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

Question of Vacant RTE seats and Loss of School’s Revenue—case of Maharashtra

The number of RTE quota seats filled stand at 46,900 while the total number of seats in the Maharashtra is as high as 2.44 lacs. Faced with a deadlock, or at least a bottleneck, there are suggestions coming in from various quarters, notably from the schools themselves.... Read More

PIL to Cancel Board Exams Dismissed by the Supreme Court

A plea seeking cancellation of offline board exams for grades 10 and 12 to be conducted by all state boards, CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), CISCE (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations), and NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling), was dismissed by the SC (Supreme ... 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

To Take, or not to Take the pending exams – the dilemma before class 10 and 12 CISCE students, Bombay HC also intervenes

The class 10 and 12 students of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has been left with two option concerning assessment. The choice is that the student can either take the pending papers or consent to be assessed based on the pre-boards and internal assessments.... Read More

Use Of Mobile Application In Effective School Management

Mobile apps are now being widely used for almost everything. The application of mobile apps can be seen in the education sector via school management systems. Software for effective school management is now being incorporated in mobile phones which makes the process simpler.... Read More

CBSE allows the use of calculators for children with special needs in class 10 and 12 exams

Back in 2018, the CBSE had allowed the students with special needs to use laptops and computers to write their exams.... 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

Top Private School Management May go To Delhi Govt. Over “Arbitrary Fee-Hike”

The Delhi Government has moved to take over the management of a top private school in Delhi, Bal Bharati School, and is reported to have secured necessary approvals from the Lieutenant Governor’s office.... Read More

Land and Infrastructure needed for CBSE affiliation

Land and infrastructural requirements for a school to attain CBSE affiliation varies with the location of the school, the land requirement for the primary school, secondary and senior secondary CBSE schools are different.... Read More

Bravery at its Best, Inspiring Stories of Young Children

Bravery can be defined as a state of mind, a daring act of showing selfless service to those who gets trapped in perilous situations. In 2019, the government decided to distance itself from the ICCW after they had been put under the scanner by the Delhi high court over financial integrity. Every ... Read More

Telengana—Discrepancy in the board examination results leads to student suicides

Events took a tragic turn when 19 students from the state committed suicide after apparently getting morbidly disappointed by the examination results. The extreme step was taken by the students within a week of the announcement of the results. It was later reported that the announcement of the resul... Read More

School Improvement Plan and Audit Report

Strategic improvement report / School Audit report covering the improvement criteria, steps to be undertaken to move from “as is” to a “to be” state, schedules and budget are presented to promoters.... Read More

Delhi Government & IB Board Sign Agreement for New State Board

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State child right panel in Punjab issue notice in response to introduction of English medium in smart schools

The commission has issued the notice to the education department after its officials did not present themselves before the commission after a complaint was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.... 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

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

Data from 170 private schools in Delhi gives a glimpse of the fee backlog

A survey conducted by a body of private schools has revealed that the schools have not received school fees from 9 out of 10 students. This is pointed out by a survey of 170 private schools in Delhi 53% of which have shown the backlog in fee collection.... Read More