Category Archives: Education

Why is financial literacy so important and why should we be teaching-learning about this at school

As financial decision-making grows more complex year on year, with consumer habits and financial products rapidly changing, financial literacy has taken a blow. For past generations, cash was used for most of our daily purchases; but today, it’s rarely flashed—particularly not by younger consumers. We are moving ever closer to being a completely cashless society. Added to this the way Read More


What eye-tracking research tells us about keeping student attention in the classroom

Educators know that capturing the attention of your students — and then keeping it — is an important part of the learning experience. A common belief is that most students’ attention in the classroom begins to decline after the first 15 minutes of a lesson, but recent research shows attention can be sustained even longer. And thanks to emerging technologies in eye-tracking Read More


Congress’s Karti Chidambaram Denied Pre-Arrest Bail In ‘Visa Scam’

  Congress MP Karti Chidambaram’s request for anticipatory bail was rejected by a CBI court on Friday in a money laundering case linked to the alleged visa scam. The court had reserved its order after hearing the arguments last week. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had recently registered the money laundering case against Karti Chidamabaram and others in the alleged scam Read More


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A revolution in the offing?

When COVID-19 struck in 2020, around 320 million students were suddenly out of school. Though ed-tech companies jumped in to connect students with their schools, this was possible only to a limited audience. Many students in rural areas were not equipped with the required resources and, therefore, faced several challenges in this sudden shift to online learning. According to various Read More


The Case for Human Skills in 2022 and Beyond

As online learning has flourished over the past decade, it’s often hard skills-focused courses that are in the spotlight. Depending on the career we want to pursue, from data scientist to supply chain manager, we have the ability to pick and choose the hard skills that we want to develop. More likely than not, you’ve signed up for one of these courses on Read More


BSEB Bihar Board 12th Admit Card 2022 Released, How To Download

Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released Class 12 or Intermediate admit card 2022. The admit cards can be downloaded from the official website – biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in. As per official information, the admit cards will be available for download till January 31, starting from January 16. To access the BSEB Class 12 admit card, schools or students will have to log Read More


CBSE Class 12 Computer Science exam analysis: Paper rated easy, typing errors trouble students

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the class 12 computer science term-1 board exam today. The paper consisted of three sections and every section had choices. The question paper had 56 questions in three sections out of which a total of 45 had to be attempted. Students rated the paper easy. “Question paper was strictly as per the CBSE Read More


Maintain your deposits in foreign currency! What this bank offers to NRIs – Check benefits, interest, concession and more

The Punjab National Bank (PNB) offers an opportunity by means of which the non-resident Indians (NRIs) will be able to maintain their accounts in foreign currencies. The interested customers can login to the official website of PNB at pnbindia.in, in case of any queries and further details. In one of its recent tweets from the official Twitter handle, PNB said, Read More


NEET PG 2021: MCC to begin counselling process soon; 5 things to remember

The Supreme Court of India, on January 7, 2022 pronounced its final verdict on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate and Postgraduate (NEET-UG and PG) admissions 2021. The Apex court upheld the 27 per cent quota for OBCs and 10 per cent for the economically weaker sections (EWS) for 2021-22. The National Board of Medical Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) had declared Read More


Top 21 Classroom Challenges, According to Teachers

Classroom challenges are one of the adequate problems faced by teachers and a good teacher has the courage to overcome all these challenges bravely. Some of the common classroom challenges faced by teachers include lack of teamwork, minimal personal time, working towards long term goals, arguments and student excuses, etc. Addressing these common classroom challenges can not only help to improve teacher retention rate but Read More