NCERT To Bring Balanced Perspective Of Genders In New Curriculum, Textbooks: Parliamentary panel

The panel earlier recommended that textbooks should have a greater focus on women in new and emerging professions, portraying them as role models with a focus on their contributions and pathway to achieving the same.

The NCERT is committed to promoting gender equality in the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) and in its textbooks, according to a parliamentary committee.

The panel had earlier recommended that to address the under-representation of women and girls in school textbooks or them being depicted only in traditional roles, a thorough analysis from the viewpoint of gender bias and stereotypes should be undertaken by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The Panel also said efforts should be made to make content portrayal and visual depiction gender inclusive.

On Monday, the report of the Reforms in Content and Design of School Text Books Committee which documented the actions taken by the government on its recommendations and observations was tabled in Parliament.

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“The committee has been informed that the NCERT has taken note of all the issues raised by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth, and Sports and will contribute adequately to bringing in a balanced perspective of all the gender in the NCF, syllabus and all the textbooks which will be developed as a follow-up of NCFs. The process of development of NCFs has already been initiated by the NCERT,” it said.

Earlier, the panel had recommended that textbooks should do a better job of portraying women in new and emerging professions as role models, with a focus on their contributions and pathway to achieving the same. This, the panel said, will help instill self-esteem and self-confidence among all students, particularly girls.

“While examining the textbooks, other issues like environment sensitivity, human values, issues of children with special needs, etc. can also be looked up for adequate inclusion in the School textbooks,” the panel had said.

CUET PG 2023: Registration And Exam Dates To Be Announced This Week

UGC Chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar tweeted that CUET PG is expected to be held in the first or second week of June 2023. Read on to know more details about CUET PG registration and exam dates

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the registration and Exam dates for the Common University Entrance Test Postgraduate (CUET- PG) 2023 this week. Candidates will be able to register for the exam at the official website— cuet.nta.nic.in once the release date is announced. 

UGC Chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar tweeted that CUET PG is expected to be held in the first or second week of June 2023. The results will be declared in the first week of July 2023.

Also read: NTA Released The Exam Schedule For NEET UG, CUET UG, JEE Mains, And ICAR, Know More Details Here

Next week, NTA will announce CUET-PG test dates and application dates. CUET-PG is expected to be held in the first/second week of June 2023.

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) December 16, 2022

CUET PG 2023: How To Apply

Listed below are the steps to apply for the CUET PG 2022.

1. Go to the official website of CUET— cuet.nta.nic.in
2. Click on the CUET PG registration link
3. Click on the new registration
4. Enter your basic credentials such as name, email address, mobile number, and more
5. Once registered, log in using your user id and password
6. Fill out the application form and upload the necessary documents
7. Save, submit and pay the application fees
8. Download the application form and take a printout for future reference

As per the UGC Chief, with the current schedule of CUET UG and PG, universities will be able to begin their sessions from August 1, 2023. In 2022, the CUET PG exams were conducted from September 1 to 12. And, the results were announced on September 26.

MP Government to Bear College Fees of Medical, Engineering Students with more than 75% in 12th Exam

A few days ago, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced that it would be restoring the class 12 performance criterion of 75 percent for qualifying JEE Main 2023. This announcement of scholarship/ financial rewards comes shortly after.

The Madhya Pradesh state government has announced a new incentive for high-performing students. If a student scores more than 75% in their class 12 exams, the state government will cover their engineering and/or medical college fees. This is a great way to encourage students to do their best and pursue higher education!

“I already give laptops to students who scored more than 75% in their 12th standard exams. Now, I will also bear the fees of medical college, engineering college, IIT, and law college,” said the state chief minister.

This announcement of financial aid comes a few days after the National Testing Agency (NTA) recently restored the class 12 performance criterion of 75 percent for qualifying JEE Main 2023.

Also read: JEE Main 2023: Students Ask NTA to Postpone January Session, As Dates Clash With Board Exams

The NTA has announced that admissions to BE / BTech / BArch / BPlanning courses in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs will be based on All India Rank, subject to the condition that the candidate has secured at least 75 per cent marks in Class 12. 

