Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has called on all stakeholders to come together to prepare a robust, holistic annual plan for Samagra Shiksha 2026–27 and take it forward as a nationwide movement. Chairing a consultation meeting to develop a strategic, consultative and implementable roadmap for Samagra Shiksha 3.0, he said that convergence of ideas would strengthen collective capacity …

Twenty young achievers in six categories: Bravery, Social Service, Environment, Sports, Art & Culture, and Science & Technology, have been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP), this year. The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on these children at a ceremony held in New Delhi on December 26, the Veer Baal …

The current decade marks India’s first sustained push towards foundational learning, following the launch of the NIPUN Bharat Mission in 2020 under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The mission aims to ensure that every child attains Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) by Grade 3 by 2026–27. However, five years on, findings from the Teaching Learning Practices Survey (TLPS) 2025 …

The 3rd meeting of the Consultative Committee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning held in New Delhi on Dec 18 under Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted how Artificial Intelligence is being systematically integrated across the school education ecosystem in alignment with the NEP 2020. In a detailed presentation on school education interventions curriculum reforms …

Bill establishes Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan as apex body with 3 independent Councils for Standards, Regulation, and Accreditation as UGC, AICTE, and NCTE to be subsumed under a new Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Seeking a Unified Regulatory Framework to replace multiple approvals and simplify compliance for HEIs, the Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan …

Christel House India, a non-profit that provides high-quality, holistic, completely free education and long-term support to children from severely underserved communities, announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with the Thane Municipal Corporation, which will enable it to operate a state-of-the-art school, owned and built by the Thane Municipal Corporation. The two-acre campus in Kharegaon, Kalwa, Thane, …