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Andhra Pradesh is revamping its education model this month with the launch of LEAP (Learning Excellence in Andhra Pradesh) model, aimed at overhauling curriculum, pedagogy and infrastructure, according to Education Minister Nara Lokesh. Play-based curriculum, pedagogy training and an AI-driven remedial assessment programme, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), are among the major highlights of the model. "Andhra Pradesh is pioneering a new era of education through LEAP focusing on foundational learning, global best practices, and inclusive growth," Lokesh told PTI. The model will be introduced from the 2025-26 academic session. The Minister explained that the government's vision is to build a world-class education system in the state by 2029 by adopting an outcome-oriented approach to equip students with technical, leadership, and real-life skills through AI and other cutting-edge technologies. The need for the new model was felt after crucial reports, including the ASER sur
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday inaugurated the national conference to mark the creation of 25 crore 'APAAR: One Nation One Student ID Card.' The APAAR ID links the academic bank of credits (ABC) of a student, storing all his or her academic learnings, certificates, credentials, formal or informal credits earned from different sources to granular level of credits, including skilling credits or sports or social work, digitally verified by the agency awarding those credits. "'One Nation, One Student ID' has been envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and the conference will deliberate on creating a seamless educational landscape, facilitating academic mobility, and ensuring data security and privacy for students," Pradhan said. "APAAR IDs were introduced to address the need for a singular, unified identity to streamline interactions throughout a student's academic journey," said Pradhan. According to Pradhan, this single platform will showcase
Appearing for class 10 and 12 board exams twice a year will not be mandatory and the concept is being introduced as an option to reduce students' stress caused by the fear of single opportunity, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said. In an interview to PTI, Pradhan said the issue of 'dummy schools' cannot be ignored and the time has come to have a serious discussion about it. According to the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) announced by the Ministry of Education in August, board examinations will be held at least twice a year to ensure that students have enough time and opportunity to perform well. They will also get the option to retain the best score. Asked how the move will make board exams "low stakes" as proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP), Pradhan said, "The students will have an option of appearing for the exams twice a year just like engineering entrance exam JEE. They can choose the best score... but it will be completely optional, no ...
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the National Education Policy 2020 is one of the best things that has happened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rule, asserting that the people should trust education planners. He said whatever is happening in the education sector under Modi is in the best interests of the country. "We recently concluded a discussion on the National Education Policy 2020. It is one of the best things that has happened in recent times under Prime Minister Modi," Singh said. "We should rather trust the educationists and education planners of the country", he told reporters, responding to a question about the revision of school textbooks by the Karnataka government. Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa had on last Thursday said the revision of school textbooks will be done in the interests of the students. "Whatever is happening under Prime Minister Modi is happening in the best interest of educationists as well as the pe