Itanagar, November 26. On National Constitution Day (November 26) after hoisting a massive 131-ft tricolour on the legislative assembly premises, Chief Minister Pema Khandu, advised the Speaker in collaboration with the education ministry to organise seminars in state government-run schools to raise students’ awareness of citizens’ rights and duties as enshrined […]
Delhi AI CoEs initiative
New Delhi, October 15. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced three AI Centres of Excellence (CoEs) focused on healthcare, agriculture and sustainable cities in pursuance of the ministry’s “Make AI in India and Make AI work for India” mission.
The CoE on healthcare will be led by IIT-Delhi and AIIMS, CoE […]
Delhi Gender equality initiative
New delhi, september 10. Women depicted in roles traditionally associated with men and men performing household chores are some of the changes proposed to be incorporated in textbooks of Delhi government schools.
In a huge step towards promoting gender equality, Delhi’s State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) conducted a […]
Delhi Fees hike protest
New Delhi, August 5. Delhi University’s top-ranked college Miranda House (estb.1948) raised its hostel fees for students by Rs 6,000 per semester — from Rs.27,090 to Rs.33,090 for the first semester (July-December) and from Rs.26,750 to Rs.32,750 for the second (January-May).
In a social media post the Student Federation of India […]
Kerala Challenged children sports program
Thiruvananthapuram, July 3. In collaboration with SCERT (State Council of Educational Research & Training), the state’s education ministry released an “inclusive sports manual” with the objective of promoting the track and field sports talents of differently-abled school children and ensuring their on-field participation.
“Steps are being taken to conduct competitions […]
Himachal Pradesh Show-cause notices
Shimla, June 25. The state’s education ministry is set to issue show-cause notices to teachers of schools affiliated with the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education in which the pass percentage of class X students has fallen below 25.
“The notices solicit explanation from teachers regarding unsatisfactory academic outcomes. A thorough […]
Haryana Ashoka students protest
Sonipat, May 6. Students of Ashoka University (AU, estb.2014) — ranked among India’s Top 3 private multidisciplinary universities in the EW India Higher Education Rankings 2024-25 — have joined the global outcry against Israel’s war in Gaza. In a letter, they have urged Vice Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury to end all academic […]
Thane, april 15. The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) urged reform in the policy of awarding minority status to private educational institutions.
“Educational institutions cannot misuse the policy and do injustice to minority communities. The state government should determine a minimum percentage of minority students while granting licenses […]
New delhi, february 2. From the new academic year beginning July 2024, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras will introduce two supernumerary sports quota seats in every undergrad program, announced director V. Kamakoti. The idea was mooted by IIT-Madras before the IIT Council in 2023.
Addressing a press conference, the director said: “IIT-Madras […]
Patna, january 2. The state’s education ministry has threatened stringent action against government schoolteachers associating with private coaching centres. In a letter addressed to district magistrates, the ministry’s additional chief secretary K.K. Pathak requested them to obtain written undertakings from all private coaching centres within their jurisdiction affirming that “no government school teachers […]
Learning gaps directive
Shimla, december 1. Learning gaps of class IX-XII students of government schools will be identified in the first 15 days of the new academic year based on the previous year’s final exam results. Thereafter teachers will focus on improving the mathematics, science, Hindi and English learning outcomes of students, said […]
Maharashtra Paltry pay petition
Jalna, november 11. The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court stayed a termination order served by management on seven teachers of MS English School, Jalna and directed the management to deposit outstanding salaries until November 2023 in the court.
The teachers were among 42 educators who filed a writ petition […]
Punjab School security initiative
Ludhiana, october 4. Under a special initiative to transform public education, the Punjab state government has appointed 1,378 security guards for all government senior secondary schools with an enrolment of more than 500 students.
