India’s apex school academic body, National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT), Tech Avant-Garde (TAG) and Microsoft will collaborate to enhance Digital Transformation and Holistic Learning (DTHL) in education, as per Digital India Campaign and National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. Digital India campaign (2015) envisions creating basic IT/ ICT infrastructure, delivery of citizen services through portals, apps etc., and …

Pune-based FLAME University established in 2015 and one of India’s first liberal education universities in India has launched its alumni network portal, called ‘FLAME AlumNet’. The portal will serve as a professional and personal networking channel for FLAME University’s alumni. FLAME AlumNet is an online hangout meant exclusively for FLAME’s alumni, which will help enable them to stay in touch …

In a major announcement, the Union Ministry of Education on September 21 constituted the National Steering Committee for the development of National Curriculum Frameworks (NCF) for school education in the country. It will be after 16 years that India has begun the process of developing a new NCF that will be fourth such NCF in history of independent India and …

The 75 Indian Railway training institutes as part of 75 years of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, will train over 50000 candidates in next three years under a new scheme called Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana, a program under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).  Initially, the training will be provided to 1000 candidates. The training will be provided …

The 11th BCS is likely to have the participation of 11 Union Ministers, 10 Assembly Speakers, 40 MLAs from different states, about 30 Thought Leaders and 60 Student Speakers. Pune-based MIT School of Government on September 17 announced that the 11th edition of its flagship six-day Annual National Conclave, Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad or BCS (Indian Student Parliament) will be inaugurated by  Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence followed …

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on Sep 17 honoured 41 trainers and also launched four new trades at a digital conclave organized for the third edition of Kaushalacharya Awards. The four trades under Craftsmen Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) to be taught in National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) including Lift & Escalator Mechanic; Computer Aided Embroidery and Designing; Multimedia Animation …