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MAHARASHTRA DELHI dational AI knowledge and cess to higher education.
World’s Best School New KVs sanctioned practical tools to upgrade Addressing the media,
Prize Delhi, october 2. The teaching, assessment, and the chief minister said the
student engagement.
new measures will encour-
Cabinet Committee on
Pune, october 3. Jalindar- Economic Affairs (CCEA), “AI is reshaping the age students to pursue fur-
nagar Zilla Parishad chaired by the Prime future of learning, and ther studies with “greater
School in Khed tehsil Minister, has approved K-12 teachers need to play enthusiasm and dedica-
was declared Community establishment of 57 new a vital role in bringing this tion”, contributing to the
Choice Award winner of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) change into classrooms. development of Bihar and
the prestigious World’s countrywide at a project By equipping them with the nation.
Best School Prize 2025, cost of Rs.5,863 crore over AI skills, we are not only
announced by London- nine years, to meet the ed- strengthening education ARUNACHAL PRADESH
based T4 Education at a ucational needs of children but also contributing to Successful children’s
virtual ceremony recently. of Central government em- nation-building,” said
Among other initiatives, ployees. For the first time, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Direc- protest
the award recognised the these KVs will include tor of IIT-M, speaking at Itanagar, september 16.
school’s innovative peer Balvatikas — three-year the launch event on the Ninety students of the
learning system under foundational stage pre- IIT-Madras campus. all-girls Kasturba Gandhi
which students of differ- primaries — in line with Added Prof. R. Sarathi, Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
ent ages are divided into recommendations of the Dean (Planning) and in Nangnyo, Pakke Kes-
groups, with older, more National Education Policy SWAYAM Plus Coordina- sang district, marched 65
knowledgeable students (NEP) 2020. Currently, tor: “No prior experience km to protest an acute
becoming “subject lead- 1,288 KVs including three in AI or coding is required. shortage of teachers in
ers”. These leaders help sited abroad, serve 1.3 mil- Basic digital literacy and their school. The residen-
younger students with les- lion students. a willingness to learn are tial school promoted by
sons and homework. Each full-fledged KV sufficient.” the Central government,
The T4 Education will accommodate 1,520 has 13 teachers, a head-
World’s Best School students and employ 81 BIHAR mistress and a warden,
Prizes are presented annu- teachers with the expan- Credit card but lacks subject special-
ally under five categories: sion generating 4,617 ists, said the protesting
Community Collaboration, direct permanent jobs and concession students.
Environmental Action, benefiting an additional Patna, september 18. Chief Dressed in blue uni-
Innovation, Overcoming 86,640 children. Minister Nitish Kumar forms, and led by class XI-
Adversity and Supporting recently announced on XII students, the protes-
Healthy Lives. The Com- TAMIL NADU X that all loans under tors demanded immediate
munity Choice Award is IIT-M teacher training its Student Credit Card recruitment of geography
given on the basis of public Scheme will become and political science teach-
voting. program interest-free for students ers, saying repeated ap-
In 2022, district Chennai, september 9. The in higher education. peals to school authorities
authorities were about Indian Institute of Tech- The revised policy, and the education ministry
to shut down the school nology-Madras (IIT-M) effective immediately, had gone unanswered.
which had only five stu- has announced the second applies to all students District education
dents on its muster roll. phase of its flagship initia- who have cleared class officer Deepak Tayeng
After national award- tive ‘AI for All’, to provide XII board examinations. confirmed the shortage
winning teacher Dattatray free-of-charge online Hitherto, loans of up to and said the ministry has
Ware was transferred to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Rs.4 lakh were available approved appointment of
the school, novel teaching- courses for K-12 teachers at an interest subvention required subject teachers.
learning practices were countrywide. rate of 4 percent for male The students were later
introduced, and local Offered through the applicants, and 1 percent transported back to their
residents were mobilised SWAYAM Plus platform in for female, differently school in vehicles arranged
to rebuild the school collaboration with the IIT- abled and transgender by education ministry of-
infrastructure that led to a Madras Pravartak Tech- applicants. Launched in ficials.
rise in enrolment. Cur- nologies Foundation, this October 2016, the Student
rently, the school has 120 initiative aims to equip Credit Card Scheme was Paromita Sengupta with bureau
students on its muster roll. K-12 educators with foun- designed to improve ac- inputs

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