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Decline in young population causing decline in student enrolment: NCERT

The overall enrolment in schools will have declined by more than 14 per cent by 2025, beginning from 2011, with the enrolment of girls expected to decline by over 2 per cent more than that of boys, an NCERT study has projected. The enrolment of scheduled caste students would remain unchanged for the next 510 years, while the number of students from scheduled tribe will face stagnation after 2023-24, the study by Educational Survey Division (ESD) of NCERT added. The report said that enrolment is a function of population, so a decline in the child population in the age groups of 611, 1114, and 1416 years is reflected in the enrolment at each stage. The report Projection and Trends of School Enrolment by 2025' has taken into account the National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted by the NCERT and figures of the annual Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data. The study considered NAS reports from 21 states where the population was more than 5 million in the 2011

'PARAKH' to bring harmony between the state and central boards in India

A new regulator, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development), is being set up to oversee the process and conduct the National Achievement Survey (NAS)

No shortage of NCERT textbooks, over 4 crore books distributed: MoE

There is no shortage of NCERT textbooks and over four crore textbooks have already been distributed across the country for the 2022-23 academic session, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi in response to a written question. "The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has informed that there is no reported shortage of textbooks in the country. "They have informed that 4.25 crore textbooks for the academic Session 2022-23 have already been distributed through 950 empanelled vendors all over the nation," the minister said. "Besides, NCERT textbooks are also distributed through its sales counters located at NCERT Headquarter, its Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mysuru and Shillong and its regional centers at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Guwahati. "Online orders for procurement of NCERT textbooks can also be placed through NCERT web ...

Best of BS Opinion: Textbook errors, the complex world of regulators & more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

Textbook errors

NCERT's edits will distort learning outcomes

NCERT drops content on Gujarat riots, Cold War from Class 12 textbook

The NCERT team has also dropped pages on the history of the Naxalite movement and "Controversies during Emergency" as part of a rationalisation exercise

Not the other

In her book, We Are Not The Others: Reflections of a Transgender Artivist (2021), Kalki Subramaniam opens up about the insensitive questions that transgender people are compelled to hear and answer on

Education ministry releases 8-week alternative academic calendar amid Covid

The alternative academic calendars for students, parents and teachers for all the classes I-XII has been developed by the NCERT under the guidance of the Ministry of Education

UP: Illegally printed NCERT books worth Rs 35 crores seized in Meerut

According to Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Sahni, the books were being illegally printed in the godown which belongs to one Sachin Gupta

Include chapters on citizens duties in school books: Govt to NCERT, states

As public participation gains significance in the fight against coronavirus, the Centre on Friday asked the NCERT and state governments to include chapters on citizens' duties in school books

NCERT adds abrogation of Article 370 to CBSE Class 12 pol science syllabus

NCERT has revised a chapter in Class 12 political science textbook to remove a portion on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and add abrogation of Article 370

Lockdown has hurt education of 247 mn school kids in India: UNICEF report

According to the report, at least 600 million South Asian children have been threatened by the impact of Covid-19 pandemic

Education in the time of Covid-19: How institutions and students are coping

Online education is not so easy as speaking into the microphone at one end, and connecting a laptop and listening in on the other; there are challenges faced at both ends of the spectrum

LEAD-ing the way: This model helps affordable pvt schools improve learning

The couple also realised that most APS schools that followed the NCERT curriculum had become prisoners of their own timetable

NCERT syllabus, books likely to be used in Jammu and Kashmir schools

The announcement came a few days after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat had criticised the state education system

NCERT to provide supplementary lessons through QR codes in textbooks

The codes are likely to be introduced from the 2019 academic session by when the required content would have been generated.

NCERT books responsible for 'anarchic trends' in society: ICCSR chief

Says textbooks are driven by political agenda