 6 km daily to attend online classes owing to poor Internet connectivity at their homes.
-
Parents Concerned About Online Safety Of Children Amid COVID-19: Report
The research found that parents with children attending school online were more concerned about online safety than ones whose children attended school in-person.
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Odisha To Resume Pre-Final Year UG, First-Year PG Classes From Tomorrow
The Odisha Government will be reopening the colleges and universities tomorrow for the pre-final year undergraduate students and first-year postgraduate students after months of online classes due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teacher Ensures Access To Virtual Learning In Maharashtra Village
A teacher from a zilla parishad school in a remote village of Jalna district of Maharashtra has ensured that his students get access virtual education during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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NIT Durgapur Launches Fundraising Campaign To Help Poor Students
NIT Durgapur has launched a fundraising campaign to help students of poor economic background to continue with their online classes. The institute said it is very important to bridge the digital divide that is threatening the future of many students in the present pandemic situation.
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Constitute Task Force To Frame Rules For Online Classes: Ahmed Patel
"Rather than changing education syllabus, the central government must increase spending to provide digital support for poor students," the Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel said in his Zero Hour submission.
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Jadavpur University Starts Virtual Classes For Students Of Arts And Science
In the virtual classes, downloadable soft copies of notes and audio and video clips of lectures are uploaded in the university website, and students can login and access those.
