RTE exemption for minority institutions may weaken universal elementary education, says SCA two-judge bench, hearing pleas from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra on whether passing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) should be mandatory ...
02 Sep, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
View: NEP 2020 charts new road map, but fails to make public school teachers accountableAfter 34 years, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has outlined a new road map to overhaul India’s education system. While the docume...
03 Sep, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
Over 37 per cent of schools in India have no electricityWhile only 62.81% schools in the country have electricity connections, Jharkhand is at the bottom of the list with just 19% schools in the ...
04 Aug, 2017, 08.20 AM IST
Barack Obama honours Indian-American woman teacherRevathi Balakrishnan, a gifted teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School, was also named 2016 'Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year'.
11 May, 2016, 02.01 PM IST
NCTE looking at making CTET easier for schoolteaching aspirantsNational Council for Teacher Education is now looking at making the examination easier so that more candidates are successful.
27 Nov, 2015, 05.42 AM IST
Maximum queries for B.El.Ed course at DU's 'Open Day' sessionsDU today said that maximum queries have been received for its B.El.Ed course during the pre-admission counselling session "Open Days" condu...
26 May, 2015, 05.39 PM IST
One in five primary teachers unqualified to teach young childrenWhat is even more worrying is that according to district information system for education, this condition has persisted for past many years.
05 Apr, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Revamp mid-day meal, take steps to improve education systemThere are concerns about the safety of children owing to poor quality of food, said the survey tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
09 Jul, 2014, 08.02 PM IST
Elementary education: UPA’s lost opportunityElementary education got some attention for the first time in the history of independent India during the last 10 years of UPA rule.
01 Apr, 2014, 06.37 AM IST
Education loan defaults: Government proposes 'credit guarantee fund'The govt has proposed to set up a 'credit guarantee fund' to address cases of education loan defaults, which could enhance assistance to st...
22 May, 2013, 10.35 PM IST
Good elementary education can spell success in adulthood: Raj Chetty, Harvard University professorDelhi-born Harvard Professor Raj Chetty says India should focus on elementary education.
26 Apr, 2013, 04.21 PM IST
'Needed, a critical mass of class XII students'Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, Minister for human resource development, Kapil Sibal spoke a...
06 Aug, 2009, 02.41 AM IST
- Azim Premji Foundation gets nod for Pvt University
Karnataka's first ever private university would be established by the Azim Premji Education Foundation, the state government announced.
18 Jun, 2009, 08.28 PM IST
- Obama to have finance minister with elementary roots in India!
To run the treasury of the world's largest economy, President-elect Barack Obama is putting his faith in a person who got his elementary ed...
24 Nov, 2008, 09.35 PM IST
- Close to 90,000 schools have no blackboards
Nearly 90,000 elementary schools across the country do not have a blackboard, says a new government survey.
26 Jul, 2007, 03.45 PM IST
- Kerala: Master of elementary education
No prizes for guessing this one: Kerala has been ranked first as far as elementary education in the country is concerned.
04 Jan, 2007, 03.27 AM IST
- Right to Education Bill hits a roadblock
A child’s fundamental right to receive elementary level schooling may take awhile to become a reality.
31 Jul, 2006, 12.07 AM IST