CBSE Fee Hike announced to meet the 200 cr. CBSE board examination budget deficit

The decision was met with criticism from several quarters after which the reason for it was specified. The Board stated that a deficit of over Rs. 200 crore incurred in conducting examinations for Classes 10 and 12 is the reason for the decision.... Read More

Foreign Board Students Allowed Admission in CBSE Affiliated Schools Without Prior Approval of the Board

Affiliated schools have been permitted by the Central Board of Secondary Education to admit students from foreign boards for which the CBSE board’s prior approval will not be required. To facilitate this, a list of equivalency of classes X and XII of foreign boards with similar classes of CBSE has b... Read More

Education Boards Urge Vaccination of Students Before Examinations Begin

Guidelines for the vaccination of children between 15 to 18 years was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in December 2021, which was scheduled to begin from January 3, 2022. Following this, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and the Central Board of... Read More

What 21st Century School Architecture demands

We have expounded on the research works that correlate the school architecture with pedagogy and learning outcomes in our previous article. In this article, I wish to provide more insights into the... Read More

How COVID-19 can change the traditional classroom system?

A big wave of educational shift has hit most of the countries with the arrival of COVID -19 turning all classrooms into digital rooms. Since the lockdown, all students have turned into a virtual world to seek learning without losing the flow of studies. The preferred educational trend during this ph... Read More

Mumbai sees protests against school fee hike, ban on online classes

Mumbai saw a spate of protests by parent groups on the issues of fee hike by a prominent school chain-- with six schools in Mumbai alone-- and the ban on online classes for primary and preschool children.... Read More

CBSE Completes 90 years, HRD to release coffee table book Chronicling them

The board’s journey from its initiation as the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana in 1929 to one of the biggest school education boards in world has been chronicled in the said coffee-table book.... Read More

UNICEF foresees and warns of skill deficit in half of Indian students for 21st century jobs

In India, 53% of students will pass out of senior secondary schools without acquiring 21st century skills and hence will struggle to find a decent occupation. According to the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate in India stands at 8.45% and this is not likely to improv... Read More

Digital Divide Highlighted by the ASER 2020

The digital divide has been highlighted since the online classes have gained currency. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2020, Wave 1, indicates that the divide is very pronounced and the families that do not have access to computers or smart phones are at a clear disadvantage.... Read More

Economically Weaker Section students are among the hardest hit in the course of the pandemic

According to a government survey, as many as 27 percent of children in center funded government schools do not have access to devices that are critical to participate in the online classes.... Read More

Civil Society Organization Protests the Omissions of New religions from Textbooks

An organization known as Swaraj Abhiyan Karnataka has alleged “saffornization” of education citing omission of content related to the new religions—Buddhism and Jainism from the chapters of class 6 Social Science textbooks.... Read More

TET Not Mandatory For Some Teachers: Madras HC

The Madras High Court, in a recent verdict declared that teachers who were appointed as secondary grade teachers or graduate teachers/ B.T. Assistants in the state before 29th July, 2011 must be allowed to continue their service and receive increments, as well as incentives, even if they had not cle... Read More

Powering Educational Transformation: 8 MOUs Signed Between MoE, MSDE and IBM

In a landmark development, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) have signed eight Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with technology giant IBM.... Read More

JCR International School

<p style="text-align: justify;">The school is set up to be one of the leading institutions of Tirupati. With its emphasis on academic rigor and physical fitness, the school is one of the best institutions promoting all-round development.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The architectural design is a blend of modern temple architecture of the yore. An Imposing amphitheatre as a nucleus and building blocks as satellites gives a galactic architectural impression to the school design. Design emphases on child-centred education wherein importance are given on mental, spiritual, physical and psychological development besides academics.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Technology-enablement of the classrooms and the laboratories ensure comprehensive learning and remote learning needs are also taken care of. The school follows the CBSE curriculum and it is supplemented by advance curriculum solutions.</p>... Read More

Sports and Health Period Made Mandatory by CBSE Board From 2018-19

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), in a bid to mainstream health and physical education in schools, has intervened elevating sports from a neglected extra-curricular activity level to a curricular standard.  Health and Physical Education (HPE), as the new subject is named is to be made a d... Read More

Selecting Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) for Schools

Interactive whiteboard is a 21st century substitute to the black board is also known as smart board. It is a mediating technology useful in turning the class increasingly interactive. It is a significant addition to the learning environment and a defining feature of educational technology for classr... Read More

Wards of the Armed Forces Personnel given more relaxations by the CBSE

CBSE reported that the relaxations have been extended in 2020 for the benefit of the children from the families of the defence and para-military forces who are defending the country against terrorism and insurgencies.... Read More

Eleven New Schools of Specialised Excellence to Come Up in Delhi

Delhi currently has twenty Schools of Specialised Excellence (SoSEs). From the academic session 2022-23, eleven new SoSEs will become operational in the city along with an AFPS (Armed Forces Preparatory School) in the Jharoda Kalan area.... Read More