school education

New Delhi, March 12: The Ministry of Education organized a workshop for State/UT and District-level officers implementing the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) to focus on effective utilization of quotas and continuity of scholarships for students in classes IX to XII, an...

The School Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir has instructed teachers in Udhampur to refrain from using mobile phones inside classrooms during teaching hours, stating that this practice negatively affects the teaching-learning process.According to an official order issued by the Chief...

To provide a platform for the youth of the border district of Rajouri and encourage their hidden talents, the Rajouri District Administration organized a Talent Hunt Competition at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Rajouri, under the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" initiative.The event...

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar said on Monday that any challenges faced by Meghalaya in linking to Aadhaar or implementing centrally sponsored schemes would be addressed in coordination with the State government to ensure that beneficiaries receive the intended...

Kohima, March 2 The agitation by the Nagaland Government Teachers Association (NGTA) entered its third day on Monday, with protesting teachers reiterating that they will not call off their stir until their demands are addressed by the state government.Advisor for School Education and SCERT...

February 28, Kohima: Advisor for Civil Administration Works Division (CAWD) and Taxes in Nagaland, Kudecho Khamo, called for a broader vision of education beyond government employment today, urging students to become leaders and entrepreneurs.He was addressing the inauguration programme of the...

February 27, Kohima: Minister for Women Resource Development and Horticulture, Salhoutuonuo Kruse, today emphasized that education remains the key to societal progress.While inaugurating the newly upgraded Government High School, Daklane in Kohima, she urged for a renewed commitment to...

Mumbai, February 27 The Maharashtra government will launch an awareness campaign starting from the next academic year to help people identify genuine textbooks published by 'Balbharati', its official agency. A state minister told the state assembly on Friday.In a written reply during the...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's intervention in the controversy over alleged remarks disrespecting the judiciary in an NCERT Class 8 textbook, and called for a comprehensive investigation into recent textbook...

Hyderabad, February 26 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday directed officials to introduce AI education from the school level.During a meeting with officials, Reddy instructed them to organize short-term training programs on AI for teachers and lecturers to keep pace with...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court said on Thursday that the need for judicial intervention in the NCERT textbook matter has arisen not from a desire to suppress criticism, but from the imperative to safeguard the integrity of the national curriculum.A bench comprising Chief Justice...

Kohima, February 26 A total of 2,293 members of the Nagaland Government Teachers’ Association (NGTA) launched a protest on Thursday, demanding that their salaries be brought under the state’s non-plan expenditure head.The teachers of the 2010 and 2013 batches demonstrated outside the...

Jamshedpur, February 26 – Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed deep regret on Thursday over a controversial chapter in a Class 8 social science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which dealt with the judiciary. He also...

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...

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 25: In a major initiative aimed at preparing young people for the challenges of a rapidly changing world, the State Council of Educational Research and Training, Jammu & Kashmir (SCERT J&K) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bharti Airtel Foundation...

New Delhi, February 26 The Congress said on Thursday that the Supreme Court is rightly concerned about critical references to the judiciary in NCERT textbooks, and claimed that the rewriting of such books over the past decade has been an RSS-driven exercise full of "deception and malice".The...

New Delhi, February 25 The NCERT on Wednesday apologized for "inappropriate content" after facing criticism from the Supreme Court over a chapter in an 8th-grade textbook that discussed judicial corruption, and said the textbook would be rewritten in consultation with relevant authorities.The...

New Delhi, February 25 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has temporarily halted the distribution of its newly released Social Science textbook for Class 8 after certain inappropriate content and an error in judgment were found to have inadvertently appeared in...

Shillong, February 25 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma announced on Wednesday that his government will provide scholarships to over one lakh students on March 6 to mark the completion of eight years of the MDA dispensation.Responding to the budget discussion in the assembly, Sangma...

Chandigarh, February 25 Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader N K Sharma on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party government has failed to improve school education in Punjab.Sharma, who is also the president of the SAD Trade Wing, said the chief...