NCERT social science textbook: Class 8 new book flags ‘brutality’ of Mughals, with no-blame disclaimer

NCERT social science textbook: Class 8 new book flags ‘brutality’ of Mughals, with no-blame disclaimer

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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Class 3 learning still lower than pre-Covid level: Govt survey

Class 3 learning still lower than pre-Covid level: Govt survey

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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CBSE’s mother tongue push leaves private schools in a bind — Kendriya Vidyalayas may show the way forward

CBSE’s mother tongue push leaves private schools in a bind — Kendriya Vidyalayas may show the way forward

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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2024 board exam: More girls cleared Class 12 in science stream than in arts

2024 board exam: More girls cleared Class 12 in science stream than in arts

For the first time in at least a decade, more girls cleared their Class 12 examination in science than in the arts stream, data from the Ministry of Education on board exam results for 2024 shows. Ministry of Education data on central and state board exam results across the country shows that from at least […]

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12.37 lakh clear NEET, no perfect scorers

12.37 lakh clear NEET, no perfect scorers

A year after 17 candidates secured a perfect score of 720 in revised NEET-UG results last year, the top score this year dropped to 686, with no candidate securing a full 720. This year’s results featured a single topper, Mahesh Kumar from Rajasthan, who secured a percentile of 99.9999547. Utkarsh Awadhiya from Madhya Pradesh ranked […]

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Students moving away from govt schools, disturbing: Centre to states

Students moving away from govt schools, disturbing: Centre to states

Pointing to the “disturbing trend” of students “moving away from government schools”, and the steady increase in private school enrolment in states, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Uttarakhand, the Ministry of Education has asked them to take steps to reverse the trend, official documents show. The enrolment of students came up in meetings that the […]

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From pre-primary to class 5: CBSE sets stage for teaching in mother tongue, asks schools to map languages

From pre-primary to class 5: CBSE sets stage for teaching in mother tongue, asks schools to map languages

Signalling the Centre’s intent to make teaching in the mother tongue mandatory at the primary level in the future, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all affiliated schools to map students’ mother tongues “at the earliest” and align instructional materials accordingly before the end of the summer break. Currently, English is the […]

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Enrolment in Govt schools drops; Centre asks states to probe, send remedial plans

Enrolment in Govt schools drops; Centre asks states to probe, send remedial plans

A steep drop in government school enrolment at the primary and upper-primary levels across 23 States and UTs in 2024-25 has evoked concern within the Union government, prompting the Ministry of Education (MoE) to ask for probes and remedial action plans from the states concerned. Minutes of meetings held by the MoE with 33 States […]

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CA exams to be held from May 16 to 24, deferred in view of security situation: ICAI

CA exams to be held from May 16 to 24, deferred in view of security situation: ICAI

The CA exams, which were postponed in view of security situation in the country, will now be conducted from May 16 to 24, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) announced on Saturday night. The exams were earlier scheduled from May 9 to 14, 2025. The ICAI had earlier this week announced postponement of […]

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