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India's new national education policy is futuristic: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the new National Education Policy is futuristic and as per world standards, and aimed at fulfilling Dr S Radhakrishnan's vision of education that empowers a student to participate in national development. "India takes pride in being the mother of democracy as it's values are embodied in our social life," Modi said addressing the Association of Indian Universities' 95th annual meet and a national seminar of vice-chancellors via video conference. The Centre unveiled the new National Education Policy (NEP) last year. "The National Education Policy is futuristic and as per global parameters," Modi said. Every student has certain capabilities. These capabilities pose three questions before the student and the teacher, he said. "First, what they can do? Second, what is their potential if they are properly taught? And third, what they want to do?" Modi said. The answer to the first question is the inner strength of students,

Maharashtra state board exams for classes 10, 12 postponed due to Covid-19

The Maharashtra board exams were scheduled to start on April 23 and April 29 for classes 10 and 12, respectively

Use free time to increase curiosity about productive things: PM to students

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday advised students on how to use the free time during studies while interacting with them at 'Pariksha Pe Charcha 2021' via video conferencing

'Pariksha Pe Charcha' to be held on April 7 in new virtual format: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that his annual interaction with students, "Pariksha Pe Charcha", will be held on April 7 in a new virtual format.

Bihar BPSC result 2021 released on bpsc.bih.nic.in; steps to check result

Candidates who appeared for BPSC prelims 2021 exam can download the BPSC 66th Prelims result from bpsc.bih.nic.in

Separate school board for Delhi: A welcome step for students?

In this podcast, Business Standard's Ruchika Chitravanshi speaks to former MHRD official Vrinda Swarup to understand the significance of Delhi's decision to come up with its own education board

Rajasthan Assembly passes demand for higher education grants via voice vote

The Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday passed the demand for grants for higher education by voice vote amid an uproar by the BJP over the phone-tapping row

Delhi govt sets up its own education board, registration complete

The Arvind Kejriwal government on Tuesday has announced the setting up of the Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE).

NEP 2020 to be more impactful if it prioritises critical thinking

If schools want to promote critical thinking, they will have to view students as intelligent beings whose learning is not restricted to the classroom

AAP's outcome budget: Most projects under Directorate of Education on track

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday presented a report card of the AAP government's 2020-21 budget which showed that projects under the Directorate of Education were "on track".

TANCET Admit card 2021 released on annauniv.edu today: Steps to download it

Candidates can download TANCET Hall Ticket from the official website of Anna University at annauniv.edu

Work to make India best in the world by 2047: President Kovind to students

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday told students of Central University of Gujarat to work towards nation building "so that our country emerges as the best nation in the world by 2047"

NEET PG 2021 registration begins today: Steps to apply for NEET online

NEET PG 2021: Students appearing for NEET PG 2021 exam can visit the official website of NBE on nbe.edu.in for details

Bihar Board exam 2021: BSEB 10th exam from today; all you need to know

BSEB has released the admit card on the official site. A total of 1.68 million candidates have registered to appear for class 10 exam

CBSE Class 10, 12 exam 2021: Date sheet released on cbse.nic.in

The CBSE board exams 2021 are scheduled to be held from May 4 to June 10

FM announces key takeaways for education sector in Union Budget 2021

More than 15,000 schools will be 'qualitatively strengthened' under the National Education Policy (NEP)

Education companies' revenues to remain flat in 2020-21: Report

Fewer enrolments in engineering and business administration courses and inability to raise fees amid the pandemic are some reasons

Budget Byte: Education scheme 'Samagra Shiksha' expenditure fell in 2020

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

CBSE restructures affiliation system; process to be completely digital

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is restructuring the affiliation system for schools and making the process completely digital and based on data analytics with least human intervention

Gross enrolment ratio of girls in schools improved from 2014 to 2018: WCD

"SRB has improved by 16 points from 918 (2014-15) to 934 (2019-20). Out of 640 districts covered under BBBP, 422 districts have shown improvement in SRB from 2014-15 to 2018-2019," it said