Monthly Newsletter | August 2024 | Volume 60
Dear Readers,
We are glad to present to you the August edition of our newsletter School360.
In this edition, we have included these topics: Insights from School Principal on The Pros and Cons of Bagless Days; NCERT Recommends Inclusion of Marks from Classes 9-11 in Class 12 Report Card; Karnataka Regularises 101 Unauthorised Schools; UN Report Highlights Global Deficit in Physical Education for School Students; Education Ministry Launches Shiksha Saptah Campaign in Schools; CBSE Launches "Youth Ideathon 2024" for School Students
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Poonam Kochitty, Principal of Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Lucknow, shared insights on the benefits and drawbacks of bagless days in an interview with HT Digital. The "bagless days" initiative, s...
The Performance Assessment Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH), an NCERT unit, has proposed that student performance from Classes 9, 10, and 11 be incorporated into t...
In 2023-24, the Karnataka government regularised 101 out of 993 unauthorised schools across the state. However, none of these schools were in Bengaluru, despite having a signifi...
A UN report titled "Global State of Play," released by UNESCO's education team, reveals a significant lack of access to minimum physical education for the majority of the world's school children. According to the first-ever Global Status Report on Quality Physical Education, only 7 percent of schools globally offer equal physical education time for boys and girls. The report indicates that two-thirds of secondary school students and more than half of primary school students worldwide do not receive the required minimum weekly physical education. Furthermore, only 58 percent of countries have made physical education compulsory for girls.
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The Union Ministry of Education is marking the fourth anniversary of the National Education Policy 2020 with a week-long campaign, "Shiksha Saptah," aimed at...
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), has introduced the Youth Idea...