Finland, Switzerland, And New Zealand Are Leading The Way At Teaching Skills For The Future

Finland is the leader of the world at the provision of future skills education, as per the Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI), which is now in its second year, closely followed by Switzerland.   Both the countries particularly have excelled in the policy environment category, and specifically in terms of formulation of future s ...

India Celebrates 11 Different Forms Of Holi

Holi is the festival of colors. But while people are already excited for the long weekend, and have their drinking and dancing plans in place, there are various types of Holis that they are unaware about.   1. Lathmar Holi - Barsana village, Uttar Pradesh: According to myths, Holi started in the Barsana region of India including Vrindavan, M ...

Delhi Government Schools Are Introducing a Happiness Course

A proposal has been introduced in the classes for schools which are under municipal corporations and Delhi government schools as well, stating that the happiness curriculum has brought positive changes in the life of students studying in these schools.   The government has introduced this curriculum for classes Nursery to VIIIth. The curricu ...

Ancient Records Are Prompting To Rethink Of Animal Evolution Timeline

After gaining fresh insights into how life on Earth diversified millions of years ago, scientists are rethinking a huge milestone in animal evolution. According to researchers, evolutionary activity bursts which raised the number and variety of animals started earlier, occurred over a longer timeframe and were more frequent than previously thought. ...

JEE Main 2019 April Exam: 72% JEE Main 1 Students Register To Take Main 2

Around 72% of the students of Joint Entrance Examination (Main 1) have registered for the Main 2 exam as well so as for improving their marks. This is the very first time that the engineering/ architecture entrance test for the IITs, NITs and other top technical education institutions are being held a second time. This is to give an opportunity to ...

CBSE Students Will Now Learn Lessons With The Help of Music, Dance And Arts

The schools which are affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will soon have Art-Integrated learning methodologies. Recently there has been a rapid shift in the focus on learning techniques with more focus on learning outcomes. To attain the learning outcomes as listed by NCERT, there was a requirement to align learning methods an ...

Now Robot Can Learn To Walk Without Prior Knowledge

There is another achievement in the field of robotics and biologists that the team of USC researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering believes that they have created an AI controlled robotic limbs driven by animal like tendons. It can even be tripped up then recover between the time of the next footfalls. A professor of Biomedical Enginee ...

Capturing Bacteria Which Eat And Breathe Electricity

Abdelrhman Mohamed last August found himself hiking deep into the wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. The graduate student of WSU traveled with a team of scientists for hunting for life unlike thousands of tourists who trek to admire the iconic geysers and hot springs of the park every year.   The team found four pristine pools of hot w ...

Soon, Rajasthan School Textbooks May Have A Chapter On Abhinandan Varthaman

Abhinandan Varthaman, Indian Air Force pilot has become a household name across the country ever since he pursued the fighter jets of Pakistan across the Line of Control and shot down their F-16 fighter. He was captured after his plane was hit in the dogfight. Students in Rajasthan will soon be able to learn more in detail about the Wing Commander ...

Bolo, A Speech Recognition App, Is Released by Google Helping Indian Kids Learn To Read

Google is already dominating the smartphone, search, and online video market of India. Today it launched a learning app for primary school children in the country as part of an effort to cement its grip on the world’s fastest-growing internet market. This Android app, called Bolo, focuses to help young kids improve their reading comprehension ...