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UN Report Indicates Poor learning Outcomes of Children In school
The UN has come up with a report that indicates the sub-par status of educational outcomes in several areas of the world. The study has focused on the learning outcomes of the children who despite going to their respective schools are lagging on various parameters of learning.... 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
Merger of low-strength Schools in Odisha planned
The Minister for Mass Education and Schools of Odisha divulged the plans of his government to merge schools. Around 7700 schools will be merged with other schools for better use of the resources, efficiency, and finally, up-gradation of education in the state.... Read More
New assessment framework for middle and secondary classes launched by CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has put forth a proposed competency-based assessment framework, as suggested by the NEP 2020, for classes 6 to 10. The new assessment framework aims to do away with the testing based on passive memorization and institute assessment systems that jud... Read More
Due to Acute Shortage, Two Rounds of CET for Appointment of Govt. Teachers in Karnataka
Karnataka Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, B.C. Nagesh, announced that CET (Common entrance Test) for the appointment of government school teachers will be conducted twice in the next round. The reason given was that the state government didn’t get the requisite number of teachers for th... Read More
Orders regarding the safety of school children have been sent by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to all schools. The Commission has written to the secretaries of the School Education departments of all states and union territories (UTs) to conduct safety audits of all ... Read More
PISA, A Programme Exclusively to Measure Cognitive Thinking in 15 year olds
Education has not only gained elevated standards in contemporary times but also has nuanced dimensions. Evidently, students as well as teachers are occupied in the process to make a shift from the traditional mode of learning.... Read More
In a first, NCTE launces Teacher Training Programme with +2 minimum Qualification
The aspiring teachers have new horizons opening for them with the news that now they would be able to train as teachers after completing class higher secondary schooling. The ravages of unemployment in the outback of conventional education spawns modest aspirations which include teaching as a career... 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
interviews for TGT aspirants in government-aided schools scrapped
Procedural regulations regarding the appointment of the trained graduate teachers (TGT) are set to be amended in Uttar Pradesh. After the amendment, the interview stage of the selection procedure of TGT will be omitted and the selection will be based on the merit list which will be prepared based on... Read More
Defence Ministry Approves 21 New Sainik Schools
It was recently announced by the Indian Ministry of Defence that it has approved the setting up of 21 new Sainik Schools in the country. This is being done in partnership with NGOs, private schools and state governments.... Read More
SC: Court Cannot be an Expert in the Field of Education
In a recent Supreme Court observation, a bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna said that in the field of education, the court of law cannot normally act as an expert, and whether a student/candidate possesses the requisite qualification is best judged by education institutions, or by expert co... 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
The Government Plans to Expand the International Board of CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education or CBSE has always been inclined to international standards and the same has given rise to CBSE-international or CBSE-i.... Read More
Ministry of Education Unveils Guidelines to Prevent Self-Harm by Students
In a significant move towards prioritising mental health in educational settings, the Ministry of Education has unveiled draft guidelines to prevent self-harm among students.... 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
Learning is a subjective art where everyone has a different approach of imbibing things. There are students who just listen to lectures in the class and learn enough so much so that they open their books one day before the exam and score good grades. On the other hand, there are some children who sp... Read More
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School education is evolving in tandem with the diversifying higher education and spawning industries and broadening career options, some conventional and some not very much so. There have been steady and studied developments in the curriculums and pedagogy but then there are also abrupt modificatio... Read More
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