Commemorating its 5th Foundation Day, the CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) launched its SVASTIK (Scientifically Validated Societal Traditional Knowledge) web portal on Jan 14 at the hands of Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO, ANRF. The portal is a national initiative implemented by CSIR-NIScPR upon the clarion call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, aimed at communicating India’s scientifically …

The lackadaisical approach of education departments and State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) in implementing and enforcing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009—particularly Section 12(1)(c)—has allowed this constitutionally mandated provision to steadily wither away. In the absence of robust enforcement, private schools have increasingly exploited loopholes to evade their statutory obligations. For far …

As part of its 20-year milestone, Sampark Foundation intends to support 20,000 additional smart schools, alongside the deployment of an AI-based classroom governance and real-time monitoring platform across nearly 80,000 government schools in eight Indian states namely, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh, through an investment of ₹25 crore. The announcement comes as the Foundation …

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 …