Education Inspectorate report reveals chaos at Amsterdam educational institution

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Activists urge withdrawal of school education department's guidelines mandating police clearance for NGOs

Henri Tiphagne of People's Watch also questioned why the department, which issued the guideline about a month ago, did not upload it in its website, accusing it of not being transparent. PB Prince Gajendra Babu, General Secretary of the State Platform for Common School System, said the guidelines strip schools of their academic freedom. A Devaneyan of Thozhamai, a child …

School Guidelines Schools

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Suspicious death: ZP school HM, teacher suspended

New Indian Express

KADAPA: The headmaster and a teacher of Kothapalli Zilla Parishad Urdu High School in Rayachoti have been suspended following the death of Mathematics teacher CA Ajias Ahmed under suspicious circumstances. Annamayya District Education Officer Subramanyam issued orders suspending the headmaster and the teacher after an inquiry into the death of Ahmed. The incident prompted an investigation by Regional Joint Director …

Ahmed Deo Teacher Venkatrami

3 weeks ago

Helmond resident horrified by teacher assistant accused of sexually abusing 20 kids

NL Times

Locals in the Brandevoort district Helmond are horrified by the revelation that a 25-year-old teacher assistant at a local primary school sexually abused at least 20 children. “I think it’s terrible,” a grandmother told NOS as she picked up her 4-year-old grandchild at the Mondomijn school on Tuesday. “How could it have lasted so long, that no one noticed anything?” …

School Nos Brandevoort Teacher Assistant

3 weeks, 6 days ago

827 unrecognised schools in Kerala, survey uncovers, actions to follow

India Today

Kerala has completed a state-wide survey of unrecognised schools, with findings revealing that 827 institutions are operating outside the formal education system. “A meeting has been convened by the Chief Minister to discuss the issue, and a list of schools along with available details will be handed over to him,” the minister said. MEASURES TO PROTECT STUDENTS' WELL-BEING The education …

Unrecognised Schools

1 month ago

Ensure no child remains out of school: Payal MLA, ADC to officials

Hindustan Times

Payal MLA Manwinder Singh Giaspura and additional deputy commissioner Dr Harjinder Singh Bedi conducted a review of the district education development committee on Friday. They emphasised the importance of ensuring access to quality education for every child in the district and directed the education department to ensure that no student is left without school access. Payal MLA Manwinder Singh Giaspura …

Education School Giaspura Payal Mla

1 month ago

Education council urges change to early school streaming

Dutch News

The Dutch education council is calling on MPs to press for action to combat the negative impact of early selection in the Dutch secondary school system, saying without structural change the issue will continue to hurt some children. Junior education minister Mariëlle Paul said last month that she would “to retain the current system for the time being, continue working …

Education Children Dutch Council School Streaming Education Council

1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch gov't promises to investigate many far-reaching measures against anti-Semitism

NL Times

The Dutch government is committed to fighting anti-Semitic violence with far-reaching measures, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in a parliamentary debate on violence in Amsterdam last week. The Prime Minister mainly promised to investigate various measures put forward by parliamentarians, including asking the Public Prosecution Service to also prosecute rioters for terrorism and stripping Dutch nationality from people convicted of …

Amsterdam Dutch Violence Israeli Schoof

1 month, 1 week ago

More secondary schools threatened with shootings; This time in Nijmegen, Wijchen

NL Times

Several secondary schools in Nijmegen and Wijchen have been threatened with school shootings. The schools expect the threats to be “copycat behavior” after Amsterdam schools received similar threats on Tuesday evening, De Gelderlander reports. One post shows a photo of a gun with extra bullets and the text “Tomorrow is NIjmegen’s turn.” It lists the schools Mondial College, Pro College, …

School Threats Schools College Pro Wijchen Mondial College

1 month, 1 week ago

Police investigating shooting threats targeting several Amsterdam secondary schools

NL Times

The police are investigating social media posts threatening shootings at several secondary schools in Amsterdam, mainly in the West and Nieuw-West districts, on Wednesday. Two posts circulating on Snapchat and other social media platforms include texts like “shootings tomorrow in schools West” and “everyone is going to die.” The posts first appeared on Tuesday evening. “We find it unfortunate and …

Schools West

2 months ago

Haryana Education Minister Announces Roadmap for Improved Education and Sports Development

