Around 150 government school students and 10 CCRT scholarship-holders participated in this event showcasing the different aspects of Indian culture through performing and visual arts. The event saw various amazing performances by the school students. A group of students presented “Fusion – Expression through performance”, an enchanting piece of Hindustani and Carnatic music woven together. Another group presented a Mime act called “Expression of children through Human-machine”, stressing the importance of human emotions. An enthralling performance of Odissi dance was staged by CCRT scholarship holders and school children bringing forth the beauty and grace of this Indian classical treasure.
This story is from the December 16, 2019 edition of Curriculum.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the December 16, 2019 edition of Curriculum.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
New Education Policy: The Final Showdown
As the formulation draws to a close and the announcement is imminent, we bring you a short report on what some important forums in the last month discussed about NEP
Creative Economy, Nation Building: Higher Education as the catalyst' discussed at 15th FICCI HES
A two-day international conference cum exhibition on higher education by FICCI in New Delhi on Nov 27-28 saw a great response as the plenaries, keynotes, panel discussion discussed several trends in higher education
Codevidhya: Preparing a new generation of young coders in schools
A rejection some 22 years ago for 'lacking interpersonal communication skills' at an interview for admission to a MBA course in Delhi, was a traumatic memory that Shivram Choudhary, founder of edutech startup, codevidhya.com and Euro International School, Sikar, never got over. So, after completing a PG in English Literature and training as a teacher and even working as a lecturer for a few years didn't erase that experience. He always thought about it and then reached a conclusion that right kind of schooling is key to preparing you for your dreams. Now, through his enterprise, he wants to help school children learn the coding language and other skills. Autar Nehru spoke with him:
Capturing Lives Through Photography
Rupal Dalal, Executive Director JD Institute of Fashion Technology. New Delhi
CAA 2019 backlash, students lead protests
The Citizenship (Amendment) TAct, 2019, which was passed on December 11 in the Parliament to provide citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has evoked strong and large-scale protests as the enactment is seen an 'assault' on the basic preamble of the constitution and right to equality under Article 14.
'Khilta Bachpan-Khilta Bharat': A joint initiative by CCRT and ChildFund India
The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) under the aegis of Union Ministry of Culture, the apex institution in the country to link art with education, a sort of NCERT for art & culture education and ChildFund India, a child development nonprofit and subsidiary of ChildFund International, on November 21 together staged and celebrated ChildFund India's Khilta Bachpan initiative where it is trying to provide access to art and culture education to children aged 6-18 from government schools in Delhi. With CCRT collaboration this campaign added Khilta Bharat to Khilta Bachpan.
FICCI's '12th Global Skills Summit, 2019'
Brings alive the story of country's success in Worldskills Competition 2019
James Dyson Award 2019 – India National Winners
Fleo - a stabilizing pen designed to help in writing and drawing for people with Parkinson's tremors, invented by Ashwathy Satheesan from National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) adjudicated as National Winner from India
Indian Researchers Discover Plastic-Eating Bacteria
Researchers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida have announced the discovery of two strains of plastic-eating bacteria that have the potential to solve the problem of plastic waste globally.
Higher Education In Numbers: Latest Aishe Statistics Released
On September 21, the union ministry of human resources development (HRD) used the specially convened Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) committee meeting on draft NEP, to release the statistical report of All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2018-19 as well.