In addition to this, the CM also announced that the state government has decided to develop playgrounds in 110 villages. His government has also launched 10 lakh new government jobs and is in the process of filling them.

JEE Main 2023: Students Ask NTA to Postpone January Session, As Dates Clash With Board Exams

JEE Aspirants are trending #PostponeJEEMain2023 on Twitter demanding NTA to push or delay the JEE Main January session as it is clashing with board Exams.

With National Testing Agency (NTA) releasing the dates for JEE Main 2023 session 1 and session 2, many aspirants are trending the #JEEMain2023 on Twitter demanding to postpone the JEE Mains January Session. 

According to some aspirants, the exam dates for the January session are coinciding with the Practical Board Exams. While serval other aspirants are saying that the Bihar board Class 12 exams will be starting from February 1, 2023, and hence the NTA should consider postponing the exams. 

CBSE has announced that the practical exams for Classes 10th and 12th will commence on January 1, 2023. Now, engineering aspirants are demanding that NTA delay the session 1 exam or push the dates ahead. The hashtag #PostponeJEEMain2023 is also trending for the same reason.

#JEEMain2023inApril #75GoBack @DG_NTA @PMOIndia @dpradhanbjp
Dear authorities please postpone jeemain January attempt to April
Clash with pre boards practicals and droppers get very less time for preperation
So please postpone jeemain in april#jeemainsinapril

— Ashish Bhatt (@bhattashish181) December 17, 2022

It's a Humble Request to @DG_NTA @narendramodi to Reschedule the #JEEMains2023 Dates.Students couldn't get proper time for preparation, #jeemains2023inapril #JEEMain2023#JusticeForDroppers#jeemainsinapril@DG_NTA @PMOIndia @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp @iitbombay @iitdelhi

— Dhruv (@Dhruv07348642) December 16, 2022

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has already started the registration process for JEE Main 2023 January Session. The registration for the January session will end on the 12th of January 2023. Interested and eligible students can register for session 1 on the official website of NTA- jeemain.nta.nic.in, or nta.nic.in

The first exam session will be held from January 24-31, with the admit cards being released in the third week of January. The second exam session will be held from April 6-12. JEE Main 2023 has two papers – the first is for BE/BTech and the second is for BArch (paper 2A) and planning (paper 2B). The exam will be held in computer-based test mode in two shifts – the morning shift from 9 am to noon, and the afternoon shift from 3 pm to 6 pm.

IIT Delhi Placements 2022: IIT Delhi Records Highest Placement Ever With 1.3K Job Offers

This is the first time the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has received this many job offers in the placement season on campus. The season will continue till the end of May.

The Delhi’s Institute of Indian Technology (IIT-D) students have received more than 1,300 job offers so far during the placement season, with over 1,150 students being selected in the first phase alone. This includes more than 260 pre-placement offers.

This is the first time ever that the institute has received this many job offers in the placement session up to December 15. The placement season will continue till the end of May 2023.

According to recent data from IIT Delhi, the number of offers and unique selections is both at an all-time high. There has been a 10% increase in the number of unique selections during this period compared to last year. Even the number of PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers) this year is the highest ever.

Also read: IIT Delhi Placement 2022-23: More than 50 students Secured Packages of over Rs. 1 crore

In spite of the current IT layoffs globally, over 30 international organizations have extended job offers to students from 15 different countries. These offers include 20 different job profiles across countries such as Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This also includes six international pre-placement offers.

Most of the job offers available have been in students’ technical core subjects. IT and analytics are essential to departments like computer science, mathematics, computing, etc. Many companies recruiting under the finance track are looking for fintech roles. Additionally, students from management studies usually go for management roles.

CBSE Date Sheet 2023: CBSE Class 10, 12 Date Sheet Likely To Be Released Today

CBSE is expected to announce the CBSE board exam date sheet 2023 for classes 10 and 12 today. You can download the CBSE 10th, 12th exam date sheet 2023 from the official website.

