Zoho CEO Criticises Competitive Exam Pressure as "A Rat Race to Extinction”

Sridhar Vembu, CEO and founder of Zoho condemned the intense pressure of competitive exams in India, labelling it "a rat race to extinction." His critique followed an advertisement by FIITJEE, a prominent educational institute, which disparaged a student for her low scores after leaving FIITJEE for ... Read More

CBSE Board Exams not to start until February end

According to the Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the CBSE board exams for classes 10 and 12 will happen only after February 2021.... Read More

A New Regulation by the Government: Uniformity in Board Exam Scores

With the aim of bringing about ‘uniformity’ across the state and central boards, central authorities are planning for a ‘benchmark framework’ to assess secondary and higher secondary students. At present the boards follow different set up of evaluations, leading to disparity in results.... 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

What Are The Procedures Involved In The School Admission Process and How School Management Softwares Support This Process?

Concerning the education aspect of children, getting admission to a good school becomes a challenge. Nowadays the admission process has become very complicated as there are a number of schools with varied syllabi and different modes of training.... Read More

Lockdown and school studies, ways to continue studies during lockdown, online educational resources during lockdown

Education is the only sector that has been dynamic and undergoing a transformation for the past many years. The educationists are involved in inventions and creations of pedagogical devices that match up to the standards of global education of the 21st century. The stakeholders including teachers, s... Read More

Kerala Revives 'Water-Bell' System as Temperature Soars

As temperatures rise, Kerala schools are reintroducing the 'water-bell' system, initially implemented in 2019 to combat heat-related health risks. Following Kerala's lead, Karnataka and Telangana have also adopted this hydration initiative. The 'water-bell' system orchestrates short breaks throughou... Read More

Maharashtra Plans Stringent Control Over Private Kindergartens for Equality

In a groundbreaking move aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Maharashtra's State Education Department is gearing up for substantial changes in pre-primary education. With a vision for equality in this crucial educational phase, the department has crafted draft regulations addressi... Read More

Hows and Whys of the National Educational Policy 2020

Education in India is aimed at improving the socio-economic framework which delineates a community with diverse demands. The government has chiefly concentrated its efforts on improving the literacy rate of India since independence by introducing free and compulsory education from six to fourteen ye... Read More

Pushing Multi-grade Classrooms in Learning Sector

It was developed in Mysore district in 1995 to revive the primary school practices. A group of 15 primary school teachers went to Rishi Valley to study about children in multi-grade classrooms. They observed about how these children are learning in this setup.... Read More

Is your school NEP ready?

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

‘Desh ke Mentors’ Programme launched by Delhi CM

‘Desh ke Mentors’ Programme, aimed at providing career guidance to the students of Delhi government schools, was launched by the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. In this programme, students from grades 9 to 12 will be connected to distinguished citizens who are successful in their respective fields, for re... Read More

A glimpse into International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme (IB PYP)

With the advent of IB  in India school promoters who wanted to try different curriculums have found a way. In our role as curriculum implementation consultants, we have found out that before deciding on IB sometimes the groundwork of understanding and appreciating the course had not been done, as a ... Read More

Different Ways to Implement Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Classroom

Atechnique when followed stepwise, would increase the chances of learning process. The Bloom’s Taxonomy gives immense opportunities to adapt to the hierarchical methods of learning and is a benchmark for creating student learning outcomes.... Read More

How to Buy Classroom Furniture and Playschool Material?

Furniture in the classroom can enhance or diminish the learning environment. Classroom furniture must be arranged in such a way that the teacher is visible and audible to every child in the classroom. In playschools, the children are supposed to be mobile in the classroom and play outdoors for a com... Read More

Khan Academy, Digitizing education and broadening horizons of schooling

The founder Salman khan also known as Sal Khan has produced around 6,500 video tutorials which basically covers all subjects mainly focussing on maths and science. A well- educated man who has three degrees from MIT and MBA from Harvard. The Khan Lab School is also founded by him which is a brick-an... Read More

All about online schools

Online schools, also known as e-schools or virtual schools, are a type of educational system that encompasses any kind of learning through the internet and technology that acts as a complete substitute for both distance learning and face-to-face classes. In online schools, students can log in to a L... Read More

Postcards to PM by Students Under ‘75 lakh Postcard Campaign’

The ‘75 Lakh Postcard Campaign’ has been proposed by the Department of Posts (DoP), Ministry of Communication along with the Department of School Education and Literacy, and Ministry of Education (MoE), as part of the Indian Government’s ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (AKAM) initiative. The Central Board... Read More