After holding several rounds of talks with representatives of teacher unions and other stakeholders, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to revoke the contentious G.O. To strengthen school education, it has been decided to establish model primary schools in each gram panchayat by providing one teacher per class, downgrade the upper primary schools into primary schools where enrolment is less …
While the drive has been to ensure primacy to Kannada in education, some of the non-Kannada languages spoken in various regions of Karnataka have also entered schools and colleges in recent years. About 50 students have passed out of the college with MA degree in Konkani since the introduction of the course, says Jayavantha Nayak, co-ordinator, Konkani Adhyayana Peetha at …
The Odisha government has announced that all the functions of elementary education will be transferred in phases to Zilla Parishad and other Panchayati Raj institutions, according to a notification by the state school and mass education department. The engagement of all junior teachers will be made by respective Zilla Parishads under each category - for Classes I to V and …
The State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee has recommended that the government should consider reopening schools for classes VI to VIII from September 13 onwards. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who had earlies this month announced the reopening of classes for students of Class IX onwards from August 23, had said that a decision regarding classes VI to VIII would be taken …
