SC dismisses plea seeking implementation of NEP in Tamil Nadu, other states

SC dismisses plea seeking implementation of NEP in Tamil Nadu, other states

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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From ‘Make in India’ to Char Dham: New NCERT Class 7 textbooks emphasise Indian culture, sacred geography

From ‘Make in India’ to Char Dham: New NCERT Class 7 textbooks emphasise Indian culture, sacred geography

From references to government initiatives like Make in India, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, and the Atal Tunnel to a new chapter explaining how land becomes sacred through pilgrimages such as the Char Dham Yatra, visits to Shakti Pithas and Jyotirlingas, and sacred sites across religions — the new NCERT Class 7 English and Social Science […]

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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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Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee chief Subramanian flays Centre’s move to impose Hindi

Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee chief Subramanian flays Centre’s move to impose Hindi

“Apart from promoting religious discrimination among the people, RSS is now trying to create division on the basis of language,” the Puducherry PCC chief said. “Apart from promoting religious discrimination among the people, RSS is now trying to create division on the basis of language,” the Puducherry PCC chief said. Flaying the decision of the […]

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Foreign universities awaiting guidelines to set up campuses in India: UNiSA officials

Foreign universities awaiting guidelines to set up campuses in India: UNiSA officials

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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Pune Knowledge Cluster launches ‘Teach with Tech’ to bridge digital divide in school learning

Pune Knowledge Cluster launches ‘Teach with Tech’ to bridge digital divide in school learning

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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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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PM-SHRI schools to focus on values of ‘Bharat’, industry skills: Centre

PM-SHRI schools to focus on values of ‘Bharat’, industry skills: Centre

Government schools which will be upgraded to PM-SHRI schools (PM Schools for Rising India) will be developed as ‘green schools’ and will teach children about the country’s heritage and instil the values of ‘Bharat’, the Union Ministry of Education has informed all states in a letter. The schools will make students competent in Indian languages, […]

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Education minister invites US Educational institutes to partner with India for skilling and transformation

Education minister invites US Educational institutes to partner with India for skilling and transformation

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called upon US educational institutions to partner with India in rapidly transforming education and skilling landscape. Calling for greater academic collaboration between higher education institutions in both the countries for offering twinning programmes, joint degrees and dual degree programmes, Pradhan said, “The new National Education Policy (NEP) has lays emphasis […]

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