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Even after witnessing a relief in the case count of Covid-19, after a harsh second wave. As a ray of hope schools are all set to reopen. As per a survey report published in moneycontrol, almost 48% of parents do not wish to send their children to school until their children are fully vaccinated or in case the covid-19 cases go to zero. As per a survey conducted by an online platform, local circles in late July, around 37000 parents of which 47 percent are based in tier 1 district, 27 percent in tier 2 and 26 percent respondents were from tier 3,4, and rural districts. Another 21 percent of parents said, they would send their kids to school even if vaccination is not done. But they at least expect the number of cases to come down to zero. So that they can feel their kids are safe.

Meghalaya Education Minister Lakhmen Rymbui has announced that the state government will most likely reopen the educational institutes, such as schools and colleges, after mid-August. The final date for the reopening of schools has not been announced yet. Speaking to reporters, Rymbui said there is a need to resume classroom teachings as soon as possible, especially in higher education institutes. Students have been studying from home through online classes, which are not accessible by everyone. “When everything has already started, even the markets are opening, then why not the schools? This is my personal opinion, but (the decision) will have to be collectively taken with the Health Department,” he added, as per PTI reports. Apart from urging all the eligible students to get vaccinated on time, Education Minister Lakhmen Rymbui has also urged people to get themselves, vaccinated to provide a safe environment for the students, once the schools reopen. Talking about the success of the vaccination dive in Meghalaya, the education minister said, “I am very happy that every day about 10,000 people in the state are getting vaccinated.”  “So, I take this opportunity to urge parents and friends all over the state to let us give education to our children by vaccinating ourselves so that our society is more resistant to this coronavirus,” he further added, as per PTI reports. The schools and colleges in Meghalaya were shut down in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown. The educational institutes were reopened once again in early 2021 but were shut down once again due to the second wave of the pandemic. Source: PTI

The Savitribai Phule Pune University has recently launched a new program in Drone technology. Under this program, students can apply for undergraduate and post-graduate certificate courses. This drone technology program will commence from the current academic year. As per the officials, there will be an entrance exam to be held in August for admitting students to these courses. A Memorandum of Association was signed between SPPU and ForForcesAeroproduct India Limited on 30 July 2021. Two respective certificate courses in the undergraduate and postgraduate categories have been launched. The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr. Nitin Kalmakar, Vice-Chancellor SPPU, Dr. S Umarani, Pro vice-chancellor, Dr. Apurva Palkar, Director of Innovation, and Linkages; Dr. Aditya Abhaynkar, Head of the technology department, and officials of Forforces Aero Products India Limited.  The certificate course which will be called, ‘Introduction to drone technology, will be conducted for two weeks. Another 12 weeks duration course with the title “Advanced course on drone technology’ will be introduced soon along with a drone pilot training course to be completed in one or two weeks mostly. There will also be a bachelor of Autonomous Vehicle course and in the coming days a, “Masters in Autonomous vehicle” the course will also be introduced by the varsity.