Union Cabinet approves PM Shri schools scheme
2 years, 6 months ago

Union Cabinet approves PM Shri schools scheme

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the ‘PM Schools for Rising India’ scheme to turn existing government schools into model schools for implementation of the National Education Policy, 2022. The scheme will be implemented as a Centrally However, schools will be selected only if the State government agrees to implement the NEP “in entirety with the Centre laying down commitments for supporting these schools for achieving specified quality parameters” to become PM SHRI schools, according to a press statement of the Ministry of Education. The PM SHRI scheme also provides a “School Quality Assessment Framework” which will be developed for measuring key performance indicators for carrying out quality evaluation of schools selected from the current academic year. The quality parameters that will be evaluated once a school is selected for the scheme will include implementation of NEP 2020, student registry for tracking enrolment and learning progress, improvement in learning outcomes of each child to achieve levels above State and National average, linkage of school with higher education institutions and local entrepreneurial ecosystem for mentoring as well as creating “students rooted in the heritage of India, proud of values of Bharat, conscious of duties towards society and responsibilities towards nation-building”.

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Education gets lion’s share; CM Shri schools, language labs, free laptops in offing
5 days, 18 hours ago

Education gets lion’s share; CM Shri schools, language labs, free laptops in offing

The Hindu  

With the highest share allocated to the education sector in the Delhi budget, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced setting up an education sub-city in Narela, north-west Delhi, ‘CM Shri’ schools and smart classrooms, and free laptops to 1,200 meritorious Class X students. Ms. Gupta said 60 ‘CM Shri’ schools would be established in line with the National Education …

West Bengal’s education policy conflict: PM-SHRI scheme, funding issues, and NEP 2020 disagreements
1 month ago

West Bengal’s education policy conflict: PM-SHRI scheme, funding issues, and NEP 2020 disagreements

The Hindu  

Along with Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala have not signed on to the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India scheme of the Union government. The Union ministry’s official document in this matter states that the SSA is aligned with the recommendations of the NEP’20 and the “PM-SHRI scheme supplements the efforts of Samagra Shiksha.” As of 2024, a total …

Bihar to integrate 836 Class 6-12 schools under PM-SHRI scheme to align with NEP
1 month, 1 week ago

Bihar to integrate 836 Class 6-12 schools under PM-SHRI scheme to align with NEP

Hindustan Times  

In keeping with the mandate of the National Education Policy, 2020, Bihar has now moved ahead to integrate Class 6-12 under one academic and administrative unit, while Class 1-5 will be treated as primary school. Additional Secretary of the Department of Education, Sunil Kumar on Monday issued a notification with details of modalities for smooth transition and merger under the …

Government schools bear full brunt as Tamil Nadu, centre tussle over funds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Government schools bear full brunt as Tamil Nadu, centre tussle over funds

New Indian Express  

‘Fund crunch makes dept hesitant to sanction infrastructure projects’ However, with less than three months left in the academic year, the second installment has not yet been released. On Tuesday, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, in a statement, said the state government had formed a committee, headed by the school education secretary, to review the MoU for PM-SHRI schools. …

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch

India Today  

The Maharashtra government has decided that all schools affiliated to the state’s board will adopt a curriculum on the lines of the Central Board of School Education. Officials said the move was intended to ensure that students under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education can study an upgraded curriculum that prepares them for competitive exams. Dadaji …

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why Maharashtra is giving government school curriculum a CBSE touch

India Today  

The Maharashtra government has decided that all schools affiliated to the state’s board will adopt a curriculum on the lines of the Central Board of School Education. Officials said the move was intended to ensure that students under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education can study an upgraded curriculum that prepares them for competitive exams. Dadaji …

State moots ‘hub and spoke’ model to tide over disparities in school education
2 months, 3 weeks ago

State moots ‘hub and spoke’ model to tide over disparities in school education

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Following widespread criticism of its ‘cluster of schools’ concept, the school education department in Maharashtra is considering a ‘hub and spoke’ model for integrated development of all schools in the state. A proposal on the ‘hub and spoke’ model was recently presented before school education minister Dada Bhuse and is likely to be presented before chief minister Devendra Fadnavis …

Enrolment in 40 PM SHRI schools rises by 75.8% after joining central scheme
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Enrolment in 40 PM SHRI schools rises by 75.8% after joining central scheme

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The number of students enrolled in 40 PM SHRI schools has increased by 75.80%, after becoming part of the central scheme compared to their status as state government schools in 2020-21, according to a survey by the union ministry of education. The percentage increase in enrolment in the surveyed PM SHRI schools ranged from 49.2% to 295.3% The …

