Donation of US$ 1 million to support the development of an online education environment for children who cannot receive education in Ukraine

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The NTT Group*1has donated a total of US$1 million to support the provision of an online educational environment as humanitarian aid for children who cannot receive education due to reasons such as being forced to evacuate in Ukraine. I decided to

This donation will be distributed through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) to provide environments such as distribution of tablets and laptops for children and teachers to conduct online education in Ukraine. It will be used to support maintenance.

To date, the NTT Group has made international calls to Ukraine free of charge*2, and has donated a total of 2.5 million US dollars*3to support humanitarian crisis response and relief activities in Ukraine. We have receiveddonations for*4.

We hope that this emergency will be resolved as soon as possible and peace will be restored in Ukraine and in the world.

*1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation, NTT DoCoMo Group (NTT DoCoMo, Inc., NTT Communications Corporation, NTT Comware Corporation), NTT Data Corporation, NTT Urban Solutions Corporation, NTT Finance Co., Ltd.

*2Press release Regarding free international calls to Ukraine
https://group.ntt/jp/newsrelease/2022/03/04/220304b.html

*3Press Release Donation of US$2.5 Million to Humanitarian Aid Activities in Ukraine and Neighboring Countries
https://group.ntt/jp/newsrelease/2022/03/11/220311a.html

※FourNotice from DOCOMO regarding donations to the Ukraine Humanitarian Aid Fund
https://www.docomo.ne.jp/info/notice/page/220425_00.html

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Uncommon Education Brings Courses to Children and Teens That Focus on Providing What Schools Don’t

 Uncommon Education, a new business that teaches children soft and technical skills for success and fulfillment, is taking enrollments with ongoing year-round programs.

“Working as a financier, I realized there was a gap in our education system that needed to be filled,” said Agustina Burgos, founder of Uncommon Education. “So I created a program that was focused on teaching children Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Economics, and soft skills for success such as Communication and Emotional Intelligence.”

The program was founded 1 year ago and students are loving the interactive, practical, and easy to follow curriculum.

The program has 5 Levels so far, starting at Elementary age and finishing with a level for 17-18 year olds which gets them ready with mentorship and knowledge of investing, real estate, contracts, a plan or success, a resume and cover letter.

“We want to provide kids with a path to happiness, success, and fulfillment by providing an education they won’t get anywhere else and acquiring life-changing skills,” Agusina Burgos said. “We know that the skills we teach are important no matter what career a child chooses, as no matter what they choose, they will have to deal with money, insurance, taxes, and all the real life skills that school does not teach.”

For more information on the program or to register, visit www.uncommoneducation.us

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A comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA has been initiated as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan on 17th May, 2020, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes:


  • DIKSHA the nation’s digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content for school education in states/UTs and QR coded Energized Textbooks for all grades (one nation, one digital platform). Till date (21.07.2022) DIKSHA has more than 501 crores learning sessions, more than 5,879 crore learning minutes and more than 3,825 crores page hits with more than 4.06 crore average daily page hits. A total of 2,92,178, pieces of e-contents are live on DIKSHA as on date.
  • One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one channel): The same content is simulcast through YouTube and Jio channels. Till date 31,816calls were received to enquire about telecast of educational programmes through PM eVIDYA IVRS have been responded.
  • A total of 89,55,857 unique users and 2,83,21,959 enrollment are there on SWAYAM Portal from all over the country in various courses till July 2022.
  • Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani: 3,529 pieces of curriculum-based radio programmes (Classes 1 -12) for its dissemination/ broadcast on 397 Radio Stations (11 GyanVani FM Radio Stations, 254 Community Radio Stations), 132 All India Radio stations, Podcasts on iRadio and JioSaavn Mobile apps. Till now 1,425 live programs have been broadcast on iRadio.
  • Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube:  In all 3,520 textbook based ISL videos recorded and 597 videos have been uploaded on DIKSHA from classes 1 to 5. A 10,000 words ISL dictionary has been uploaded on DIKSHA. 3,474 audio books chapters uploaded on DIKSHA.


