CBSE Directs Schools Not to Start the New Academic Session Before April 2023
Schools have been strictly instructed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to follow the academic calendar and not to start the new academic session before April 1. They are advised to follow the academic session from April 1 to March 31. A circular was issued by the board after it was... Read More
National Curriculum Framework for Nursery to grade 2 Implemented by CBSE
Implementation of National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCFFS) has been announced by the Central board of Secondary Education (CBSE). As per the notification, NCFFS 2022 is being adopted by CBSE and all schools affiliated to the board will follow the new 5-year education at foundatio... Read More
Policy Changes Warranted to Ease Opening Private Schools
Private Schools in India are non-proprietary enterprises. Procedures to open a school in India must be eased to the highest possible degree to excel in the global developmental race, given that school promoters are committing their resources to educate children of India and contributing to the most ... Read More
Land and Infrastructure needed for CBSE affiliation
Land and infrastructural requirements for a school to attain CBSE affiliation varies with the location of the school, the land requirement for the primary school, secondary and senior secondary CBSE schools are different.... Read More
CBSE to regulate class 9, 11 admissions of its affiliated schools
As per the recent announcement made on the behalf of the CBSE, the board will now regulate the admissions for class IX and XI in all the schools affiliated to the board. The move is unprecedented as the board has never been directly involved in the admission process.... Read More
How Rational are the CBSE Bye-Laws 2018?
The curriculum that is deemed to be suitable for an entire nation with differences in language, social mores and culture like no other in the world is a phenomenal entity and Central Board of Secondary Education has been endowed with such recognition giving it its tremendous credibility.... Read More
CBSE affiliation procedure to be restructured towards total digitalization
The CBSE affiliation process for schools is likely to get completely digital with the newly proposed restructuring. It has been reported that after it gets effected, the affiliation procedure will require minimal human intervention as it will be based on data analytics and automation predominantly.... Read More
COVID-19 caught one and all unawares. All plan sheets were virtually formatted, and for a while, several industries went comatose. The education sector found itself in the eye of the storm and governments did not lose time in issuing rulings regarding fee-exemption to be effected by the private scho... Read More
The national board has come up with a new and improved mechanism for streamlining the entire process of affiliation which is purportedly designed to enhance the ease of doing business with the board. It is obvious that such an intervention was required and needed. There was a feeling among the schoo... Read More
Accreditation of Schools Testifies Quality of School Education
The accreditation of schools is sometimes outsourced by the national boards including CBSE. These private institutions have, to the board’s satisfaction, the capability to assess a school in terms of quality of education it imparts.... 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
How to Start a New School in India?
Starting a school in India is a venture many like to explore. Owing to the state policies regarding private schools which involves securing multiple licenses and permissions, opening a school can turn unduly strenuous. This need not be so daunting. We have detailed the procedure to start a school in... Read More
School education’s biggest challenge is Teacher's Crisis In India
According to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development report 2018, India has over 1 lakh ‘single-teacher schools’ with teacher training in nascent stage at best. Questions regarding the adequacy of teachers in handling the children with learning disabilities and special needs abound.... Read More
Launch of Delhi Virtual Model School (DMVS)
Delhi’s Chief Minister launched a virtual school for students across the country. The school is named Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS), and will cater to classes 9 th to 12 th . The application process for the DMVS began on August 31, 2022.... Read More
Growing Adoption of Storytelling in Schools
As long as curiosity stays within people, the potential of storytelling never ends. It is this power of storytelling that is adopted by schools nowadays to enhance learning outcomes.... Read More
Strategies to Consider for CSR in School Education
If you are thinking to commit CSR funds for improvement of a school and want to go beyond upgrading the infrastructure and add value to the educational ecosystem it is very essential to understand in detail how those who have secured such educational systems in the world actually did it.... Read More
Covid-19 pandemic and Indian Education System
The pandemic has brought the digital divide in India into the popular consciousness. The schools remain closed for the fifth consecutive month. At the time like this only the schools that were digitally equipped and the parents who were able to secure connectivity with the World Wide Web were able t... Read More
A look at important developments in school education in the decade
As the decade nears its end, we try and look back to find out how these past years have contributed to the evolution of education in the country.... Read More