Which Curriculum / Board / Syllabus options should I consider for the new school setup?

         Many options are available; you may consider any one or combination of these familiar options -

• State Board: State Government Recognized Board
• CBSE: Central Board of Secondary Education
• CBSE-I:CBSE-International
• ICSE:Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)
• IB: International Baccalaureate
• IGCSE: International General Certificate of Secondary Education / Cambridge University
• Early Learning Schools & Child Care Centers: custom concepts based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf (Steiner), Montessori and early year foundation stages (EYFS).

CBSE Set to Change Question paper Pattern from 2020 Board Exams

Central Board of Secondary Education has announced its intention to introduce changes in the pattern of the questions in the board exams 2020. There are a range of opinions emerging on the subject. Experts are of the opinion that the changes should not be limited to 9-12 class bracket, as stated by ... Read More

Digitizing Tabulation in Tamil Nadu to Do away With the Tedium of Teachers

Digitization of tabulation of marks in government schools in Tamil Nadu is being undertaken by the state government. The project stems from the realization that the inordinate amount of time teachers spent in evaluating the answer scripts rather than giving lectures in the class. The exercise will d... Read More

Launch of Key Initiatives of NEP 2020

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar jointly launched some major initiatives of the New Education Policy, and a booklet on One-year NEP 2020 Achievements.... Read More

NCERT Panel Recommends- Replace ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in School Textbooks

In a move aimed at fostering a deeper connection with the nation's cultural roots, a high-level committee for social sciences constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has recommended replacing "India" with "Bharat" in school textbooks. The committee also reco... Read More

Andhra Pradesh Showcases Educational Evolution on Republic Day Tableau

Andhra Pradesh's Republic Day tableau steals the spotlight with its theme centered on the transformation of school education. The tableau which was paraded on January 26th in New Delhi was given finishing touches by senior officials of both the Information and Public Relations Department and the Edu... Read More

CBSE, ICSE vs IB, IGCSE; Which is Better for Indian Students?

School Education in India is witnessing a dynamic shift with the introduction of International programmes like IB and IGCSE curricula in Indian schools. It can be argued that the international education is years from catching up to the levels achieved by countries in Western Europe and Americas but ... Read More

Distinct Ways to Aid Virtual Learning

The pandemic with which the world is grappling with appears to have a prolonged duration with an increase in the count rate from around two thousand to three thousand cases per day. However, the fatality rate is low as compared to the number of people diagnosed with the disease. But still people aro... Read More

Schools cannot force non-NCERT, non-SCERT books on students in the name of “value addition”

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in a bid to facilitate affordable and quality education, has asked the state education department and the education board to curtail the need of students for amassing books other than the ones prescribed or published by the National Cou... 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

A glimpse into International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme (IB PYP)

With the advent of IB  in India school promoters who wanted to try different curriculums have found a way. In our role as curriculum implementation consultants, we have found out that before deciding on IB sometimes the groundwork of understanding and appreciating the course had not been done, as a ... 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

Teacher Training and Learning Outcomes

There has been a lot of deliberation over the level of qualification and skills of teachers teaching across schools in India. Teacher training policies have been reviewed and commissions appointed to study and report on the scenario.... Read More

Containing Momo Challenge — CBSE Directive to Schools

In a recent development, the Central Board of Secondary Education has notified the affiliated schools to take measures against the proliferation of “Momo Challenge”—the most recent cyberbullying phenomenon. Parallels have been drawn between the Momo Challenge and Blue whale Challenge that predates i... Read More

Policies to Enhance Quality in Government Sector

In a country, education is the foremost and dominant sector which needs proper emphasis for the growth of the nation. The government both central and state plays a significant role in looking after the quality of education which is being provided in all the educational institutions.... Read More

Graphic and Comic Strips to Make Learning Engaging

Learning can be even more fun-filled if children are oriented to acquire knowledge from illustrations, visuals, paintings etc. that conveys a general idea or a moral lesson rather than just entertainment.Students should also get an exposure to real-life teachings apart from the subject based learnin... Read More

The Three Language Policy—Antecedents and contemporary perspectives

The states in India were reorganized on linguistic basis. Education, it was realized has to have an element of uniformity for the idea of the Union of States to work, hence the national education boards. The states originally had, and continue to have a say in deciding the education policy.... Read More

Different Ways to Implement Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Classroom

Atechnique when followed stepwise, would increase the chances of learning process. The Bloom’s Taxonomy gives immense opportunities to adapt to the hierarchical methods of learning and is a benchmark for creating student learning outcomes.... Read More