National Education Policy 2020
<p>The Union Cabinet cleared a new National Education Policy (NEP) proposing sweeping changes in school and higher education. The NEP proposes sweeping changes including opening up of Indian higher education
Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Sarva Shiksha will be used to push right to education
New Delhi: The notification on the Right to Education is likely to be issued soon as most of preparatory work that has delayed it is nearly over. Even the Planning Commission has promised a big outlay for RTE that would kickstart the historic legislation.
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GoM clears two Bills on education reforms
THE group of ministers headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has cleared the proposed legislation to make accreditation mandatory for institutes and to set up education tribunals to adjudicate on all education-related disputes.
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New adult literacy mission gets underway in 19 states
Punjab, HP miss bus in phase 1; Haryana gets lone project
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SSA scores 85%, fails on quality
Teachers
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Education reforms Bill sent to GoM
Two of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry
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New mid-day meal scheme, Smart school plan on Cabinet table
The Union Cabinet is on Thursday likely to approve a revision of the Mid-day Meal Scheme and the Rs 5,000-crore plan to ensure Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at schools.
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Centre yet to notify Right to Education
Three months after the ambitious Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was passed by the Parliament, the government remains undecided on when to make it effective. The law, passed with a thumping majority on August 4 by the Lok Sabha, has received the Presidential assent but is yet to come into force in technical terms, with the gazette notification still to be issued.
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Govt plans cell to keep tabs on RTE
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the nodal grievance redressal authority for implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, will soon set up a special cell to monitor a child
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Green, inviting: HRD plans excellent schools that also look the part
With unprecedented investment planned in education, the government is looking at upgrading infrastructure at schools and colleges across the country along with lifting the quality of the learning they impart.
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School drop-out rate abysmal, says Sibal
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal (extreme right) inaugurating the Central University at Tiruvarur in the presence of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi THANJAVUR/TIRUVARUR: The future universities of India should be radically different and evolve into centres of excellence to meet global challenges, Union Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday.