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Few takers for skill development as students shy away from ITI ecosystem

Key concern: Gap between industry requirement and what's taught

S Chand continues solid growth in Q3 FY23, operational revenue grows by 58%

/ -- S Chand and Company Limited, one of India's leading education content companies and market leaders in the K-12 segment, has announced robust financial numbers for the quarter Q3FY23 and 9 Months FY23. HIGHLIGHTS OF CONSOLIDATED BUSINESS Consolidated business represents the performance of S Chand and its subsidiaries (S Chand Group) The Company is in a seasonal industry where the 4th quarter contributes over 80% of the annual revenues coinciding with the start of the academic year. 9MFY23 has been the best ever 9M performance in the company's history. S Chand saw the following highlights during the quarter-: On a CY22 basis, the company reported a PAT of Rs. 812m (EPS: Rs. 23/share). The company is witnessing strong and resurgent demand in the current sales season of January 2023 - March 2023. Reports Highest ever 9M Sales in company's history. Reports Lowest ever 9M EBITDA Losses. 9M EBITDA losses reduced by 38% YoY. Reports Lowest ever 9M PAT Losses. Reduction in 9M PAT

Social sector: The emphasis of Budget is on the consolidation of schemes

The government has ring-fenced financial outlays for various social sectors, and this is reflected in nominal increases and efforts to make them more effective

G20 education working group likely to lead to university tie ups

Collaboration with Universities across the globe would be the major outcome of the deliberations at the Chennai Meet, Sanjay Murthy, Secretary Higher Education

Budget 2023 promises to train students, teachers for the job market

FM announced establishment of 30 Skill India International Centres across different states, launch of a unified Skill India Digital platform for enabling demand driven formal skilling

Budget: Govt to set up National Digital Library for children, adolescents

A National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set up for facilitating the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels, and device agnostic accessibility, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Wednesday. In her Budget speech, she said states will be encouraged to set up physical libraries for them at panchayat and ward levels and provide infrastructure for accessing the National Digital Library resources. To build a culture of reading and to make up for pandemic-time learning loss, the National Book Trust, Children's Book Trust and other sources will be encouraged to provide and replenish non-curricular titles in regional languages and English to these physical libraries. "Collaboration with NGOs that work in literacy will also be a part of this initiative. To inculcate financial literacy, financial sector regulators and organizations will be encouraged to provide age-appropriate reading material to these libraries,"

Steady decline in school dropout rate, increase in enrolment: Eco Survey

There has been a steady decline in the school dropout rate and increase in enrolment both in school and higher education, the Economic Survey for 2022-23 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday showed. The gender parity has also improved in this financial year, the survey, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, stated. "The Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) in the primary-enrolment in Class 1 to 5 as a percentage of the population in age six to 10 years for girls as well as boys has improved during the financial year (FY)," . This improvement has "reversed the declining trends between FY-17 and FY-19", it stated, adding that "the GER in upper-primary (enrolment in class 6 to 8 as a per cent of the population in age 11-13 years), which was stagnant between FY-17 and FY-19, improved in FY-22". In corresponding age groups in primary and upper-primary levels, the GER for girls is better than that of boys, the Economic Survey for 2022-23 stated. "In FY-22, school enrolment stood at 26.5 cr

More Muslim women than men in higher education, shows AISHE data

Total estimated enrolment across categories rose 7.4% in 2021 with growing share of women, AISHE data shows

Enrolment in higher education crosses 40 mn-mark for first time in country

The enrolment in higher education institutions increased to 4.14 crore during 2020-21, crossing the 4 crore mark for first time, according to the government's All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021. It registered an increase of 7.5 per cent from 2019-20 and 21 per cent from 2014-15. The female enrolment has increased to 2.01 crore from 1.88 crore in 2019-20. There has been an increase of around 44 lakh (28 per cent) in their number since 2014-15, the survey report said. The Ministry of Education has been conducting All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2011, covering all higher educational institutions located in Indian Territory and imparting higher education in the country. The survey collects detailed information on different parameters such as student enrollment, teachers' data, infrastructural information, financial information etc. For the first time, in AISHE 2020-21, the higher education institutions, or HEIs, have filled the data online throug

Uttar Pradesh govt launches campaign to empower underprivileged girls

Uttar Pradesh government has launched a campaign to empower girls from the underprivileged class, an official said on Sunday. According to a statement, the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan will work under the Aarohini Initiative Training Programme for the safety and security of girls in 746 Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls Schools in the state. Director General of School Education Vijay Kiran Anand said the main objective of the Aarohini programme, which will be implemented in three phases, is gender sensitisation. In the first phase, which will start on February 1, teachers will be trained. Two teachers of every Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls' School will receive the training, who will then educate the students of their respective schools, the statement said. Along with the teachers, the institution will also groom the girls through debates and other activities, it added.

A question of quota: How to determine who is 'economically weak'

Determining who is 'economically weak' will shape the success of the reservation policy

Budget 2023: Allocating 6% of GDP by 2030 a must, say education experts

From giving a boost to allocation for education to mental health of students and a push to edtech startups, here are the expectations of the experts for education sector from Union Budget 2023

Will education outlay improve amidst widening learning gap? Sector hopes so

Ahead of International Education Day on Jan 24, a case for more funding, reducing digital divide in education

Story in numbers: School was out, but class was on, shows ASER data

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) phone surveys of 2020 and 2021 found that parents' belief in the importance of education was strong even when schools were closed

Children's basic reading ability down to pre-2012 levels: ASER report

ASER is a nationwide, citizen-led household survey that provides a snapshot of children's schooling and learning in rural India

For first time, percentage of rural kids not enrolled in school under 2%

The main reason for the rise in enrollment rate was a steep rise in admissions in the government schools, said ASER report

Poorest learners benefit least from public education funding: UNICEF

Only 16 per cent of public education funding goes to the poorest 20 per cent of learners, while 28 per cent goes to the richest 20 per cent, the UNICEF said in a report

UGC extends deadline to submit feedback on foreign campuses in India

No Foreign Higher Educational Institutions (FHEIs) will be allowed to set up campuses in the country without the approval of the UGC

Foreign varsities to set up campuses in India: A new phase of tranquillity

The proposal that foreign universities be allowed to establish campuses in India was opposed by RSS affiliates until recently. However, they seem to be reviewing their position

Government extends MBBS internship cut-off date to June 30: Report

Presently, the cut-off date for aspirants to complete their mandatory one-year internship is March 31, 2023