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Chandigarh, Punjab among top school education performers, Meghalaya lags

Chandigarh placed in fifth-highest grade in PGI-D 2023-24 for school education, while Punjab and Delhi follow in the seventh level alongside Gujarat, Kerala and others

Delhi govt opens 2nd cycle of special school admissions: Key details here

Delhi Govt launches 2nd admission cycle for special schools; apply online from June 20 to July 5. The final list will be released on July 16, and the admission process will conclude on July 18

Admissions begin for PSEB open school board exams for Class 10, 12

The open school system helps students who failed in Class 10 and 12 exams. This system allows them to retake the board exam the same year

UP's project for revamping govt schools highlighted at NDA CMs' conclave

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday highlighted the achievements of the state's flagship 'Project Alankaar' for revamping government schools at the NDA Chief Ministers' conclave in Delhi, an official statement said. The initiative received widespread appreciation at the conclave chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many of the chief ministers expressed interest in replicating it in their states, the statement said. Launched on October 1, 2021, Project Alankaar aims to transform infrastructure and learning environments in 2,441 government secondary schools across Uttar Pradesh by achieving 100 per cent compliance with 35 infrastructure and facility benchmarks. The project has equipped schools with modern amenities such as new classrooms, science labs, libraries, computer labs and smart classrooms, creating an inclusive and conducive learning environment, the statement said. Funding for Project Alankaar comes from the state government, Samagra Shiksha Abhiya

Why Scaler School of Technology Didn't Offer a B.Tech - And Why That's a Good Thing

By Anshuman Singh , Founder, Scaler School of Technology

Delhi-NCR schools flout RTE Act, detain students in Classes 6 and 7

Several prestigious schools of Delhi-NCR have allegedly held back students in Classes 6 and 7 in violation of the Right to Education Act of 2009, education activists and parents said. The Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education notified rules regarding 'Examination and Holding Back in Certain Cases' in December 2024 after the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 was amended in 2019. "The amended rules allow schools to detain students in Classes 5 and 8 only, that too after giving them additional opportunity for re-examination within two months from the date of declaration of results," advocate and education activist Ashok Aggarwal told PTI. "Before the amendment, there was a no detention policy till Class 8. However, the government amended the Act and made a provision for detention at 5th and 8th grade. However, many private schools are dictating their terms to parents in violation of the Act." Several parents complained that schools insist they eit

Parvesh Verma orders vigilance inquiry into construction of govt schools

Delhi Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Verma on Friday ordered a vigilance inquiry into the construction of government-run schools. Verma was on an inspection visit to Palam where the local residents complained about waterlogging in the area and a government school principal highlighted the problem of leakage in classrooms. "I visited a school where the principal complained to me about the flood-like situation inside the school building, which was built by the previous government," Verma told reporters. "I have ordered a probe regarding this, not only this school but all that have been constructed by the previous government," he added. The minister, who will also visit Najafgarh Surakpur Road, said the vigilance investigation would involve looking at the aspects of the tender awarded, maintenance contracts and other details of the work executed at the time.

SC scraps appointment of 25,753 teachers, staff in West Bengal schools

The Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal, terming their selection process "vitiated and tainted". A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar upheld a Calcutta High Court verdict dated April 22, 2024, annulling the appointments. Pronouncing the verdict, the CJI said the employees, whose appointments have been annulled, are not needed to return their salaries and other emoluments. The top court also ordered the state government to initiate a fresh selection process and complete it within three months. It, however, made relaxation for the disabled employees on humanitarian grounds, saying they would remain in the job. The bench fixed the West Bengal government's plea challenging the high court direction for a CBI probe for hearing on April 4. On February 10, the top court reserved its judgement on a batch of petitions in the matter.

When Zambia replicated Bihar's programme to give bicycles to school girls

The Zambian programme was launched in 2009, three years after the Bihar initiative to empower schoolgirls (2006) and with similar objectives

ICSE Class 10 board exams 2025 begin today: Time table, guidelines and more

The ICSE board exams 2025 has started from today, Feb 18 and will end on Mar 27, 2025, in pen and paper mode. The exams will begin with English Language Paper 1 and end with Environmental Science

