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

President Says New Education Policy will Establish India as Knowledge Superpower

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' commented, "The policy will lay the formation stone of new India and will provide technical, scientific and job-oriented education to girls, minorities and under-privileged sections of the society."... Read More

HC Provides Relief to Class X Students of Karnataka’s Unaccredited Schools

Class 10 students of eight unaccredited schools of Karnataka were provided relief by the state’s High Court (HC) via its interim order directing education department officials to issue hall tickets to them.... Read More

No Compromise on Gender Justice: Kerala Education Minister

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Trust vs Society vs Section 8 Company,Which suits best to school starters?

Sir, I want to open a cbse affiliated school under a trust. I am married individual. I and my mother only person want to be in trust. I will be settler cum trustee and my mother will be trustee. My question is that will it be OK.... 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

Education Scenario and less-talked about national and international interventions

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education for All) programme and Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act have been instrumental in the universalization of education to a substantial degree, yet, the educational goals that we should aspire for expect us to go beyond the achievement of... Read More

CBSE Survey Findings Suggest Principals are in Favor of Staggered Reopening of Schools for Senior School Students

A survey conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education found out that a majority of the school principals are of the view that a staggered re-opening of classrooms for classes 11 and 12 students can be considered if the Covid-19 situation in the neighborhood is not critical.... 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

CBSE expresses reservations on the draft NEP’s recommendation for 24 subject multiple board exam

CBSE has voiced its concern over the recommendations made in the draft national education policy rooting for multiple board exams and inclusion of 24 subjects for the board exams. The NEP which is to come into effect since 2020 for next 20 years have made several provisions that have raised question... Read More

State’s Education Expenditure Per-Student has Risen in Delhi

The government annual expenditure per head is reported to have risen significantly from 2016-17 to 2020-21. The annual expenditure per student in 2016-17 was Rs. 50,812 and in 2020-21 it was to the tune of Rs. 78,082. The figures relating to the expenditure incurred were published in the Delhi Econo... Read More

The Importance of UDISE+ in India’s Education System

UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education) is a system of online real-time data collection from schools, which was introduced by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL) under the Ministry of Education.... Read More

How are schools dealing with parent decided career options?

We have discussed academics in schools, relevance, and effectiveness of different curriculums in preparing students for higher education and have taken up the topics like teacher training and enhancing... Read More

Omission of Early Childhood education in NEP draft draws criticism

The draft National Education Policy begins by stating the facts regarding cognitive development that it starts much before the child sets foot inside a school. It reads “the learning process for a child commences immediately at birth.” The statement is true as it is known that the groundwork for sch... Read More

Delhi High Court Fines SDMC as the organization fails to requisition special educators in its schools

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been penalized by the Delhi High Court as the civic body failed to send the requisition for teachers to fill the 1100 vacant posts of special educators in its schools. The court has imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000 on the body.... Read More

Educations and Health Expert become votaries for reopening of classes for Primary students in Karnataka

With the state government still indecisive on the issue of reopening of schools for lower classes, the educationists and health experts have come in support of reopening of schools for primary classes from February 1.... 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

How to Start a School as a Minority Educational institution?

An institution that is established by a religious or linguistic minority community qualifies as a minority educational institution. A minority institution in India avail of the constitutional guarantee given in Article 30(1). The minority institution get a say in deciding the quantum of reservation ... Read More