The first batch of 60 outstanding talented students under the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme-DHRUV for the gifted students is undergoing a 14-day camp where two groups of Science and Performing Arts will be separated for further conditioning. Broadly the chosen students are from classes 9 to 12, from all schools including government and private. To begin …

On September 21, the union ministry of human resources development (HRD) used the specially convened Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) committee meeting on draft NEP, to release the statistical report of  All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2018-19 as well. The scheme of Higher Education Statistics and Public Information System (HESPIS) under which the survey is being conducted …

The President of India while presenting the Nation Awards urged teachers to build a new generation that is full of knowledge and wisdom, so that it can successfully address all the contemporary challenges. On September 5, the Teachers’ Day, 46 teachers from across the country received National Awards from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, for their exceptional and …

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ presenting the awards, at inauguration of the International Conference on Journey of Teacher Education: Local to Global, in New Delhi on August 17, 2019. The Secretary (Department of School & Literacy), Smt. Rina Ray and other dignitaries are also seen. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) as a …

New office building Finally, some welcome action on much neglected teacher training agenda in the country appears to be in sight as the NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education) as the national regulator for teacher education and training in India moves to a new address and seeks to address some of the vexed issues that have been the source of …

Raft attention to higher education agenda If much doesn’t change in the draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019, then university grants commission (UGC) will become Higher Education Grants Council and the regulator function will be vested into a new body to be called as National Higher Education Regulatory Authority. The draft also recommends doubling of government expenditure on public education …