We have written about corporal punishment earlier, in this article we are dealing with the critical socio-cultural issue of child abuse. The vulnerability of children en –route to school, in school hours and while commuting back to home has been painfully made evident to us by incidents of child vic... Read More
Project Based Learning, Connecting Real Life with Theory
Education is a way to upgrade ourselves about various information that is available and develop skills and techniques to revolutionize the working of a society or a community. We provide education to children not only to get into good grade category but become a useful member who bring about a minus... 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
Eleven Techniques to Enhance Teaching Skills
It is said that a teacher is the second most important part of a person’s life after parents. Guru- shishya relation is a dominant one and highly significant in shaping a child’s mental, social and emotional behaviour for growth and development. It is important for a teacher to have good intent to i... Read More
Andhra Pradesh govt to introduce AI and new technologies in govt schools' curriculum
The Andhra Pradesh Education Department recently released an order regarding the formation of a high-level working group to equip the students of its government schools with next generation education concepts and futuristic technologies.... Read More
MOOC, An Online Distance Education Platform
MOOC is a platform where teachers and students collaborate which contains a pool of resources that are readily available. They have the option of listening lectures and downloading notes and the most important thing is interaction and communication with your peers. Networking seems to be of great re... Read More
PIL to Cancel Board Exams Dismissed by the Supreme Court
A plea seeking cancellation of offline board exams for grades 10 and 12 to be conducted by all state boards, CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), CISCE (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations), and NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling), was dismissed by the SC (Supreme ... Read More
Major Changes in CBSE Board Exam Pattern
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is constantly evolving for the betterment of the quality of education imparted through its affiliated schools. Enhancements due to various factors were made, based on the requirements warranted by continuous research in the education field, with NEP 2020 (... Read More
"To be irreplaceable, one must always be different". Quoting this famous saying, we can say that there is strength in every diversity and it is significant to share the idea of being different. The types or kinds of a particular category mark this difference.... Read More
NIOS Advised to Increase Transparency and Reform Exam by Education Minister
In a review meeting of the National Institute of Open Schooling the Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, asked the authorities of the organization to work on the transparency and exam reforms.... Read More
Digital Citizenship - Teaching Children to Use Internet Responsibly
The scenario that is being witnessed today is that educators are by all means driven towards tech-oriented devices to facilitate learning by giving a contemporary look. The authorities are at the cusp of digitally-driven learning by using devices to attain advanced curricular goals and to habituate ... Read More
Practices to Adapt in a Preschool Teacher Job
Preschool teachers have more than one set of responsibilities on their shoulders. Being a preschool teacher is an associated qualification to their identity as a teacher as they enter the students’ life when their minds are most impressionable and brains in accelerated receptive mode.... Read More
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Department of Social Welfare, Government of Jammu & Kashmir is running approximately 40 homes in the state for the care, treatment, protection, development and rehabilitation of children and youth who have been marginalized and displaced by rapid socioeconomic changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around 3000 children are enrolled in these homes. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Government of Jammu & Kashmir observed these homes are not resulting the desired development of children and wishes to address the matter by evolving an inclusive education methodology, measuring outcomes basis the development/care plan set for each child, achieve the desired children development objectives, social and economic growth. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Further, Government of Jammu and Kashmir has taken a positive step to address these issues appointing a consulting company with commendable experience in setting up boarding schools and subject matter expertise in working with in the areas of welfare, care and education.</span></p>... Read More
CBSE still mulling over the matter of promotion of students
The remainder of current class 10 and 12 has been postponed by the CBSE officially, however, a notification with regards to class 1 to 9 and 11 is yet to come. In view of the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 situation, many state boards have declared to promote students, except for those in 10 and... Read More
New NCERT Chief: Professional Historians Free to Select Content Without Intervention
Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani took charge as the new Director of the National Council of Educational Research (NCERT). His top priority is the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. As per his statement, work on the national curriculum framework for school textbooks is procee... Read More
GISA- The First Worldwide Representative Body for Independent Education Sector Launched
The first worldwide representative body for the K-12 independent education sector – the Global Independent Schools Association (GISA)- was launched by UAE education entrepreneur Sunny Varkey.... Read More
Education Department: Schools to inform Students about G20
India assumed the G20 Presidency from Indonesia on December 1 last year and will convene the G20 Leaders' Summit for the first time later this year. India's Presidency will continue till November 30, 2023. India's G20 Presidency is in the true spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' or the 'World is One F... Read More