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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicNEP 2020

Topic: NEP 2020

How to keep teachers ‘moving’? Draft NCF says schools may choose to not give them chairs in class

New National Curriculum Framework for School Education says schools may do this so teachers 'remain standing and in moving condition'. Draft currently open to feedback from stakeholders.

Lives of local heroes to lessons from Panchatantra — NCF plans to inculcate Bharatiyata, seva in students

National Curriculum Framework draft says a key goal is for 'students to appreciate importance of being Indian by understanding country’s glorious past & rich diversity, geographical & cultural'.

Board exams twice a year, removal of 3 streams, no written exams till Class 3: NCF draft for school education

Drawing heavily from NEP, National Curriculum Framework draft suggests major rejig in school system for students of Classes 10, 11 & 12. Proposals also suggest no assessment till Class 2

10 lakh teaching positions vacant in govt schools. Parliamentary panel urges ‘time-bound’ recruitment

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.

‘Sharma ji ka beta’ syndrome and drone parenting must end. Boards causing more student suicides

This normalisation of anxiety has made us impervious to the toll on students’ health. Meanwhile, subreddit rules say, 'No suicide jokes, even if they are sarcastic'.

NEP ticks right boxes for child education framework. But change needed from teachers, parents too

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Panchtantra tales, toys, no books till age 6: How Modi govt wants 3-8 yr olds to learn in school

The Ministry of Education released the National Curriculum Framework for foundational stage Thursday. The 360-page document has received a mixed response from educationists

These 4 initiatives can make education more accessible in India

India is the largest market for online education after US. With policies like the NEP 2020 and over 5,000 EdTech start-ups, it has scope for digital transformation.

Revamped, more ‘Indian’ syllabus likely for school students from 2023-24

The central government is likely to roll out new National Curriculum Framework, the document used as a blueprint when designing school syllabi, as early as February next year.

Modi govt schemes, Fundamental Duties & Yoga: What DU’s new Value Added Courses will look like 

DU’s executive council approved a list of VACs to be introduced this academic year.  The list however has been met with criticism — mainly that it doesn’t promote employability. 

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.