Global warming

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Global warming is a big issue that we are facing today. The earth surface is becoming hot and hot making it difficult for humans to make their living on earth. Can anyone guess what would be the reason behind? If we don’t find any measures to overcome the situation then it will have worst impact on human life.

The main reason behind globe warming is human and their approach towards the nature. It is expected that in years to come the situation will go more worst impacting human life adversely. Global warming is caused due to the increasing level of carbon dioxide gas and other gases on the earth environment. It is only because of global warming we face uncertain natural calamities like flood, drought, rise in sea level, changes in weather patterns, cyclone, storms and much more. 

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Michelle Obama Pushes for Girls Education in Liberia

First lady Michelle Obama visited a leadership camp for girls in Liberia to launch her latest Africa visit Monday, urging the teens in one of the world's poorest countries to keep fighting to stay in school. With her own teenage daughters joining her, Obama told the girls she was just so thrilled to be here with you. I'm here to shine a big bright light on you, she said.

Education for girls is the central theme of the first lady's trip, which also includes stops in Morocco and Spain. She was welcomed on her arrival in Liberia with a red carpet and traditional dancers. In connection with the first lady's visit, USAID announced up to $27 million in funding in Liberia programming for Let Girls Learn, an initiative launched by Mrs. Obama and President Barack Obama last year.

Liberia was battered by civil wars between 1989 and 2003. Ebola swept the country in 2014, killing more than 4,800. Schools were closed for months.

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Empathy in Education

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Empathy can be termed as a non-cognitive skill, soft skill or social skill. It is a main thing that needs to be included in Education as it builds positive classroom culture, enables the students to strengthen relationship with other students and develops leadership skills.

Empathy means the ability of a person to understand the condition, thoughts and emotions of another person from their perspective (i.e feel the feelings of another by standing in their position). It is a positive psychological and intellectual identification process. Cognitive (empathy by thought), emotional (feel the emotions) and somatic or compassionate (feel the pain and take action) are the types of empathy.

Role of empathy in education:-

In 2012, researchers at McGill University in Montreal found a direct connection between empathy and learning capacity. It is part ofsocial and emotional learning (SEL) as it helps the students to manage emotions, establish relationships and solve life problems. It is an underlying foundation for student-teacher interaction that enables to know and connect with each other. This help the students to get rid of stress that affects their learning, brain development, memory power, reasoning ability and self control.

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UK students raise Rs 7.92 lakh for a special school

It was their first visit and they struck the right chord with Bengaluru. Driven by a motto just giving  the 16-member undergraduate students from De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, made their two-week stay memorable by raising 8,000 pounds (approximately Rs 7.92 lakh) for the Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf on Old Airport Road.

The team made an artistic impression too they painted the assembly hall of the school and adorned it with artworks. The India Immersion programme was organized by the Bharat Welfare Trust (BWT), UK, a British charity organization.

The fund was raised through JustGiving online forum. For 19-year-old Dushal Limbani, learning basic sign language to interact with nearly 155 school children and serving them mid-day meals was an exhilarating experience.

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The Styles of Learning

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There is always a style for something that we do. This blog can give you some interesting facts about learning. As you see, there are various styles in learning. Some one may study hearing songs, taking handy notes, listening to subject audio , seeing video lectures etc.. Let us get in to a detailed view now. 

The Visual learning:- 

The visual learning is one of the interesting and important style of learning. The visual learners learn easily by seeing pictures, graphs and diagrams. They have a habit of learning by seeing. So, they need a sharp and keen attention towards what they see. They are tend to be the fast talkers and they interupt with others in a group discussion. They need a quiet atmosphere while studying. When we compare visual learners in a classroom or a college, they always sit infront of the class for listening the class or lectures. 

Auditory learning:- 

As the word implies, you can guess what the style of learning is going to be. Yup, this is an easy go way of learning where we learn with audios. Learning audio lectures and notes is really an interesting way of learning.But, you need a keen attention while listening as in visual learning. But, when compared to visual learning , Auditory learning is quite easy and ofcourse funny at times. The Auditory learners usually associate words to take notes and references. They are slow learners and they study linearly. They explain things well. 

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Jharkhand education dept will launch Vriksha Lagao Abhiyan

The school education and literacy department will soon launch 'Vriksha Lagao Abhiyan' - a tree plantation drive across all government and private schools in the state. Chief minister Raghubar Das has directed all schools to organize an oath-taking ceremony for the plantation drive during morning assembly from June 20-30.

The month-long programme will begin July 1. As part of the initiative, schools have been directed to sow fruit and flowering plants on campus. Schools with boundary walls should also grow creepers, the order stated. Schools without boundary walls have been directed to set up bio fences using shrubs and hedges.

The department suggested planting mango, guava, jackfruit, banana, papaya, and litchi, among other fruit-yielding plants, as well as jasmine, marigold and other flowering plants. Schools can contact nearby nurseries to procure seeds. Since monsoon has arrived, growing plants should not be a problem. Schools have also been directed to install water harvesting system on the premises, said department secretary Aradhana Patnaik.

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Importance of planting trees

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We might have heard about the importance of planting trees from our childhood but still many of us doesn't value trees. People need trees for parking their vehicles, hiding themselves from the hottest sun and for satisfying their needs but are not ready to grow trees. Everyone should keep in mind that we cannot reap the benefits without sowing.

