Author Archives: Eduvoice Correspondent

Education is one of the basic indicators of the prosperity of any social group. Connotations of the development process of any nation have historically focused on quality education. Education systems in the schools need to readjust their curricula as well as teaching methods to prepare minds for solving problems. But changes do not happen in […]

India needs to create an environment conducive for qualified, bright women researchers to continue their pursuit in the field of science to improve the quality of research in the country, Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said here. India needs to create an environment conducive for qualified, bright women researchers to continue their pursuit in […]

He said it was also decided in the meeting to rationalize school curriculum by reducing it by 10 to 15 percent this year in order to meet the target of 50 percent by 2021. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said the performance of states in the field of education would now be […]

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has introduced a 70-point grading index to assess the quality of school education offered by states. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has introduced a 70-point grading index to assess the quality of school education offered by states. “We have decided that a state performance grading will be done […]

A group of 20 ad hoc teachers of Delhi University began a hunger strike demanding the same benefits as given to permanent teachers.

Google forms are a runaway favorite for the educators who always seek ways to save their limited pennies and yet still use technology in the classroom. Technology has gone through a great revolution especially for the field of education. It has given various new innovations which have made teaching simpler. Technology has taken teaching to a […]

The Bill amends the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. The Rajya Sabha passed the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that seeks to retrospectively grant recognition to certain institutions running teacher education courses as well as grant retrospective permission to start new courses. The Bill amends the National Council for […]

At present, there are 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) functioning in various parts of the country. According to the data provided by the Union Human Resource Development minister in the Parliament recently, in IITs, only 2.81 percent is from the reserved Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) category.  At present, there are 23 […]

University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the list of 24 fake Universities, which are available on its website www.ugc.ac.in. The higher education regulator, UGC, has sent letters to Chief Secretaries, Education Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of the respective State and Union Territory Governments for taking appropriate action against fake Universities which are functioning in the […]

The transfer policy would become effective from academic session 2019-20 i.e. April 1, 2019, the spokesman said. To make the process of transfers more rational and transparent, the Punjab cabinet on approved the online transfer policy of the school education department. A spokesman said the step was taken to ensure equal opportunity for all employees […]