On Saturday, the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched a 100-day reading campaign titled ‘Padhe Bharat’. The launch of the campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy 2020 that lays emphasis on the promotion of joyful reading culture for children by ensuring the availability of age-appropriate reading books for children in the local/mother tongue/regional/tribal language.
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Feb
Feb
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday issued draft accessibility and inclusivity guidelines for higher education institutions with an aim to make campuses inclusive for persons with disabilities and transgender persons. The guidelines include suggestions on ensuring accessibility in terms of resources, infrastructure, curriculum, teaching-learning, and assessment. The draft guidelines have been issued as a […]
10
Feb
Feb
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras are utilizing artificial intelligence(AI) tools to study the processes involved in the transformation of biomass to gaseous fuel. If done through hands-on experiments, gaining such expertise is both time-consuming and expensive, whereas, if done through computer simulations and modeling studies, the insights are obtained quicker, which can […]
08
Feb
Feb
This is Delhi University’s centenary year gift to its alumni. The University of Delhi (DU) is providing its ex-students a chance to finish their degrees this year. However, this option will not be available to all former university students. The decision was approved by the council in a special meeting which was organized mainly to […]
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Jan
Jan
India needs to spend more on education. This is not a debate. It’s a fact. But will the Narendra Modi government increase allocation towards education in the upcoming Union Budget 2022? That’s the question on everyone’s mind. Education expenditure as a percentage of GDP was at an abysmal 2.8 percent during 2014-2019 and increased to […]
06
Jan
Jan
Union education minister and skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan have launched ed-tech National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0 – a single platform to provide the best-developed tech solutions and courses to students of the country. At the NEAT 3.0 launch event on January 3, the minister also unveiled technical books in regional languages prescribed […]
06
Jan
Jan
Due to the rising Covid-19 cases and the surge of Omicron infections, the Maharashtra government has decided to discontinue physical classes in colleges and universities till February 15. The decision will apply to all state, deemed, private universities as well as technical Institutes and affiliated colleges. Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said […]
05
Jan
Jan
National Assessment Accreditation Council (NAAC) approved 21 institutions a recommendation for accreditation this month. Since NAAC accreditation ensures the qualitative analysis of teaching-learning outcomes at the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and helps them evolve systematically, academics foresee a brighter growth. Speaking to Education Times, Debabrata Das, director, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore that received […]
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Dec
Dec
The new National Education Policy (NEP) envisages increasing Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education in the country to 50 percent from 27 percent now and this target can be achieved through greater use of technology and by promoting online and distance learning, AICTE chairman Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe said on Friday. He also said the […]