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Maharashtra Signs Agreement With Byju’s At World Economic Forum
Maharashtra Department of Education on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Byju’s Institute at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland’s Davos to provide modern education to the students of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Read the article here
Andhra signs MoU with BYJU’s: Class 8-10 govt school students to get tablets
BYJU’s online courses will be included in the Andhra school curriculum, with the goal that in 2025, all government school students can write the CBSE Class 10 board exam, the government has said. In a release, the Andhra Pradesh government has said that the project — aimed at enhancing digital…
Consumer Affairs Min calls meeting to discuss complaints against EduTech firms
After reprimanding restaurants and ride-hailing apps, the Consumer Affairs Ministry will soon hold a meeting with EduTech firms like Byju’s and Unacademy amid complaints that these platforms put extra study pressure on schools
NCEE second plenary meeting May 28, 22
A plenary meeting of NCEE was held virtually on May 28, 2022, to discuss the state of the education emergency, and possible steps toward addressing it. Highlights of the meeting Note on possible directions for work shared for discussions in the meeting. Presentations made in the meeting Prof R. Ramanujam,…
Right Digitalization in Education? – Summary note with suggestions for action
Date: 23 April 2022 Key Participants: Ajay Singh, Amit Dhakulkar, Anjela Taneja, Dr. Indranee Dutta, Dr. Niranjan Aradhya, G Nagarjuna , Gurumurthy Kasinathan , Mitra Ranjan, Nachiket Udupa, Osama Manzar, Parminder Singh, Prof. Anita Rampal, Prof. Geetha Nambissan, Prof. R Ramanujam, Prof. Rajaram Sharma, Ravi Subramanian, Rishi Mazumdar, Sriranjani Ranganathan…
“How Dare They Peep into My Private Life?” Children’s Rights Violations by Governments that Endorsed Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unbeknownst to him, an invisible swarm of tracking technologies surveil Rodin’s online interactions throughout his day. Within milliseconds of Rodin logging into class in the morning, his school’s online learning platform begins tracking Rodin’s physical location—at home in his family’s living room, where he has spent most of his days…
Impact of the digitalization of education on the right to education, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education
SummaryIn the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 8/4 and 44/3, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education addresses the risks and opportunities of the digitalization of education and their impact on the right to education.The Special Rapporteur calls for discussions relating to the introduction of…
CISCE to introduce AI and robotics at ICSE and ISC curriculum
The I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Delhi has signed a MoU with the CISCE for framing the syllabus of the two new subjects, the CISCE chief said. Schools affiliated with the council will introduce the subjects in Class IX from the next academic…
Selling hope: Parents fall for ed-tech’s false promises
But the idea that education has become a marketable ‘good or service’ has ruined its sanctity and antithetical to its very purpose, according to Niranjan Aradhya, an educationist. Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/insight/selling-hope-parents-fall-for-ed-techs-false-promises-1109289.html