What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education has released its National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, which assesses the health of the school education system in the country through a survey of children’s learning competencies at Classes 3, 5, …
Background In 2020, the Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020. The new policy aims to pave way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems in the country. This policy will replace the 34 year old National …
About the Scheme Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12. The centrally sponsored scheme has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal …
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 Definition: The act defines a transgender person as one whose gender does not match the gender assigned at birth. It includes transmen and trans-women, persons with intersex variations, gender-queers, and persons with socio-cultural …
About The Government of India has approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme” for the period FYs 2022-2027 to cover all the aspects of Adult Education to align with National Education Policy 2020 and Budget Announcements 2021-22. The scheme …
About the scheme The Government of India under the Ministry of Science and Technology had instituted “The Swarnajayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence in 1997. Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with proven track …
What’s in the news? The University Grants Commission (UGC) has made it mandatory for all 45 Central universities to admit students to undergraduate programmes from 2022-23 based on scores obtained in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by the …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education has released the report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2020-21 on school education of India. The UDISE+ system of online data collection from the schools was developed by …
What’s in the news? The Government of India has approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme” for the period FYs 2022-2027 to cover all the aspects of Adult Education to align with National Education Policy 2020 and Budget Announcements …