The pandemic has sped the adoption of technology in education by easily five to ten years. For instance, the worldwide audience for Google Classroom, Google’s free class assignment and grading app, has skyrocketed to more than 150
The government has launched ‘GetCETGo, an online coaching platform for students preparing for CET, NEET and JEE. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said we focused on CET and NEED coaching last year. In 2021 we included JEE
While four taluks are in the Kalyana region, five are from relatively well-off south Karnataka districts. According to K Sudhakar, Health and Family Welfare minister, new medical colleges are strengthening and upgrading existing government medical colleges. Staff
Details available from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) show that subjects like anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, community medicine, forensic medicine, microbiology, pharmacology and pathology have no demand. Students in MBBS say the need for any
D Nagalakshmi, State Secretary, Karnataka Rajya Samyuktha Asha Karyakarteyara Sangha, is a typical grassroot level worker who bore witness to the struggles of the 42,524 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in the state. Last year, wearing their
A Centre for Talent Innovation report says that almost 91% of women want to return to work, but around 40 to 45 % cannot find suitable opportunities. A recent survey by JobsforHer reiterates that outdated skills were
Karnataka is all set to add 750 more medical seats to the MBBS pool commencing the 2021-22 academic year. The new government medical colleges are located at Chikkaballapur, Haveri, Yadgir and Chikkamagaluru. GR Medical College, a private
Prof M R Doreswamy called for a mentoring system in medical colleges because of the overwhelming student-teacher ratio. He further said yoga and meditation should be integrated with medical education. There is no provision for extra-curricular activities
The Global Financing Facility of the World Bank Group: Large service disruptions in India have the potential to leave nearly 23 million children without oral antibiotics for pneumonia, over 27 million children without DPT vaccinations, more than
A growing number of empty beds in several hospitals and colleges has prompted the state to initiate the process to restart non-Covid services on a larger scale from December 1 2020. Meanwhile, medical staff are languishing at
