One of the major recommendations of National Knowledge Commission (esb 2005), the brain child of Dr Man Mohan Singh as Prime Minister & headed by Sam Pitroda, the ‘Telecom Czar’, was creating an over-arching single regulatory mechanism for entire higher education. Taking a cue, the then HRD minister Arjun Singh picked up eminent scientist & former UGC chairman Prof Yash …
In a welcome change Prime Minister Narendra Modi went live on national television and webcast for a good one and a half hours on September 5, the birthday of former President, philopsopher & educationist Dr Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, which is designated as the national teachers day in India, and interacted with students across the country. An estimated 9.51 crore children …
The union HRD ministry under the new government as a departure from the past has clearly set an innovative agenda with small but specific initiatives. We reproduce some of what has been said in its 100 days achievement/performance statement. CLOSING THE GENDER GAP The Department of School Education and Literacy has supported the Ministry of Women and Child Development …
Andhra Pradesh : Govada Ajai Babu, V. Dasappa, Bandla Veera Raghavaiah, Singa Nagabhushanachari, Kothuri Suseela Kumari, Yajjala Muraliveni, Pakala Jeevarathnam, Kondamallela Nagaraju, Inkollu Ranga Rao, CH. John Ratnam. Arunachal Pradesh: Hage Bibijan, Mito Riba. Assam: Rina Bhattacharjee , Khagendra Nath Chetia Phukan, Khiren Chandra Kakati, Gopal Chamuah, Md. Tazimuddin Ahmed , Damayanti Devi, Shafiqur Rahman, Abdul Mozid Khan, Ranju …
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IN HIS maiden Independence Day speech or ‘toilet speech’ promised separate toilets for boys and girls in all schools in a year. The promised announcement is indeed welcome. According to Unicef, “A survey among school children in India revealed that about half of the ailments found are related to unsanitary conditions and lack of personal hygiene. …
The uncertainty of several weeks over civil services preliminary examination of this year is over and will be held as per schedule on August 24. There has been a high pitched agitation against Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) first introduced in 2011 and the new pattern introduced in the Main examination in 2013 besides other issues concerning aspirants of the …