Hindustan Times

Haryana Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda has announced a roadmap to further improve the quality of education in the state. The minister said that a road map will be prepared to enhance the functioning of educational institutions and that a review meeting with officers of school education, secondary education, higher education, and technical education departments will be held soon to prepare …

Government Technology Sports Education Haryana

3 months, 1 week ago

NCERT Body Writes to Education Ministry To Urge States To Implement NEP Reforms

News 18

The National Council for Educational Research and Training’s standard-setting body is learnt to have written to the Union Ministry of Education seeking it to urge state governments to give a formal go-ahead to the respective state boards to implement the recommendations of the ‘Equivalence’ report released by it last month that showed gaps in the performance of students from these …

Education School Assessment State Report Nep Boards

4 months, 1 week ago

HC orders district-level panels to probe working of govt schools

Hindustan Times

Aurangabad: The Bombay high court has directed committees at the district level to probe the functioning of government schools within their jurisdiction and file a comprehensive report before the court within 60 days. The committees must be chaired by the principal district judge and include the education officer at the zilla parishad as a member, the court said. The court …

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5 months, 1 week ago

New primary school test does boost equality of opportunity

Dutch News

Three quarters of children in their last year of primary school who scored higher than expected in tests which determine which secondary school they should go to have moved up into a higher stream, according to education ministry research. Earlier this year, education campaign group KIS said primary schools are continuing to discriminate against children from migrant backgrounds when deciding …

Education Children Dutch Primary Primary School School Test

5 months, 1 week ago

New primary school test does boost equality of opportunity

Dutch News

Three quarters of children in their last year of primary school who scored higher than expected in tests which determine which secondary school they should go to have moved up into a higher stream, according to education ministry research. Earlier this year, education campaign group KIS said primary schools are continuing to discriminate against children from migrant backgrounds when deciding …

Education Children Dutch Primary Primary School School Test

5 months, 1 week ago

Why is the quality of higher education eroding in literate Kerala?

Hindustan Times

When Kerala's school education minister, V. Sivankutty, announced the results of the class 10 Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination in early May this year, the pass percentage reached an all-time high of 99.69%. Claiming that Kerala had never compromised on academic excellence, Sivankutty reminded the state that it still ranks first in the Centre's development indices regarding school education. Rajan …

Education Kerala Higher Education Students School Quality State

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Conduct NEET-UG again in transparent manner: Kharge

Deccan Chronicle

The Congress demanded Saturday that the medical entrance exam NEET-UG be conducted again and all "paper leak scams" thoroughly investigated under the Supreme Court's supervision.Amid the growing clamour for the cancellation of the controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024 over alleged malpractices, the Centre and the National Testing Agency told the apex court on Friday that scrapping it without any proof of large-scale …

Education Supreme Court Congress Kharge Neet

6 months, 1 week ago

Assam’s pioneering education reforms

Hindustan Times

The world of education demands constant reforms, upgradation, and freshness to engage and inspire young minds. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Delivering quality education necessitates ensuring quality in everything that the government provides--good schools, good learning materials, good teachers, good training as well as a good process of governance, from infrastructure to output. Not only has Assam been consistently allocating NEP’s …

Education Children Quality Assam Mission State Nipun

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Assault, drugs, sex work: Sharp rise in serious incidents at secondary schools

NL Times

The Education Inspectorate received a record number of incident reports from secondary schools in the first four months of this year. In the first four months of 2024, the Education Inspectorate received 128 reports of incidents involving physical safety and 242 reports involving social safety, compared to 96 and 184 in the same period in 2023. “Drug sales are a …

Education School Schools Reports Secondary Rtl Secondary Schools

7 months, 2 weeks ago

More children are not attending school, bridge classes a problem

Dutch News

The number of children who should be at school but are not registered with any educational establishment went up by one-third in the last academic year to 13,707, according to education ministry figures. There are also waiting lists for the bridging classes, where children who have just moved to the Netherlands go to learn Dutch and get up to speed …

Children Dutch

7 months, 2 weeks ago

More children are not attending school, bridge classes a problem

Dutch News

The number of children who should be at school but are not registered with any educational establishment went up by one-third in the last academic year to 13,707, according to education ministry figures. There are also waiting lists for the bridging classes, where children who have just moved to the Netherlands go to learn Dutch and get up to speed …

