Minister asks students to make time for extracurricular activities

Minister asks students to make time for extracurricular activities

School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi giving away awards at the Koodal Meet organised by the Agni Siragugal Educational Trust in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Saturday urged students to ensure that they involved themselves in extracurricular activities alongside academics. Addressing around 1,500 students […]

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State boards to adopt RBI’s financial literacy programme for schools: Official

State boards to adopt RBI’s financial literacy programme for schools: Official

The RBI along with other regulators has prepared a financial literacy programme for school education boards and all states except for three have agreed to include it in their curriculum, an official said on Monday. “If we could inculcate basic financial literacy in school education, then that would be much better to expand financial literacy […]

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Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra enter club of best performing states in school education index

Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra enter club of best performing states in school education index

Kerala, Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have emerged as the best performers in school education across indicators such as learning outcomes, equity and infrastructure in the 2020-21 Performance Grade Index (PGI) of the Ministry of Education. These six states and the UT of Chandigarh have been placed at level-II of the index, which […]

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Around 300 complaints registered days after Karnataka’s school education department launched new portal

Around 300 complaints registered days after Karnataka’s school education department launched new portal

According to sources in the education department, around 70,000 visits have been recorded so far and several complaints were centered around teacher transfers and the teacher recruitment process. There were few complaints reported on infrastructure related issues, an education official added. “Most of the complaints were registered by final year B.Ed candidates who also want […]

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Class XI, XII marksheet distribution

Class XI, XII marksheet distribution

The Directorate of Government Examinations has announced that the original marksheets for students who took up Class XII and XI public exams in May will be distributed from September 15.  Students can go to the institutions where they studied and get the marksheets. Private candidates can obtain their marksheets through the centres where they wrote […]

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