Ludhiana: 533 schools shortlisted for PM SHRI scheme in 5th phase
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ludhiana: 533 schools shortlisted for PM SHRI scheme in 5th phase

Hindustan Times  

After 15 schools from Ludhiana were selected under the fourth phase of the PM Schools for Rising India scheme, preparations for the fifth phase are already underway in the district. As per information, a total of 533 government schools, including 445 primary and 88 upper primary, have now been shortlisted for consideration in the fifth phase of the scheme which …

Kerala likely to implement PM-SHRI: Minister
7 months ago

Kerala likely to implement PM-SHRI: Minister

The Hindu  

Kerala Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has indicated that the State will implement the PM-SHRI scheme though no final decision has been taken. The State is yet to receive final two instalments of the Union government share of the Samagra Shiksha scheme for the 2023-24 financial year and two instalments for the 2024-25 fiscal. The State said a statement …

548 schools in Ludhiana to update details for PM SHRI
7 months, 3 weeks ago

548 schools in Ludhiana to update details for PM SHRI

Hindustan Times  

548 schools from the district, including 103 upper primary and 445 primary schools, have been benchmarked for PM Schools for Rising India portal, a centrally Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the programme in 2022 with an aim to qualitatively strengthen the existing schools and showcase the implementation of National Education Policy, 2020. Two schools from each block will be …

Explainer: PM SHRI Scheme and the controversy surrounding it
8 months, 1 week ago

Explainer: PM SHRI Scheme and the controversy surrounding it

Hindustan Times  

The centrally- The funding pattern is 60:40 between the Centre and state governments and UTs with the legislature, and it is 90 :10 for Northeastern, Himalayan states and UT of Jammu and Kashmir and 100% for the Union Territories without legislature. While launching the scheme, the Union ministry said that the PM SHRI Schools will act as model schools showcasing …

Five states yet to sign MoU on PM-SHRI scheme: Know its key features and other details
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Five states yet to sign MoU on PM-SHRI scheme: Know its key features and other details

India TV News  

PM-SHRI SCHEME: Five states including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab, and West Bengal are yet to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre on the PM-SHRI scheme -- which is Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India. "Twenty-nine states and UTs along with KVS/NVS have signed the MoU; five states/UTs namely National Capital Territory of Delhi, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu …

800 schools to be upgraded under PM SHRI in Odisha
8 months, 3 weeks ago

800 schools to be upgraded under PM SHRI in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 800 schools of the state will be developed into PM SHRI Schools in alignment with the National Education Policy. Two schools in every block and urban areas of the state will be developed into PM SHRI schools and these educational institutions will reflect the curriculum that has been recommended in the NEP-2020. Earlier, addressing the review …

Centre reviews implementation of NEP 2020, prepares 5-year action plan
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre reviews implementation of NEP 2020, prepares 5-year action plan

The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Education on Tuesday began a two-day meeting to review the progress of the National Education Policy’s implementation in States and Union Territories. School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar said that the main aim of the meeting was to review NEP 2020, its implementation and the alignment of the Ministry’s flagship schemes such as the Samagra Shiksha, PM …

TN govt to sign MoU with Centre for implementation of PM SHRI Schools scheme
1 year ago

TN govt to sign MoU with Centre for implementation of PM SHRI Schools scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Tamil Nadu School Education Department informed that the state government has decided to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Union Education Ministry to implement the PM SHRI scheme in the state. PM SHRI is a centrally The MoU will be signed by the Tamil Nadu government before the beginning of the academic year 2024-25. PM SHRI is a …

Yogi commits ₹404 cr to upgrade 928 PM-SHRI schools
1 year, 2 months ago

Yogi commits ₹404 cr to upgrade 928 PM-SHRI schools

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said amidst the global challenges posed by the Covid pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a new education policy. “In recent years, the state has introduced new initiatives alongside the theoretical curriculum, including ‘one district one product,’ skill development, and other educational programs,” he said. Viksit Bharat not possible without UP: Union minister Union …

Haryana opens 124 new schools under Centre’s PM-SHRI scheme
1 year, 5 months ago

Haryana opens 124 new schools under Centre’s PM-SHRI scheme

Op India  

On 25 October, Haryana became the first state to launch schools under the PM SHRI initiative. The first phase of the scheme includes the official opening of 124 schools throughout the state by state education minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar and union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Anjana Dhingra, the principal of GSSS Chakkarpur, one of the city’s four upgraded schools stated, …

Govt to select 10 schools to demonstrate NEP implementation in U.P.
1 year, 5 months ago

Govt to select 10 schools to demonstrate NEP implementation in U.P.

