All schools in the State will soon have to draw up customised school disaster management plans for the event of a natural or man-made disaster. The National Disaster Management Authority has come up with guidelines for the School Safety Policy. To help spread awareness about this and to ensure that...
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November 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Schools
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Educators and students often struggle to learn from each other through the use of feedback. Our research into feedback practices has found that students and staff find feedback practices largely unsustainable, de-motivating and without opportunity for improvement. Researchers generally describe current feedback practices as lacking in detail, difficult to...
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November 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Universities
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Scandals aren’t meant to happen in British universities. Parliament, tabloid newsrooms, the City … those we expect to spew out sleaze. Not the gown-wearing, exam-sitting, quiet-in-the-library surrounds of higher education. Yet we should all be scandalised by what is happening in academia. It is a tale of vast...
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November 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Universities
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New Delhi The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) will host its sixth convocation ceremony on November 28 at its sprawling 500-acre permanent new campus on the banks of the river Sutlej. The new campus, which will be operational in 2018, has been recently awarded the five-star green...
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November 24, 2017 Loknath Das
Institutes
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New Zealand has launched an investigation after a secondary school examination reportedly left Class 11 students in tears over questions too complex for their syllabus. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has been criticised by students, parents and teachers for the “far too difficult” algebra examination that was held...
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November 24, 2017 Loknath Das
Schools
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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has released the admit card for December 2017 term-end examinations on its official website. Steps to download the admit card: 1) Visit the official website of IGNOU 2) Click on link ‘Hall Tickets for Dec 2017 Term End Examination’ to go to the...
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November 24, 2017 Loknath Das
Admit Card
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