Children Dutch

7 months, 3 weeks ago

'You Aren't Governor Of District': Allahabad HC Raps Pratapgarh DM For Seeking Explanation From 'Dist. Inspector Of Schools'

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court last week rapped Pratapgarh District Magistrate for seeking an explanation from the District Inspector of Schools in an education-related matter. “The District Magistrate will bear in mind that he is head of the revenue district and not the Governor of the district,” a bench of Justice JJ Munir said as it directed the DM concerned to …

Education Court Seeking Explanation District Inspector

8 months, 1 week ago

Bad marks for more schools: inspectors call for higher standards

Dutch News

School inspectors say an increasing number of Dutch schools are performing below par and a large group of children are no longer sufficiently equipped with the basic skills. In particular, language, arithmetic and citizenship skills are on the decline, the inspectors say in their latest report on the state of Dutch education. Chief inspector Ria Westendorp urged the four parties …

Schools

8 months, 1 week ago

Bad marks for more schools: inspectors call for higher standards

Dutch News

School inspectors say an increasing number of Dutch schools are performing below par and a large group of children are no longer sufficiently equipped with the basic skills. In particular, language, arithmetic and citizenship skills are on the decline, the inspectors say in their latest report on the state of Dutch education. Chief inspector Ria Westendorp urged the four parties …

Schools

8 months, 1 week ago

Over 20% of Dutch schools "inadequate," Inspectorate says

NL Times

Over 20 percent of schools in the Netherlands are “inadequate” in terms of quality of education, the Education Inspectorate said in its annual State of Education report. “Moreover, the shortage is greatest in schools that most need sufficient and well-trained teachers,” the Inspectorate said, specifically mentioning special education and schools with a “challenging” student population. “This also increases the differences …

School Quality Schools Education Inspectorate Language Mathematics

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Amsterdam schools struggling now that Covid support is over

NL Times

Now that Amsterdam schools no longer receive extra money to help kids catch up with delays sustained during the coronavirus pandemic, they are struggling to fill the hole in their budgets. “By hiring externally, we were able to guarantee continuity for students and create smaller classes,” Steven Tan of Akso Schools, which has 35 primary schools in the city, told …

Schools

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Children with limited Dutch could start school earlier: minister

Dutch News

The government is looking into lowering the official age for starting school from five to four, and an introducing special pre-school classes for children with limited Dutch language skills, primary schools minister Mariëlle Paul has said. Currently some 3% of children in the Netherlands do not start school at four, and that can put them at a disadvantage, Paul told …

Children School Paul Earlier Minister

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Children with limited Dutch could start school earlier: minister

Dutch News

The government is looking into lowering the official age for starting school from five to four, and an introducing special pre-school classes for children with limited Dutch language skills, primary schools minister Mariëlle Paul has said. Currently some 3% of children in the Netherlands do not start school at four, and that can put them at a disadvantage, Paul told …

Children School Paul Earlier Minister

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Public Prosecution Service pushing for departure of Islamic School Foundation board

NL Times

The Public Prosecution Service has culled for the suspension and firing of the board at Islamic school foundation Stichting Islamitische School Amsterdam. The foundation has three Islamic schools in the capital, with around 1,100 students. Outgoing minister Mariëlle Paul, who presides over primary school education policy, has decided to lower the amount of money the schools get from the government. …

School Islamic

9 months ago

Post surprise inspection, CBSE cancels affiliations of 20 schools citing malpractices

The Hindu

The Central Board of Secondary Education has cancelled the affiliation of 20 schools across India on Friday, after it was revealed that these schools were involved in malpractices. Mr. Gupta said, “After thorough inquiry, it has been decided to disaffiliate and downgrade the schools.” These include two schools in Rajasthan — Prince UCH Madhyamik Vidyalaya in Sikar and Global Indian …

School Schools Public Gupta Cbse Affiliation Two Schools

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala to open doors to foreign, private varsities

New Indian Express

THIRUVANATHAPURAM: In a major policy shift in the higher education sector, the LDF government has announced in the budget that it will examine opportunities for establishing foreign university campuses in the state. The government’s change of policy came after the UGC recently brought out regulations to establish a robust framework for the entry and operation of foreign higher educational institutions …

