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Indian schools invited to participate for World’s Best School Prizes 2023

Indian schools invited to participate for World’s Best School Prizes 2023

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As the applications for World’s Best School Prizes 2023 has opened this week, outstanding Indian schools are being urged to enter the competition. The new prize USD 250,000, launched last year, celebrates schools worldwide for the important role they play and for their enormous contribution to society’s progress, especially in the wake of the COVID […]

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Pandemic effect: Dip in number of schools, surge in teacher exits

Pandemic effect: Dip in number of schools, surge in teacher exits

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The second wave of Covid-19 hit India’s school education with over 20,000 schools — just over 1 per cent of the total number — shutting down and close to 1.89 lakh teachers — almost two per cent of their total — exiting the work force. That’s not all. Reflecting economic distress, there was an almost […]

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Over 20,000 schools shut during 2021-22, decline in number of teachers: Ministry

Over 20,000 schools shut during 2021-22, decline in number of teachers: Ministry

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Over 20,000 schools across the country were shut down during the 2020-21, a report by the Ministry of Education found. The number of teachers also declined by 1.95 per cent compared to the previous year. The report titled, Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) on school education in India for 2021-22 also pointed […]

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Special textbooks to bridge learning gap developed during Covid-19 pandemic

Special textbooks to bridge learning gap developed during Covid-19 pandemic

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To bridge the learning gap among government schoolchildren developed amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Gujarat education department has prepared special textbooks ‘Vidya Pravesh’ for students from classes 2 to 10 that will be launched in over 32,000 government schools soon. The special textbooks named as ‘Vidya Pravesh’ are an “improved” version of the bridge course […]

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Learning programme at govt schools brings most students up to the mark

Learning programme at govt schools brings most students up to the mark

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A majority of primary and pre-primary class students in Delhi government schools will now move on to regular teaching-learning after over three months of focused foundational learning, with the latest round-up of assessments showing them to be at a ‘desired learning level’. Since schools in Delhi reopened physically in full capacity on April 1 this […]

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Persistent inflation likely to impact demand across categories, says TCPL Chairman Chandrasekaran

Persistent inflation likely to impact demand across categories, says TCPL Chairman Chandrasekaran

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The company will focus on strong execution, maintaining agility and nimbleness, said N. Chandrasekaran The company will focus on strong execution, maintaining agility and nimbleness, said N. Chandrasekaran The current operating environment remains highly volatile and persistent inflation will likely impact demand across categories, Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (TCPL) Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Monday. To […]

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