Addressing an audience at a local government school function, education minister Harjot Singh Bains said: “These security […]
Rajasthan Coaching school guidelines
Jaipur, september 29. Recommendations made in the Rajasthan government’s guidelines for test prep/coaching institutes statewide include no glorification of toppers, results of routine tests to be kept confidential, no segregation of students in special batches based on ranks, and a policy for easy exit and fees refund within 120 days, among […]
Delhi Graphic book for well-being
New Delhi, August 29. A new graphic illustrations book for adolescents titled Lets Move Forward was launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union education minister, to guide adolescents to maintain holistic well-being. The book focuses on interpersonal relationships, gender equality and substance abuse prevention, among other issues.
Bihar Absent teachers crackdown
Patna, july 6. The state government has ordered deduction of a day’s salary of 87 teachers of 3,486 government schools in Patna district, found absent during inspections in the past five days.
This action was taken following a directive of additional chief secretary (education department), K.K. Pathak, who asked district magistrates to […]
Gujarat Model primary
Ahmedabad, june 6. A late 19th century government school operational until 2018 in Vadnagar, Mehsana district which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attended in young age, has been restored by the Archaeological Survey of India. Under Project Prerna (‘inspire’) — the vernacular school is being developed as a model for the country.
Punjab Education officers suspended
Chandigarh, may 30. Harjot Singh Bains, the state’s school education minister, ordered the suspension of three officials of his ministry on charges of dereliction of duty.
During a surprise inspection of the Government Primary School, Lambayan in SAS Nagar district, class V students brought to the minister’s attention that they were yet […]
J&K Moving direct appeal
Kathua/jammu, april 20. Days after class III student Seerat Naaz in a video message urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure basic facilities at her government school in Kathua district in the remote Lohai-Malhar block, Ravi Shankar Sharma, director of school education (Jammu), initiated action to give the school a facelift.
Assam Question paper leakage row
Guwahati, march 14.
Twenty-two people including teachers and students have been detained for questioning about leakage of a general science question paper of the class X state board examination which led to cancellation of the exam.
Addressing media personnel, education minister Ranoj Pegu, however denied the involvement of any teachers. “There is […]
Madhya Pradesh Mahatma disrespect notice
Seoni (mp), february 7.
The education ministry has issued a show-cause notice to a teacher of the government-run CM Rise School in Seoni district after a student recited a poem criticising Mahatma Gandhi during an event organised as part of the state government’s ongoing VikasYatra (development campaign). A video clip […]
Teacher training initiative
Chandigarh, january 20. The Punjab government has finalised a plan to send a first batch of 36 principals of government schools to the Principals’ Academy, Singapore for a specially designed training programme this month (February).
Addressing a press conference, education minister Harjot Singh Bains said: “Since teachers are nation builders who can […]
Bhubaneswar, december 1. President Draupadi Murmu conferred the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022 award of the Union ministry of youth affairs and sports on Dr. Achyuta Samanta, founder-promoter of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT).
“This award recognises KIIT’s sustained focus on sports education for the past 18 years. Together with upgrading academic […]
Ranchi, november 5. Students of government primary schools across the state will soon have access to child-friendly libraries to develop the reading habit and enhance learning capabilities, said Kiran Kumari Pasi, director of the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC).
In association with Room to Read, a San Francisco (USA)-based non-profit working for […]
Union home minister Amit Shah launched three Hindi language education textbooks for first year students at a function to mark the Madhya Pradesh state government’s ambitious project to provide the MBBS degree programme in Hindi.
“This day will be written in history in golden letters. Studying in one’s own language […]
Dehradun, september 15. School education minister Dhan Singh Rawat ordered demolition of all dilapidated school buildings in the state, a day after the ceiling of a toilet in a government primary school in Champawat district collapsed, killing an eight-year-old student and injuring three others.
Addressing a press conference, the minister said a district-wise survey […]
Agra/Firozabad, August. A school principal and other employees of the basic education department of Firozabad district have been charged with defalcating Rs.11.46 crore, sanctioned for the state’s Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme for children.
