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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: NEP

‘Board exams twice a year,’ announces Centre as it unveils new education policy framework

The education ministry also said students of Classes 11 and 12 need to study two languages of which at least one should be Indian.

Playful primary learning with ‘Indian values’ in NCERT’s new textbooks for class 1 & 2

Rhymes like ‘Chanda mama door ke’, ‘Murga bole kukdu ku’ are among the new additions. Kids in stories & poems greet each other with ‘namaste’, ‘shubh ratri’ and ‘suprabhat’.

Modi’s day in DU: Metro ride, memories & chats with students — ‘like being among my own’

PM visited Delhi University as chief guest for closing ceremony of its centenary celebrations. He lauded the new 4-yr undergraduate programme & laid foundation stones for a few projects.

Subscriber Writes: NEP & moving forward with education today

Various skill bridge institutes will end up pairing with NEP accredited institutes to provide credits for courses completed by an individual over a large time window.

Modi govt tells states & districts to ensure kids aged 3-8 are enrolled in schools, proposes 5-point plan

Education ministry letter sent under govt initiative to promote reading proficiency with understanding & numeracy chalks role of stakeholders at national, state, district, school & parental levels.

Earn while you learn, bridge courses — UGC’s new proposals to help disadvantaged students

Higher education regulator has released draft guidelines to make universities and colleges ‘more inclusive, equitable, and sensitive to Socio–Economically Disadvantaged Groups’.

Tales of forgotten war heroes, mother tongue push & reducing maths phobia — what NCF draft brings for students

Suggestions made by expert panel in National Curriculum Framework draft follows pattern of National Education Policy which aims for paradigm shift in education.

New school textbooks from 2024-25 as govt set to release fresh curricular norms for all levels under NEP

National Curriculum Framework, a set of curricular guidelines, is key component of new NEP. Books will be printed in 22 languages apart from English.

Top education body CABE hasn’t met since 2019 & Modi govt won’t say why

Last meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) discussed draft National Education Policy. It hasn’t met since and nor are there known plans for an upcoming meeting.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

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.