Karnataka Government announces a month-long drive to check unaffiliated schools in the state
The school was visited by the officials of the education department and the status of affiliation was probed into. The kindergarten section which was being run without the approvals was ordered to be closed.... Read More
National Education Policy is posed as a democratic and inclusive draft, however, there are issues which have found vocal detractors. The fiercest opposition that erupted in the wake of NEP promulgation was against the imposition of Hindi as a compulsory subject. The order was rescinded eventually.... Read More
Madras HC Grants Permission to Matriculation Schools to Conduct Special Classes in Summer
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has consented to the appeal of the Matriculation schools to conduct special classes during summer for class XI and XII students. The permission is granted to conduct special classes insofar as they are useful in preparing the students for the competitive en... Read More
Private Equity Reshapes the Landscape of Indian Education
The landscape of Indian education is undergoing a profound shift as private equity (PE) firms have begun to invest in school operations. This departure from the traditional educational model, where schools were once founded by passionate educators, now sees PE standing less for 'physical education' ... Read More
Delhi may scrap nursery admissions for 2021-22, schools unlikely to open before July
In an important development, the Delhi government has proposed to scrap and suspend admissions in the nursery for the 2021-22 academic year. The state is considering to implement the scrapping of admissions in 2021 and proposing the same for private schools. As a corollary, the 2022-23 academic sess... Read More
The enrollment in US Public School Dwindles in the Wake of the Pandemic
The pandemic has definitely brought unprecedented shifts in perspectives on school education. The US is reeling under the effects of the pandemic and schools have been shut, a phased reopening was proposed in several states but the parents are still apprehensive about sending their children to sc... Read More
Delhi Govt. Directs Suspension of Outdoor Activities in Schools in the Wake of the Pollution Crisis
The Delhi government, for now, has directed all schools in the national capital to suspend outdoor activities till severe pollution condition persist.... Read More
The HRD Ministry reports 7% Of Classrooms in Indian Schools as Critically Dilapidated
No less than 7 % of classrooms in Indian schools are calling for urgent restoration. Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), 2016-17 Provisional report puts the percentage of schools with desperately dilapidated infrastructure at 0.67%.... Read More
Demand for Reduction in Weightage of CBSE Term-1 Results by Students
Since the declaration of class XII term 1 results by CBSE (Central board of Secondary Education) in March, many students have started demanding a reduction in the weightage of term 1 results. Only scores of theory papers were communicated to schools by the CBSE, as the schools already had the intern... Read More
Schools cannot force non-NCERT, non-SCERT books on students in the name of “value addition”
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in a bid to facilitate affordable and quality education, has asked the state education department and the education board to curtail the need of students for amassing books other than the ones prescribed or published by the National Cou... Read More
We have been closely watching the developments related to the promulgation and practice of the new National Education Policy and have written on its implications before. In this article we are trying to get more specific and reflect on the changes that a good private unaided school will consider in ... Read More
School Education Quality Index of Niti Aayog puts Delhi in third place among UTs
The UTS of Chandigarh and Dadar and Nagar Haveli have outranked Delhi. The rankings are based on the school education quality index released by NITI Aayog.The school quality index used in the assessment is the first of its kind.... Read More
A look at important developments in school education in the decade
As the decade nears its end, we try and look back to find out how these past years have contributed to the evolution of education in the country.... Read More
Tripura becomes the first state to introduce centralized question papers for schools
As the reasoning of the Education Minister goes, the introduction of a standard question paper for all schools will bring in uniformity in the conduct of the school examinations.... Read More
The national board has come up with a new and improved mechanism for streamlining the entire process of affiliation which is purportedly designed to enhance the ease of doing business with the board. It is obvious that such an intervention was required and needed. There was a feeling among the schoo... Read More
Maharashtra Govt. Directed by Bombay HC Not to Act Against Private Schools over Fee-Issue
On Aug 12 Maharashtra Govt has issued resolution on 15% fee cut for the academic year 2021-22 for all schools of all boards and all mediums. The state was temporarily restrained by the Bombay High Court from acting against private schools in case of their refusal to abide by the Aug 12 resolution of... Read More
CBSE Schools Gearing their class 12th Students up for Changed Exam Pattern
The CBSE has prompted the schools to start preparing their class 12 students anew for exams by introducing the new pattern for the board exam question paper.... Read More