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CEC to help HPU setup an ‘e-learning Media Centre’ equipped with digital library

Shimla: The two-day annual Educational Video Competition organized by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) concluded on October 6, 2017, at the Himachal Pradesh University campus in Shimla.
Total 23 films were featured in 10 different categories. The Governor Acharya Devvrat awarded the winning entries and appreciated the varsity and the CEC for the organization of such a relevant event.
(Scroll Down to View the List of This Year’s Winning Entries)
With this event, the Vice-Chancellor of HPU has announced that an e-learning media centre including a digital library will be established at the campus in collaboration with the CEC.
Earlier, the varsity lacked infrastructure, but now the new under-construction multi-faculty educational complex has solved this problem, said the VC. He further said the project might take a couple years before realization.
The media centre will feature a digital infrastructure that will bring the entire e-learning content of about 86 subjects of undergraduate courses to the desktop of the students.
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The CES will allow students to access and download e-learning content prepared on selected topics from selected subjects. The students will not have to spend unnecessary time in searching material relevant to their courses.
The CEC is one of the Inter-University Centres set up by the University Grants Commission of India specifically to address the needs of higher education through the use of resources of mass communication like the Internet, Television, rapidly evolving information communication technologies (ICTs) etc.
The beginning of the CEC dates back to 1984.
This year, the CEC collaborated with the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), HPU, for its annual Educational Video Competition. The two-day event was kicked-off on October 5.
Winning Educational Videos of 2017
Category | Title | Language | Duration | |
Best Education Program of the Year | Lakkannavar – The Green Engineer for Farmers | English | 17m | |
Not in Fine Feathers | Bengali | 22m | ||
Special Mention | ||||
William Roxburgh -The Father of Indian Botay | English | 19m | ||
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English | 20m 17s | ||
Best e-Content of the Year |
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English | 31m 52s | |
Special Mention | ||||
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Engilish | 21m 11s | ||
Cutivativation of edible Mushrooms | English | 21m 50s | ||
Best Formative Research | Hauz Khas | Hindi | 14m 55s | |
Special Mention | ||||
A Narrative Documentary depicting the Normadic Life of Gaddi Tribe of Himachal | Hindi | 30m | ||
Weeds of Future (Development | English | 22m 27s | ||
Best Script | Lost Cinema | Hindi | 8m 30s | |
Special Mention | ||||
Sujbuj se Sanshodhan | Hindi | 15m | ||
Best Camera Work | Wayandan Ramayanam | Engilish | 27m 25s | |
Special Mention | ||||
Saaz: The Evolution of Music in Kashmir | Hindi | 17m 13s | ||
Best Editing | Risk is not a Killer Disease | Tamil | 12m 50s | |
Special Mention | ||||
Seven Day (A Cute Story) | English | 4m 39s | ||
Juggler Joker ya Janbaz | Hindi | 20m 24s | ||
Best Sound | After the Storm | Bengali | 27m | |
Best Graphic/Animation/Special Effects | Don’t Burn Leaves | English | 23m 32s | |
Best Video Production of the Year | The Less Lived | English | 09m 34s | |
Langoor Mela- Festivals of India | English | 11m 58s | ||
Special Mention | ||||
Neer Namak | Hindi | 9m 29s | ||
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Include Yoga as Compulsory Subject in Himachal’s Schools, Demands HPYSA

