December 2025

Monthly Newsletter | December 2025 | Volume 76

December is a decisive and reflective month for the country’s learning environment. December becomes a time to recognise leadership, review reforms, prepare for the future and address challenges as the academic year nears its last stretch. It blends what schools have gone through the year and what teachers, students and schools must be ready for next.

This month highlights a firm push towards experiential and joyful education, observed in students’ reactions to the initial 10 bagless days that prioritise creativity over rote memorisation. Simultaneously, schools are preparing for accountability, as CBSE’s guidelines for the 2026 board exams remind schools to follow assessment protocols attentively.

December celebrates brilliance in education as well. The Derozio Awards 2025 highlight educators whose leadership goes on to shape strong education communities throughout India. The month does not stop from complex realities, and the 341% in school dropouts in Gujarat state draws immediate attention to equity, student retention and access.

Curriculum reform stays central to December’s learning narrative. NCERT’s textbooks' alignment with NCF 2023 & NEP 2020 signals a transformation toward competency-related education. CBSE’s advice on verifying official events stresses the importance of vigilance and transparency between affiliated schools. Finally, these stories determine December as a month of responsibility, readiness & reflection, fixing the tone for the year ahead in Indian education.

Joyful Learning: Students’ Take on the First 10 Bagless Days

UP has established a ten-day bagless schooling initiative in all government schools for Classes 6th to 8th to make learning more engaging. The first step shifts the focus from rote memorisation to ...

Guidelines CBSE Schools Must Follow on Board Exams 2026

The CBSE has published a notice for schools to start scheduling the board exams 2026 from 1st January 2026. This notice was issued to help schools avoid errors when uploading marks for practicals, ...

Why the Derozio Awards Matter in Indian School Education?

The CISCE declared the awardees of the Derozio Awards 2025 on 11th Thursday 2025, celebrating their leadership and excellent contributions to school education. CISCE chose these...

Gujarat’s 341% Spike in Dropouts: What’s Behind the Surge?

In the Parliament of India, the government has made a shocking revelation that 29.8 lakh teen girls, including 65.7 lakh children, have been out of school over the past 5 years. Savitri Thakur, the Minister of State for Women & Child Development, revealed these numbers when answering a query raised by Renkua Chaudhary, a Congress MP.

State-wise info places Gujarat at the top for the largest number of children dropouts in 2025–26. The state found that 1.1 lakh were adolescent girls out of 2.4 lakh school dropouts this year. The result shows an alert when compared with the previous year’s info. The state stated that o...