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Delaware is the first state to get a green light on its federal Every Student Succeeds Act plan. The approval by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devo’s Tuesday comes after the department expressed concerns about the ambitiousness of Delaware’s student achievement goals and several other issues earlier this year. "Delaware has always been a part of state of firsts, so that it should be no surprise that theirs was both the first state plan submitted and the first approved under ESSA," said Devo’s in a statement. The U.S. Dept. of Education sent Delaware back to the drawing board in June, and Delaware’s Department of Education submitted its revised plan on June 29th.Then, a Delaware Dept. of Education spokesperson says that on July 18th there was a brief follow-up call with the U.S. Dept. of Education, and three clarifications were made. The final submission occurred on July 24th. “Delaware worked together to create a very thoughtful and effectiv...

Colleges can’t reduce the cut-off as such a move can lead to over- admission . The admission season has ended at Delhi University (DU), but surprisingly many colleges are finding it difficult to fill some seats vacant for merit-based undergraduate programmes. The problem is that colleges can’t reduce the cut-off as such a move can lead to over-admission in a particular course. According to DU rules, there is no first come, first served policy and colleges have to admit all students who make the cut-off.Guidelines awaitedprofessor in-charge of B.A. (Hons.) Economics at a sought-after North Campus college said that they have a few seats vacant in the general and reserved categories. However, the professor added, if the cut-off is reduced by even 0.25%, several students will be eligible for admission whom the college won’t be able to accommodate. Ashtosh Bhardwaj, Officer on Special Duty ( Admissions ), Delhi University, said the university would soon inform colle...

Mumbai University (MU) unlikely to declare all the results anytime soon, they are waiting for a while, the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) may push the deadline to seek  admission in B-schools within few weeks across the state. The DTE had directed management aspirants to secure admission to seats allotted through centralised admission process (CAP) by Friday, while August 14 was set as the cut-off date for all types of admissions to MBA and MMS courses. However, many aspirants from MU-affiliated colleges are unable to complete the admission process, as the varsity is yet to declare the Results of 223 out of 477 examinations, including final year B.Com , BA and BE .  "We are mulling postponing the cut-off date for admissions to MBA and MMS," said Dayan and Mesh ram, joint director, DTE.  This year, MU adopted an on-screen marking process for the assessment process, replacing the traditional pen-and-paper evaluation. The decision cause...

A deserving Chico State student, Rigober to Vazquez Jr., was awarded a PG&E Better Together Scholarship of up to $5,000 per year for up to four years. Vazquez is one of 20 Northern and Central California students chosen from 2,000 applicants to receive the scholarship to complete his college degree. PG&E’s fifth annual Better Together Scholarship program helps to cover undergraduate education expenses for selected high school seniors, or college, university or vocational-technical students to complete their higher education paths. PG&E Better Together STEM Scholarships are awarded based on a combined demonstration of community leadership, personal triumph, financial need and academic achievement. A junior, Vazquez plans to pursue a doctorate and do scholarly research in nuclear engineering to explore some of the areas of plasma radiation, primarily the effects radiation has on nuclear materials. Growing up, Vazquez did not have a stable hom...

Rupsa Banerjee, a student of English literature was presented the Pemanda Monappa Scholarship by Indira Banerjee, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court at a function on Wednesday. Ms. Banerjee will study at the University of Cambridge, U.K. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Justice said that “ studying in an institution like Cambridge broadened the outlook of students”. Congratulating the student, Chief Justice Banerjee hoped she would assimilate the qualities of Pemanda Monappa. She recalled that in 1948, the officer was hand-picked by Sardar Vallabhai Patel to be the Inspector of Police of Hyderabad State despite the fact that they had never met.PM Belliappa, former IAS officer and managing trustee of the Pemanda Monappa Trust, said “the event was a celebration of the values that his late father followed till the very end.” Helen Pennant, director, Cambridge Trust, said it has been in existence for 30 years and they support 500 scholars annu...