Education Policy Kerala Budget Higher Foreign University

11 months ago

ASER 2023 exposes chinks in Odisha govt's education system

Deccan Chronicle

JAN. 19: The recently-published Annual Status of Education Report 2023 has exposed the feebleness in Odisha’s government’s education system. The ASER brought to light that around 64 per cent of students in the 14 to 18 years age group in Sambalpur district don’t know the division. Only 55.5 per cent students in the age group are able to read the …

Education Poor Cent Ser Students Lack 2023 Exposes

1 year, 1 month ago

Stop on international students would be disastrous, says Zeeland MP

NL Times

If no more international students came to Zeeland, it would be a disaster for Hogeschool Zeeland and other educational institutions such as University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, deputy minister of Zeeland, Harry van der Maas, said during a state meeting on Friday. Van der Maas was responding to a question from D66 MP Wouter Versluijs. He wanted to know what …

International Students Zeeland Van Der Maas

1 year, 1 month ago

Gujarat: Australian education minister visits govt's school monitoring control room

India TV News

Gujarat: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Australian Education Minister Jason Clare, and other officials witnessed Gujarat's government-run school monitoring control room in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Gujarat Education Minister Kuber Dindor and his deputy Praful Panseria were also present at a meeting where the visiting team was acquainted about the journey of educational transformation undertaken by Gujarat in the last two …

Education School Gujarat Minister Australian Gandhinagar

1 year, 2 months ago

Quality Control in All Academic Areas Would Help Increase Efficiency of Education: Minister Sivankutty

News 18

Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Monday said that quality control in all academic areas would help to increase the efficiency of general education. The minister also said that assessment was not something that should be confined to children alone as the teaching community also plays a crucial role in the educational process. Sivankutty was speaking after releasing the …

Education General Education Minister Sivankutty

1 year, 2 months ago

Dutch universities raise concerns over Cabinet's plan to reduce English instruction

NL Times

The Cabinet drafted a bill in July aiming to reduce English instruction in higher education in the Netherlands. In July, outgoing Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf drafted a bill to combat what the Cabinet considers to be an excess of internationalization of Dutch higher education. In addition, he noted that most international students do not stay in the Netherlands to work …

Education International Dutch English Students Netherlands International Students

1 year, 3 months ago

A mockery of pedagogic ethics, the breaking of a bond

The Hindu

Imagine a teacher who asks the classmates of her seven-year-old student to slap him one by one. Gaps in teacher training News from schools regularly reminds us that the momentum generated by the Right to Education Act that was enacted over a decade ago has subsided. The Muzaffarnagar story — where the teacher asked her students to slap another student …

Education India Training School Uttar Pradesh Indian Teachers

1 year, 3 months ago

Shadow education secretary says DfE is in ‘complete chaos’

The Independent

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Email Complete Chaos Education Dfe

1 year, 3 months ago

State pressuring school principals to manipulate education data, allege principals and teachers

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: For almost a week, group education officers across the state have been sending a directive in the form of a WhatsApp message to principals of primary, higher primary, and secondary schools across the state, reportedly asking them to make changes to the information on the Unified District Information System for Education Plus data. “A directive sent by the group …

Education School Data Udise Principals

1 year, 4 months ago

New survey focusses on Bihar’s education crisis

The Hindu

Published : Aug 04, 2023 16:24 IST - 3 MINS READ Shedding light on the dismal state of the schooling system in Bihar and the impact of the post-COVID crisis, a new survey report titled “Where Are the Kids?” was released in Patna on August 4. The report, conducted by Jan Jagran Shakti Sanghathan in January-February 2023, is based on …

Children Bihar Schools Survey Crisis Report Cent

1 year, 5 months ago

Officials exposed to harsh behavior by Education Minister Wiersma, even after internal apology

NL Times

Officials continued to complain about the behavior of Education Minister Dennis Wiersma, who has since resigned, after he internally expressed regret and promised improvement last fall. A few months after the minister took office in early 2022, an official complained about "Dennis' narrative and erratic behavior," the documents show. More than a year later, Wiersma admitted to the media that …

Education Behavior Officials Minister Wiersma Official Wrote

1 year, 6 months ago

Schools minister Wiersma resigns over temper tantrum claims

Dutch News

Schools minister Dennis Wiersma resigned on Thursday evening following a spate of allegations about his temper tantrums. Wiersma, a minister on behalf of the VVD, said in a note on Twitter that it had not been an “easy decision” to stand down but that it was now “unavoidable”. Wiersma, who is on sick leave, had said on Thursday morning he …