As per various reports, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to announce the date sheet for the CBSE class 10 and 12 exams today, 19 December 2022. The board will reportedly release the exam dates on the official website of CBSE – cbse.gov.in. 

The exams are expected to be conducted from February 15, 2022. Once the date sheet is released, students who are going to appear in the CBSE board examination will be able to download the date sheet pdf from the official website.

Also read: CBSE Board Exam 2023: Govt. Issues Fake Alert Against Websites Demanding Registration Fees

How To Download CBSE Date Sheet 2023

Here’s how you can download the PDF of the CBSE Class 10 and 12 date sheets for 2023:

1. Go to the official website- cbse.gov.in.
2. On the homepage, click on “Main Website.”
3. In the “Latest @ CBSE” section, click on either “CBSE Class 10 date sheet 2023” or “CBSE Class 12 date sheet 2023.”
4. The date sheet will appear on your screen. Download it to your device.

Over 34 lakh students have reportedly registered for the CBSE Class 10, and 12 Board Exams 2023. About 18 lakh students are in Class 10, while another 16 lakh are in Class 12. CBSE Board Exams 2023 will be conducted only once, and not two times like last year due to COVID-19. 

Rishi Rajpopat: A India Ph.D. Student at Cambridge University Who Solved a 2,500-Year-Old Sanskrit Grammatical Problem

Rishi Rajpopat discovered that the Panini “language machine” mostly generated grammatically correct words with very few exceptions.

Rishi Rajpopat, 27, has decoded a grammatical error that many scholars since the 5th Century BC were not able to solve. Rishi Rajpopat is an Indian Ph.D. student at Cambridge University.

According to the reports, Rishi solved a rule taught by Panini, a master of the ancient Sanskrit language who lived around two-and-a-half-thousand years ago. The Panini’s grammar, known as the Astadhyayi, was based on a system that worked like an algorithm and turned the base and suffix of a word into grammatically correct words and sentences. However, when two or more of Panini’s rules applied simultaneously, they often resulted in rule conflicts. 

To Resolve this problem, Panini taught a “metarule“, traditionally interpreted by scholars as meaning “in the event of a conflict between two rules of equal strength, the rule that comes later in the grammar’s serial order wins”.

But Rishi Rajpopat in his Ph.D. thesis, aptly titled In Panini We Trust has rejected this system, opting to go with a simpler interpretation of Panini’s sutras.

"I had a eureka moment at Cambridge!"

The world's greatest grammatical puzzle that had defeated scholars for centuries has been cracked by #Sanskrit PhD student @RishiRajpopat.

Read how he did it 👇@stjohnscam @CambridgeFames @HCI_London

— Cambridge University (@Cambridge_Uni) December 15, 2022

Dr. Rajpopat argues that the meta-rule has always been misunderstood; what Panini really meant, was that for rules applying to the left and right sides of a word, readers should use the right-hand side operation. 

Using this logic, Dr. Rajpopat found that the Ashtadhyayi could act as an accurate ‘language machine’, producing grammatically sound Sanskrit words and sentences almost every time.

According to the university, the leading experts in Sanskrit have described Dr. Rajpopat’s discovery as “revolutionary” and it could now mean that Panini’s grammar can also be taught to computers for the first time.

https://youtu.be/1Mx_mW-PK3U

“After nine months of trying to crack this problem, I was almost ready to quit, I was getting nowhere. So, I closed the books for a month and just enjoyed the summer, swimming, cycling, cooking, praying, and meditating. Then, begrudgingly I went back to work, and, within minutes, as I turned the pages, these patterns started emerging, and it all started to make sense. There was a lot more work to do but I’d found the biggest part of the puzzle,” said Dr. Rishi Rajpopat.

“Panini had an extraordinary mind and he built a machine unrivaled in human history. He didn’t expect us to add new ideas to his rules. The more we fiddle with Panini’s grammar, the more it eludes us,” says Rajpopat

JEE Main 2023: Registration for January Session Started, Know How To Register Here

The last date to apply for the January session is January 12, 2023, at 9 pm. The exams will be conducted on January 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, 2023. Read on to know more

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the start of registration for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) – 2023 January session. This year, students will get two attempts for the exam. Interested candidates can apply for JEE Main 2023 at the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in. 

