After having faced a lot of criticism and Supreme Court scrutiny (Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 522/2021) over lack of an alternative examination policy during the pandemic academic year 2020-21 where the board examinations had to cancelled in the wake of deadly second wave of covid 19, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has ushered in a major examination reform from …
Oxford University Press (OUP), in its newly published global report exploring the digital divide in education, has said that 68% of teachers rate poor access to the internet or a device as the biggest barrier to digital learning, 56% said it was held back by a lack of digital skills among parents, teachers, and learners. The report, Addressing the Deepening Digital …
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and five Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) on Oct 29 announced the winners of the seventh annual Boeing-IIT National Aeromodelling Competition. This year the competition, one of India’s largest and most popular aeromodelling programs, was conducted virtually in compliance with COVID-19 protocols. Details of winners: Gold Category Position Institute Team Members Winner Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Nagpur …
The National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy, (NIPUN) Bharat Mission launched by Ministry of Education’s Department of School Education and Literacy on July 5 this year, gets a committee to steer its implementation. As prescribed in the Mission guidelines, a National Steering Committee (NSC) for implementation of the NIPUN Bharat Mission has been constituted on 25thOctober, …
Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan, on October 25 launched the phase-II of Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF), a two-year long fellowship conceived to create opportunity for young, dynamic individuals to contribute to enhancing skill development at the grassroots. Under the second phase 661 MGNFs will be deployed across all districts of the country. Eight …
In line with its announcement of 100 Saninik schools in the budget this year and NEP 2020, Government of India has decided to affiliate 100 schools under SainikSchools Society, Ministry of Defence. In the first phase, 100 affiliate partners are proposed to be drawn from States/NGOs/Private partners. These Schools function as an exclusive vertical which will be distinct and different …
