The Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for 2021-22 report released on July 7 is the latest report in this series that commenced in 2017 as an annual tracker of the country’s progress towards SDG4 in school education. The surprise finding is that no state or UT features in the top four grade bands on a scale of 1000 and even …
Scientists of the EPTA in collaboration with the Indo-Japanese colleagues of the InPTA have reported detailed results of analysing pulsar data collected over 25 years with six of the world’s largest radio telescopes. This includes more than three years of very sensitive data collected using the unique low radio frequency range and the flexibility of India’s largest radio telescope – …
“Education is a key component of a child’s development. The relationships that teachers have with their students and the experiences they provide for them directly shape the neural circuitry of the next generation. Teachers in this way can be seen as neuro-sculptors of our future.” – JoAnn Deak Anita Karwal (IAS), the former Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy …
Superseding the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations 2019, the new Regulations are built on the principle of a “light but tight” regulatory framework envisioned in the National Education Policy 2020. There are around 170 deemed institutions in the country currently and were faced with a kind of uncertainty since 2010 in face of standoff with the regulators and public …
Darul Uloom Deoband, the renowned Islamic seminary in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, is in the crosshairs of law for a recent ‘ban’ order on the learning of languages other than Arabic and Urdu. Learning of English language and skills, which appears to be increasingly popular within the student community of the seminary is seen as the chief driver for …
The Children’s Art Museum of India (CAMI) recently launched its inaugural game – Children’s Art Museum on Roblox’s global platform, marking India’s first online art museum in the metaverse designed specifically for children. By offering this game free of charge, CAMI wants to make art accessible to all children, regardless of their background or financial means. The game caters to …
