In the participatory approach to the learning process, the role shifting of teachers becoming learners and the learners transforming into teachers are obvious. In the present day classrooms, teachers and learners are both learners and teachers.... Read More
Legal suit filed against Google for amassing students data in US
Alphabet's Google search engine, was sued by the Attorney General of New Mexico for allegedly collecting students’ personal information without parental consent. It was alleged that an educational software of the corporation used by the students collects personal data.... Read More
Telangana Introduces French Language in State Welfare Schools
Language is a tool of educational empowerment. Keeping this fact in mind, the Telangana government has introduced the French language in schools run by Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) and Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions So... Read More
Need For Global Attitude In Teachers And Their Teaching Approaches
The contemporary world witnesses the presence of a global attitude where everyone and everything is interconnected. It is this interdependence that paves the way for the diffusion of cultures and values that take society to greater heights.... Read More
Education is the only sector that has been dynamic and undergoing a transformation for the past many years. The educationists are involved in inventions and creations of pedagogical devices that match up to the standards of global education of the 21st century. The stakeholders including teachers, s... Read More
Wisely Choose School Consultants in India?
This is what school promoters should look for in a school consultancy service organization. They must see if the consultancy is organized i.e. can it provide all the services required to launch a new school through their own dedicated resources? Can they help conceptualize the school, plan budget, ... Read More
Institutionalization of Virtual Model of Education May Be on the Cards in Delhi
What was dubbed as the ‘dream project’, a ‘first-of its kind’ Virtual model of education is being planned in Delhi?... Read More
Tripura becomes the first state to introduce centralized question papers for schools
As the reasoning of the Education Minister goes, the introduction of a standard question paper for all schools will bring in uniformity in the conduct of the school examinations.... Read More
Delhi may scrap nursery admissions for 2021-22, schools unlikely to open before July
In an important development, the Delhi government has proposed to scrap and suspend admissions in the nursery for the 2021-22 academic year. The state is considering to implement the scrapping of admissions in 2021 and proposing the same for private schools. As a corollary, the 2022-23 academic sess... Read More
India’s First National Assessment Regulator - PARAKH
India's first national assessment regulator PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development), is tasked to work on establishing standards and guidelines for student assessment and evaluation. This will be applicable to all recognized school boards in the cou... Read More
Edcamps: New Age Professional Development for Teachers in India
Edcamps, an educator driven initiative are informal, participatory, one day event organized by educators or facilitators for themselves to discuss about their needs and demands.... Read More
President Says New Education Policy will Establish India as Knowledge Superpower
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' commented, "The policy will lay the formation stone of new India and will provide technical, scientific and job-oriented education to girls, minorities and under-privileged sections of the society."... Read More
New skill modules covering coding and data science introduced by CBSE, supported by Microsoft
In collaboration with Microsoft, CBSE has introduced new skill modules, namely data science, and coding.... Read More
CBSE and Meta Collaborate to Train Students and Teachers in AR and Digital Well-being
As part of their partnership with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Meta, formerly known as Facebook, will train over 10 million students and 1 million teachers in India. The training will be in digital safety, Augmented Reality (AR), and online well-being. The high school curriculum ... Read More
Key Initiatives Launched by PM Modi during ‘Shikshak Parv 2021’
‘Shikshak Parv 2021’ was celebrated by the Ministry of Education from 5th to 17thSeptember 2021 to acknowledge the valuable contribution of teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic, and to launch new initiatives under New Education Policy 2020.... Read More
PM announces the Launch of Fit India Grading System for Schools
The Fit India School rankings grade the school according to the merit in three categories, the first being the Fit India Schools then the Fit India School (3 star) and finally the Fit India School (5 star).... Read More
How to Increase School Admissions ?
Many school promoters are finding it difficult to enroll required number of students. This is in fact, one of the biggest challenge school promoters are experiencing when they launch a new school or trying to sustain an established school. Creating the best infrastructure, putting up hoardings and h... Read More