SC to hear plea on schools, hosps' access to Rohingya refugees on Feb 10

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of an NGO seeking direction to the Centre and the Delhi government to grant Rohingya refugees based in the national capital access to public schools and hospitals. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh is scheduled to hear the plea. On January 31, the top court asked the NGO Rohingya Human Rights Initiative to apprise the court about the places where these Rohingya refugees are settled in Delhi and the facilities accessible to them. It had asked senior advocate Colin Gonsalves to file an affidavit indicating their places of settlement in Delhi. Gonsalves said the NGO sought access to public schools and hospitals to Rohingya refugees as they were denied the access due to lack of Aadhaar cards. "They are refugees having UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) cards and therefore they can't have Aadhaar cards. But, for want of Aadhaar they are not being granted access to public schools and hospitals,"

Aser 2024: Govt schools outpace private ones in learning recovery trends

Aser 2024 highlights a strong learning recovery, digital literacy gains, and shifting enrolment trends in rural India, with government schools seeing major improvements

Assam to revamp infra of 252 rural govt schools for over Rs 1,800 crore

Aiming to revamp the infrastructure of prominent rural schools, the Assam government is developing new buildings for 252 such state-run educational facilities at an expenditure of over Rs 1,800 crore, officials said. Director of Secondary Education, Mamata Hojai, told PTI that the 252 government vernacular schools have been selected from each of the 126 assembly constituencies as per budget announcements last year. "We are upgrading the infrastructure of these schools as part of a project under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). The selection of the schools is done according to suggestions of the respective MLAs," she said. The construction work in most of the schools has begun and will be complete by next year, Hojai said. Asked about the expenditure, she said: "The construction cost for each school will be Rs 7 crore to Rs 8 crore. The total outlay is of Rs 1,827 crore." In the 2024-25 budget, Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog had announced an initiative to impro

School winter vacations 2025 extended in Haryana, UP, Delhi, and Bihar

Schools in several Indian states have extended winter vacations for students due to low visibility and plummeting temperatures, ensuring safety and comfort during the harsh weather conditions

AISSEE 2025 application : Registration for Sainik Schools ends on Jan 13

National Testing Agency (NTA) has begun the online registration-cum-application procedure for the All India Sainik School Entrance Examination or AISSEE 2025 at exams.nta.ac.in/AISSEE

RTE Amendments 2024: Schools now allowed to fail class 5 and 8 students

RTE Amendments: Under the new rules, schools can hold year-end exams for classes 5 and 8. Students who fail will receive additional instruction and an opportunity to retake the exams after two months

Karnataka schools, colleges to remain shut tomorrow to honour Former CM nc

The Karnataka government announced a public holiday on Wednesday, December 11, for all government offices, schools, and colleges to honour former Chief Minister and Padma Vibhushan awardee SM Krishna

Schools, colleges in Imphal valley and Jiribam to reopen from Friday

The Manipur government on Thursday announced that classes in schools and colleges in Imphal Valley districts and Jiribam would resume from November 28 after a hiatus of 13 days. Educational institutes in these districts have remained closed since November 16 after the dead bodies of three women and three children in Jiribam were recovered from the Jiri and Barak rivers in Manipur and Assam respectively. An order issued by the Directorate of Education- Schools said, "Normal classes will resume for all schools of the state, government, government aided, private and central schools from November 29." The government educational institutions or government-aided colleges under the Higher and Technical Education Department, including state universities, will resume classes with effect from Friday, a separate order said. Violence escalated in Manipur after three women and three children belonging to the Meitei community had gone missing from a relief camp in Jiribam after a gunfight betwee

Nursery admissions begins in Delhi's private schools for new session

The admission process for nursery, kindergarten and class 1 in around 1,741 private schools in Delhi for the 2025-26 academic session began on Thursday, officials said. The Delhi government's Department of Education (DoE), in a circular issued on November 12, said the last date to submit registration forms is December 20, and the first general admission lists will be published on January 17, 2025. The schools listed their admission criteria on Wednesday. The key criteria listed by many schools were neighbourhood, distance, and proximity to schools whereas girl child, single girl child, siblings and single parents are the other criteria on the list. Some schools also listed criteria for Sikh and Christian minorities, economically disadvantaged groups, and parents with physical disabilities. Private schools have been directed to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for students from EWS/DG categories and children with disabilities. Separate admission lists will be published for these .

Bagless days in all Delhi schools for Classes 6 to 8, DoE issues guidelines

According to the recommendation of the National Education Policy 2020, NCERT accepted DoE guidelines to implement 10 bagless days in schools for students of classes six to eight