LUCKNOW: Elaborate arrangements, including surveillance by CCTV cameras and imposing section 144 near the exam centres, have been made by the Uttar Pradesh government to check the menance of copying during the UP Secondary Education Board examinations. Over 66 lakh students are expected to appear in the UP Secondary Education Board examinations – the biggest […]
A comprehensive federal study sheds new light on how merit pay works — and doesn’t work One of the big policy debates in education is whether paying teachers bonuses increases student achievement along with teachers’ bank accounts. A new federal report puts a fresh twist on this old debate: does it matter if something works […]
MEERUT: Rudra Pratap Singh, 13, often surprises people watching TV with him. During a game of football or cricket, when a country’s team sings their national anthem, Rudra sings along in perfect unison. A student of Class VIII, the teenager has already learnt the national anthems of 18 countries and plans to learn at least […]
Apple CEO and philanthropist Tim Cook announced today a partnership with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai and her Malala Fund as part of the tech company’s latest efforts to support global education initiatives. “We believe that education is a great equalizing force and we share Malala Fund’s commitment to give every girl an opportunity to […]
There’s no need for outrage over changes to Cambridge University’s English curriculum. Issues of race, class and gender are all relevant in literature Something is very wrong when a simple request from a large number of students, that their reading lists be broadened slightly to include some black and minority ethnic writers, becomes the basis […]
KOLKATA: The Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has decided to lower the pass marks for the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations from this academic session, a top official said on Thursday. Pass marks have been reduced from 35 per cent to 33 per cent for ICSE students and from 40 per […]
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them. A landmark 1995 study found that children from higher-income families hear about 30 million more words during their first three years of life than children from lower-income families. This “30-million-word gap” correlates with significant differences in tests […]
Selfies today have become the most common form of self-expression. But a major pain point for all selfielovin’ folk has by far been ”pictures that are not that realistic”. When a guy takes a selfie, he often finds himself looking too pale in the picture – either the face contour is not distinct, or his […]
NEW DELHI: TeamIndus, a private company that hoped to reach the moon by December 31 this year, has dropped out of the global race for the Google Lunar X Prize. TeamIndus was competing for the $35 million prize money, for which five teams from across the world are in fray. The challenge involved a putting […]
BENGALURU: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh told employees in his first address that each one of them has an important role to play in today’s world of continuous technological disruptions, and that this could be done by reskilling themselves. Parekh joined Infosys on Tuesday. He said in the video address that he met a few “exceptional […]
