Five Secrets to Land Your Dream Teaching Job
Many a time someone else gets the job you have been looking for. There are a set of people who get their dream jobs easily but not because they are more talented than you, rather they stand out due to their innovative approach. Nowadays, landing a teachers' job is not as easy as it was in the past, ... Read More
Role of vocational education in K-12 schools
Vocational education implies skill-based education that prepares individuals to hone themselves as a technician or in multiple numbers of jobs like a trade or a craft or any creative work activity.... Read More
Emphasise on Emotional Intelligence in School
We’re living in a time where technology is actively influencing human mind. Since decades, the intellectual quotient (IQ) is arguably increasing consistently but from one generation to the next.... Read More
The Three Language Policy—Antecedents and contemporary perspectives
The states in India were reorganized on linguistic basis. Education, it was realized has to have an element of uniformity for the idea of the Union of States to work, hence the national education boards. The states originally had, and continue to have a say in deciding the education policy.... Read More
What factors hamper the school growth?
Many factors, listing the major factors that hamper school growth -
interviews for TGT aspirants in government-aided schools scrapped
Procedural regulations regarding the appointment of the trained graduate teachers (TGT) are set to be amended in Uttar Pradesh. After the amendment, the interview stage of the selection procedure of TGT will be omitted and the selection will be based on the merit list which will be prepared based on... Read More
CBSE allows the use of calculators for children with special needs in class 10 and 12 exams
Back in 2018, the CBSE had allowed the students with special needs to use laptops and computers to write their exams.... Read More
Assam’s Initiatives for Incentivizing Girl’s Education are Unique and Innovative
In a move to Incentivize Girl’s Education in the most direct way possible, Assam has become the first state to give financial incentives to girls for attending school. The initiative was announced by state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who elaborated upon the scheme by saying that the A... Read More
Union Government announces Monetary assistance for Children under Mid-Day Meal scheme
The central government is likely to roll out monetary assistance for 11.8 crore students. The monetary assistance will be provided through Direct Benefit Transfer and it will be done via the Mid Day Meal scheme.... Read More
CBSE Board Exam Dates and Announcements
After two years of online examinations, 2023 will be the year of reviving offline mode completely for students of classes 10 and 12. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the board exam date sheet 2023 for Classes 10 and 12 in PDF form recently.... Read More
Education Department: Align Ages for Class 1 to 6+
Recently, the Centre ordered the state and union territory administrations to standardise the admissions age range for grade 1 to at least the age of six years. Additionally, it suggested that they start the process of creating and executing a two-year diploma programme in early childhood education,... Read More
UN Report Indicates Poor learning Outcomes of Children In school
The UN has come up with a report that indicates the sub-par status of educational outcomes in several areas of the world. The study has focused on the learning outcomes of the children who despite going to their respective schools are lagging on various parameters of learning.... Read More
Containing Momo Challenge — CBSE Directive to Schools
In a recent development, the Central Board of Secondary Education has notified the affiliated schools to take measures against the proliferation of “Momo Challenge”—the most recent cyberbullying phenomenon. Parallels have been drawn between the Momo Challenge and Blue whale Challenge that predates i... Read More
A course on “Digital Citizenship and Safety” in the curriculum of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be introduced from class 1 to 12 and will span over 14 lakh schools across the nation.... Read More
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been penalized by the Delhi High Court as the civic body failed to send the requisition for teachers to fill the 1100 vacant posts of special educators in its schools. The court has imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000 on the body.... 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