The Ministry of Education through National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had conducted a survey related to online teaching learning in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools. As per the survey, the findings revealed that about 60-70% of the participants (students, teachers, parents and school principals across KVS, NVS and CBSE shared that teaching and learning during COVID-19 period was joyful and satisfactory. About 20-30% stakeholders shared that they had difficult experience and about 10-20% said that it was burdensome for them. The details of the survey and findings are given in Chapter – 3 of the Learning Enhancement guidelines, which may be accessed at the following links:




  • https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/Learning_Enhancement_0.pdf
  •  https://seshagun.gov.in/sites/default/files/update/Learning_Enhancement.pdf
  • https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/announcement/Learning_%20Enhancement_Guidelines.pdf


The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Smt. Annpurna Devi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.


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Hong Kong – SED on national education

SED on national education

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     Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, at a media session after attending a radio programme today (July 17):



Reporter: Ms Choi, can you explain how Hong Kong can strengthen national education given President Xi’s remarks? And some people may amount that to brainwashing. Do you actually agree with that?



Secretary for Education: National education is always a very important area that we have to work for. For example, we will update our curriculum, enhance our learning and teaching materials, (provide) more teacher professional training and more activities for our students to have knowledge about our country from different perspectives. I don’t think it is a brainwashing element.



Reporter: Can you explain why there is no such (brainwashing)?



Secretary for Education: They have life-wide learning experiences, first-hand information that they collect. They can have reflections after their learning. I don’t think that it is brainwashing.

 

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)

Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visits IIT Hyderabad, inaugurates a slew of facilities for strengthening research, innovation and entrepreneurship


Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated the state-of-the-art facilities, laid the foundation stone for BVRSCIENT & witnessed a landmark MoU for the first-of-its-kind Greenko School of Sustainable Science & Technology at IIT Hyderabad.


Delegates from Japan, BoG Chairman Dr BVR Mohan Reddy; Mr SAITO Mitsunori, Chief Representative, JICA, Mr Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty, Chief Executive and Managing Director, Greenko Group; Mr OP Bhatt, Independent Director and Chairman of Board of Directors of Greenko; Prof BS Murty Director, Deans, HoDs, Faculty, Staff & Students of IIT Hyderabad also attended the event.




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The infrastructure inaugurated today is a part of the campus development project under the broader India-Japan collaboration through the JICA. On this occasion, IITH has also exchanged an MoU with English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) to get support to meander students to accustomed to the foreign languages to be prepared for upcoming global opportunities on the way via various UG & PG programs at IITH with eminent global academic & industrial partners.


Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pradhan said that India is going to play a leading role in the fourth industrial revolution and IIT Hyderabad will play a major role in building brand India globally and in carving out a better and prosperous future, especially during the AmritKaal. We have to fulfil Prime Minister’s vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, he added.


The Minister further said that India cannot be just a consuming nation. We have to innovate and establish our own models for achieving self-sufficiency as well as for furthering global welfare. He urged IIT Hyderabad to redefine its role to fulfil societal needs and also to provide affordable global solutions.


The Minister stated that NEP 2020 is a roadmap to situate India among the top in the new emerging world order. He suggested that IIT Hyderabad must endeavour to provide education & skilling in frontier areas, encourage risk taking, transform job-seekers into job-creators and establish new parameters of excellence.


He said that skilling is a lifelong process and NEP 2020 emphasises on integrating skill development into education system. He suggested IIT Hyderabad and experts from the industry to establish a world-class skill development centre at IITH for harnessing IR 4.0 & 21st century job markets. He expressed his confidence that IITH with its thrust on research and innovation will be a role model for emerging and global economies. The Minister thanked Mr BVR Mohan Reddy from Cyient & Mr Anil Chalamasetty from Greenko for taking responsibility and donating generously for strengthening research activities at IITH and also for placing the institute at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurship.


