SCIENCE OlYMPIAD AWARDS
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) organised a felicitation function to recognise and award the international winners, teachers and principals of Olympiad exams held during the academic year 2015-16. The top three international rank holders from classes I-XII were awarded. About 45 lakh students from over 34,000 schools from 1400 cities across India and 22 countries participated in the exams during 2015-16.
There were cash prizes awarded for three different ranks to a number of winners of Rs50,000, Rs25,000 and Rs10,000 each. The top 10 principals and top 40 teachers, whose students put up an exceptional performance, were rewarded with cash prizes, mementos and citations.
MOU SIGNED
Dell and Shiv Nadar University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and drive excellence in research and innovation. Through this partnership, Dell has set up two laboratories jointly with the university to integrate theoretical concepts with practical experience. Dell will also engage with faculty members to mentor students and work on technology projects in Big Data, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things.
Dell will also share best practices, introduce students to next-gen technologies and help build a future-ready talent pool through continuous exchange of knowledge and information. The laboratories will allow students to gain hands-on experience by working on projects related to key business issues.
FREE MOCK CAT
Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt ltd (TIME), India’s leading test-prep institute, is conducting a free All India Online Mock CAT on June 19, 2016. This test is an online computer-based invigilated test, replicating the exact test atmosphere of the actual CAT. This test will be conducted at numerous locations across the country and will be written by a wide cross-section of students.
Based on the performance in the free online mock CAT, a student can get attractive discounts from TIME on their test series (AIMCATs) and classroom programmes for CAT 2016. These discounts will depend on the student’s overall performance in the paper, subject to the attainment of a certain minimum percentile score in each section.
DATA ON CHIlD lITERACY
Close to 1.4 million child labourers in India in the age group of 7-14 years cannot write their names, an analysis of Census data by Child Rights and You (CRY) reveals. This means that one in three child labourers in the said age group are illiterate. For children who support the family economy by working for less than six months in a year, education of two million of them has been compromised.
The situation is also reflected in State figures. While 45% of child labourers in Bihar are illiterate, in Rajasthan and Jharkhand, the figure stands at 40%. Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh also have a figure of about 38%
The Census 2011 data for children in labour states that 6.5 million children in India in the age group of 5-14 years work in agriculture and household industries, ie, 64.1%. CRY’s on-ground experience reveals that a large number of children engaged in these occupations are working with their families, thus exempting them from the proposed ban. Allowing children to work in family enterprises affects not only their education and learning outcomes but also their health and overall development.
CAREER SOlUTIONS FOR IT FRESHERS
TalentSprint, a Youth Career Accelerator, has unveiled a series of new digital programmes aimed at fresh B Tech and BSc graduates hailing from non-metros and seeking their first job in the IT sector. With a mission to empower one million youth realise their career dreams, TalentSprint intends to position these holistic programmes as one-stop career solutions that can help rural and semi-urban youth overcome traditional barriers of gender, geography and privilege. While young college graduates across the nation continue to aspire for the best jobs the IT sector has to offer, the intrinsic pattern of entry-level IT recruitment itself is undergoing a seismic shift.
Commenting on this latest initiative, Dr Santanu Paul, MD & CEO, TalentSprint said, “Our digitally intelligent platform and these new digital courses will empower every young person to prepare for exciting, high-value IT careers. In effect, we are trying to create a backstop for the systemic failures in higher education. As we have seen with our digital courses in the banking and financial sectors, the appetite for high quality employability courses, made available digitally, is practically unlimited.”
ENTRANCE EXAM TRAINING APP
TCYonline has launched its new app, Top Edge, which could be a boon for students preparing for competitive exams. The app mainly focuses on the General Knowledge (GK) section of all banking exams, and contains information like exam notification.
The app is likely to give an edge to students in keeping themselves abreast with events happening all over the globe.
The app will act as a complete online encyclopaedia for static GK, general studies (History, Geography, literature etc) and dynamic GK (Business, Sports, Politics, Economics etc) There is special emphasis on current affairs, infotainment, and technological developments in India and the world. It will also provide: Thorough coverage on punch lines, CEOs, advertisements, new products and related corporate news; Complete coverage of exam notifications of various competitive exams; GK Practice Tests in the competitive examination format.
This App is useful for exams like CSAT (UPSC), BANK (RBI, SBI, IBPS — PO/Clerical, SO), RRB, Govt/PSU, Intelligence Bureau (IB), Insurance, lIC, SSC, UGC, NDA, CDS, Railways etc.