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100 students, doctors of medical college in Punjab test positive

Nearly 100 students and resident doctors of the Government Medical College in Patiala in Punjab have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Tuesday.

30 people of Ashram school in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi test Covid positive

As many as 30 persons of an Ashram school in Bhiwandi tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.Thane Municipal Corporation, in its notification, said, "30 persons including 28 students and 2 staff members of an Ashram school in Bhiwandi have tested positive for COVID-19."Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 12,160 fresh COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Monday. As per the health bulletin, the active cases in the state stand at 52,422. The case fatality rate is 2.1 per cent.

2021 was about repeated school closures, experts worried for this year

Frustrated with not getting a chance to go to school for nearly 18 months due to Covid, class 3 student Abhinav Shukla was full of excitement in November last year when schools reopened. Ruhi Yadav, a KG student who began her school journey online when she enrolled in nursery class last year, was yet to step into school even once till November. Their hopes, however, were short lived with the schools again closed in Delhi due to pollution within a week of reopening. Two weeks later, schools were allowed to reopen but had to be closed again following Delhi High Court rap over alarming pollution levels. In December, the schools were again allowed to reopen for classes above 6 while junior classes were scheduled to reopen from December 27. But then the Delhi government enforced a yellow alert following spike in COVID-19 cases and emergence of new Omicron variant. Similar stories were witnessed across other states where schools were reopened only to be closed and reopened again. With .

Mata Vaishno Devi University shut after 13 students test Covid postive

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district was closed on Sunday till further orders after 13 students tested positive for Covid-19.

Winter break for Delhi govt school students up to Class 5 from Jan 1

The Delhi government schools for primary students up to Class 5 will remain closed from January 1 to January 15, the Directorate of Education (DoE) said on Monday.No online or offline teaching learning activity can be conducted during this period, a circular by DoE stated.However, the DoE said that in order to help the students to consolidate their learning, the syllabus of the academic session 2021-22 covered so far, is to be revised during this break through assignments.The circular stated: "All the heads of Sarvodaya Vidyalayas are, hereby, informed that the winter break for pre-primary and primary classes shall be observed from January 1-15, 2022 and the online and offline teaching learning activities through worksheets, shall not be conducted during this period.""However, in order to help the students to consolidate their learning, the syllabus of the academic session 2021-22 covered so far, is to be revised during this break through assignments," it added.The DoE said that the ..

Maharashtra: 13 students of Pune college test positive for coronavirus

All these students, currently in the third year of the engineering course, are "largely asymptomatic" and isolated at home, said Prashant Dave, registrar of the MIT World Peace University

Nine school students tested positive for coronavirus infection in Odisha

At least 182 students reside in the hostel of the residential school.

43 students of medical college test Covid-19 positive in Telangana

At least 43 students of Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Telangana's Karimnagar has tested positive for COVID-19, said District Medical Health Officer on Sunday."43 students of the institute had been tested positive for COVID-19. The college is yet to update us with further details," said DMHO.The number of active cases of COVID-19 in the Telangana stood at 3,787, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.The cumulative recoveries so far recorded are 6,69,157 in Telangana while the cumulative death toll so far stood at 3,999.

Students scoring over 95% increased 58 times in the last decade

Nine-time increase in those who secured over 90% between 2010 and 2021

Online open book examinations of Delhi University begin

The examinations went smoothly barring a few technical glitches, officials said

Karnataka to provide eggs, bananas to over 1.4 mn malnourished students

The Karnataka government has decided to provide boiled eggs and bananas to school children studying in government aided schools

Class 11, 12 students across Haryana will soon get tablets: CM Khattar

Later, interacting with reporters, the Chief Minister said curbing corruption is the main goal of his government

29 students of Telangana residential school test positive for Covid-19

As many as 29 students of a govt-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana's Khammam district have tested positive for Covid-19, triggering panic among the parents and teachers.

Statsguru: How well did children learn at home amid Covid-19 pandemic

The latest Annual Status of Education Report of 2021 (ASER 2021) throws light on the status of school reopening in rural India, and the quality of learning in rural homes.

Vedantu, Australian design firm Canva tie up to tap creativity in students

The two launch a first-of-its-kind Design Challenge in India, with a bootcamp to educate scholars on essentials of creativity and design thinking

CBSE to use advanced data analytics to ensure fairness in exams

All efforts are made to prevent the adoption of unfair means through monitoring by appointing external observers and flying squads, and use of CCTV, said Antriksh Johri, Director (IT), CBSE.

36,130 students complete admission process under DU first cut-off list

With 36,130 students completing their admission process under the first cut-off list, a little over half of the seats at Delhi University colleges have been filled

Schools are reopening. Should parents worry about Covid-19 outbreaks?

Research shows that children are not the main source of transmission of Covid-19 in the community, school reopening is unlikely to lead to a third wave

37% students in rural areas, 19% in urban not studying at all: Survey

Schools and other educational institutions across the country have been closed for over a year and a half since the onset of the pandemic

Postpone NEET exam, let students have fair chance, says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi slammed Centre for being 'blind to student's distress' after SC refused to entertain a petition seeking appropriate directions orders authorities concerned for rescheduling NEET UG- 21