Education

The roadmap for Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E) project of NITI Aayog, being undertaken in partnership with three participating states of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, was released on Saturday, March 17 by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, in presence of

The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry plans to introduce an integrated curriculum in schools, including sports, vocational crafts and yoga with academics in an effort at ensuring a holistic approach to the development of students, officials familiar with the matter said on condition of

Sometime back Delhi government had taken the decision to introduce a new subject in all government schools, from Nursery Class to Class VIII under the name "Happiness". The advertisement of the government says: "Education is mean to create happy, confident and content human beings, who can in-turn

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has invited suggestions on rationalizing curriculum for class I to XII to ensure all round development of students. The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar has said that there is an urgent need to rationalize the school

For 58-year-old cognitive psychologist, Dr Shailesh Thaker, in Ahmedabad, celebrating his birthday meant contributing towards a noble cause. On Tuesday on the day of his birthday, Thaker adopted 51 streetchildren and decided to sponsor their complete education right from schooling till the time they

Children with special needs appearing for Classes 10 and 12 board examinations will be able to use computer or laptops to write their exam from this year. The examination committee of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) approved the proposal on Tuesday. Candidates with special needs will

This story is of one Mansi, a teenager who started her studies from Ekal Vidyalaya and today pursuing her MBA. Mansi is from village Bhajrala in the Jogindernagar block of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh. She is of short stature, may be mistaken for a middle school student, but wants to achieve

Four of the 66 exams centres created in Gaya for the Bihar School Examination Board’s Class X examination are all-woman centres with the centre superintendents, invigilators, static magistrates, patrolling magistrates, zonal magistrates, police officers, constables and others being women. The all

In the new academic session, those clearing Class XII board exams will have the option to join four-year integrated BA-B Ed or BSc-B Ed courses. According to a HRD ministry source, the move to drop the present two-year course in Bachelor of Education is to ensure that only serious aspirants opt to

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved implementation of 'Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF)' scheme at a total cost of Rs.1650 crore for a period of seven years beginning 2018-19. The Prime Minister has emphasized the importance of innovation and technology for the progress and

Students in business schools, excluding IIMs, will have to take a course on Indian ethics and concepts, according to a revised curriculum for the master’s degree and postgraduate diplomas in business management. It also includes lessons on Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient treatise on statecraft

Students now will be able to refer to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s advice on how to tackle exam challenges in his book, ‘Exam Warriors’. It seeks to help spread smiles during examinations, viewing them as occasions to celebrate learning with festive joy. The book was launched at a function in