Wiersma Temper Tantrum Minister Mark Schools Minister

1 year, 6 months ago

Schools minister Wiersma resigns over temper tantrum claims

Dutch News

Schools minister Dennis Wiersma resigned on Thursday evening following a spate of allegations about his temper tantrums. Wiersma, a minister on behalf of the VVD, said in a note on Twitter that it had not been an “easy decision” to stand down but that it was now “unavoidable”. Wiersma, who is on sick leave, had said on Thursday morning he …

Wiersma Temper Tantrum Minister Mark Schools Minister

1 year, 6 months ago

Schools minister under fire again over anger issues

Dutch News

Schools minister Dennis Wiersma has said he will continue to speak to members of staff personally, following two new complaints about his alleged rude and intimidating behaviour. In a written statement the education minister, who is currently on sick leave, said he would be speaking “to those involved”. The new incidents took place during a symposium about 25 years of …

Wiersma

1 year, 6 months ago

Parents increasingly opting for smaller, private schools

NL Times

Small private schools are gaining popularity in the Netherlands, partly fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. According to figures from the Education Inspectorate, the number of small private schools has doubled in the past five years. Small private schools respond to this by promoting an alternative way of education, sometimes according to their own way of life, worldview, or upbringing, AD …

Education Netherlands Small Private Secondary Education Private Schools Primary Schools

1 year, 8 months ago

Minister agrees to drop 'excellent' schools concept after MP vote

Dutch News

Schools minister Dennis Wiersma has decided to stop branding schools which are highly praised by school inspectors as ‘excellent’, after MPs voted in favour of a motion to scrap the concept. The system was introduced in 2012 in an effort to stimulate schools to excel with an ‘inspiring, innovative and motivating educational programme, or which take a standout approach to …

Schools Mps Vote Wiersma Excellent School

1 year, 8 months ago

Minister agrees to drop 'excellent' schools concept after MP vote

Dutch News

Schools minister Dennis Wiersma has decided to stop branding schools which are highly praised by school inspectors as ‘excellent’, after MPs voted in favour of a motion to scrap the concept. The system was introduced in 2012 in an effort to stimulate schools to excel with an ‘inspiring, innovative and motivating educational programme, or which take a standout approach to …

Wiersma Excellent Schools

1 year, 8 months ago

Primary school tests take place this week, as criticism mounts

Dutch News

Some 180,000 Group 8 primary school pupils will this week take a series of tests which will have an important role in deciding what sort of secondary school they should go to. ‘Schools push the pupils because they are judged by the results,’ education researcher Karen Heij told the Telegraaf on Tuesday. ‘It is a complicated, daunting system that is …

School Schools Secondary School Ser Criticism Mounts Dutch Education

1 year, 8 months ago

Primary school tests take place this week, as criticism mounts

Dutch News

Some 180,000 Group 8 primary school pupils will this week take a series of tests which will have an important role in deciding what sort of secondary school they should go to. ‘Schools push the pupils because they are judged by the results,’ education researcher Karen Heij told the Telegraaf on Tuesday. ‘It is a complicated, daunting system that is …

Dutch School Schools Secondary School Ser

1 year, 8 months ago

PSEB Class 10 exams: Ludhiana school director, owner booked for cheating

Hindustan Times

A director and owner of a private school in Jagraon have been booked for cheating after 26 Class 10 students missed their final exams as they were denied entry in the examination centre for possessing handwritten slips with fake roll numbers issued by the school instead of entry cards. The Sadar police of Jagraon filed a case against Paramjit Kaur, …

Students School Student Jagraon Sadar Director Owner

1 year, 8 months ago

Checking school dropout rate: U.P. delegation in the Netherlands to discuss Dutch model

Hindustan Times

State’s basic education minister Sandeep Singh reached the Netherlands and held discussions with the country’s primary and secondary education minister Dennis Wiersma to learn more about the ‘early warning system’ that is likely to be introduced in U.P. delegation in the Netherlands to discuss Dutch model The ‘early warning system’ followed in the Netherlands is about tracking student attendance and …

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