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Include more information on N-E region in national syllabus: Meghalaya CM

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday said there is need to include more information on the culture and history of northeastern region in the national syllabus. This, he said, would help to promote national integration. Sangma was virtually participating at the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting where Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu had also made a similar suggestion. "In the @NITIAayog Governing Council meeting chaired by @narendramodi ji, honble CM Arunachal Pradesh @PemaKhanduBJP ji gave a wonderful suggestion of including more info on north east culture chapters in national syllabus. It will go a long way in building national integration," the chief minister tweeted. Sangma also stressed the importance of strengthening cooperative federalism. "In #NitiAayog's Governing Council meet with PM @narendramodi ji, Lt Governors & CMs, stressed on the need to strengthen cooperative federalism through Sister-State relationship & the role GoI can ..

Set up Kendriya Vidyalayas abroad, suggests Parliamentary panel

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education has suggested that the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) should open schools abroad

Colleges, varsities in Odisha to reopen for final year students on Jan 11

The Odisha government announced that physical classes in colleges and universities in the state will resume from January 11 for the students of final year undergraduate and post-graduate courses

Odisha govt to reopen schools for Class 10 and 12 students from Jan 8

Schools across Odisha are closed since March in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic: Many states unsure, yet to decide on schools reopening

Delhi government has decided to maintain the status quo on schools' closure till October 31

Schools in Uttar Pradesh to reopen for classes 9 to 12 from October 19

The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday said schools for students of classes 9 to 12 will reopen from October 19, after remaining shut for over six months in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus Unlock: List of states that will reopen schools; Key guidelines

Maharashtra, Manipur, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim and others are yet to take a final decision on resuming classes. Here's a list of states will will allow schools to re-open and those that won't

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why pandemic is still surging despite lockdown

India went in for an early lockdown and encouraged social distancing and other measures, unlike the Trump and Bolsonaro govts

International Literacy Day: In pics top and worst performing Indian states

Kerala has once again emerged as the most literate state in the country, while Andhra Pradesh featured at the bottom with a rate of 66.4 per cent

Kerala, Delhi, Uttarakhand top literacy chart; know where your state stands

Rajasthan is the second worst performer with literacy rate at 69.7 per cent, followed by Bihar at 70.9 per cent

More hospitals, fewer schools: India's population trends require solutions

There will be more people in the north, but wealth will be in the south: good governance can manage such rifts, write T N Ninan

NEP 2020: Why learning in mother tongue is effective but hard to implement

The idea of using the mother tongue as the medium of instruction in primary school is not new to the Indian education system

Online classes short-term answer, need to make schools resilient: Nilekani

Revisiting the basics, decoupling schooling from schools, ensuring trust of students and parents with alternative teaching methods were few areas outlined by him

No lessons learnt: ASER report 2019 shows India's learning crisis continues

2.7 per cent of rural children in Class I could not even recognise letters in their medium of instruction, and 35.7 per cent could not recognise numbers from 1-9

Offbeat educationist Adams tells how she became a brand, unintentionally

Try meeting her once and you'll understand why she's the brand that she is

Pawsitivity: Tenth standard students help return amputee dogs to health

A detailed design was developed and a silicone 3D printer helped them reach the basic form of their prototype

The other side of the story

Poor resource allocation and swankier private competitors are two of the many reasons government schools are losing students rapidly

Karnataka to teach Kannada along with English in govt schools: Deputy CM

He denied the claims that teaching of English would have an adverse effect on the Kannada language

How a Mumbai-based institute focuses on developing skills of school leaders

Indian School Leaders Institute, a Mumbai-based initiative, aims to motivate leaders to transform a failing institution into a successful one

Teaching the teachers: The Lost And Found Potential Of Gaurav Singh

Guarav Singh found his calling when he took up teaching and set up a foundation to improve the skills of school teachers