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Jammu, March 30 The government on Monday directed the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) to take firm action against private schools that are arbitrarily increasing fees and violating prescribed norms.Education Minister Sakeena Itoo issued the directions while chairing a...

Bengaluru, March 30 Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, criticised the state government's decision on the third language in SSLC on Monday, alleging that it has adversely affected students and was driven by political motives.Addressing a press conference, he said the...

New Delhi, March 28 Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, who is the Chancellor of Panjab University in Chandigarh, has approved an extension for Vice Chancellor Renu Vig, while also establishing a three-member search-cum-selection committee to identify her successor, according to officials.The...

Islamabad, March 24 – Pakistan continues to grapple with the aftermath of the 2022 floods, with 14,343 schools out of over 19,500 schools damaged across Sindh still awaiting restoration, according to local media reports.During a review meeting on school reconstruction and rehabilitation with...

The government will launch a nationwide campaign to identify and enroll out-of-school and dropout children. The Ministry of Education stated that this initiative will contribute to achieving the National Education Policy's target of 100 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio from pre-school to secondary...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Congress expressed serious concerns about the new Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill on Thursday, alleging that the proposed law violates the federal structure of the Constitution.In a statement, Congress general secretary for communications, Jairam Ramesh...

New Delhi, March 16 At least 20 instances of misinformation and attempts to spread rumors have been reported during the ongoing CBSE Class 10 and 12 board exams, according to the Ministry of Education.Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary shared this information in response to...

Assam Education Minister launches Guru Dakshina PortalAssam Education Minister Dr. Ranoj Pegu launched the Guru Dakshina 1.0 portal today to provide a one-time financial settlement for non-provincialized teachers in the state.The portal was formally launched at the office of Samagra Shiksha...

Islamabad, March 10: Residents of a coastal village in the Badin district of Sindh province, Pakistan, have expressed concern over the closure of a government primary school for the past five years, resulting in local children not having access to even basic education, local media reported.The...

Dhaka, March 9 – The Bangladeshi government has ordered the closure of universities across the country to conserve electricity and fuel, as the escalating conflict in the Middle East intensifies the global energy crisis, local media reported on Monday.According to a directive issued by the...

Itanagar, March 6 Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Friday informed the Assembly that the state government is providing free coaching for aspirants from tribal communities for the UPSC through an institute based in New Delhi.Responding to a question raised by BJP MLA...

New Delhi, March 5 The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) wrote an open letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday, seeking clarification on the Centre's position regarding alleged controversial remarks on caste made by JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree...

Chandigarh, February 27 Over 15,000 teaching positions are vacant in government schools in Haryana, with nearly 5,000 of those positions in the Nuh-Mewat district, the state government told the assembly on Friday.In a written reply presented in the assembly in response to a question from...

New Delhi, February 26 – Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday for including critical references to the judiciary in its textbooks.Reacting to the Supreme Court's observations on the...

New Delhi, February 26 Observing that there appeared to be a "well-orchestrated conspiracy" to defame the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a "complete ban" on the Class 8 NCERT book with a chapter on corruption in the judiciary and ordered that all copies, physical and digital...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticized the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in an 8th-grade Social Science textbook, observing that the controversy appeared to be the result of a...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case over references to "corruption within the judiciary" in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).According to...

Kolkata, February 23 Around 200 members of a joint platform of para-teachers in West Bengal staged a demonstration outside the state education department headquarters on Monday, demanding a pay hike.The protesting teachers of ‘Sangrami Joutha Mancha’ were seen clashing with police personnel...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 18 The Kerala government has decided to grant temporary pay scale approval to nearly 20,000 teachers affected by a recent Supreme Court verdict mandating K-TET qualification, Minister V Sivankutty said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference, Sivankutty said...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 18 The Kerala government announced a major decision on Wednesday to regularize nearly 20,000 teachers working in aided schools, subject to the final outcome of pending cases before the Supreme Court.Addressing a press conference here, General Education Minister V...