Hindustan Times  

The state government has decided to launch a project to develop 10 schools as ‘Demo Schools’, which will be used to ‘demonstrate’ the implementation of the new education policy in the state to delegates and visitors from other states of the country and abroad, according to a government press release. Instructions to identify the schools for the project were issued …

PM SHRI INITIATIVE: Centre to develop four KVs in Prayagraj as ‘Model Schools’
1 year, 11 months ago

PM SHRI INITIATIVE: Centre to develop four KVs in Prayagraj as ‘Model Schools’

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ Four Kendriya Vidyalayas in Prayagraj have made the cut and joined the list of the 9,000 schools from across the country hand-picked for development as ‘Model Schools’ by Union Ministry of Education under its flagship initiative of Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India. Over the next few years, the central government plans to take the tally of PM-SHRI schools …

State decides to upgrade 864 schools under PM SHRI scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

State decides to upgrade 864 schools under PM SHRI scheme

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Around 846 schools in Maharashtra will be comprehensively developed under the centre’s PM SHRI Schools scheme, chief minister Eknath Shinde said on Tuesday. The PM SHRI Schools will deliver quality teaching for the cognitive development of students to create and nurture holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with key 21st-century skills, according to state officials. PM SHRI will provide high-quality …

Subject teachers in all AP government schools to provide quality education, says CM
2 years, 4 months ago

Subject teachers in all AP government schools to provide quality education, says CM

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Thursday that the government has introduced the subject teacher concept in government schools to provide quality education to students. “The government is committed to providing the best education on par with corporate schools in the government schools.” The CM advised the school education department officials to consider “the investment in the …

14 states sign pact for upgradation to PM-Shri schools
2 years, 5 months ago

14 states sign pact for upgradation to PM-Shri schools

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen states and Union territories have signed Memorandums of Understanding with the education ministry to upgrade their schools under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India scheme that was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 5, ministry officials said. 14 states sign pact for upgradation to PM-Shri schools On September 7, the Union Cabinet approved the ₹ ₹27,360 …

Union cabinet approves PM SHRI for development of more than 14500 schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Union cabinet approves PM SHRI for development of more than 14500 schools

Live Mint  

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the PM Schools for Rising India scheme, a new centrally The PM SHRI schools will aim at delivering quality teaching for the cognitive development of students and creating and nurturing holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with key 21st-century skills. Under the scheme, PM SHRI schools will be developed as Green schools which would entail incorporating …

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360 crore centrally sponsored PM SHRI scheme under which over 14,500 schools will be upgraded
2 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360 crore centrally sponsored PM SHRI scheme under which over 14,500 schools will be upgraded

Firstpost  

The scheme, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 September on the occasion of Teachers Day, will seek to strengthen existing schools from amongst those managed by the Central and state governments, as well as local bodies New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 27,360 crore scheme for development of more than 14,500 PM-SHRI schools across …

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr to develop over 14,000 schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr to develop over 14,000 schools

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 27,360-crore scheme for the development of over 14,000 schools across the country as PM Schools for Rising India, which is expected to benefit 187 lakh students. Under the scheme, over 14,000 schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools run by state governments and local bodies, will …

Cabinet Nod To PM-SHRI Schools, Leasing Of Railways' Land For Gati Shakti Scheme: Key Points
2 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet Nod To PM-SHRI Schools, Leasing Of Railways' Land For Gati Shakti Scheme: Key Points

ABP News  

New Delhi: Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved policy on long-term leasing of Railways Land for implementing PM Gati Shakti framework. "Union Cabinet has approved policy on long-term leasing of Railways' Land to implement PM Gati Shakti framework. Meanwhile, the cabinet has also approved the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India Yojana which will be a laboratory for the new National …

Condition Of 80% Govt Schools Worse Than Junkyard Arvind Kejriwal Writes Letter To PM Modi Over PM-SHRI Scheme
2 years, 6 months ago

Condition Of 80% Govt Schools Worse Than Junkyard Arvind Kejriwal Writes Letter To PM Modi Over PM-SHRI Scheme

ABP News  

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that over 80 per cent of the government schools in the country are “worse than junkyards'', reported news agency PTI. Kejriwal’s letter comes in light of the Prime Minister’s decision to modernise 14,500 schools under the …

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr scheme for development of over 14,000 PM-SHRI schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr scheme for development of over 14,000 PM-SHRI schools

India TV News  

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr scheme for development of over 14,000 PM-SHRI schools PM-SHRI schools: Under the scheme, over 14,000 schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools run by state governments and local bodies, will be strengthened to emerge as PM-SHRI Schools. PM-SHRI schools: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 27,360-crore scheme for the development …

Explained: What is the PM SHRI scheme announced by Narendra Modi under which 14,500 schools will be upgraded?
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: What is the PM SHRI scheme announced by Narendra Modi under which 14,500 schools will be upgraded?