Dr BVR Mohan Reddy said that both Entrepreneurship & Climate Change are dear to Minister of Education and it is gratifying to have him on the occasion today. He applauded the steps taken by Ministry of Education towards implementing NEP 2020. He expressed his confidence  that world-class facilities at IITH will help in realizing the visionary Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.


Expressing delight on occasion, Prof B S Murty that today we are witnessing the uniqueness of IITH, be it Innovation Park, Research Centre & foundation for upcoming school for innovation & Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Science and Technology. We look forward to continued guidance and support from the ministry to ensure IITH does its best in the field of Innovation, he added.


Brief about the event highlights:


1.  Signing of MoU between IITH and Greenko for setting up of Greenko School of Sustainable Science and Technology (GSSST):


Greenko, India’s leading energy transition and industrial decarbonization solutions company, and IIT Hyderabad signed an MoU to launch India’s first dedicated school for sustainable science and technology. The Greenko School of Sustainable Science and Technology (GSSST) aims to plug the rising research, education, and skills gaps caused by the imperatives of sustainable development. The school will be advancing knowledge in these key thrust areas:


  • Climate Change Mitigation
  • AI & Space Technology
  • Energy Transition & Industrial Transformation
  • Circular & Regenerative Economy
  • ZeroC processes, fuels, materials, and products
  • Industrial Ecology and Net Zero Clusters


GSSST will open towards the end of this year and, by June 2023, will induct students for MTech and Ph.D. in sustainable science and technology, followed by BTech programs. The experience gained at GSSST will be replicated at other IITs, engineering colleges, and later at polytechnics and schools. This joint initiative demonstrates the national educational establishment’s endorsement of Greenko’s pioneering initiative to accelerate R&D and contextualize education and skills for sustainable development. Greenko is working in consultation with the Ministry of Education, AICTE, NCERT, and NCVET to ensure GSSST both conforms to and advances learning in sustainable science and technology.




2.  Foundation Stone Laying ceremony for the BVR Mohan Reddy School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship:


The school is the first of its kind initiative in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad (IITH) by Cyient Foundation (the CSR arm of Cyient Ltd.) and Shibodhi Foundation (the family foundation of Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy). This initiative aims to nurture and develop world-class innovation and entrepreneurial talent from India in the light of the country’s ambition to become Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. The School will offer a wide range of courses, including Bachelors, Masters, Executive Education, PhD programs, and Certification courses consistent with NEP 2020 and envisions providing the best-in-class academic training and creating an enabling ecosystem to nurture economically and socially impactful techno-entrepreneurial ventures.




3.  Inauguration of Technology Innovation Park (TIP):


The TIP building, with a total built-up area of 14313 sqm, consisting of 11 blocks with a G+5 structure, is ready to support the incubation activity at IITH. The motto of IIT Hyderabad is Inventing and Innovating in Technology for Humanity (IITH). The Incubation ecosystem of IITH aims at nurturing ideas and innovations into viable technological and business ventures. The establishment of TIP is a major step forward in strengthening the incubation ecosystem of IITH. To date, IITH has incubated more than 100+ startups and sanctioned more than Rs. 5 crores to startups directly while supporting the startups in raising more than Rs. 50 crores from external sources. So far, the IITH startups have generated more than Rs. 100 crores of revenues and created 800+ jobs.




4.  Inauguration of Research Centre Complex (RCC):




The Research Centre Complex (RCC) is a five-storied (G+4) building with an interesting oval shape. The total plinth area of the building is 12,325 Sqm. The objective of the RCC is to house sophisticated labs with high-end research equipment. This building is a part of the JICA collaborative project, which has funded both construction and some of the research equipment. The RCC constitutes 48 labs in total, out of which 16 are wet labs, 20 dry labs, and 2 mega labs on the ground floor with double ceiling height. An animal house is also proposed to be set up in the RCC building to carry out high-end research related to the Biotech/biomedical field.




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