Gandhinagar, May 27 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Teacher Education (IITE) in Gandhinagar on Wednesday announced a major academic expansion under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 by establishing seven new university schools and introducing a multidisciplinary academic structure that will allow students to study subjects beyond their traditional streams, including artificial intelligence and philosophy. The institution, established in 2010, said the restructuring marked a significant ste…
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New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday presented a comprehensive roadmap to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan aimed at improving the state’s Performance Grading Index (PGI), while admitting that Meghalaya has remained at the bottom of the rankings for the last three years. During the meeting in Delhi, Sangma said the Education Department had identified critical gaps in learning outcomes and initiated structural reforms to address long-standing sy…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Union Education Ministry on Saturday flagged off a group of 56 students participating in the Sakura Science Programme 2026 in Japan, an official said on Saturday. From May 24 to 30, 56 school students and four supervisors from India will visit Japan as part of the Sakura Science Programme, alongside participants from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa, an official of the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL) said.The flag-off ceremony, held at NCERT in New…
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal is set to introduce new rules for electing governing body members in state-run schools, aiming to reduce political influence in their functioning.According to a blueprint prepared by the state school education department, all the governing body members will be inducted through elections and not selection, a system practised during the previous Trinamool Congress government.The only exception will be for the post of…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Acknowledging the mental torture suffered by 22 lakh students due to the NEET-UG 2026 exam cancellation, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan vowed on Friday that the retest on June 21 will be free from irregularities, urging parents and students to trust Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling their aspirations. Reiterating the Union government’s commitment to ensure 100 per cent error-free NEET-UG 2026 exam, Union Minister Pradhan also hinted towards suicide…
Bengaluru, May 22 (IANS) The Karnataka government has urged the Centre and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to introduce a dedicated chapter on groundwater conservation and management in the national school curriculum, citing growing concerns over water scarcity and climate change.Announcing the development on Friday, Karnataka Minor Irrigation and Science & Technology Minister, N.S. Boseraju, said the State has formally written to the Central Government seek…
Jaipur, May 20 (IANS) Rajasthan’s education sector has earned national recognition for its innovative initiatives focused on the holistic development of students, government officials said on Wednesday. In its latest report, “School Education System in India: Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap for Quality Enhancement”, NITI Aayog has acknowledged Rajasthan’s Shala Swasthya Parikshan Abhiyan and the AI-based assessment system implemented under the Chief Minister Shikshit Rajasthan Abhiyan as ex…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India’s apex research funding body, the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), has selected ten Convergence Research Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to promote multidisciplinary research for deep integration of scientific knowledge within social sciences and the humanities, an official statement said on Wednesday.The initiative seeks to establish pioneering centres that bring together social sciences, humanities, science, and technology to address complex societal …
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the launch of the ‘Vivekananda Merit Scholarship’ for meritorious students and said West Bengal’s education system would now function in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP).Addressing a felicitation ceremony for toppers of the secondary and higher secondary examinations at Dhano Dhanya Auditorium in Kolkata, the Chief Minister outlined his government’s plans for a major overhaul of the state’s edu…
Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) The admission process for First Year Diploma courses in Engineering and Technology, and Architecture, after Class 10, for the academic year 2026-27, will begin from May 20 in Maharashtra, government officials said on Friday. Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil has directed the Directorate of Technical Education to ensure that the admission process is conducted within the prescribed timeline and in a well planned manner.Minister Patil said t…