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Education Notes

PUNJAB According to a press The campaign includes cipline, including defama-
Finnish-Punjab part- statement, UoB will offer an ‘Empowered Teacher tion of the institution and
nership Indian students at its Program’, which will train use of derogatory language
Bangalore campus access teachers on modern digital against teaching and non-
Chandigarh, april 26. Chief to globally recognised Uni- tools and AI-based peda- teaching staff”.
minister Bhagwant Singh versity of London degree gogies. The objective of the Addressing a press
Mann lauded a partnership programmes at 60 percent program is to strengthen conference, Srivastava said
agreement between Fin- lower tuition fees, while teachers’ technical capa- he is being ‘targeted’ for
land’s University of Turku maintaining academic bilities, enabling them to protesting the wedding on
and Punjab’s State Council standards, research-led enhance classroom learn- campus of the principal’s
of Educational Research teaching and industry- ing and improve students’ son in February. “Follow-
and Training (SCERT). integrated curriculum learning outcomes. ing that, I had submitted
This initiative focuses identical to its UK parent Under the program, 2 an RTI application seeking
on “contextual adaptation” university. lakh teachers statewide information on various ir-
rather than replicating the “The entry of leading will be provided AI certifi- regularities at the college.
Finnish model, ensuring global institutions like cation. Google for Educa- I received a suspension
global best practices align Birkbeck, reflects India’s tion will make its digital letter not long after that.
with Punjab’s socio- broader ambition to be- platforms freely accessible I have filed an application
cultural environment. come a preferred destina- to teachers, ensuring com- for quashing the suspen-
Teacher training sessions tion for international edu- prehensive skills develop- sion notice in the Delhi
have been held in Chan- cation by 2030 creating ment in AI-integrated high court,” says Srivas-
digarh as well as in Turku opportunities for students, teaching. tava.
and Rauma, combining strengthening research Chief Minister Vishnu The suspended students
workshops, mentoring and collaboration, and build- Deo Sai felicitated senior will not be allowed to enter
school visits. About 300 ing a globally competitive officials from Google in- college premises during
teachers are expected to be knowledge economy,” said cluding Sanjay Jain, Head the suspension period, ex-
trained by May 2026. higher education secretary of Google for Education cept for examination and
“The initiative is Vineet Joshi, addressing a India, at his residence. internal assessment.
already yielding results media conference.
by aligning global exper- Added Prof. Sally DELHI MAHARASHTRA
tise with local classroom Wheeler, Vice Chancel- Hansraj suspension Navi Mumbai EduCity
conditions. We have noted lor, UoB: “The Bengaluru
early signs of improved campus will bring Birk- notices Navi mumbai, april 24.
student engagement as beck’s legacy of integrating New delhi, april 27. The A greenfield EduCity in
teaching shifts towards academic excellence with management of Hansraj Navi Mumbai supported
more interactive and employability and industry College affiliated with by the City and Industrial
participatory pedagogies,” engagement to India.” Delhi University suspend- Development Corporation
said the chief minister ed 30 students on charges (CIDCO) is under con-
addressing a press confer- CHHATTISGARH ranging from “violence struction in the Mumbai
ence after visiting the Google-government AI and misconduct” during Metropolitan region.
Kukulo-Moikoinen Early a college festival, to being According to a state
Childhood Education and initiative involved in “acts of defam- government release, the
Care Centre in Finland. Raipur, april 9. In collabo- ing the college through so- University of Aberdeen
ration with IT behemoth cial media platforms”. The (Scotland), University
KARNATAKA Google, the state govern- college’s students’ union of York (UK), University
UoB’s Bangalore ment has launched an has called a protest march of Western Australia,
campus AI-enabled education to oppose the suspension Illinois Tech (USA), and
campaign to integrate
the Istituto Europeo di
notices.
Bengaluru, april 15. Lon- artificial intelligence (AI) The first of five suspen- Design (Italy) are likely to
don’s University of Birk- into school education sion letters was issued to establish campuses in the
beck (UoB, estb.1823) has statewide. A Letter of Parth Srivastava, students’ 250-acre EduCity, sited
received a Letter of Intent Intent was recently issued union president. Uploaded near the Navi Mumbai
from the University Grants to Google by the Raipur on the college website, the International Airport.
Commission to establish a district administration letter said Srivastava was Paromita Sengupta with bureau
campus in Bengaluru. towards this initiative. involved in “acts of indis- inputs

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