Edcamps: New Age Professional Development for Teachers in India
Edcamps, an educator driven initiative are informal, participatory, one day event organized by educators or facilitators for themselves to discuss about their needs and demands.... 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
Kerala Govt Breaks Ground by Embedding Preamble to Constitution in School Textbooks
In a historic move, the CPI(M)-led Left Government in Kerala has decided to include the preamble to the Constitution in revised school textbooks for classes 1 to 10. General Education Minister V Sivankutty, also the chairman of the State Curriculum Committee, announced the groundbreaking decision, s... Read More
AIU Entrusted With ‘Equivalence’ SOP For Different Boards
Absence of a formal mechanism to determine ‘equivalence’ of scores received by the students of different education boards leads to difficulties for them related to their board-issued ‘equivalence certificates’ for admissions in higher education institutions and for employment as well. Mitigate these... Read More
Bhartiya Games to be Introduced in Schools
The Indian Knowledge System (IKS) division of the Education Ministry have chalked out a plan to introduce indigenous games in schools. The “Bhartiya Games” initiative will be implemented by teachers as points of contact, developing regular training programmes for them, training students under those ... Read More
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Start an innovative CBSE School?
The term “innovative schools” is doing rounds ever since the new CBSE bye laws are announced. The new CBSE regulation simplifies the process of starting a CBSE school and implementing alternative educational methodologies in India by granting the composite affiliation to innovative schools.... Read More
The Paperfree Concept Of School Management And How It Signifies Digital Disruption
The present era is characterised by digitised documents instead of paper work for office administration. The traditional setup of papers, pens, and paper clips now totally vanishes from school offices, and nowadays soft copies of data gain more prominence than hard copies.... Read More
ASER 2023 Unveils Educational Challenges and Pathways for Rural India's Youth
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2023 sheds light on the critical thinking abilities of rural youth aged 14 to 18, revealing concerning trends in foundational literacy and numeracy skills. The report's citizen-led household survey encompassed 34,745 respondents across 28 rural districts ... Read More
Jharkhand Government Schools Aims to Increase School Attendance with ‘Siti Bajao’ Initiative
Government schools in Jharkhand are ushering in a novel approach to tackle absenteeism with the introduction of the "Prayas-Siti Bajao, School Bulao'' initiative. The endeavour, which is initiated by the Department of School Education and Literacy in Jharkhand translates to "Blow the whistle to summ... Read More
AP Chief Minister NEP Implementation in Andhra schools
Concerned education department officials have been directed by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, to focus on the construction of additional classrooms for the NEP (National Education Policy) implementation in the state from the next academic session. Along with taking steps fo... Read More
NCERT Led Review of NCF 2005 on the Cards
The guidelines issued with respect to the curriculum prior to the NCF 2005 include the 1975 guideline which directed the inclusion of General Science as a compulsory subject and recommended activity based integrated science up to class 10th, the 1988 guideline for structuring a learner-centered scie... Read More
New National Curriculum Framework May Put an End to Heavy school Textbooks
The National Curriculum Framework devised in line with the National Education Policy 2020, may make the school books lighter in a phased manner. The NEP proposes to make the classroom instruction more interactive and less didactic, hence the indication that the schoolbooks and bags will get lighter.... Read More
Karnataka's Visionary Leap: the Future-Focused State Education Policy
Karnataka takes a bold stride into the future with the unveiling of its forward-looking State Education Policy. Sukhdev Thorat, the former (University Grands Commission (UGC) Chairman and the current State Education Policy (SEP) Chairman has divulged plans for this comprehensive education policy. Cr... Read More
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... Read More
NCERTForms a Committee to Develop School Syllabi and Textbooks
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has set up a high-powered committee- The National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC) to develop school syllabi, textbooksand study materials for classes 3 to 12. M.C Pant, Chancellor of National Institute of Edu... Read More