The education ministry earmarked 56% of its total budget for school education with largest portion released for Modi govt's flagship education scheme Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.
Panel asked education ministry to fill all vacant positions to attain 30:1 pupil-teacher ratio under new National Education Policy and flagged lack of transparency in recruitment process.
Institutions that made the shortlist were selected from over 2.5 lakh govt schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas & Navodaya Vidyalayas. Winners will be announced soon, says official.
Designed by IIT-Kanpur, learning platform will have video-lectures, NCERT material, exemplar problems, old JEE/NEET problems & other reference material to help students.
According to report by Economic Advisory Council to PM, Punjab scored highest in educational infrastructure & learning outcomes. Delhi, Goa, Maharashtra, J&K also high-performing states.
While increase in SC, ST & OBC numbers have been noticed since 2014-15, according to findings of All India Survey on Higher Education, overall enrolments crossed 4 cr-mark for 1st time in 2020-21.
Ministry of Education had told schools across the country to show students live telecast of PM Modi’s annual Q&A session this Friday. Feedback from students & teachers was mixed.
The UDISE report, however, says that fewer children in older classes left school this year; enrollment was also higher in both government and private institutions.
The Ministry of Education released the National Curriculum Framework for foundational stage Thursday. The 360-page document has received a mixed response from educationists
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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