CBSE circular that demanded students and staff information challenged in High Court

The Delhi High Court has asked for response from the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) while considering a plea challenging the circulars that asked affiliated schools to share personal information of the school staff, and students on the Online Affiliated School Information System (OASIS... Read More

Comparing CBSE and ICSE Boards

Which board of education to choose? That is a question that occurs to every parent who happens to have a choice. Now as the nation is developing the numbers of parents with such choice is bound to grow. There are various opinions that end up shaping the choice of the parents with regard to the educa... Read More

Education Based on Multiple Intelligences

Schools known as Multiple Intelligence (MI) Schools are the schools that have adopted the pedagogy and curricular methodologies influenced by the Theory of Multiple Intelligences propounded by Dr. Howard Gardner, a Harvard educational psychologist. The ground breaking theory postulates that intellig... Read More

NCF Draft 2023: What are the proposed changes?

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Use of CSR Budget to Improve Early Childhood Education in India

Educationists opine that elementary education plays a vital role in charting the development of an individual. Through preschools, children get exposure to the world around and develop an affinity for learning. Social statistics demonstrate that children who had the opportunity to complete elementar... Read More

Start Own Brand School or Franchise School?

School promoters can opt for two courses of actions to start a new school in India. First, establishing their own school and building own school brand and second, opting for a franchise from an established school brand.... Read More

Sports in Schools — how significant are they?

Schools began to get increasingly interested in sports and games. This, I am convinced, was the result of CBSE’s categorical directions regarding the induction of a regular sports period into the time table.... Read More

UP schools to adopt revised NCERT books; No lessons on Mughal courts

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Engaging E-learning Applications for a Good Change

Technology when utilised efficiently and effectively brings a bagful of opportunities coming of age in any field. In order to keep up with the trends in educational sector we need to keep ourselves open to all the possible outcomes when we step into new avenues. This brings me to the topic which is ... Read More

Reopening of school—Uttarakhand issues SOP for schools ahead of expected reopening

To fortify the safety protocol and minimize the COVID-19 infection risk, the Uttarakhand state has issued detailed SOPs for schools that are scheduled to reopen from November 2. The schools in the state will reopen for classes 10 to 12 only.... Read More

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

How much does it cost to start a new school?

       There is no single answer to this question, Cost of setting up a school is dependent on several factors, listing few factors -

• Target market
• Capacity planned
• Value of land (varies by location and size)
• Cost of infrastructure design and build
• Facilities you wish to offer
• Academic and beyond academic programs you wish to offer
• Cost of educational supplies, staffing and other services
• How do you plan to brand and position your school in the target market

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

Rework on Syllabus as per NEP by ‘Mandate Group’

The National Steering Committee, headed by K Kasturirangan, former ISRO Chief, has decided to set up a six-member ‘mandate group’, which will be responsible to issue guidelines regarding introduction of various elements of the new education policy in the school textbooks. These elements will range f... Read More

Iconic Week Celebrated by Department of School Education and Literacy

Under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Department of School Education and Literacy planned to celebrate Iconic Week from 17th to 21st January 2022. A series of events was organised as part of iconic week including international webinar on Toys and Games to Play, Make and Learn, 27th National Conference of S... Read More

The Future-Ready Workforce and their Empowerment by Schools

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Psychological Effects on School Children in the Pursuit of Academic Excellence

School education has witnessed renewed interest amongst parent community in 21st Century. The effort and research invested into designing the curriculum of primary classes reflect that amply. With the redefinition, school education started an undercurrent of psychological change in children. The rea... Read More

Maharashtra Assembly passes bill making Marathi a compulsory subject in the state

The bill was passed on February 27, "Marathi Bhasha Din" (Marathi language day), the birth anniversary of poet and Jnanpith award winner late V V Shirwadkar.... Read More