Firstpost  

Under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India, schools will be upgraded with state-of-the-art laboratories, smart classrooms, libraries, and sports equipment. These ‘model schools’ will ‘encapsulate the full spirit’ of the National Education Policy, 2020, said Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken yet another step toward shaping India’s future. On 5 September, Teacher’s Day, he announced the setting …

Centre Should Modernise All Schools: Kejriwal on PM Shri Yojana
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre Should Modernise All Schools: Kejriwal on PM Shri Yojana

News 18  

Arvind Kejriwal remarked on Monday that the Centre should modernize all government schools in India rather than completing them in installments. The PM-SHRI Yojana, aims to transform 14,500 schools into model institutions with cutting-edge facilities including labs, smart classrooms, libraries, and sports fields. On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, PM Modi unveiled the initiative and stated that the schools created …

Teachers' Day: Prime Minister Modi announces new centrally sponsored scheme 'PM SHRI School'
2 years, 6 months ago

Teachers' Day: Prime Minister Modi announces new centrally sponsored scheme 'PM SHRI School'

Firstpost  

The new scheme is for the upgradation and development of more than 14,500 Schools across the country by strengthening the selected existing schools from amongst schools managed by Central Government/ State/ UT Government/ local bodies New Delhi: On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new initiative - Prime Minister Schools for Rising India. This will …

Modi announces PM-SHRI scheme for upgrading 14,500 schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Modi announces PM-SHRI scheme for upgrading 14,500 schools

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday 14,500 schools across the country will be developed and upgraded under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India Yojana. On the occasion of Teacher's Day, Modi said the PM-SHRI schools will become model schools, encapsulating the full spirit of the new National Education Policy. "Today, on #TeachersDay I am glad to announce …

PM Modi Announces PM-SHRI Yojana For Development Of Schools. What Is It?
2 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi Announces PM-SHRI Yojana For Development Of Schools. What Is It?

ABP News  

On the occassion of Teachers' Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a new initiative for the development and upgradation of schools across India. The Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India Yojana will be a laboratory for the new National Education Policy and under the first phase, 14,500 schools will be upgraded. "Today, on Teachers Day, I am glad …

PM Modi announces upgradation of 14,500 schools under PM-SHRI Yojana
2 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi announces upgradation of 14,500 schools under PM-SHRI Yojana

India Today  

On the occasion of Teacher's Day, PM Narendra Modi announced the upgradation of 14,500 schools across India under the PM-SHRI Yojana. "Today, on #TeachersDay I am glad to announce a new initiative - the development and upgradation of 14,500 schools across India under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India Yojana," the PM tweeted. Today, on #TeachersDay I am glad …

On Teachers' Day, Modi announces PM-SHRI scheme to upgrade 14,500 schools
2 years, 6 months ago

On Teachers' Day, Modi announces PM-SHRI scheme to upgrade 14,500 schools

India TV News  

Highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a new scheme -- PM-SHRI Yojana Modi, said the schools developed under the PM-SHRI will become model schools Focus will be on achieving proficiency in learning outcomes in every grade Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a new scheme -- PM-SHRI Yojana -- to develop 14,500 schools as model schools that …

Govt to set up 15,000 PM Shri Schools as part of National Education Policy
2 years, 9 months ago

Govt to set up 15,000 PM Shri Schools as part of National Education Policy

Live Mint  

As part of the National Education Policy, Minister of Education and Skill Department Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that 15,000 PM Shri Schools will be set up in the country after attending a 'Bhoomi Pujan' ceremony for the permanent campus of Kendriya Vidyalaya at IIT campus, Bhubaneswar. Meanwhile, the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan earlier this month had said the …

Why Modi government wants to set up PM Shri Schools
2 years, 9 months ago

Why Modi government wants to set up PM Shri Schools

India Today  

On June 2, during the National Conference of School Education Ministers in Gandhinagar, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan officially accepted what has been known since the introduction of the National Education Policy in July 2020. As per the new 5+3+3+4 school education system outlined in the NEP, children will spend five years in the foundational stage, three years in the …

