09.06.21

Tablets with pre-loaded teaching for Nagaland students

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Indias third most backward district, Kiphire inNagaland, has launched free mobile tablets to all students in government schools between Classes 8 and 12 when students in several other districts in thenortheastare being forced to climb hills to reach a convenient location for online Education.

The effort from the Nagaland government is to give a push to digital education even without the Internet. As offline classes have remained suspended for the pandemic, the digital contents prepared with the latest audio-visual pedagogy can be accessed at Home. Government officials said remote districts of the state like Noklak will also be covered soon under the policy.

Educators and students living in remote locations ringed by hills, have been struggling to get internet access. The Saramati range of Mountains, lying along the India-Myanmar border, under Pungro subdivision, is a feast for the eyes of tourists. But this scenic beauty has become a barrier in the age of the internet, especially during the lockdown.

The Nagaland Education Mission Society (NEMS), under the Samagra Shiksha Nagaland, this week launched the scheme virtually to provide tablets for Class 8-12 students in the aspirational district of Kiphire. In the first phase tablets for 1,097 students will be distributed in Classes 8-10.

Assam gets sixth national park on world environment day

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Assamchief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmaannounced that the Raimona reserve forest in Kokrajhar under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), bordering Bhutan, has been upgraded as the sixth of the state.

Announcing this on the occasion ofWorld Environment Dayhere, the chief minister said that with the new addition, the state now has sixnational parks.

The process to convert Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary into a national park is also under progress, he said.

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 says whenever it appears to the State Government that an area, whether within a sanctuary or not, is, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological or zoological association or importance,needed to be constituted as a national park for the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wild life therein or its environment.

The other five national parks in Assam are- Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa.

The Raimona national park falls under BTR’s Kokrajhar district and is a part of contiguous forest patch with an area of 422 square km covering the northern part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest which forms the westernmost buffer to Manas Tiger Reserve in the foothills of Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot.

The new national park Shares contiguous forest patches of Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Jigme Singye Wangchuk National Park in Bhutan (total area of 1,9 creating a transboundary conservation landscape of more than 2,400 square km.

On the occasion of Raja Parba, the Prime Minister greeted the people of Odisha.About Raja Parba:

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Raja Parba is an Odisha festival.

The second day marks the start of the solar month of “Mithuna,” which heralds the arrival of rains.

The festival takes place in mid-June.

The first day is known as Pahili Raja, the second as Mithuna Sankranti, and the third as Bhu daaha or Basi Raja.

It is believed that the mother Goddess Earth, or Lord Vishnu’s divine wife, menstruates during the first three days.

Vasumati snana is the fourth and final day (bathing of Mother Earth). Women venerate a stone that represents Mother Earth. They bathe her in turmeric paste, shower her with flowers, and smear her with Sindoor.

The term Raja is derived from Rajaswala (meaning a menstruating woman), and during the mediaeval period, the festival became more popular as an agricultural holiday commemorating the worship of Bhudevi, Lord Jagannath’s wife.

Tamil Nadu Industrial Corridor – ADB

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The Asian (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $484 million loan agreement to improve transportation connectivity and facilitate industrial development in Tamil Nadu’s ChennaiKanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC). ADB is the Government of India’s lead partner in developing ECEC.

Highlights:

The ChennaiKanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) is a part of the East Coast Economic Corridor in India (ECEC).

It reaches all the way from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu.

It connects India to the South, Southeast, and East Asian production networks.

The CKIC will provide:

seamless road connectivity across industrial clusters

transportation gateways and consumption centres

Assist in lowering Logistics and production costs

It emphasises sustainability, Climate-change”>Climate Change resilience, and road safety Elements, with the goal of accelerating industrial transformation by providing critical transportation, energy, and urban Infrastructure.

Enrolment in higher education improves, Karnataka still trails neighbours

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The gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher Education rose to 32% inKarnatakain 2019-2020, against 28.8% in the year before that, but the state continues to lag behind its neighbours, especiallyTamil Naduand Kerala which are far ahead.

