With the two national school examination boards—the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announcing the Class X and class XII examinations 2024 schedule, the focus and energies of students, parents and schools are completely concentrated on the ensuing examination season for the first four months of 2024. The CBSE practical …

Ashutosh Gupta, Country Manager, LinkedIn India, recently spoke at a national education conference about skills-first mindset and how education systems should take this transformation in their stride. We’re here reproducing the keynote (though not verbatim) as an important year-end piece of opinion that also sets in future thought process. India is a land of brimming potential standing at the forefront …

The second edition of the ASDC National Automobile Olympiad, organised by Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC), concluded successfully in collaboration with CBSE – Central Board of Secondary Education, and NPOCA – the National Program on Career Awareness on 29 December 2023. This Olympiad witnessed the participation of many students from grades 6 to 12 across India. In Group-1 (classes 6 …

The 3-day National Workshop on Earth Sciences held at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) concluded on December 29, 2023, marking a successful gathering of professionals and researchers from diverse disciplines within the field of Earth Sciences.  The workshop, with its diverse program encompassing Precambrian Geodynamics, Sedimentary Earth Surface Processes, Geophysical Techniques, and Emerging Tools in Earth Sciences, reflected …

Year 2023 arrived building on the reprieve that 2022 offered from Covid pandemic and the resilience seen across the ecosystems.  So, importance of mental health and wellness in school curricula continued so did acceptance of flexible learning pathways even though classrooms were back in strength and engagement. Jitendra Karsan, Chairman Safari Kid India, feels looking back at 2023, the education sector witnessed …

From Ishan Chatterjee – Managing Director, YouTube India, Rahul Tamada – Cofounder & CEO, Tamada Media, Supriya Yarlagadda – CEO, Annapurna Studios, Rana Daggubati – Film Actor & Producer to Nag Ashwin – Indian Film Director & Screenwriter and Satish Mummareddy – Former Product Manager, GenAI, Meta, the lineup of alumni at the StartX Summit organized by Hyderabad Public School Begumpet on Dec 26 was glib with talk …