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College-ing with Corona: Options and Questions Ahead N.P. Ashley   May 18, 2020 WhatsApp When health organisations and leaders are asking people to learn to live with coronavirus, universities and colleges cannot claim exclusivity: they have to find ways to start functioning with the pandemic still lurking. What are the options that lie before universities and higher education regulatory bodies? A lot of contemporary discussions on college re-opening are obsessed around the ‘when’ and ‘how’ of semester exams. The University Grants Commission has suggested dates in July. Much is forgotten here: firstly, with the number of coronavirus patients increasing everyday in the thousands, and the total number of coronavirus-affected nearly hitting 1 lakh, we are still in the COVID-19-phase and not a post-COVID phase – a thing to account for. Secondly, in many universities, only 60% of the teaching was done when the lockdown was announced. What about the

Delhiwallah: City without hope Talking on WhatsApp video, this Gurugram gardener is puzzled by the circumstances. “I left the village to make a better living in the big city, and yet I have to depend on my father for survival.” His father is in his early 70s and looks after a small farming land in Bihar’s Motihari district. Mr Shah tries his best to make savings, but almost everything he earns is usually spent in the daily living of his own family in the Millenium City. (HT File) He had never imagined he would see such a day. “Calling Papa and Mummy in the village to send me urgent money filled me with sadness.... At my age, the son is supposed to give to the father, and not the father to give to the son.” But things have turned upside down for most of us. And Anil Kumar Shah, sadly, is no exception. Talking on WhatsApp video, this Gurugram gardener is puzzled by the circumstances. “I left the village to make a better living in the big city, and yet I have to d

PM eVidya Programme for digital education in India: Everything you need to know PM eVidya programe: In order to promote digital education in the country and make e- learning feasible for students and teachers,union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday launched PM eVidya programme. Here’s everything you need to know about the programme. Updated: May 17, 2020 16:26 IST By hindustantimes.com| Edited by Nandini, Hindustan Times New Delhi     PM eVidya programe (Twitter) In order to promote digital education in the country and make e- learning feasible for students and teachers, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday launched PM eVidya programme. With this scheme, students and teachers will get multimode access to digital education. Over 100 universities will be permitted to start courses by May 30. What is PM eVidya Programme:  A programme for multimode access to digital/ online education that will consist of: Top 100 universities w

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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. Francis Bacon Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.  Bruce Lee A dull mind gets bored easily. A curious mind expands forever. Maxime Lagacé Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein (Based on  this page , this quote is probably not from Einstein) A generation of auto-didacts, educated by the Internet and leveraged by technology, will eventually starve the industrial-education system. Naval Ravikant A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. Bob Talber Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. Jim Henson A room without books is