Plans to Introduce Home-Based Schooling for Children with Special Needs by India

In a progressive step towards inclusive education, the Department of School Education and Literacy in India is planning to introduce a home-based schooling initiative catering specifically to children with special needs. This also includes physically challenged children and those from socioeconomica... Read More

Severe Shortage of Teachers in Karnataka Govt Schools

Karnataka’s government schools are facing an acute deficit of teachers at all levels.... Read More

What is the typical operational break-even period for a school project?

Depends on the pace at which you are able to establish brand awareness and enroll students. For a moderately financed venture, the operational break even should be within 2 – 5 years from the launch date.

Sometimes operational break-even may not happen as predicted, you still need to support operations and maintain the brand position. It is suggested that you plan the necessary cash flows well in advance.

Use of Robots in School Education

The word ‘Robotics’ can be defined in many ways, with the basic definition being a branch of engineering that involves designing, constructing, operating, and using of robots in doing work traditionally done by humans. A robot is an automatically operated machine, capable of sensing the environment,... Read More

Demand for Reduction in Weightage of CBSE Term-1 Results by Students

Since the declaration of class XII term 1 results by CBSE (Central board of Secondary Education) in March, many students have started demanding a reduction in the weightage of term 1 results. Only scores of theory papers were communicated to schools by the CBSE, as the schools already had the intern... Read More

AIU Entrusted With ‘Equivalence’ SOP For Different Boards

Absence of a formal mechanism to determine ‘equivalence’ of scores received by the students of different education boards leads to difficulties for them related to their board-issued ‘equivalence certificates’ for admissions in higher education institutions and for employment as well. Mitigate these... Read More

Kerala Revives 'Water-Bell' System as Temperature Soars

As temperatures rise, Kerala schools are reintroducing the 'water-bell' system, initially implemented in 2019 to combat heat-related health risks. Following Kerala's lead, Karnataka and Telangana have also adopted this hydration initiative. The 'water-bell' system orchestrates short breaks throughou... Read More

Corporal Punishment in Schools and teacher culture

While going through Right to Education act one comes across a relatively less talked about the provision which is corporal punishment. I have tried to share information and insights on the subject in this article based not only on what the act itself states but also how it is perceived and to what e... Read More

Vidya Samiksha Kendra Revolutionises Education Monitoring in Gujarat

Led by Luis Benveniste, Global Director of Education, a delegation from various African nations visited Gujarat's Vidya Samiksha Kendra, the nation's pioneering centre for real-time online monitoring of school education. This centre, acclaimed for its transformative impact on education, has garnered... Read More

NIPUN Bharat for Foundational Literacy Launched

The Education Ministry has launched National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat). The objective of the initiative is to make foundational literacy and numeracy a given for every child before he passes the 3rd grade (3-9 years). This has to be achieved... Read More

Haryana Government’s Decision of Conducting Exams for Grades 5, 8 Opposed by CBSE, CISCE

Haryana Government has introduced board exams for classes V and VIII across all recognised schools in the state, irrespective of the boards they are affiliated with, in order to enhance the educational standards in the state. It was done through a recent amendment to Rights of Children to Free and C... Read More

A New Regulation by the Government: Uniformity in Board Exam Scores

With the aim of bringing about ‘uniformity’ across the state and central boards, central authorities are planning for a ‘benchmark framework’ to assess secondary and higher secondary students. At present the boards follow different set up of evaluations, leading to disparity in results.... Read More

Omission of Early Childhood education in NEP draft draws criticism

The draft National Education Policy begins by stating the facts regarding cognitive development that it starts much before the child sets foot inside a school. It reads “the learning process for a child commences immediately at birth.” The statement is true as it is known that the groundwork for sch... 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

How much do you charge for school improvement services?

Fee is calculated based on the effort involved; effort varies by the nature of school. School Serv charges a task based and fixed fee for school improvement services.

IB to Resort to the Non-Exam Route to Promote Students in India, Cancels Board Exams This Year

Keeping in view the resurgence of Covid-19 in India in a second wave, the International Baccalaureate has decided to decided not to conduct the board exams and promote students sans exam this year using other means of assessment like coursework evaluation and grade prediction.... 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

Everything you need to know and do to start a school in India

We provide everything you need to start a school in India that includes the resources, consultancy on every aspect of starting a school project anywhere in India. A comprehensive K-12 school consultancy that has in-house school architecture, academicians and curriculum planners besides school market... Read More