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Education Ministry asks NCERT to review, update textbooks on yearly basis The Ministry of Education has instructed the NCERT to review and update its textbooks annually to ensure they remain current in the rapidly evolving world. While there's no official mandate regarding the frequency of updates, the move aims to keep p...
29 Apr, 2024, 06.16 PM ISTBoard exams twice a year from 2025: MoE asks CBSE to work out logistics, no plan for semesters The Ministry of Education has directed the CBSE to plan for conducting board exams twice a year starting from the 2025-26 academic session. However, the introduction of a semester system has been ruled out. The CBSE will consult with school principa...
26 Apr, 2024, 06.44 PM ISTIMD using AI, machine learning for weather forecasts, says DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has started using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in weather forecasts and it will expand it further into other areas to improve forecasts in coming years, IMD's director general Dr Mrutyun...
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Higher edu institutions to be categorised as 'accredited' or 'not accredited', grading system to go Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country will no longer be given grades under the accreditation system, rather they will be categorised either as "accredited" or "not accredited", the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) d...
27 Jan, 2024, 10.08 PM ISTCBSE to conduct twice-a-year board exams from 2024-25 session Starting from the academic session of 2024-25, students in Class X and XII will have the option to take the new multiple board format exams. These exams will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and will be held twice a ye...
20 Jan, 2024, 12.37 PM IST140 private universities set up in India in last 5 years; maximum in Gujarat: MoE According to data accessed by PTI, 28 private universities have been established in Gujarat during the last five years while 15 universities were set up in Maharashtra. Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka welcomed 14 and 10 universities respectively during...
24 Dec, 2023, 02.27 PM ISTInfra development, faculty hiring at second generation IITs didn't correspond with student intake: Parliamentary panel The panel noted that the IITs have attributed the delay in construction of buildings to time taken for finalisation of designs, obtaining regulatory clearances, statutory approval, shortage of labour and remoteness of area. It also said an audit obs...
18 Dec, 2023, 08.54 PM ISTAnandpur Sahib Resolution not interpreted as 'separatist document' in NCERT textbooks: MoE The Union Ministry of Education, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha, rejected the characterization of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution as a "separatist document" in NCERT's Political Science textbooks. Union Minister of State for Education Anna...
11 Dec, 2023, 03.46 PM ISTSWAYAM January 2023 semester results announced: How to check on swayam.nta.ac.in Candidates can access their scorecards by logging into the website https://swayam.nta.ac.in using their email IDs. They have the option to view, download, and print their Score Cards.
06 Dec, 2023, 12.01 PM ISTGoldman cuts target for Asian equities, sees earnings ease on China growth fears The Wall Street bank cut its target for MSCI's index of Asia Pacific shares ex-Japan to 555 points from 580. It expects the index's earnings growth to contract by 2% by year-end, from no growth expected earlier.
25 Aug, 2023, 11.48 AM ISTClass 9-10 students to study two Indian languages, one for class 11-12: MoE's NCF According to the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) based on the National Education Policy (NEP), students in classes 9 and 10 will now have to study three languages, including two Indian native ones. Students in classes 11 and 12 will have to study one...
24 Aug, 2023, 12.06 PM ISTBoard exams to be conducted twice a year; grade 11 & 12 students will learn two languages: MoE’s new curriculum framework The National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF), based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, has been announced by the Union Minister of Education. The framework includes conducting board exams twice a year and allowing students ...
23 Aug, 2023, 02.17 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Kollam highest performing districts in school education during 2020-21: MoE report Kerala's Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram were the highest performing districts in school education during 2020-21 followed by Kannur and Thrissur, according to a Ministry of Education's report on Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D). The re...
09 Jul, 2023, 10.17 PM ISTBengal, Bangladesh, North eastern states should act as compact hub to boost trade with South East Asia: Rajkumar Ranjan Singh “West Bengal, Bangladesh, North Eastern states will act as a compact hub in boosting trade with South East Asia. It has been suggested by the Japanese government and other European countries. The Japanese government is building a deep-sea port in Ba...
15 Jun, 2023, 11.37 PM ISTIndia-US working group on education and skill development launched The establishment of the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development was announced by the leaders on the sidelines of the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held between India and US in Washington DC in April last year.
23 May, 2023, 02.10 PM ISTExpect Nifty to reach 20,000 in the next 12 months: Goldman Sachs' Timothy Moe Goldman Sachs' Timothy Moe has released a note on Nifty, where he expects the index to reach 20,000 in a year. ET Now's Pankaj Poddar is here with the details.Expect Nifty to reach 20,000 in the next 12 months: Goldman Sachs' Timothy Moe
05 Apr, 2023, 08.10 PM ISTNew NCERT textbooks revised as per NEP likely from 2024-25 "The new textbooks are likely to be introduced from 2024-25 academic session. It is a tall task but we are aiming for that. The textbooks will be revised as per the new NCF, work on which is already going on," a senior MoE official said.
27 Mar, 2023, 04.56 PM ISTEnrolment in government schools continued to rise post COVID, declined in private schools during 2021-22: MoE As per the data recorded in UDISE+, the enrolment in government schools was 13.09 crore during 2019-20. It rose to 13.49 crore in 2020-21 and to 14.32 crore in 2021-22.
12 Dec, 2022, 06.08 PM ISTEducation ministry sets up panel to strengthen assessment, accreditation of higher educational institutions "The mandate of the committee includes strengthening the assessment and accreditation processes and preparing a road map for the National Accreditation Council envisioned in the National Education Policy, 2020. India has one of the largest and diver...
04 Nov, 2022, 05.27 PM ISTNo proposal to absorb ad-hoc teachers as permanent faculty in central universities: MoE According to the data, as many as 3,904 teachers are employed in central universities in temporary posts - 122 on ad-hoc basis, 1,820 on contract basis while 1,931 are working as guest faculty.
18 Jul, 2022, 09.01 PM IST