Old education system ‘rogue’ as students had to ‘read, write, vomit’: Union Minister

Old education system ‘rogue’ as students had to ‘read, write, vomit’: Union Minister

BJP MP Subhas Sarkar was part of a panel discussion on NEP at the Raj Bhavan, organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry. File | Photo Credit: PTI The old Macaulay system of education was “rogue” as students had to “read, write and vomit”, Union MoS for Education Subhas Sarkar said on February 25. […]

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Engaging e-commerce players to push sales of goods produced by tribals: Dharmendra Pradhan

Engaging e-commerce players to push sales of goods produced by tribals: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that steps are being taken to enhance the production and marketing of forest produce of tribal communities. File | Photo Credit: PTI The government is taking steps to enhance the production and marketing of forest produce of tribal communities and engaging with e-commerce players like Amazon and Flipkart to push their […]

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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

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

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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NEP 2020 to be implemented in foundational learning in Karnataka from next year: BC Nagesh

NEP 2020 to be implemented in foundational learning in Karnataka from next year: BC Nagesh

Addressing the state on the occasion of the 67th year of Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations, school education minister BC Nagesh announced that, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will be implemented in early education as per the national curriculum framework, for the children between the age group of 3 and 8, for the academic year 2023-24. As […]

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Maharashtra to introduce medical textbooks for the first two years in Marathi from next academic year

Maharashtra to introduce medical textbooks for the first two years in Marathi from next academic year

In Maharashtra, medical education will soon be imparted in Marathi. The Maharashtra Medical Education Department has decided to make textbooks for the first two years of medical degree courses available in Marathi, said a senior official. The officials said, at this stage, the plan is to offer optional reference textbooks, aiming at a smooth transition […]

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E-Governance and apps are the way forward, says official

E-Governance and apps are the way forward, says official

State Commissioner of Collegiate Education Pola Bhaskar on Tuesday said futuristic outcomes were made possible through e-governance and applications that strengthened the delivery mechanism of the curriculum and the administration. Mr. Bhaskar was speaking after the launch of four apps- Teaching Learning app, Grievance Redressal app, Internships app and Students’ Information Management app. The department […]

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DU Admissions 2022: Registration on Academic Bank of Credit mandatory from this year, says officials

DU Admissions 2022: Registration on Academic Bank of Credit mandatory from this year, says officials

DU Admissions 2022: The Delhi University officials have said that from this year onwards, every student enrolling in the University will have to “mandatorily” register in the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) portal that contains the information of credits earned by individual students. The ABC is a virtual storehouse for records of academic credits secured […]

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MBBS in Hindi at Atal varsity from Oct 16, says Amit Shah

MBBS in Hindi at Atal varsity from Oct 16, says Amit Shah

Referring to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 that promotes technical courses in mother tongue, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah announced that from October 16 this year, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, will offer MBBS in Hindi. At the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new campus of Gujarat Technological University […]

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Dropout rate at secondary level higher than national average in over dozen states

Dropout rate at secondary level higher than national average in over dozen states

As per official data, West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar and Tripura are among more than a dozen states where the school dropout rate at secondary level was higher than the national average of 14.6 per cent. The central government has suggested these states to take special steps to reduce the dropout rate. This information has been […]

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