August 2021

Monthly Newsletter | August 2021 | Volume 27

Dear Readers,

I am glad to present to you the August edition of the School 360 Newsletter.

The second wave has further made the lockdown of the schools protracted, and now when it has receded, the apprehensions about the imminent third wave are making the reopening of schools uncertain.

The states which have seen a drastic reduction in the positivity rate have started considering reopening of schools. There are many views and approaches in this regard, some are of the opinion that the primary classes be opened first owing to the lower risk of infection among young children, while others opine that the vaccination for children from 12 to 7 age group should be awaited. All in all, the uncertainty still looms large, and we can safely assume that the alternative modes of teaching-learning will predominate for the next few months.

In this edition, we have included the items that pertain to the actions against the school fee-hike, launch of NIPUN Bharat, progress and possibilities of the National Curriculum Framework, Assam’s contentious special clause with regard to board exams, and the bridge course for classes 1 to 10 in Maharashtra.

I hope you will find this edition of the newsletter informative and enrich us with your feedback,

Thank you.

Stay Active, Stay Safe!

Top Private School Management May go To Delhi Govt. Over “Arbitrary Fee-Hike”

The Delhi Government has moved to take over the management of a top private school in Delhi, Bal Bharati School, and is reported to have secured necessary approvals fro...

NIPUN Bharat for Foundational Literacy Launched

The Education Ministry has launched National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat). The objective of the initiative is to...

Bridge Course for Classes 2 to 10 launched by Maharashtra

A bridge course for students of classes 2 to 10 has been launched by the Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad. The course is 45 days long and covers Mar...

Protest Against the Assam’s Policy Mandating Govt Job Aspirants to take “Special Exams”

The board exams were canceled in the wake of the pandemic across the nation. Assam was no exception, however, there was an unexpected development in this regard when the Government of Assam indicated that the evaluation criteria used to promote students sans exam will not hold if the students in the future want to apply for government jobs.

There is a clause of contention in the criteria set by the government-appointed special committees. It says that the mark sheets derived from the provisional evaluation criteria will not be valid for the state government jobs.

The committee reasoned that the criteria for recruitment in the government jobs are based on the HSLC (class 10) and HSSLC (class12) marks, hence the students who are promoted sans exams will have to appear in the special exams should they apply for state government jobs. This implies that board exams will be ...