Chhattisgarh State PCS

• 25 Apr 2022

CSI SIG e-Governance Award

Why In News?

The School Education Department of Chhattisgarh was awarded the CSI-SIG e-Governance Award 2021 at the 19^th CSI-SIG Award ceremony held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj on 23^rd April, 2022.

Key Points

• This award has been given to the state of Chhattisgarh in the recognition category for tele-practices implemented to make assessment and practice work easier for school children.
• It is noteworthy that the Department of School Education in collaboration with the National Informatics Center (NIC) is implementing a program called Tele-practices to simplify the assessment and practice of children and to remove the commonly occurring discrepancies in the assessment procedures.
• In this, teachers and students have to work in a group in Telegram. Questions come and go in front of the children, which children have to answer without wasting time. Each child's e-answer automatically generates a separate video. After watching these videos teachers can assess the children.
• Tele-practices program is being fully utilized by the School Education Department in Chhattisgarh in collaboration with NIC Chhattisgarh. The questions used in this are also prepared by the teachers here.
• Various organizations have observed tele-practices prevalent in the state and found them useful for easing the work of children's practice and teachers' assessment.
• It may be mentioned that the CSI SIG e-Governance Award is a prestigious national level award given by the Computer Society of India to recognize the best innovations in e-Governance.

Aakarshi Kashyap in Commonwealth and Asiad

Why In News?

Recently, the emerging badminton player of Chhattisgarh, Akarshi Kashyap became the winner in the women's singles in the selection competition organized by the Badminton Association of India.

Key Points

• Akarshi Kashyap has now decided to participate in the Commonwealth Games, 2022 and Asian Games, 2022 to be held in England due to getting the first position in the selection competition.
• In both these international tournaments, Akarshi will participate with India's top female badminton player PV.Sindhu.
• Apart from Asiad and Commonwealth, Akarshi will also get a chance to play in the Uber Cup 2022.
• It is worth noting that in the final match of the women's singles selection event, Akarshi defeated Ashmita Chaliha in a thrilling three-set competition to claim the top spot.