[ad_1] MARKING THE 65th foundation day of the NCERT, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged it to bring in the best practices of the world, and pointed to its responsibilities in nation-building, developing competencies, and improving knowledge levels. “Children need to be proficient in English…but our clarity needs to improve. Clarity will improve in our […]
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[ad_1] Skipping the traditional route of completing Class 11 and 12 in Science and appearing for entrance exams, an increasing number of engineering and pharmacy aspirants in Maharashtra are opting for direct second year admissions to these courses after completing three-year diploma courses offered immediately after Class 10. Students completing a three-year Diploma in engineering, […]
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[ad_1] Terming NCERT’s new modules on ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ as “falsehoods, with a clear communal intent,” a resolution by the Indian History Congress (IHC) — an association of historians — said that “distorted polarizing history” is “being fed to tender minds of school going children.” The resolution, dated August 25, said, “Turning history completely […]
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[ad_1] During a meeting Monday of the IIT Council — the apex coordination body of the premier institutes — it was agreed upon that IITs will have to go in for accreditation but questions remain over which body will accredit them and the modalities, a senior Ministry of Education official said. The NEP 2020 recommends […]
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[ad_1] THE PAHALHAM attack was “directly ordered by Pakistan’s military and political leadership”, and the Indian Air Force “took out command and control centres, radars, surface-to-air guided weapons, runways, and hangars with aircraft” during Operation Sindoor, breaching Pakistan’s air defence and “creating visible gaps that the world saw”, according to the NCERT’s new module on […]
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[ad_1] “I enjoy (historical) controversies in a kind of perverse way, perhaps,” Michel Danino, 69, said during his lecture at Azim Premji University in October last year. Arguing that “historical controversies” are inherent part of the discipline, he said: “We should not shun controversies, we should desire them. We should make use of them to […]
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[ad_1] On the new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook omitting the mention of Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali, and the Anglo-Mysore wars of the 1700s, the Centre said in response to a question in Parliament on Wednesday that states have the “flexibility to provide more coverage about regional personalities and events in their textbooks.” “Education […]
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[ad_1] The number of new students enrolled in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) fell to a five-year low in 2024-25, according to data presented by the Centre in response to a question in the Lok Sabha. New enrolments fell from 1.95 lakh in 2020-21 to 1.83 lakh in 2021-22, and 1.58 lakh in 2022-23. The number rose […]
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[ad_1] ISRO will launch three navigation satellites for its Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) by next year, according to a reply in Parliament by the Union MoS for Space Dr Jitendra Singh. The first of the three, NVS-03, is scheduled to be launched by year-end. The other two, NVS-04 and NVS-05, will be launched […]
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[ad_1] The new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook skips the mention of Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali or the Anglo-Mysore wars of 1700s in its chapter on India’s colonial era, which has been described as time when “one of the richest lands of the world had become one of the poorest”. Part 1 of the […]
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