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Union Budget 2021: Allocation for education pared by 6.13%, boost for KVs

The school education and literacy department has been allocated Rs 54,873 crore - the lowest in two years -- in Budget 2021

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)

Beyond Budget Headlines: Health & education deserve more outlay, attention

In the fifth episode, we discuss about expenditure side of the Budget and look at sectors that have traditionally not been India's top expense areas but are now in the spotlight because of pandemic

Beyond Budget Headlines: Health & education deserve more outlay, attention

Healthcare and education are some of the important sectors that are usually not given the attention they deserve in India’s Union Budgets. It has been so for many years. But the situation this time is different. At a time when the country – indeed, the entire world – is working to tide over a health crisis presented by the coronavirus pandemic, will Budget 2021 make a departure from the trend and place its expenditure focus on these sectors? In the fifth episode of ‘Beyond Budget Headlines with AKB’, Business Standard’s special video series in the run-up to Budget 2021, we discuss about the expenditure side of the Budget and look at sectors that have traditionally not been India's top expense areas but are now in the spotlight because of recent developments. The government needs to loosen its purse string in this pandemic Budget and spend more on the health sector, says our in-house policy expert A K Bhattacharya.

CBSE Board exams 2021 after February, says Education minister

CBSE has reduced the syllabus by 30 per cent for the 2021 board examinations

JEE Main 2021: Some important announcements by govt that you should know

The JEE-Mains exam for admission to engineering colleges will be held four times a year starting 2021 to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced on Wednesday. The first edition of the exam will be held from February 23 to 26, followed by rounds in March, April and May.

Learning curb

The latest challenge to IIM autonomy is counterproductive

Kerala govt grants Rs 20 lakh aid for education of children of prisoners

The Kerala government has granted a fund of Rs 20 lakh as financial assistance for the education of children of jail inmates

How reservation in private schools isn't working for poor children

Social discrimination, illegal demands for tuition, activity fees, and non-reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by private schools that join the programme are the factors that hobble RTE system

Rajasthan govt asks schools to cut fee by 30-40% as classes continue online

Bringing cheer to parents amid pandemic, Rajasthan has directed CBSE-affiliated private schools to slash tuition fees by 30% for classes 9 to 12, while the state-board schools have to cut it by 40%

Ministry of education appoints Shashi Kiran Shetty as chairman of NITIE

Shetty's tenure with NITIE will start from 7th November 2020 for a period of four years

Education Ministry receives President nod for inquiry against DU VC: Report

Tyagi has been on leave since July 2 when he was admitted to AIIMS under emergency medical condition

New education policy will arrest brain drain: Education Minister Pokhriyal

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Monday said the new national educational policy will help arrest brain drain and give a boost to research in higher education institutes

India becoming a global education hub: Education Minister Pokhriyal

The world will soon come to India to learn, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said as he inaugurated a residential complex for international faculty visitors at IIT, Kharagpur

New Education Policy will prepare youth for future challenges: Nishank

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said Tuesday that the New Education Policy enables the intellectual development of the youth to deal with the challenges of a fast-changing world.

Yale, Oxford campuses in India? Modi govt pushing for changes in laws

The legislation -- which will regulate the operation of foreign universities -- is being prepared for approval by the parliament, where the government retains a significant majority

When will schools open? The new set up and Centre's guidelines explained

School will gradually reopen from October 15 and the education ministry released guidelines for the reopening

Unlock 5.0: Schools may open by Oct 15; Know reopening guidelines in detail

Education ministry has asked the states and Union territories to frame their own SOPs for health and safety precautions, based on their local requirements