No change in existing curriculum, expect classes 3 and 6, says CBSE"There will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other classes for the academic year 2024-25, commencing from 1st April 2024," ...
10 Jul, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
Education Ministry reviews guidelines for implementation of bagless days in schoolsThe Ministry of Education reviewed NCERT guidelines for implementing bagless days in schools, aiming to make learning more experiential and...
09 Jul, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
New curriculum, books for grades 3 and 6 from 2024-25, no change for other classes: CBSENCERT and CBSE to release new syllabus and textbooks for Classes 3 and 6 in 2024-25. NCF revised after 18 years. Schools advised to incorpo...
23 Mar, 2024, 09.50 PM IST
NCERT gets ETS on board for establishing India's first national assessment regulator 'PARAKH'The NCERT has partnered with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) which conducts TOEFL and GRE tests, for setting up India's first nationa...
07 Feb, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
NCERT issues guidelines for early identification of mental health problems in studentsNoting that most of the time mental health issues emerge at an early stage of life as half of all mental health conditions emerge by the ti...
11 Sep, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
Facilitate academic fraternity to work on cyber security, awareness measures: UGC tells varsities"The government is in process of formulating National Cyber Security Strategy document. In the meantime, it has been decided that cyber sec...
02 Dec, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
At least 27 pc students do not have access to smartphones, laptops for online classes: NCERT surveyThe survey noted that almost all of the responsive states use physical (non-digital) mechanisms to track the progress of learners with majo...
20 Aug, 2020, 12.23 PM IST
Education Ministry likely to introduce norms to bridge students’ digital divideThe ministry’s move comes days after the parliamentary standing committee meeting which expressed concern over a whole segment of students ...
18 Aug, 2020, 07.36 AM IST
Government undecided on plan for conducting class 3, 5, 8 exams under new education policyThese examinations aim to test the achievement of basic learning outcomes, through assessment of core concepts and knowledge from the natio...
01 Aug, 2020, 07.49 AM IST
Not possible to have uniform education syllabus, says ministerSince education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and a substantial majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of...
02 Dec, 2019, 01.45 PM IST
Assessment in school education to be transformed by 2022, NCERT to develop guidelines soon: HRDThe HRD Ministry, which is in the process of giving final shape to the new National Education Policy (NEP), has proposed in the final draft...
03 Nov, 2019, 01.31 PM IST
National school curriculum overhaul to begin next monthThe NCERT has submitted the road map for the revamp of the curriculum to the HRD ministry.
20 Oct, 2019, 02.12 PM IST
No child in pre-school should be made to take written or oral test: NCERTThe NCERT has listed do's and dont's on how assessment should be carried out and reported in pre-schools.
14 Oct, 2019, 11.50 AM IST
Centre puts cap on weight of school bags, bans homework for Class 1 and 2 studentsThe govt has prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class and banned homework for Class 1 and 2.
26 Nov, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
In a first, NCERT issues guidelines to schools in bid to check cyberbullyingThe guidelines issued ask teachers to “regularly review browsing history on the devices being used by children” and “monitor device usage b...
03 May, 2018, 10.52 AM IST
Centre working on 'Bal Sansad' programme: Smriti IraniIn a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Irani said that guidelines of the programme, once finalised will be shared with states a...
09 May, 2016, 04.36 PM IST
- 12 states/UTs adopt NCERT textbooks, syllabus
Twelve states and union territories have adopted NCERT syllabus and textbooks for school education.
08 Sep, 2008, 10.29 PM IST