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HRD ministry has launched a unique initiative, the Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV which is meant for extraordinarily talented students from across the country. The new programme will act as a platform to explore the…
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Today is International Day of the Girl Child. To commemorate this occasion, girls in every government schools in Rajasthan were given a chance to become an honorary principal for a day. The girls selected for the task were given the charge…
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Skills And You (SAY) recently organised its annual event, Curio Conclave, in New Delhi. The theme of this year's conclave was ‘Change Classroom Ecosystem.’ The event is held every year to raise awareness about the importance of…
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HRD minister of state Sanjay Dhotre recently launched the Curriculum for Life Skills (Jeevan Kaushal) in New Delhi. Designed by UGC as an under graduate programme, the curriculum covers the set of human talents acquired by an individual via…
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President Ram Nath Kovind presented the national award to 46 teachers on the occasion of Teachers’ Day in New Delhi. The teachers were awarded for their exceptional contribution in the field of education. The teachers were selected…
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“Teachers play a significant role in addressing the global challenges facing the world today,” said President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing teachers on the occasion of the Teachers' Day in the capital. “The world is moving from…
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Come August 22, and the HRD ministry will launch "the world’s biggest project for teacher training" named NISHTHA (National Initiative on School Teachers Head Holistic Advancement). More than 42 lakh teachers will be trained through this…
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The AP Model Residential School on the outskirts of C Belagal in Andhra Pradesh was in news recently for all the wrong reasons! On saturday, the school was reduced to an empty building when all its girl students vacated the…
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With an aim to end rote learning and improve the quality of education in schools, NCERT has come out with subject-wise minimum learning outcomes (MLOs) for class IX and X students. At present, it has specified MLOs for two subjects, namely,…
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The Japanese Government Scholarship (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology : MEXT) for the year 2020 is now open for application to interested candidates, for studying in Japanese Universities (Undergraduate level),…
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CBSE has asked people to not believe the rumours being spread through social media platforms regarding the ongoing board exams. Issuing an alert in this direction, CBSE said in its press release, “It has been noticed in the past that…
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5,680 schools in Kerala are facing closure due to shortage of students. As per the report published in The New Indian Express, 2,564 government schools and 3,116 government-aided schools experienced shortage of students in the year 2017-18,…
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In order to provide qualitative education for all, total budget allocation for the HRD Ministry in interim budget 2019-20 is Rs 93,847.64 crore which is more than 10,000 crore from previous year budget allocation. The total budget…
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India and OECD today signed an agreement for India’s participation in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021. The agreement was signed in presence of HRD minister Prakash Javadekar. While addressing the gathering,…
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With an aim to reach out to school students, ISRO today announced launch of ‘Young Scientist Programme.' "ISRO will select three students from each state and union territories and will provide them access to its R&D laboratories."…
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Government of Japan has decided to invite 80 students/ youths from India to visit Japan under the JENESYS short-term invitation programme. This year, in cooperation with AFS India, Japan is inviting four groups based on different themes.…
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Government is finding it hard to find private companies willing to participate in vocational educational projects run by the central and state governments. The reason is said to be the inordinate delays in payments by the government.…
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Meet Archisman Nandy. While most students of his age fear Maths, this soon-to-be-teenager has surprised everyone with his grasp at the subject. A student of class VI of St. Agnes School, Kharagpur, West Bengal, Archisman has recently bagged…
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