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Union Budget 2022: All about PM e-Vidya programme and why it was mentioned in Sitharaman's speech
The PM e-Vidya programme, an online learning portal, was launched in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Cyberattacks, slow connections plague France's switch to online learning for all of 12 million pupils
Paris prosecutors opened an investigation Wednesday into possible hacking into key systems, and the government’s cybersecurity agency is also investigating.
In locked-down Maharashtra, sugarcane field labourers' lives are upturned by rising debt, inability to access education
Countless young people in Maharashtra, whose families are engaged in cutting sugarcane, are faced with the reality of entering into an endless cycle of debt, labour in the fields, and eventually being forced to discontinue their education.
BasicFirst - the best solution to the many challenges of e-learning!
If you told us at the start of 2020 that, students and parents would have to work and study from home exclusively or that all education would be online, would anyone have believed it? Yet, in the wake of the global pandemic COVID19, education everywhere was forced to get online and the fall out has been a poor substitute for the real thing.
'Out of coverage area': E-learning divide in Maharashtra's Palghar leaves Adivasi, poorer students in lurch
There is no doubt the coronavirus-induced restrictions in Palghar would further marginalise students who were already disadvantaged
Google announces new features like hand raising, to-do widget and more for Meet and Classroom
Teachers will soon be able to split classes into breakout rooms to create small group discussions.
Galgotias University is creating engineers ready to face the challenges of Industry 4.0
Located in Greater Noida, Galgotias University witnesses amongst the highest enrolments among private universities in India.
Post-COVID-19, public education systems must use technology to ensure equal access to learning and administrative efficiency
With outbreak of COVID-19, over 90% of learners world-over and 250 million students in India have been impacted. Govts are leveraging online platforms to facilitate education, while also coming up with solutions like alternative academic calendars to make up for the loss of school hours.
HRD Ministry launches VidyaDaan 2.0, asks people to contribute to e-learning content
VidyaDaan is a common national programme to develop and contribute e-learning content to help children to continue their learning anytime and anywhere.
UNICEF and Microsoft launch global platform 'The Learning Passport' to address education crisis caused by coronavirus pandemic
According to UNESCO, more than 1.5 billion students have been impacted by closures of schools and colleges due to coronavirus pandemic.
BJP manifesto 2019 goes gung-ho on IT, promises optical fibre network for every gram panchayat, higher incentives on digital transactions
The BJP manifesto for the Lok Sabha election includes a number of proposals for information technology and e-governance.
Four Indian education tech startups to compete for Next Billion EdTech Prize
The Prize was named to remind the world of the growing number of youth, many being denied an education.
Delhi school rolls out 'E-Classroom programme' for next two days in a bid to tackle smog situation
For long, digital teaching aids have been seen as nothing more than superficial add-ons to the education process, but a school here is using them to prevent the ongoing smog from disrupting its schedule.
Transforming India's learning process: How Digital India can serve as an effective tool for education
New-age professional avenues, and a digital environment are making it necessary for students to be equipped to interface with technology, and create digital content.
Kerala's state-run schools to go digital from next academic year
The Education Department has announced the holistic intervention of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-assisted education to its 9279 schools in Kerala.
AISECT in Bhopal launches open online learning platform
A Bhopal based education group AISECT has launched a free massive open online course (mooc) and learning platform for various streams.
Manipal Education Services ties up with Google India for digital marketing course
Google India will provide the Karnataka-based with the training curriculum and the course involves classroom sessions, e-learning and hands-on learning through a live project
Catching them young: Flipkart launches new e-learning category
A company press release states that with over 1900 products and titles, this category will offer an exhaustive range of e-learning material and other material.
E-learning company Skillsoft seeks $2 billion sale: Sources
Skillsoft Ltd is exploring a sale that it hopes will value the private equity-owned provider of educational software...
Kerala's e-learning initiative should be taken across country, says PM
Lauding Kerala's pioneering efforts in achieving total e-literacy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said reducing the digital divide was vital.