The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the West Bengal governments to implement the National Education Policy, including its three-language formula.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan said the top court could not issue such directions to state governments. “The Supreme Court, through […]
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“Learning in regional and local languages makes education accessible to all,” said President Murmu. The president launched various projects of the union ministry of education during her two-day tour to Odisha. Emphasising on learning using regional languages, she said that education is a tool for empowerment and there is no doubt that the use of […]
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The government Friday floated draft amendment regulations for ‘deemed-to-be’ universities, proposing to do away with the condition that an institute needs to be in existence for at least 20 years before it can apply for the tag. The draft UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2022 also recommend making multi-disciplinary institutions, or a cluster […]
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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 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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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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Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) Thursday announced that it will start teaching BTech first year students, who will start their session from November 6, in Hindi as well. Speaking Thursday, AKTU Vice Chancellor P K Mishra said, “We are going step by step and following the National Education Policy. We have decided that we will […]
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As per top officials at the University of South Australia (UNiSA), foreign universities are waiting for the Indian government to formalise guidelines so that they could set up campuses in the country. They termed India’s move to let foreign universities operate in the country as a major development. “Many universities in Australia and other countries […]
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The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the fore the digital divide in many sectors, particularly in education. Identifying these gaps and the need to promote e-learning for future learners, the Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) Friday launched ‘Teach with Tech’ for school students and teachers. The project aims to create digital content aligning with the National Education […]
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THE UNION Cabinet on Wednesday approved the PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) scheme under which 14,500 schools, to be identified in consultation with states and Union Territories, will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 27,360 crore over the next five years. PM SHRI will be a new Centrally sponsored scheme where the […]
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