Assam registers nearly 6% decline in school enrollment

Assam Education Minister, Ranoj pegu recently shared that the state registered a decline of 5.95 per cent in school enrolment, with a total of 70,95,759 students registering in the ongoing year as against 75,44,956 for the academic year 2022-23.... Read More

Reopening of 4,000 schools likely in Rajasthan

Several decisions pertaining to education in the state of Rajasthan taken by the last BJP dispensation are being revisited and reviewed by the ruling Congress government. This includes the revision of the textbooks nullifying the changes made under the BJP government and revisiting the merger of 4,0... Read More

UNICEF foresees and warns of skill deficit in half of Indian students for 21st century jobs

In India, 53% of students will pass out of senior secondary schools without acquiring 21st century skills and hence will struggle to find a decent occupation. According to the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate in India stands at 8.45% and this is not likely to improv... 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

Civil Society Organization Protests the Omissions of New religions from Textbooks

An organization known as Swaraj Abhiyan Karnataka has alleged “saffornization” of education citing omission of content related to the new religions—Buddhism and Jainism from the chapters of class 6 Social Science textbooks.... Read More

Veer Gatha Project of CBSE to Celebrate Gallantry Award Winners

India has produced many patriots who have served the country in different capacities. These real-life heroes have always placed the interests of the nation above their own lives. To honour such brave hearts, the government of India has instituted Gallantry Awards which are given twice a year. Sadly,... Read More

Veer Gatha Project of CBSE to Celebrate Gallantry Award Winners

India has produced many patriots who have served the country in different capacities. These real-life heroes have always placed the interests of the nation above their own lives. To honour such brave hearts, the government of India has instituted Gallantry Awards which are given twice a year. Sadly,... Read More

TET Not Mandatory For Some Teachers: Madras HC

The Madras High Court, in a recent verdict declared that teachers who were appointed as secondary grade teachers or graduate teachers/ B.T. Assistants in the state before 29th July, 2011 must be allowed to continue their service and receive increments, as well as incentives, even if they had not cle... Read More

Growing Adoption of Storytelling in Schools

As long as curiosity stays within people, the potential of storytelling never ends. It is this power of storytelling that is adopted by schools nowadays to enhance learning outcomes.... Read More

Alternate Schools - An Introduction

Alternative schooling may differ from the mainstream schooling in several ways. It can use non-traditional curriculum and pedagogical thoughts, it can experiment with non-traditional instructional models etc. The common theme that run across the alternative schooling models is that of customization ... Read More

Mumbai sees protests against school fee hike, ban on online classes

Mumbai saw a spate of protests by parent groups on the issues of fee hike by a prominent school chain-- with six schools in Mumbai alone-- and the ban on online classes for primary and preschool children.... Read More

Anantha Lakshmi International School - A welcome addition to the educational scene of Anantapur

The southern part of India is relatively known for giving more emphasis on education which has exposed them to various learning avenues and they also have earned good reputation in terms of literacy. The state Andhra Pradesh constitutes a literacy rate of over 72% which makes it one of the most lite... Read More

Reopening of Schools Post-Pandemic

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Chandigarh And Punjab Top Performers In School Education: PGI Report 2021-22

Chandigarh and Punjab emerged as the top performers in school education across indicators such as learning outcomes, equity and infrastructure as per the Union Ministry of Education’s Performance Grade Index for the year 2021-22.... Read More

International Schools, second leg of modern education

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Update on Board Examinations and Possibility of Cancellation

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have not yet announced the dates for the term 2 board examinations which are to be held in the months of March-April 2022. However, CBSE has announced that there will be no pattern ... Read More

School education’s biggest challenge is Teacher's Crisis In India

According to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development report 2018, India has over 1 lakh ‘single-teacher schools’ with teacher training in nascent stage at best. Questions regarding the adequacy of teachers in handling the children with learning disabilities and special needs abound.... Read More

CBSE to regulate class 9, 11 admissions of its affiliated schools

As per the recent announcement made on the behalf of the CBSE, the board will now regulate the admissions for class IX and XI in all the schools affiliated to the board. The move is unprecedented as the board has never been directly involved in the admission process.... Read More