Govt to set up model schools, to be called ’PM Shri Schools’: Education Minister
2 years, 9 months ago

Govt to set up model schools, to be called ’PM Shri Schools’: Education Minister

Live Mint  

In an attempt to prepare students for future and build a laboratory of new National Education Policy, the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the Centre is planning to set up "PM Shri Schools." While addressing the two-day National Education Minister's Conference in Gujarat, the Education Minister said, "school education is the foundation on which India will become …

Centre to set up 'PM Shri Schools' to prepare students for future, says Dharmendra Pradhan
2 years, 9 months ago

Centre to set up 'PM Shri Schools' to prepare students for future, says Dharmendra Pradhan

Firstpost  

Pradhan said school education is the foundation of a knowledge-based society and NEP is a knowledge document that aims to promote all-around development and make education accessible to everyone New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the Central Government has been in the process to establish “PM Shri schools” which aim to prepare students for the future …

Robust school education system to lay foundation of 'new India': Union Edu Minister
3 years, 8 months ago

Robust school education system to lay foundation of 'new India': Union Edu Minister

India Today  

The newly appointed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday talked about how an improved and modified school education system will help shape the foundation of the country and build a knowledge society in the nation. He also said that a robust school education system will help build a knowledge society and lay the foundation of a 'new India'. Discussed …

School ranks: On Performance Grading Index
3 years, 9 months ago

School ranks: On Performance Grading Index

The Hindu  

The Union Education Ministry has been attempting to get States into a competitive mode in upgrading their school education system by recognising progress with a Performance Grading Index that assigns them a score. Several middling States continue to make marginal progress, some have improved merely by tweaking their data, while Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh actually regressed, although the PGI scheme …

For education, the new Niti Aayog Index could become a game-changer | Analysis
5 years, 5 months ago

For education, the new Niti Aayog Index could become a game-changer | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

The NITI Aayog’s recently launched State Education Quality Index, which was developed to evaluate the performance of states and Union territories in the education sector, has the potential to be a game-changer for improvement in education in India. Like the Ease of Doing Business Rankings have changed the business environment, SEQI can alter education outcomes First, the index shifts emphasis …

Odisha at 7th position in School Education Quality Index, CM praises education department
5 years, 5 months ago

Odisha at 7th position in School Education Quality Index, CM praises education department

India Today  

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday appreciated the performance of the School and Mass Education department after the state registered a significant improvement in the field of school education in the Niti Aayog's SEQI report. The chief minister advised the the School and Mass Education department to keep up the good work and try to get into the top …

15 initiatives taken by Central Government to improve teaching standards in India: HRD Minister
5 years, 9 months ago

15 initiatives taken by Central Government to improve teaching standards in India: HRD Minister

India Today  

Ever since the draft Education Policy has been introduced, the Union HRD ministry has been working over improving the education system in the country. Subject wise learning In order to focus on quality education, the Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 have been amended to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise learning outcomes. …

Government schools improve, still to catch up with private ones
5 years, 10 months ago

Government schools improve, still to catch up with private ones

Hindustan Times  

Delhi government-run schools improved their performance by taking the pass percentage in the Class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education exams from 69.33% last year to 71.97% this year. Anita Singh, head of school at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Mayur Vihar said, “Efforts are being made to ensure that the quality of results gets better every year. Since this is …

HRD ministry starts 70-point grading index to assess quality of school education, says Prakash Javadekar
6 years, 2 months ago

HRD ministry starts 70-point grading index to assess quality of school education, says Prakash Javadekar

India Today  

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 wherein the states will be marked out of 1,000 scores on 70 parameters," said HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. "The school curriculum will also be reviewed to ensure …

Shiksha Bachao Abhiyan: School vouchers to revamp primary education? Time India debated efficacy of programme
6 years, 11 months ago

Shiksha Bachao Abhiyan: School vouchers to revamp primary education? Time India debated efficacy of programme

Firstpost  

The current method of delivering primary education is not yielding the desired results. Also that day, heavyweights of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi were tweeting pictures of swanky government schools that could rival the facilities of many private schools. Their parents are pulling them out of government schools where education is free and mid-day meals are provided and …

India's government schools in disarray: Here's a blueprint to improve quality of education, bring about accountability
7 years, 9 months ago

India's government schools in disarray: Here's a blueprint to improve quality of education, bring about accountability

Firstpost  

In order to see that the government is able to successfully push its digital literacy programme forward and provide books through its e-portal, it would have to take some effective steps In the last week of the May, two news items appeared in the media — one regarding declaration of Class X results by the Board of School Education, Haryana, …

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