With increasing demand and only five hostels in the city, girls from minority communities await the living quarters they were promised. Bengaluru: The books on the shelf of the hostel library were limited in number, but a large number of mosquitoes in the library were compensating for the absence of people. The mess and the […]
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The three percent reservation for disabled students in government aided institutions has also failed to encourage the visually impaired to pursue higher education. It is yet another day of spring, the sky is full of clouds, the breeze is soothing in the evenings and the ambience surrounding us makes us feel warm and happy. […]
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Children could not attend online classes for varied reasons. Devik Bhanushali, 17, was happy with his daily routine: Waking up every morning, going to school, learning new things, coming back, playing video games, solving a Sudoku with his evening tea, and then going to sleep. That was his life for some years now; but two […]
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Parents think finishing studies should be a priority instead. Intending to improve skills, youths are opting for part-time jobs and internships that will enable them to apply their theoretical knowledge to their workplaces. Megha Bhargava, a final-year architecture student who does a part-time job at Waavie, an architecture firm in Bengaluru, explained, “Studying and then […]
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Studies have suggested that the Human Development Index (HDI) of which education dimension comprises of a third will see a striking decline. BENGALURU: The overnight announcement of a country-wide lockdown altered the purview of education of many who were going to school. By January 2021, schools have been shut for around 300 days now. While […]
Continue ReadingStudents resort to abusing teachers and creating mischief in Zoom classes rather than studying. Shivani Mishra Bengaluru, April 11, 2020 Across the country, students are reportedly paying no attention during the classes scheduled on Zoom. They resort to abusing teachers in different ways. S. Venugopal, a Physics professor at CMR University, expressed her disappointment with […]
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As the COVID-19 situation is worsening across the globe, stranded Indian students in the United Kingdom are finding it hard to survive amid the crisis. By Nihan Parveen Bengaluru: With the imposition of a 21-day lockdown in India, till April 14, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and amidst the growing number of coronavirus positive cases […]
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