The teacher used fake ration and ID cards to register an NGO and transferred Rs.11.46 crore sanctioned for the […]
Delhi: Foreign applications surge New Delhi, July 4.
Against an average 100 admission applications from foreign students in the previous decade, for the academic year 2022-23, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU), Delhi, has received 650 applications from abroad for admission into undergraduate to Ph D programmes. Among applicants are students from SAARC nations, South Africa, […]
Delhi: Major digital skilling drive New Delhi, June 6. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a class VII-graduation digital skilling initiative for 10 million students. The programme will provide skilling, reskilling and upskilling education to students via internships, apprenticeships and employment in emerging technologies.
“This is the first-ever collaboration on a national scale between the ministries […]
Three class XII history textbooks have been proscribed for distorting facts related to Sikh history, said Yograj Singh, chairman of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), addressing the media. The decision to ban the texts was taken following a report by an inquiry committee constituted after a complaint was filed […]
Uttar Pradesh:Facelift for govt schools Lucknow, April 3.
To ensure 100 percent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched a statewide ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ (attend school campaign) from Shravasti district, which has UP’s lowest literacy rate.
“Government schools must achieve all the goals of Operation Kayakalp which aims […]
Meghalaya: Salary arrears assurance Shillong, March 3. Education minister Lahkmen Rymbui assured 12,451 teachers employed in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan — the Centre’s flagship programme for universalisation of elementary education — schools statewide that their pending dues of the past two months will be paid soon.
This assurance was given in response to protest marches staged […]
Madhya Pradesh: Happiness textbooks ready Bhopal, February 4. The Madhya Pradesh government is set to introduce ‘happiness’ as a compulsory subject in its secondary and higher secondary school syllabuses in the academic year 2022-23. MP was the country’s first state to establish a happiness department in 2016.
Addressing the media, Akhilesh Argal, CEO of the […]
Kavaratti, January 1. On a two-day state visit to the Union territory of Lakshadweep, India’s vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated two arts and science colleges affiliated with Pondicherry University (PU) in the Kadmat and Androth islands.
Also chancellor of PU, Naidu said the courses offered will enable students, especially girl students, to overcome the region’s […]
Bhubaneswar, December 16. The state government inducted 6,131 newlyappointed secondary teachers into an ongoing schools transformation programme under its 5T (team work, technology, transparency, timely completion leading to transformation) initiative.
These teachers have received their appointment letters in the past 47 days. Of them, 2,236 are arts stream teachers, […]
Jammu & Kashmir Indian Army-KU agreement
Srinagar, November 8. The Indian Army signed a collaboration agreement with Kashmir University, Srinagar for providing distance education study programmes to soldiers posted in the Valley. The agreement was signed by vice chancellor Prof. Talat Ahmad and Lt. Gen. D.P. Pandey, General Officer Commanding, Chinar Corps at Gandhi Hall […]
Andhra Pradesh
NIT-AP initiatives
Tadepalligudem, october 30. The National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh (NIT-AP), has revised its B.Tech curriculum and added new features in conformity with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The institute recently conducted a ‘National Conclave on Strategies for Implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’ symposium to apprise administrative staff, […]
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Teachers Awards on 44 educators from across the country on Teachers Day (September 5). Instituted in 1958, the national awards are conferred upon outstanding primary-secondary teachers under a three-tier district, state and national selection process to honour […]
Paval Birhor (16), a student of Pariyojna Ucha Vidyalay, Kandsar, a government school in the Hazaribagh district, is the first girl child from Jharkhand’s primitive Birhor tribe (pop.11,000) to pass the state board’s class X matriculation examination. Results of the Jharkhand Academic Council were declared […]
Vadodara. Service contracts of two junior resident doctors of the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society’s Gotri Medical College were terminated, and five third-year medical students expelled from the hostel for allegedly ragging 60 second-year students who were forced to do 100 sit-up exercises.
“We have taken a serious view of the matter and […]
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