Sunday, April 9, 2017

Google Makes a Contribution Of Over 50 Crore For Education Betterment In India

The IT giant Google.org has announced to contribute $8.4 million (a little over Rs 54 crore) to 4 major Indian NGOs. The four chosen NGOs are- Learning Equality, Million Sparks Foundation, Pratham Books Story Weaver, and Pratham Education Foundation. Over next two years this funding will be on process so that these NGOs can spread out and increase their helping hands for improving educational infrastructure of the nation. These grants are part of a universal $50 dollar vow that the company has made for the groups of people working on tech-based learning solution.
Google.org gives an estimation to the ministry of human resources development, showing that about 260 million children are enrolled in schools across the country presently and a survey by Pratham Education that says 50% of all children in the fifth grade can’t read a second grade text or solve a two-digit subtraction problem.

Google.org said that under the Right to education act 2010 India has come a long way in terms of educational development and expanding the reach. But this time their concern is the quality of the lessons given. It pitches that the studies cite enfeeblement in entry level learning process. Back to the financial aid distribution Pratham Books-StoryWeaver has ensnared the largest grant at $3.6 million. This company crafted an open-sourced platform for translating book. $3.1 million has been donated to Pratham Education which provides children self-induced offline lessons for getting educated under any environment. Million Sparks Foundation received $1.2 million. The company unites teachers to generate a knowledge sharing community. Learning Equality, an organization provides digital content offline for students without net connectivity, bagged $500,000.



The company said in an official statement, "MHRD data indicates there are about 260 million children enrolled in schools across the country, but a recent survey by Pratham Education reveals 50 per cent of all children in 5th grade cannot read a 2nd grade text or do a two-digit subtraction problem."
"We believe technology can help bridge the gap, it can get more books to students, more lesson plans to teachers, and classrooms to kids who can't get there themselves.  At Google.org, we are committed to support and work alongside these organizations to bridge the quality education gap," said Nick Cain, program manager (education) at Google.org.

These entire financial donations in India will hub on three prior areas where technology can be used to look up the class of education. The company said, "First is to make available quality learning material that overcome language and connectivity gaps. Second is to provide better training and support to teachers as they are keys to educational outcomes. Finally, it is to support students beyond classroom learning."
Meanwhile Google has also invested in NGOs working in Brazil and Kenya. All these NGOs associated with products relevant to multiple markets.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

There Are 23 Fake Universities In India & 14 Of Them Have Been On The List For 17 Years !

In front of the confirmation season, University Grants Commission (UGC) has discharged a rundown of fake colleges that are working in India. Among all states, Uttar Pradesh stands out with nine unrecognized colleges while Delhi has the most noteworthy number of fake universities (66) offering designing and other specialized courses. In general, there are 279 such specialized establishments in the nation don't have expert to give degrees.

Among the 23 fake colleges working in India without the allow of UGC, Delhi has seven.

According to the Hindustan Times report, in a yearly survey that occurred in February, the UGC and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has turned out a rundown of such fake foundations on their sites.


Other than Delhi, these organizations are likewise settled in Telangana, West Bengal, Maharasthra et cetera in vast numbers.
A year ago as well, UGC had discharged a rundown of such fake colleges which included Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga (Bihar), Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP), Commercial University Ltd Daryaganj (New Delhi), United Nations University, Delhi and Vocational University, Delhi.

Other than UGC, the specialized training controller — AICTE has additionally issued notification to these schools for not taking its endorsement.


The 14 universities that have been listed for at least 17 years are:

• Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society (Karnataka); Commercial University Ltd. (Delhi)

• Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith (Uttar Pradesh); Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya (Uttar Pradesh)
Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University) (Uttar Pradesh)

• Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya (Bihar)

• National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy (Uttar Pradesh)

• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University) (Uttar Pradesh)

• Raja Arabic University (Maharashtra)

• St. John’s University (Kerala)

• United Nations University (Delhi)

• Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya (Uttar Pradesh)

• Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (Delhi)

• Vocational University (Delhi)

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