Education

Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar has directed the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to take measure for adoption of solar energy in all Navodaya Vidyalayas. He also directed that water and solar energy harvesting should form part of proposals in the new building plans and

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Digital India campaigns as well as demonetisation are set to be included in NCERT textbooks for the next academic session. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous organisation that advises the Union

From 2nd October HRD ministry will start one of the largest teacher education programme across the country, aimed at training around 11.09 lakh untrained teachers by March 2019. The ministry, on Teachers' Day, is also likely to kickstart the ambitious project of teaching 2,000 students of Kendriya

Anjuara Khatun, 9, is a bright student. However, for the past two weeks, she hasn’t been able to attend classes because her school is submerged under flood waters. Despite that, Anjuara has been able to keep up with her studies, thanks to a floating school that holds classes on a boat for students

This is in continuations of the post yesterday titled "Niti Aayog to Launch Mentor India Campaign". NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Government of India’s flagship program to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, is inviting applications for ‘Mentor India’. Mentor India is as a

‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ Programme, an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to prepare a physical Health and Fitness Profile Card for more than 12 lakhs of Kendriya Vidyalaya students was launched in Kochi. Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri. Prakash Javadekar unveiled

More than 500 street children in west Delhi have enrolled in corporation schools over the past two years, with at least 14 getting top ranks in their final exams. These children—mostly in the age group of 8 to 14 years—have been previously working in the west Delhi area. The high enrollment could be

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will launch its own portal on 9th August to sell books online. Through this portal students and schools will be able to place orders directly to NCERT for its books, which will be delivered at home or the school. Talks are also in

Some time back news had come that the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, worried over the low ratio of girl students in IIT has set a target of achieving 20% female students by 2020-2021. This will be done in a phased manner as per earlier reports. In 2018 the addition will be 14%, in 2019

There will soon be no need for physical authentication of educational certificates during admissions. In a revolutionary move that will benefit students, recruiters and educational institutions. The benefits are two-fold for educational institutions that sign up. First, the task of maintaining a

Rajasthan government will host a 2-day 'Festival of Education' in Jaipur on the 5th and 6th August at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre. The festival aims at enhancing the opportunities in the education sector. This will also help in improving the quality of education in Rajasthan

The Centre plans to start as many as five residential schools in every state to cater to Dalit girls, but on the condition that states take over their funding and functioning after three years. The schools will provide education from Class VI to Class XII. Boarding schools are seen as the best way