EDUCATION MINISTRY

School principals welcome decision to reopen schools for class 10, 12 students

The Delhi government has allowed all schools outside COVID-19 containment zones here to reopen for classes 10 and 12 from January 18 in vie...

Give question bank to students taking board exams: Parliamentary panel

Members of the panel also raised questions on the viability of online classes for poor families who cannot afford mobile phones or laptops,...

ISRO to adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to promote education in the field of space technology, STEM

Through this collaboration, ISRO will facilitate coaching and mentoring of students in advanced cutting-edge technologies of the 21st centu...

COVID-19 impact: Door-to-door survey to enroll students, relaxing detention norms recommended by Education Ministry

The ministry has also recommended relaxing detention norms to prevent drop-outs this year as well as a slew of measures to address learning...

India's 'Institutions of Eminence' can now set up campuses in foreign countries

According to the norms, IoEs shall be permitted to start a maximum of three off-campus centres in five years, but not more than one in an a...

Vaccine rollout: Education ministry roped in to build confidence in safety of vaccines

The health ministry has requested that the huge network of field networks including educational institutes to collaborate with it to ensure...

Govt proposes to set up University of Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Sciences

In a public notice issued on December 24, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Ministry of Social ...

Board exams not to be conducted till February next year: Education Minister

He further said that the decision to conduct the examinations will be taken later, but did not indicate any tentative dates.

Blended learning will become the new normal: Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Education Minister

The Unlock 5 guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (on September 30) gave the flexibility to state and UT governments to take a...

Covid-19: With no clarity on board exam dates, schools conduct pre-board exams in online mode

While the Ministry of Education (MoE) is yet to take a call on the dates of board exams for class 10 and 12, it has already clarified that ...

JEE-Mains schedule, number of times exam will be held next year to be announced today: Education Minister

In an online interaction with students last week, the Minister had announced that the government is considering the possibility of holding ...

Union Education Ministry releases Rs 80 crore to IIT Kharagpur for second phase of SPARC

Adrijit Goswami from IIT Kharagpur, who is heading the Pan India coordination of the programme, said the allocation would help in promoting...

Education Ministry suggests capping school bags' weight, no homework up to class 2

No homework for students up to class two, providing lockers and digital weighing machines in schools, making available potable water on the...

Unburdening students: Education Ministry suggests no homework up to class 2, regularly weighing school bags

"Based on research studies conducted in this area, recommendations of international agencies about the standard weight of school bag…it is ...

IIM Calcutta faculty write to ministry over concerns regarding institute

The student-teacher ratio at IIM Calcutta has worsened significantly over the last two years. IIMC now has 20-30 full-time faculty members ...

Regional language policy needed in technical education, says IIT Kharagpur Director

IIT Kharagpur Director Prof VK Tewari on Saturday called for developing a policy framework for regional language education not only at scho...

IITs, NITs to begin offering engineering courses in mother tongue from next year: Education Ministry

"A seminal decision was made to start technical education, especially engineering courses, imparting education in mother tongue (and this) ...