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National Education Policy 2020: Schooling reform from 2022-23, 60-point action plan drawn up
NCERT has been asked to develop a three-months-long, play-based school preparation module for grade 1 students to make them school ready. W...
At least 27 pc students do not have access to smartphones, laptops for online classes: NCERT survey
The survey noted that almost all of the responsive states use physical (non-digital) mechanisms to track the progress of learners with majo...
NCERT adds scrapping of Article 370 to Class 12 textbook, drops J&K separatist politics portion
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the chapter in the textbook "Politics in India since Independ...
View: India’s public elementary schools are in crisis — and hiring more teachers is not the solution
Already, in 2010-11, enrolments in 57% of public elementary schools in India had dropped to 100 or fewer students. The average number of pu...
15 years on, schools to get new curriculum
As per the proposal, by April 2021 the new curriculum would be ready and the development of the new school textbooks will commence. The tex...
Lockdown: CBSE to assess loss of time for students, rationalise syllabus for classes 9-12
The annual academic schedule has been thrown out of gear due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as w...
COVID-19: NCERT develops alternative academic calendar to engage school students during lockdown
The calendar provides guidelines to teachers on the use of various technological tools and social media tools available for imparting educa...
Not possible to have uniform education syllabus, says minister
Since education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and a substantial majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of...
Assessment in school education to be transformed by 2022, NCERT to develop guidelines soon: HRD
The HRD Ministry, which is in the process of giving final shape to the new National Education Policy (NEP), has proposed in the final draft...
Draft education policy may let kids take boards twice a year
Moreover, the new policy also calls for a high-quality common modular entrance exam multiple times each year for undergraduate admissions i...
No child in pre-school should be made to take written or oral test: NCERT
The NCERT has listed do's and dont's on how assessment should be carried out and reported in pre-schools.
CBSE moves HC against order mandating NCERT books for schools
The CBSE submitted that the appeal is only against the direction to prescribe only NCERT books and not any other books published by private...
Open-book exam likely for engineering
If accepted, open book exams will allow students to take notes, textbooks and resource material into an exam hall.
Noida government schools perform better than aided schools: Survey
The NCERT survey found that the average performance of students in government and aided schools in environment studies subject in Class 3 w...
No homework for CBSE kids till Class II: NCERT
As to the practice followed by schools of dividing students into different categories such as elegant, and amazing, the council has said th...
10 years on, NCERT updates its books; demonetisation, GST in syllabus
Come April, that will change as National Council of Educational Research and Training is updating all 182 of its textbooks.
NCERT launches portal for home delivery of books
Schools can log onto the website -- www.ncertbooks.ncert.gov.in -- by entering their board's affiliation number and other details to place ...
NCERT textbooks may get dearer by 30% from next year
The online orders will enable NCERT to validate the actual requirement of books for the forthcoming academic session and ensure supply with...
NCERT to review books for 1st time since 2007
While some books published by the CBSE are still not available in the market, NCERT books are available with empanelled vendors and schools.
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