The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has approved a proposal to integrate open-book assessments in Class 9 from the 2026-27 academic session, after a pilot study showed “teacher support” for such assessments. The CBSE’s Governing Body, the board’s highest decision-making authority, approved the proposal at a meeting held in June. According to the minutes […]
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Driven by interest in computer science and related fields, enrolment in BTech programmes hit an eight-year high in the 2024-25 academic session, with 12.53 lakh seats filled across the country — a 67% jump from 2017-18, according to data from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Vacancy rates dropped to just 16.36%. Computer science […]
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Lionel Messi’s slow-mo walk and victory pose, Korean finger hearts, fist bumps, the dab pose. By the end of a three-hour convocation ceremony, Professor Rajeev Ahuja, 60, had mastered many complex Gen Z moves and done the seemingly impossible task — of walking across the generational aisle and meeting his students where they are. On […]
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IN AN unusual move, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has sought a formal explanation from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit for skipping a recent conference of Central Universities’ Vice-Chancellors organised by the Centre in Gujarat, saying her absence was being “viewed seriously”, The Indian Express has learnt. In a letter sent to […]
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The new NCERT social science textbooks for classes 6 to 8 provide a “broad survey” of Indian civilisation from prehistoric times to Independence, and an “in-depth, detailed treatment of any period of India’s history is not only impossible, but undesirable,” according to Michel Danino, chairperson of the NCERT’s curricular area group for the new social […]
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After deciding to offer Science and Social Science at two levels – basic and advanced — at the secondary stage, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) plans to extend the model to STEM subjects at the higher secondary level, starting with Class 11, The Sunday Express has learnt. The CBSE currently offers Mathematics at […]
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The India campus of the University of Southampton, which was inaugurated in Gurgaon on Wednesday, is set to begin hosting its first cohort of 140 students for the 2025-26 academic session. In its maiden academic session from September, the UK university’s campus will offer 4 UG and 2 PG courses. The UG courses are in […]
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Describing Babur as a “brutal and ruthless conqueror, slaughtering entire populations of cities”, Akbar’s reign as a “blend of brutality and tolerance”, and Aurangzeb who destroyed temples and gurdwaras, the NCERT’s new Class 8 Social Science textbook, which introduces students to the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals, points to “many instances of religious intolerance” during […]
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Learning levels are yet to bounce back to pre-Covid levels in the primary stage, with students in Class 3 still not having caught up with the performance recorded in 2017, the Centre’s latest school education assessment released Monday shows. Class 3 students assessed in language and Mathematics fared better compared to 2021, when learning levels […]
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A recent CBSE circular directing schools to introduce mother tongue instruction in primary classes has left institutions in metro cities like Delhi and Mumbai — which serve mobile, multilingual populations — in a bind. But a proposal under consideration for Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), run by the Centre, may offer a way forward, officials told The […]
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