This year (2019) March, some 11 lakh unqualified teachers appointed prior to 2015 who are engaged in teaching work in schools as para teachers across the length and breadth of country have to become professionally qualified under the amended provisions of sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. It was expected …
The apex child rights body, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) based in New Delhi will be launching a portal called ‘MONITOR’ for online reporting of the out of school children under an inter legislative convergence reporting initiative. Various agencies obliged under child laws will have to provide data of children to NCPCR for corroboration and monitoring. According …
The moral fiber of societies worldwide is deteriorating and is manifesting in the form of rude behaviors, more greed and shortcuts for materialistic happiness, crimes against humanity, rapes and general devaluation of human value system from empathy to honesty, patience and tolerance. In India, in addition to these items, cases of road rage, vandalism, cheating and disrespect for elderly are …
The online registration process for admission in Class 1 of schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has begun today, (March 1, Friday) at 8 am. Interested can apply through the official website, kvsonlineadmission.in. The last day to apply is March 19, 2019. The registration process for Class 2 will be conducted from April 2 to April 9, 2019. While, the application process …
Competitive exams preparation platform, Gradeup, announced its 13 million registered users mark early this week. The feat was achieved within a span of just 3.5 years, since its inception in 2015. In September 2018, the platform crossed the 10 million subscribers mark. Furthermore, there have been more than 6 million tests submitted on Gradeup, with more than 155 million question …
The CSR arm of Google on March 6 launched a new free app called the Bolo app to help primary grade children improve their reading skills in Hindi and English. The app comes with Google’s speech recognition and text-to-speech technology which makes it very child friendly. Designed to work offline, Bolo will be available on Google Play Store in India …
