September 10th,2020

 

Topic:- Education

 

What is the news?

• Career guidance portal planning to launch by the Education Department.

 

Which programme will be supported by this?

• To lend a new dimension to the ‘School Sikhya Sudhar Muhim’ (Qualitative Improvement in School Education Drive).

 

Which other organisations having collaboration?

• It would be launched in collaboration with UNICEF, NGO (Aasman Foundation) and Tata Power.

 

Classes covered?

• The portal, which is likely to be launched within a fortnight by Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla, would help more than 8 lakh students studying in Class IX to XII in the government schools across the state.

 

What informations do students get?

• The proposed web portal will have comprehensive information about career choices, the entrance examination for different colleges, universities, vocational institutes and scholarships.
• For those interested in moving abroad for higher education, the portal will help in finding the eligibility of colleges in different countries, scholarships and fellowships.
• The portal will have information about a minimum of 450 career options, 21,000 colleges and vocational institutes within the country and abroad, 1,150 entrance exams and 1,200 scholarships.

 

Present challenges:-

• In the absence of any such collated information till now and the teachers too lacking in required knowledge, students found it difficult to pick the right career path matching their aspirations.
• The students were left to fend for themselves.

(Source:- Tribune(Pb.))

 

 

Topic:- Education

 

What is the news?

• A new subject for school students.

 

What is the name of the subject?

• Welcome Life.

 

How does it work?

• The Education Department has decided to introduce a new subject (Welcome Life) for students of all schools associated with the Punjab School Education Board.
• Students of Classes VI to VIII will have to attend three periods a week for the new subject while there will be one such period a week for students of Classes IX to XII.
• The subject will have 100 marks (50 for theory and 50 for practical). The PSEB academic council approved the new subject during its May 14 meeting

(Source:- Tribune(Pb.))