The Importance of UDISE+ in India’s Education System

UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education) is a system of online real-time data collection from schools, which was introduced by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL) under the Ministry of Education.... Read More

How to Start School and get IGCSE affiliation?

To become an IGCSE school in India, a school has to first establish itself conventionally. It has to be run by a Trust /Society / Section 8 company. Such Trust/Society/Company has to be a non-proprietary organization. There must be a School Managing Committee set up by the Trust/Society. For details... Read More

Latest Move by Kerala School Towards Gender Equity: Unisex Uniforms

With a strength of 754 students, Valayanchirangara Government Lower Primary School in Ernakulam district of Kerala has initiated a move towards gender neutrality by introducing unisex uniform for all their students, irrespective of gender. This uniform consists of a 3/4th shorts and shirt. It is bei... Read More

Madras HC Judge suggests inclusion of IPC and MV Act in school curriculum

Madras high court Judge R Tharani has recently suggested that the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act should be included in school curriculum.... Read More

Importance of Health and Hygiene in School Design

Parents invariably expect their children to be in a learning environment which is safe, secure and hygienic. To provide healthy and hygienic learning spaces to the students, school leaders need to ens... Read More

Centre’s portal DIKSHA: Gujarat is first in ‘direct plays’ on online learning

An analysis of the user data retrieved from the central government’s digital Infrastructure for school Education named DIKSHA has placed Gujarat first among states in the use of the portal, for the ‘direct play’ category.... Read More

Why do Schools fail to get admissions?

Efficient school management emphasizes the bonhomie between the management and the employees, most importantly teachers and management. The expedient measures were taken in this direction improve the receptiveness of the employees and increase the training outcomes almost certainly. It improves the ... Read More

All About Renting Out / Leasing Out A School Property

It is evident that real estate is one of the major sources of income and investment in India. But, is the real estate sector confined only to buying and selling properties? Definitely not. There are some other aspects to it too and two of them are renting out and leasing out.... Read More

CBSE Secondary Curriculum 2024-25

The students entering Class 9 for the academic year 2024-25, under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) must adhere to specific guidelines regarding subject choices. According to the CBSE Secondary School Curriculum 2024-25, students... Read More

Solo Taxonomy, An Approach to Understand Different Levels of Students’ Understanding

However, in 1982 Biggs and Collis came up with Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes or SOLO Taxonomy which is an alternative to Bloom’s version. Bloom described about the level of cognitive skills like from remembering to analyzing and evaluating. The SOLO taxonomy implies how the learning model ... Read More

Visual Auditory Kinesthetic (VAK) Learning Style

Learning and the cognitive process that underlay it constitute an important area of study in the discipline of psychology. We tend not to give usually give thought to how content or resources are converted into knowledge. The obvious answer is that we research, observe, analyse and interpret and thr... Read More

A New Subject ‘Happiness’ to be Introduced in MP Schools

The Madhya Pradesh government (MP) has decided to introduce a new subject called ‘anand’, or ‘happiness’, in the schools across the state. According to officials, the reason behind this is to enable the students to acquire life-skills and face the challenges of the post-covid world. Four years ago, ... Read More

AI in CBSE Schools to be Integrated with Multiple Subjects Across all Classes

It was introduced as an optional subject in schools. Taking the AI induction to the next step, the board now is planning to oversee its integration with other subjects across all classes. It has been reported that the teacher training to this end will start in the coming months.... Read More

Handbooks for teachers and students released by CBSE

The board has directed the schools to disseminate the information regarding the issuance of the handbooks to all teachers and students. The school management has also been directed, through the notification, to download the handbooks and hold discussions on them.... Read More

Art-integrated curriculum, a new addition to CBSE curriculum with projects on ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’

An art-integrated curriculum will now be offered to the students of class 1 to 10 in CBSE affiliated schools. This will come into effect from the new academic session... Read More

Leading in NEP implementation, Karnataka to introduce the four-year undergraduate program

Karnataka has announced the formulation of the framework for the launch of the four-year undergraduate program modeled as per the NEP guidelines. The higher education department of the state has made public its plans for the introduction of the undergraduate course from the next academic year. The c... Read More

Maharashtra Assembly passes bill making Marathi a compulsory subject in the state

The bill was passed on February 27, "Marathi Bhasha Din" (Marathi language day), the birth anniversary of poet and Jnanpith award winner late V V Shirwadkar.... Read More

English Becomes Optional for Classes 11-12 In Maharashtra Schools

The Maharashtra government has announced that English will no longer be a compulsory subject for students in classes 11 and 12. The State Council for Education, Research and Training (SCERT) has classified English as a foreign language, along with... Read More