Education

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the Centre is considering bringing back retired teachers not more than 75 years old and with "good teaching record" to fill in the large number of vacancies in centrally funded institutions and universities. He said these retired teachers could be

When a child reaches higher classes the most difficult task for the child and the parent is to decide as to which stream one should go for. Many a times it is the friends who decide, many a times it is forced by the parents and rarely it is selected as per the capabilities of the child. Many experts

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that under the Gyankunj Project, e-classes will be set up in 1,609 state government-run primary schools for students of class VII and VIII. These classes will be equipped with projectors, smart-boards, infrared cameras, laptops, speakers and wi-fi routers

Teachers Day Special On this Teachers Day Delhi government awarded 93 teachers and in this there were two teachers who were awarded under a special category which was started by Dy CM Manish Sisodia last year. This was to recognise the efforts of teachers who did exemplary work which was not the

This is a special on Teachers Day. This is the story of a teacher in Tamil Nadu, Annapurna Mohan, a Class 3 English teacher at a school in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram town. She has given her classroom a very modern look with an interactive smart board, English books, comfortable furniture. This school

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