Digital economy training company Simplilearn and cyber security leader EC-Council announced their partnership to bridge the growing skill gap in cyber security, one of the fastest-growing careers in the U.S. and globally. Simplilearn now offers the same EC-Council 'Certified Ethical Hacking' course used by many of the U.S. Government's military and security agencies. A report by Frost & Sullivan predicts that there will be a global shortage of 1.5 million cyber security professionals by 2020. In the U.S. alone, over 40,000 information security analyst jobs go unfilled every year and employers are challenged to fill 200,000 other cyber security related roles, according to cyber security data tool Cyber Seek. To bridge this shortage in skills, employers must not only increase their hiring of certified and skilled professionals for these lucrative and high-demand security jobs but also train existing employees from within to meet these strategic ...

Global University Systems (GUS) and The University of Law (ULaw) were recently announced as finalists at the EducationInvestor Awards 2017.  The University of Law is one of the six institutions in the running for Higher Education Provider of the Year , while Global University Systems has been shortlisted in the 'Grand Prix' category for Education Business of the Year . The EducationInvestor Awards promote excellence and recognise innovation in the business of education, and they are one of the most sought after recognitions in UK higher education. The judges will be looking for organisations and individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to education in 2017. Global University Systems is an international network of higher education institutions, affiliates, and partners. With a network of over 40,000 students and institutions based in some of the world's biggest cities like London, Chicago, and Toronto, GUS is committed to internatio...

The FILM and Television Institute of India had exclaimed that they soon establish 11 new short-term skill development courses which create skilled workforce for the television and cinema industry. The National Skill Development Council (NSDC) gave approval to FTII to conduct such courses. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is focusing on various efforts to offer quality education and want FTII to set a benchmark for other academic institutes across the country. The National Centre of Excellence in Animation and Gaming and Visual Effects is also expected to be launched this year, which aims to provide skilled workforce for this industry .Click here:  From this approval made by NSDC, FTII gets the status of “training provider in the media and entertainment sector” that provides the students training in many field such as story-boarding, set carpentry, painting, camera operation, sound assistant, assistant cameraman, script writing, etc. The cour...

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar announced in the legislative assembly that the number of students joining in the government schools has been increasing. While speaking on the floor of the house he said that “the number of students in government run schools has stabilized. There is a little increase in their number.” Some fear was conveyed by RSS leader Mr. Subash Velingkar led Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch that 450 government primary schools would close in the years to come but the Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar had made a clear reference about it. Click here CM said that “there is no fear about the 450 schools that are going to close down in five years”, to his own party legislator Nilesh Cabral who raised apprehensions that the primary schools will be closed due to fewer students. Parrikar said the government does not intend to close any government primary schools but mostly go for amalgamation, in case where the student enrolment is less than ...

A certain section of society has always been given a lot of importance and attention. Here as well, when it comes to the admissions of higher education universities , certain sections of the society have been given the privilege of the fee-waiver system and the scholarship by means of their categories. According to the Delhi University, the needy students who have less stable financial conditions would be given fee-waiver privilege and also, Scholarships for the sections of society. Under the scheme, students from family with Card issued under the National Food Security Scheme will receive 100% fee waiver while students from families with income up to Rs 2.5 lakhs per annum will get a 50% fee waiver. Those from families with income above Rs 2.5 lakhs and not exceeding Rs 6 lakhs per annum will receive 25 % fee waiver. An overall budget of around 10 Crores have been given for the academic year 2017-2018 to sustain all of the students and their Scholarships ...

A new hostel is going to come up on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in New Delhi, where 75 per cent of the rooms will be allotted to the students from the northeast, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. The announcement was made on July 24, 2017, by the Union Minister of State for the Development of North East India Jitendra Singh. He laid down the foundation stone for the new hostel that will be called Barak Hostel after the Barak River in the north-east. Although the construction of the hostel has been pending for up to three years, the minister said that the hostel will most likely be operational after 20 months. The estimated cost of building the hostel will sum up to Rs. 29 crores. Click here: It will comprise five floors and will accommodate up to 400 students including both boys and girls. Inaugurating the construction site, Singh said that there is a lot that one can learn from the people of north-east India, adding that scholar...

