Smriti Irani launches Prashikshak

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The HRD Minister Smriti Irani said many people feel nothing is right in the education sector, but it is the responsibility of those holding a position to send a message that solutions are possible in specific time-frame.

Launching a teachers education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) - Prashikshak, she said the field of education, which many look at with much expectation, is full of challenges.

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Odisha launches new scheme for Education loan

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched a new scheme for higher education called ‘Kalinga Sikshya Sathi Yojana’.

Under the provisions of the scheme, the state government would provide education loan at only one per cent interest per annum to students undergoing higher education, including management, law, engineering, medicine and others. The state government has earmarked Rs 500 crore from its own resources for the purpose.

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Delhi CM launches Online Portal for Education Loan

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Delhi government launches online portal for Higher Education and Skill Development Guarantee scheme on Monday. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the online application portal to facilitate loans to financially weak students who wish to pursue higher studies in the national capital after passing their Class XII examination...

He said the launch of the website was the fulfillment of the promise made by his government that no student in Delhi should be denied the opportunity for quality education due to lack of resources.

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Univ of Lincoln UK publishes Excellence Scholarships

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UK-based University of Lincoln has announced 5 Academic Excellence Scholarships for the Academic Year 2016-17. These scholarships, which are worth up to £5000, will be awarded on merit basis to five self-funded Indian students with a consistently good academic record who will be enrolling for the full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme offered by the Lincoln Business School.

The one-year MBA programme from University of Lincoln has two enrollment cycles, i.e. September and February. It is aimed at equipping students for senior management positions where they will be addressing issues of corporate policy and strategic implementation.The programme facilitates the development of skills, expertise and vision to enable managers to be critical, analytical and creative in their organisations.
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Empathy in Education

Empathy can be termed as a non-cognitive skill, soft skill or social skill. It is a main thing that needs to be included in Education as it builds positive classroom culture, enables the students to strengthen relationship with other students and develops leadership skills.

Empathy means the ability of a person to understand the condition, thoughts and emotions of another person from their perspective (i.e feel the feelings of another by standing in their position). It is a positive psychological and intellectual identification process. Cognitive (empathy by thought), emotional (feel the emotions) and somatic or compassionate (feel the pain and take action) are the types of empathy.

Role of empathy in education:-

In 2012, researchers at McGill University in Montreal found a direct connection between empathy and learning capacity. It is part of social and emotional learning (SEL) as it helps the students to manage emotions, establish relationships and solve life problems.
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TalentSprint launches digital programmes

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India’s leading career accelerator - TalentSprint has launched a series of new digital programmes for BTech and BSc graduates, who are seeking jobs in the IT sector.  

 With an aim to empower over a million students, its technological driven platform has already enabled students from more than 200 colleges, who have realised their careers clearly.

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Empathy in Education

Empathy can be termed as a non-cognitive skill, soft skill or social skill. It is a main thing that needs to be included in Education as it builds positive classroom culture, enables the students to strengthen relationship with other students and develops leadership skills.

Empathy means the ability of a person to understand the condition, thoughts and emotions of another person from their perspective (i.e feel the feelings of another by standing in their position). It is a positive psychological and intellectual identification process. Cognitive (empathy by thought), emotional (feel the emotions) and somatic or compassionate (feel the pain and take action) are the types of empathy.
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Stanbic Bank launched Education Plan

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Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched another innovative product under its Bancassurance unit to provide customers convenient and reliable services.

Speaking at the launch, Head of Personal and Business Banking of Stanbic bank, Nana Dwemoh Benneh, said the collaboration with Metropolitan Insurance is to deliver service that is beneficial to the consumer in an industry that remains critical sector for every economy.

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Cornell University launches Online learning Program

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Cornell University strives to stay in step with the Internet’s promotion of educational opportunities with the introduction of WebSeries, eCornell’s latest mechanism for online learning. 

WebSeries consists of one-hour long lectures that provide “flexible access to Cornell faculty organized around specific topics of interest,” according to Paul Krause, CEO of eCornell and associate vice provost of online learning at Cornell. The series launched its first episode in February.
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The Gurukul system of Education

The Gurukul was a type of school in ancient education system. The gurukul system is an ancient learning method.  Gurukulam has existed since the vedic age. Their main motto is to develop the knowledge and they were highly focused on education. The Gurus train their students with meditations, yogas and other standards.

The students will gather there and learn vedas from their Guru. The students were treated equally irrespective of their social standards. The students were treated as a part of  Guru families. The Guru refers to the master or a teacher. The gurukulam system gained a new tradition known as Guru-shishya tradition. The teacher is called as a Guru and the students are called as Shisyas.
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Rhodes Trust to launch New Institute

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The Rhodes Trust has announced a major expansion project, which will see the launch of an institute for a global network of fellows and new scholarships for students from Africa, Israel and the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

The University of Oxford’s Rhodes House will open the Atlantic Institute as part of a £75 million partnership with the Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation established by entrepreneur Charles Feeney.
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