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
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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