Planting a tree is a symbol of a looking-forward kind of action; looking forward, yet not too distantly said World-famous forester, Richard St. Barbe Baker (The man of the trees). This simply means if we plant trees now you are saving your future generation. It's a kind of social responsibility one can take in hand to save yourself, the nature and environment.

Trees are nature's gift for human beings. It provides oxygen, food, shelter, medicines, wood & urban homes for wildlife, cleans air, purifies water, removes chemicals from soil, reduces energy costs and makes our environment beautiful. You can obtain social, communal, environmental and economic benefits from the trees. It prevents soil erosion, floods, drought and global warming.

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Tata Sky launches Tata Sky Classroom

Tata Sky, the pioneer of innovative services in the DTH industry has launched an educational service, Tata Sky Classroom, in association with Tata Class Edge. An interactive service, Tata Sky Classroom aims it take education to a higher plane by making concept learning in math’s and science interestingly easy from within the comfort of one’s home. The service will be available to all the subscribers and intends to benefit children from Class V to VIII with lessons mapped to their syllabus.

At the launch, Tata Sky’s Chief Commercial Officer, Ms. Pallavi Puri said, With the objective to provide the best-in-class educative experience to kids, Tata Class Edge with their expertise in the field was the perfect fit. Some of the best schools in India are currently using multimedia solutions from Tata Class Edge to augment classroom learning. We plan to now make these accessible to our subscribers at an affordable price. Providing an insight on the future of multimedia education, Mr. Rajesh Khandagle, Chief Commercial Officer, Tata Class Edge said, Thus partnership will further support our vision of educating 10 million students annually by 2025.

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How to study from the beginning of the year?

Many schools have re-opened and other schools and colleges are yet to open. Some students will be going to the same school or college while others may be moving to other schools or colleges and some will have a different experience as you will enter a college after schooling.

Whether you are a school or college student it doesn’t matter learning from the beginning will enable you to complete the year successfully. Start the year with fresh innovative ideas and thoughts. You will meet new teachers and friends, communicate with all in a right way. Once you step into school or college, you need to analyze the syllabus, read the books, prepare checklist and blueprint and go beyond by learning through internet.

You may not understand when you read the subjects for the first time, never leave it as such but keep on reading, surf internet and get to know about the same. It’s not that you should study only after you have been taught by the teachers, you have to learn before and get some ideas and make yourself energetic. Discuss with your friends and teachers & express your thoughts about the lesson you are going to learn on daily basis. Initiate the class to make debate on the same. This will enable you to get different views from them.

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National Forest Skill Development Centre set up in Dehradun

A National Forest Skill Development Centre has been set up in Dehradun to equip youths for jobs in the forest sector and help mitigate the problem of migration of people from the hills in search of work.

It is one of a kind institution in the whole country where youth from all over India can converge and get skill development training. It will help them get employment in the forest sector and rein in large scale migration from the hills in search of livelihood, Union minister of forest and environment Prakash Javadekar said.

Stopping migration from hills in search of livelihood has been a major problem for successive governments in Uttarakhand. On forest fires which destroyed thousands of hectares of land in Uttarakhand this season, Javadekar said the wildlife institute has been asked to submit a report on the forest blazes in the state and the extent of damage caused by them within 15 days.

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Social and emotional learning

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We see many students having high stress level and get involved in negative behaviors as they are unable to tackle the life situations properly. In this case, it becomes essential to develop social relationships, manage emotions and improve attitude from the young age in order to lead a happy, effective and healthy life. The learning technique that helps to gain social and emotional skills that are needed for a better life is SEL.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a way which enables the students to learn life skills, mental skills and maintain social relationships. This is an effective process to be followed in schools as it makes learning engaging, challenging and meaningful. This kind of learning is suitable for the school students starting from pre-school to 12th standard.

Self-awareness, self-management, self-assessment, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making etc.., are the key competencies of SEL. It helps to recognize and manage one’s own emotions and others, have empathy for others, control impulses, communicate clearly and assertively, maintain cooperative relationships, make responsible decisions and solve problems effectively.

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IIM-A will launch e-learning programmes

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will offer online distance learning courses to deliver management education.

The institute will launch several programmes in the coming months in collaboration with NIIT Ltd and Hughes Education, companies that provide online learning services, the leading business school said in a statement in Ahmedabad.

The institute has signed agreements with both the companies to deliver management education content using electronic mode in the form of synchronous studio-to-classroom programmes.

Management education is going through dramatic changes, especially with regard to infusion of technology challenging the traditional content delivery model, it said.

IIM-A is set to launch several e-learning programmes over the next few months and has tied up with NIIT and Hughes to deliver education in the form of synchronous studio-to- classroom programmes.

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UGC asks varsities to set up admission helpline

With the new academic session being round the corner and admission process already underway in various universities, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all varsities to set up 24x7 helpline to address admission related queries.

With the new academic session to commence soon, it is understood that all universities are getting busy with the process of admission in various programmes of study offered at different levels of higher education.

The admission procedure constitutes one of the most significant aspects of institutional functions and can lead to a lot of hassle and confusion for students if not carried out with utmost care and clarity, UGC Secretary Jaspal Sandhu said in a letter to Vice Chancellors.

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