More students take WhatsApp quiz

The number of students of elementary grades (classes I to VIII) of government schools, participating in WhatsApp-based weekly assessment module in the form of a quiz organised under the ‘Har Ghar Pathshala’ programme of the state Education Department, has increased from 40,000 to 2,25,000 in three months. The quiz for classes IX to XII, launched on September 26, recorded a participation of over 90,000 students in the first week itself, said a spokesperson of the department. He further said that the Artificial Intelligence-enabled quiz chatbot, developed by the Convegenius, asks learning-outcome based multiple choice questions from students. Students are tested on two subjects every week on the syllabus covered in the previous week. The chatbot is designed in a way that students can register themselves by entering their name, class and school UDISE code.

Technical Edu Director visits ITI, Una

Vivek Chandel, Director, Technical Education, visited the Una Industrial Training Institute on Saturday after classes resumed on October 1. He took feedback on the measures being undertaken by the authorities to check the spread of coronavirus on the campus. He expressed satisfaction that the attendance had swelled to 50 per cent on the second working day itself. ITI Principal Yashpal Singh Raizada was also present.

Painting competition at amb school

The Una Nehru Yuva Kendra organised a painting competition at PC International School, Mairi, in Amb subdivision, on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. A declamation contest was also organised. Ridham Sharma, Arushi Sharma, Shivangi, Anita Devi, Nishtha, Madhur, Vanshika, Harman and Gunjan won prizes.

Datesheets clashing with NET revised

The datesheets for the second and the fourth semester exams of BEd for regular colleges and for the first and the second year exams of ICDEOL have been revised due to clash with NET papers.