Articles for Higher Classes

New Progress Cards to Assess Students' Holistic Development, Pilot Run in Aug-Sep; Teacher-training to be Focus Area: CBSE Secretary
8 months, 3 weeks ago

New Progress Cards to Assess Students' Holistic Development, Pilot Run in Aug-Sep; Teacher-training to be Focus Area: CBSE Secretary

News 18  

The Central Board for Secondary Education has released the new report cards — Holistic Progress Cards — for nursery to class 2 while the format is still being worked out for higher classes. With education being his forte, Gupta said that in 2024-25, his major focus will be on teacher training, developing new training modules, introducing new subjects in schools …

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Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttar Pradesh moves Supreme Court against HC directive to hold local body polls without OBC quota

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against an Allahabad High Court direction to hold local body elections in the State without reservation for Other Backward Classes. The case raises the fundamental question whether quota for political representation in urban self-government bodies can be equated with reservation in higher education and public employment for socially and economically …

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Gap in mathematics learning outcomes of girls and boys grows in higher classes: MoE survey
2 years, 6 months ago

Gap in mathematics learning outcomes of girls and boys grows in higher classes: MoE survey

Firstpost  

The survey has also indicated that the worst hit by academic disruptions during the pandemic are those studying in state-government run schools New Delhi: There is a widening difference in mathematics learning outcomes among girls and boys as they reach higher classes, the National Achievement Survey has found. Conducted by the Ministry of Education, the survey found that girls and …

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Many engineering colleges hit by power cuts
2 years, 11 months ago

Many engineering colleges hit by power cuts

The Hindu  

Many government engineering colleges and polytechnics in the State have been finding it difficult to conduct classes since December 2020 as their power supply has been disconnected for a month owing to non-payment of electricity bills. The situation has become so dire that a few principals have requested the Department of Higher Education for permission to suspend classes till electricity …

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Locked out: Emergency report on school education*
3 years, 3 months ago

Locked out: Emergency report on school education*

The Hindu  

PRIMARY AND UPPER-PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN India have been closed for a full 17 months—more than 500 days! Fiction of online education The SCHOOL survey makes it clear that the reach of online education is very limited: the proportion of SCHOOL children who were studying online “regularly” was just 24 per cent and 8 per cent in urban and rural areas …

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Taliban says Afghan women will be allowed to study at university under new regime, but bans co-ed classes
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban says Afghan women will be allowed to study at university under new regime, but bans co-ed classes

Firstpost  

The hardline Islamist group that stormed to power in mid-August after ousting the Western-back government have vowed to rule differently compared to their 1990s stint when girls and women were banned from education Kabul: Afghan women will be allowed to study at university, but there would be a ban on mixed classes under their rule, the Taliban’s acting higher education …

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Young Girls 'Fear' Mathematics More Than Boys, Tend to Underperform: Survey
3 years, 5 months ago

Young Girls 'Fear' Mathematics More Than Boys, Tend to Underperform: Survey

News 18  

When it comes to mathematics, boys outperform girls across all classes in school, reveals a survey by edtech company Cuemath. As many as 82 per cent of students between classes 7 and 10 are fearful of math and it continues as they progress to higher classes. In classs 7, one in seven students have negative perceptions about Math concepts, and …

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Students of Class 1 to 9 in Puducherry Promoted to Higher Class Without Exams
3 years, 9 months ago

Students of Class 1 to 9 in Puducherry Promoted to Higher Class Without Exams

News 18  

Days after schools resumed for students of all classes in the Union Territory of Puducherry, the administration has approved a proposal to promote them to the next class without examination for the academic year 2020-21. According to India Today report, the decision comes after Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan gave her consent to the proposal suggesting that the students of …

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Schools reopen in West Bengal today for classes 9 to 12
3 years, 10 months ago

Schools reopen in West Bengal today for classes 9 to 12

India Today  

The government of West Bengal has decided to reopen the schools in the state for students of classes 9 to 12 from today, February 12, with several Covid-19 safety guidelines set in place by the school authorities for the safety of the students. We have to be careful.” The schools in West Bengal have reopened for students of senior classes …

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Class 10, 12 Exams from March 17-30 in Kerala as per Covid-19 Protocol
4 years ago

Class 10, 12 Exams from March 17-30 in Kerala as per Covid-19 Protocol

News 18  

Exams for Class 10, higher secondary, and vocational higher secondary in Kerala will be conducted from March 17 to 30 amid strict compliance with covid-19 norms. At the college level, classes for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students will begin in early January. And in order to maintain social distancing, the classes will be conducted with 50 per cent capacity …

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