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, …

Vivekanand Education Society (VES) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Mumbai to establish a Centre of Excellence in Sindhi Language, Heritage, and Cultural Studies, which will include a dedicated Vivekanand Education Society Sindhi Research and Development Centre (SRDC). The MoU was signed at the University of Mumbai by Advocate Shri Rajesh Gehani, Secretary, VES, and Registrar …

UNSW Sydney on Dec 8 announced, it has received approval to open a campus in India. The University Grants Commission (UGC) issued the University a ‘Letter of Intent’ during a ceremony in New Delhi, hosted by the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan and attended by Australia’s federal Minister for Education, Jason Clare. UNSW Bengaluru will open in August 2026, enabling …