Education

In 2002, when Jagjit Singh Walia joined as an elementary teacher, the sight that greeted him at the Government Primary School in Moosa, in Punjab’s Mansa district, was of children sitting in corridors, a few others in the sun, and still others running around in the open ground. There were not enough

The UGC, in its 542 nd meeting held on 02 nd August 2019 has considered the reports of the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) appointed by Government under the Chairmanship of N Gopalaswami recommending (15) Public institutions and (15) Private institutions for considering to give status of

The country’s premier engineering colleges – the IITs – could from December onwards have hundreds of students and researchers from Asean countries on their ranks as the Union HRD ministry is looking east to fulfil its twin objectives of getting more international students and boosting research. The

Inside a classroom at the Government High School (GHS) at Kaksar village near the Line of Control in Ladakh, Sajad Hussain is delivering a lecture. “Today, I will teach you about democracy,” Hussain tells a group of girls. As the country commemorates the 20th anniversary of Kargil war , this school

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to regulate the whole process of admission to classes 9 and 11 in all its affiliated schools across the country from next year. Board has formulated the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to standardise admissions in these classes which

All have heard of Super 30, which was started by Anand Kumar in 2002 for coaching underprivileged children to get into the prestigious IIT. Kumar is Patna based and has gained international attention, for training poor backward students to crack IIT-JEE. And every year the results have shown how

To attract foreign students and faculty to its campus, IIT Delhi Wednesday organised a summit meeting on “Globalization of IIT Delhi: New Opportunities for Higher Studies in India”. After being given the Institute of Eminence (IoE) tag, IIT has already admitted 70 students to various postgraduate

The Government has included Yoga training in the “Study in India” programme to encourage Yoga seekers from abroad to obtain authentic Yoga training in India. University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved the establishment of an Inter University Centre-Yogic Science at Bengaluru and introduced Yoga

To facilitate Internationalization of Higher Education in India, a Programme viz. ‘Study in India’ is under implementation with the objectives to make India a preferred education destination/hub for foreign students; improve the soft power of India with focus on the neighbouring countries and use it

The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which sets the guidelines and direction for the development of syllabi and textbooks at all the school stages, emphasizes on ethical development, inculcating the values

Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) was running a separate scheme “Establishment of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub-Plan Areas” under which funds were provided to State Governments for construction of Ashram schools as per following norms: Funding Pattern Central Share State Share (i) 100% for Girls

The National Translation Mission (NTM) is a scheme launched in 2008 which is being implemented through the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore to establish translation as an industry in general and to facilitate higher education by making knowledge texts accessible to students and