A rising number of student suicides has highlighted the need to introduce robust mental health initiatives time and again. There are deeper psychologically concerning issues that students deal with daily that, in the lack of a desired support system, overwhelm them with a sense of helplessness. A staggering 35,950 students lost their lives to suicide … Read more
Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tamil Nadu’s Health Department has announced that counselling for vacant undergraduate medical seats under the State quota, will be filled through counselling between November 7 and 15. A total of 785 MBBS seats from the State were surrendered to the Central pool at the start … Read more
The Commissioner of Technical Education and convenor of Andhra Pradesh Engineering Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2023 on Tuesday released the notification for the final phase of counselling for admissions in MPC stream. Candidates can make payment of processing fee and registration on September 14 and 15, online verification of certificates at helpline centres … Read more
Balakrishna Shetty. Pro-Chancellor, Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad; H.R. Shivakumar, administrative officer, Karnataka Examinations Authority Bengaluru; Shivakumaraiah, CEO, Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumakuru; Sangappa S.B., national executive council member, Indian Society for Technical Education, and Syed Sadathpasha, career counsellor and UPSC coach, at the career counselling at Siddaganga Institute of Technology in Tumakuru on Sunday. | … Read more
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Staff attend calls at the tele-mental healthcare service centre on the premises of Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: GIRI K.V.S. Mental health issues among people are on the rise of late and access to mental healthcare is still a distant dream for many, particularly those in rural areas. To make mental healthcare … Read more
The rescheduled online web-based counselling process for admissions in B.Ed course will start from February 18 (Saturday). In a statement on Friday, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education Vice-Chairman and Convener, AP Ed. CET K. Rama Mohana Rao said candidates who are seeking admission in B. Ed course and have qualified in AP Ed. … Read more
The Supreme Court is hearing several petitions that challenged a notice that provided for a 10% quota for economically weaker sections in NEET admissions. The Junior Doctors’ Network of the Indian Medical Association has demanded fast-tracking of the hearing to expedite the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Postgraduate (NEET PG) counselling, Asian News International reported. The … Read more
The Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) had framed, published, and widely disseminated its Guidelines and Recommendations on ‘School Reopening, Remote Learning, and Curriculum during and after COVID- 19 Pandemic’ to address schooling issues during the pandemic. Reopening of schools have begun pan-India as per Covid protocols to address challenges of the impending third Covid wave … Read more
A dedicated community support helpline has been operationalised by the Ministry of AYUSH to provide AYUSH-based approaches and solutions for the challenges raised by Covid-19. The toll-free helpline number is 14443, the ministry said on Friday. The helpline is operational pan-India from 6 am till midnight on all days of the week, it said. Experts … Read more