GER is a statistical measure used to determine the Percentage of students enrolled in different levels of education from the total Population of the corresponding age group.

The All India Survey of Higher Education released on Thursday showed the GER among girls in the state was 32.7, against 31.2 in boys.

While Karnatakas GER is higher than the national figure of 27.1% in the 18-23 age group, it ranks 15th among other states and UTs. The highest GER is in , at 76%. Karnatakas neighbours are ahead: TN (51%), Kerala (39%),Telangana(36%), AP (35%) andMaharashtra(32.3%).

Karnataka has been the laggard despite having the third highest number of colleges in the country (4,047), after Uttar Pradesh (7,788) and Maharashtra (4,494). It also has the highest college density: 59 colleges per lakh eligible population in teh 18-23 age group. Interestingly, the state established the highest number of new colleges in 2019 181 and 18 of them were in the government sector, but the enrolment is below that of many other states.

Karnataka improves ranking in NITI Aayogs SDG Index

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Karnataka ranked third in NITI Aayogs Goals (SDGs) India Index for 2020-21, as per a report released on Thursday.

Karnataka improved its score from 66 in 2019-20 to 72 in 2020-21 and improved its ranking from fourth place to third. The State has shown progress in nine of 16 goals.

Along with Karnataka, three other States Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Uttarakand too scored 72 and ranked third. Kerala (with a score of 75) has been adjudged top performer, while Bihar (50) was the worst-performing State in this years India index. Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu shared the second spot with a score of 74. The Index for SDGs evaluates the progress of States and Union Territories on social, economic, and environmental parameters.

Karnataka improved its scores on indicators related to reducing POVERTY; good Health and well-being; gender Equality; affordable and clean energy; Industry, innovation and Infrastructure; sustainable cities and Communication; responsible consumption and production; and peace, Justice and strong institutions.

Andhra Pradesh leads in job creation under Centres BPO scheme

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Andhra Pradesh has been able to notch up the highest number of jobs at 12,234 out of the over 47,000 jobs created under the India BPO promotion scheme (IBPS) rolled out by the Centre to encourage ITeS players to set up shop in tier 2 and 3 centres.

AP stole a march over other states likeTamil Naduthat saw 9,401 BPO jobs being created followed byPunjab(4,463),Odisha(2,493),Maharashtra(2,353), Jharkhand (2,256) and Bihar (1,551).

When it comes to cities too, APsVisakhapatnamcreated the highest number of BPO jobs under the scheme at 7,738, followed by Nadus Coimbatore at 4,908, Punjabs Mohali at 4,453, Jharkhands Ranchi (2,162), Bhubaneswar in Odisha (1,901) and Patna in Bihar (1,324).

Goa: Now, an app to track primary kids learning

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Online TEACHING during thepandemichas created physical distance between the teacher and the student. In such circumstances, to help teachers better gauge Learning outcomes, a tracking app is being introduced on a pilot basis in 29 government and aided primary schools across three talukas in Goa.

Once the Learning Navigator app is appropriately vetted to adapt it to the needs of local schools through its use during the academic year 2021-22, the state council for educational research and training (SCERT) plans to introduce the Software to teachers in all the 1,000-odd government and aided schools from 2022.

The app is used at the teachers end to review the progress of each child in foundational Literacy and numeracy, and its use will not be affected if the student does not have access to a device.

SCR earns revenue of Rs 19.1cr in May

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Amid the current Covid situation, the South Central RAILWAY (SCR has earned revenue of Rs.19.14 crore in parcel earning for May, which is a record revenue.

As per the official record, the parcel earnings recorded by SCR for May is almost Rs 3 crore higher than the previous highest parcel revenue earned during January 2021. The zone recorded the highest ever single day parcel earnings of Rs. 1.09 crore on May 6 2021.

The revenue for May includes milk transported through Doodh Duronto specials to Delhi. SCR has operated 69 kisan specials transporting 24,748 tonne of agricultural produce.