In order to promote 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign and to interact with the students, North Delhi Mayor, Preeti Agarwal visited Municipal Primary school at Sarswati Vihar. She interacted with students regarding the importance of education, health and cleanliness. Students also shared future plans and aims with the Mayor. Chandigarh Mayor Poonam Sharma Wednesday said the seven government primary schools under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation (MC) would soon be converted into smart schools on par with the other government schools in Chandigarh.  The mayor visited two of the schools, Government Primary School (GPS), Sector 12 (PGI), and GPS, Buterla village for inspection Wednesday. Sharma was accompanied by Joginder Singh, Block Education Officer, and concerned officers of MC. Sharma added that she would request the UT Administration to transfer more schools under the civic body. Click here: On her first visit to the sc...

The paper 1 examination took place on July 15, 2017. A total of 2,042 applicants have been certified for paper II. The percentage is yet to be informed, the number of openings in Hindi Translation, Younger Translation and Hindi Pradhyapak roles and all are yet to be certified. New Delhi: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has declared that the detailed and theoretical paper II of Hindi Translation, junior Translation and Hindi Pradhyapak evaluation will take place on Aug 8, 2017. The test will take place from 10 to 12 am, advised an observe on the SSC website. The official website needs to be looked after, and not the fraudsters and the bogus websites which are nothing but misleading and also, they have unverified data on their sites. So, beware of the sites you are referring to for the official Results and announcements. The commission had advised of the mixed employment of Younger Hindi Translation, Younger Translation, Mature Hindi Translation and Hindi ...

There is increase in demand in humanities among the students which became evident after the cut-offs of the second round of the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) were declared on Saturday. The cut offs for the arts steams were higher than the science in most top colleges across the city. At some colleges, the cut off for arts seats in the second round is same as the first round.  At Shivaji Nagar’s Modern College, the cut-off for Round II was 457 marks, the same as the Round I. At Symbiosis College, the cut-off for Round II was 473 marks, a one-mark drop, compared to its cut-off of 474 marks in Round I. There is a clear trend that has emerged from the admissions rounds is that students for arts are increasing and the demand for science is decreasing. In most of the top colleges, the cut-off for arts seats exceeded the cut-off for science seats. And in some colleges, there were close behind the science seats, Click here: At Fergusson College, the cut-of...

Food processing engineers are those who are involved in developing, refining food, processing food products and also developing packaging and processing equipment. Their workplace may be anything from a laboratory which is climate controlled where they are involved in development work or an office which is used for creating designs to the noisy packaging and processing factories where they keep themselves engrossed in assessing how important and urgent is the need for a new process or a piece of equipment. or also observing and judging if an equipment is functioning properly or not.Their work also requires them to travel regularly as they may also be required to work in different locations on outdoor projects and this may also involve long working hours to take maximum advantage of weather conditions. Click here: Career Requirements                      ...

A webinar is an online seminar that is conducted over the Internet. The Internet is a great teaching medium and with the plethora of online courses available , a lot of institutes provide support for their online content through webinars.  Any academic institution ’s faculty can share their knowledge and benefit learners anywhere in the world, by using webinars. Webinars and distance learning have made it possible to break time and distance barriers in education. It has brought the world together. Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning The traditional mode of classroom training, where your teacher is in the same room as you, and can provide instant guidance and feedback – is supposed to be an effective method of teaching. Distance learning using webinars become effective by ensuring a combination of using synchronous and asynchronous learning. Facilitation Sometimes, a student might need to log on at the same time as other students to lis...

Business Schools in the USA have taken an inclination towards teaching their students the details of financial technology or Fintech. They believe that through this the student will become aware of and will be able to deal with the latest developments. They will become analytical and critical thinkers. Finance technology is a subsector of Wall Street. Many Universities have joined hands to start a course in Fintech. Business schools from Stanford University and Georgetown University have decided to introduce a course on these lines. New York University had run a one-year course last year and its success has prompted the university to launch course for undergraduates. Many other universities are going ahead with this course, but the problem is that since this is a relatively new field there is not much study material available so every college or university makes its own material based on their experience and knowledge and teaches through them. Pennsylvania ...