Shimla-Himachal Pradesh Yogasana Sports Association (HPYSA), Chairman, Prof. GD Sharma, has urged the State Government to include Yoga as a compulsory subject at the school level and to teach it in colleges as well. While addressing a press conference very recently, he said that Yoga has been recognized as a sport by the government of India and sports quota in jobs will now apply to Yoga players.
GD Sharma said the inclusion of Yoga at schools and college would open new avenues for the youth as a career. He said that HPYSA has launched a statewide drive to connect youth in the Hill state with Yoga. It’s all set to organize the first online State level Yogasana Contest in March and winners, thereof, will participate in the national championship to be held from March 24 to 26.
HPYSA is affiliated with the National Yogasana Sports Association, a body recognized by the central ministry of youth affairs and sports, he added.
Sharma, a former professor of HP University, has been instrumental in promoting Yoga across the globe when he was posted in Indonesia by the government of India with a diplomat status from 1992 to 1997
He said HPYSA will make all efforts to create job opportunities for youth through Yoga.
About Recognition of Yogasana as a Competitive Sport.
On December 17, 2020, the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had announced the formal recognition of Yogasana as a competitive sport.
The Government of India had said that Yogasana is an integral and important component of Yoga, which is psycho-physical in nature and popular across the globe for its efficacy in fitness and general wellness.
It had further added , “Yogasana becoming a sport will also ensure new technologies and new strategies being inducted into the disciplines, to benefit our athletes and officials towards building fruitful and fulfilling careers in this field”.
The government had also said that it was planning to include Yogasana as a Sport discipline in Khelo India and in the University Games and we will also pitch it at the National Games and in Olympics.
The AYUSH ministry had said that the sports discipline of Yogasana is likely to have 51 medals in 4 events & 7 categories. The proposed events for both men and women include Traditional Yogasana, Artistic Yogasana (Single), Artistic Yogasana (Pair), Rhythmic Yogasana (Pair), Free Flow/Group Yogasana, Individual All Round – Championship and Team Championship.
According to the AYUSH, following steps or activities will form part of the road map and the future development of Yogasana Sport:
- A pilot Yogasana Competition named as “National Individual Yogasana Sports Championship (Virtual Mode) to be held in early 2021.
- Launching of an Annual Calendar of competitions, events and programs of Yogasana sport.
- Development of Automated Scoring System for the Yogasana Championship.
- Courses for Coaches, Referees, Judges and Directors of competitions.
- Coaching camps for players.
- Launch of a League of Yogasana, to ensure a career and social status for performers, experts and practitioners, to create Sports Stars among Yogasana athletes.
- To introduce Yogasana as a Sport discipline in National Games, Khelo India and international sports events.
- Steps to create job opportunities for Yogasana athletes.
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HPBOSE Exam 2021: Schedule for Class 10th and 12th Exams Changed

Shimla-Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) would soon issue new date-sheets for yearly exams of Classes 10th and 12th as the state Department of Higher Education has asked it to re-schedule the exams. Instead of May, now, the examinations would be held from April 20, 2020, informed the Director of Higher Education, Amarjeet Kumar Sharma today.
He said the process of making changes in the schedule has been initiated. However, the Board had not released any official statement regarding the change till the time of writing.
The pre-board examinations for the board classes would be held from March 8 to March 20 in the morning session. Practical exams would be conducted from April 8 to April 17. Results of pre-board exams would be declared by March 25, and low-scoring students would be given extra classes till April 15.
The recommendations were made based on the opinion and suggestions received from parents and various teacher associations, the Director informed. As per these suggestions, conducting the board exams in May would cause a delay in starting the 2021-22 session.
The HPBOSE is expected to release new date-sheets during the next couple of days.
The Chairman, HPBOSE, Suresh Kumar Soni, today informed that the exams for Class 9th and 11th would be held from March 8 to March 20 in the evening session, and results would be declared by March 31. The new session is likely to begin from April 1, 2021.
Like every year, HPBOSE would provide questions papers to all government and private schools affiliated with the Board. Principals/headmasters of these schools have been asked to submit the requirement for questions papers based on the number of students. The last date for submitting the required details is February 7, he informed. The Board has also asked the school heads to deposit Rs. 100 fee per student for question papers online.
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Proposed HPBOSE Date-Sheets for 8th, 10th, 12th Exams 2021 Issued, Objections Invited till Feb 10

Shimla-Date-sheets for Class 10, 12, and 8 yearly examinations for the 2020-21 session have been released by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education yesterday. These schedules would apply to both regular and State Open School (SOS) students.
These are proposed date-sheets, which have been uploaded on the official HPBOSE website and objections have been invited from teachers, students, and parents. Objections can be mailed on www.hpbose2011@gmail.com till 10 February 2021.
According to the proposed HPBOSE date-sheets, examinations for 10th class would be held from May 5 to May 20, 2021. For 12th class, exams would be held from May 4 to May 29. Exams for 8th class would be held from May 5 to May 19. While timings for class 10th and 8th would be 8:45 to 12 PM, class 12th exams would be conducted from 1:45 PM to 5 PM.
The Board has already decided that yearly examinations of HPBOSE for Class 10th and 12th for the session 2020-21 would not be conducted online. The decision was taken considering the fact that several regions of the state do not have Internet connectivity due to which students face difficulties.
HPBOSE Class 12 Date-Sheet 2021
HPBOSE Class 10 Date-Sheet 2021
HPBOSE Class 8 Date-Sheet 2021
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