The last date to apply for the January session is January 12, 2023, at 9 pm. The exams will be conducted on January 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, 2023. 

The JEE Main 2023 will be conducted in 13 languages i.e English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

Also read: NTA Released The Exam Schedule For NEET UG, CUET, JEE Mains, And ICAR, Know More Details Here

JEE Main 2023: How to Register

To apply for the JEE Main exam, follow these steps:

1. Visit the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in
2. Click on “Application” at the bottom of the homepage.
3. Click on “New Registration” and enter your details.
4. You will receive an application number and password. Use these to login and fill out the application form.
5. Upload any necessary documents, then save, submit and pay the fees.
6. Download the application form for future reference.

Candidates who wish to take the JEE Main 2023 examination must have passed their 12th class or equivalent examination in 2021, or 2022, or be appearing for the exam in 2023. 

There is no age limit for candidates taking the exam, however, individual institutes may have age criteria that candidates must meet in order to be considered for admission.

NEET UG 2023 Exam Dates (Out): Application Form Likely To Be Released Today At neet.nta.nic.in

Interested candidates will be able to register for the NEET 2023 examination on the official website. The tentative date for the NEET exam is July 17, 2023. Read on for more information

The NEET-UG 2022 registration is set to start today on the official website neet.nta.nic.in. Although the proposed exam date for the National Eligibility Entrance Test is July 17, 2022, official confirmation regarding the exam dates will be published on nta.ac.in or neet.nta.nic.in shortly. The NEET application form for 2022 will be available for over 16 lakh medical aspirants.

Interested candidates will have to register for the NEET 2023 examination on the official website. Aside from NEET 2023 exam dates and applications form, NTA is also expected to release the official brochure mentioning important dates and details such as eligibility criteria, registration process, fee, etc.

Also read: NTA Released The Exam Schedule For NEET UG, CUET, JEE Mains, And ICAR, Know More Details Here

NEET 2023 Exam Highlights

NTA will be conducting the NEET 2022 registrations in two phases. The first phase will begin today, April 2, 2022, at nta.ac.in. Phase 2 of NEET 2022 will be conducted after the conclusion of NEET 2022.

Steps to fill NEET 2022 application form

Registering for the NEET exam in 2022 is easy! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Fill out your personal and academic details, including your dress code and choice of exam center.
2. Upload scanned images of your documents, following the specifications.
3. Pay the NEET registration fee online.
4. Print out the confirmation page for future reference.

And that’s it! You’re registered to take the NEET exam in 2022.

NTA Released The Exam Schedule For NEET UG, CUET, JEE Mains, And ICAR, Know More Details Here

NTA has issued the examination calendar for the academic year 2023-24 on its official website– nta.ac.in. Read on for more details

As per the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) examination calendar for the 2023-24 academic year, the National Eligibility Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2023 will be held on May 7 and the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2023 will be held from May 21 to 31, 2023, and from June 1 to June 7, 2023.

Interested Candidates can check the official website. The NTA has issued the examination calendar listing dates of some major exams on its official website– nta.ac.in.

Also read: JEE Main 2023 Dates: List Of FAQs With Answers On Registration Process, Syllabus

Earlier today, the NTA released the information brochure for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023 and started registrations for the session 1 (January 2023) exam. As per the NTA release, the JEE Main session 1 exam will be held on January 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, 2023, while February 1, 2, and 3, 2023 have been set aside as reserve days in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

The JEE Main session 2 exams are scheduled for April 6-12, 2023, with April 13 and 15 reserved as backup days. The NTA will conduct the ICAR All India Entrance Examination for Admission on April 26-29, 2023.

The NTA has announced that the application window for NEET 2023, CUET UG, PG 2023, and ICAR AIEEA 2023 will open soon. Candidates are advised to visit the official website for further clarification related to the examination dates and other instructions.