Education Ministry to launch degree programme for Agniveers, grant 50% credits for in-service training

Education Ministry to launch degree programme for Agniveers, grant 50% credits for in-service training

Keeping in mind the future career prospects of ‘Agniveers’, the Ministry of Education (MoE) will launch a special three-year skill based bachelor degree programme for such defence personnel which will recognize the skill training received by them during their tenure in the defence establishments, officials said on Wednesday. The degree programme offered by the Indira […]

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Two-day conference on National Education Policy from tomorrow

Two-day conference on National Education Policy from tomorrow

Starting Wednesday, the Centre will hold a two-day conference of education ministers in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar to discuss the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. In a statement, the Ministry of Education said that apart from Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State Skill Development Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the education ministers of states […]

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Across class, subject, Covid hits school scores

Across class, subject, Covid hits school scores

A deep learning crisis has set in during the Covid pandemic, with a largescale Central Government survey capturing a fall of up to nine percentage points between 2017 and 2021 in the performance of students in subjects ranging from maths to social sciences. The dip has happened across subjects, and grades, shows the results of […]

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Relax uniform norms, modify timings: Education Ministry’s guidelines to combat heatwave

Relax uniform norms, modify timings: Education Ministry’s guidelines to combat heatwave

The Ministry of Education on Wednesday issued guidelines to schools for combating heatwave, asking them to relax the uniform norms and modify timings. A torrid heatwave had sent the mercury soaring across large swathes of India with the temperature in Delhi rising to 46 degrees Celsius. The national capital also recorded its second hottest April […]

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