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Savitribai Phule Jayanti 2024: Celebrating India's first woman teacher

India celebrates the birth anniversary of the first women teacher, Savitribai Phule. She is known for her work as a social worker, teacher and poet

Bihar to give govt employee status to 350,000 contractual teachers

The Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday decided to give government employee status to around 3.5 lakh contractual (Niyojit) teachers, teaching in different government-run schools in the state, an official said. The decision to this effect was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "Immediately after notification by the state government in this regard, these contractual teachers, teaching in different state-run schools for the last several years, will be considered as 'exclusive teachers', with government employee status. A proposal in this regard was mooted by the state Education department before the cabinet on Tuesday, which was later approved", S Siddharth, Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat), told reporters after the cabinet meeting. While elaborating on the process of the newly approved policy, Siddharth said, "These exclusive teachers will have to clear competency examinations for continuing the status of a government employee. Clearing competen

BPSC TRE Phase 2 exam 2023: All you need to know about Bihar paper

Through the recruitment process, BPSC will hire over 1 lakh teachers for Bihar's government-aided schools for Classes 1 to 12. The exam was reportedly easy for the students who showed up

CTET January 2024: Registration process ends today, here's how to apply

Today is the last day to apply for CTET January 2024. Interested candidates can apply via the official website, ctet.nic.in. Here's all you need to know about the exams

Kerala TET October 2023 application process to begin today, check details

Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan is to start the Kerala TET October 2023 application process today, November 6, 2023. The last date for registration is November 17, 2023

Bihar govt cuts salaries of 2,081 teachers, suspends 22 in last 4 months

Amid the ongoing row over Bihar education department's recent circulars, the state education department has deducted the salaries of more than 2,081 school teachers, who were found absent from duty during inspections, and suspended 22 others for various teaching violations in the last four months. Besides, the department has also recommended dismissal of 17 teachers from service for allegedly violating provisions of teachers' recruitment regulations. The Nitish Kumar government is already facing criticism for removing the names of 21,90,020 students (till October 24) from government schools for absenteeism. Those whose names have been struck off also include 2.66 lakh students who were supposed to appear for class 10 and 12 board exams. Both, alliance partners of the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar as well as Opposition BJP have demanded immediate withdrawal of the order. Ever since the department launched the intensive inspection of schools from July 1 following the instructio

BPSC Bihar TRE 2023 exam results announced in phases on bpsc.bih.nic.in

BPSC Primary Teacher Result 2023 for classes 1 to 5 has been declared on 18 October 2023 on official site. Teacher recruitment test results are being reported in multiple phases on bpsc.bih.nic.in

BPSC TRE Result 2023 is out out for 6 subjects at bpsc.bih.nic.in

The Bihar Public Service Commission has declared the Teacher Recruitment Exam (TRE) result for Class 11-12 language subjects after considering the complaints raised against the provisional answer key

BPSC Bihar Teacher Result 2023 soon at official website; details inside

The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Monday released the final answer key of the School Teacher Written (Objective) Competitive Examination to calculate the marks

BPSC Teacher Recruitment Result 2023 at bpsc.bih.nic.in soon

The candidates who want to view the BPSC Teacher Recruitment Result 2023 can visit the official website at bpsc.bih.nic.in soon after the formal declaration of the same

World Teachers' Day 2023: History, importance, theme, quotes and wishes

World Teachers' Day is celebrated every year on October 5 worldwide to recognise and celebrate educators including teachers, scientists and professors

RSS-backed National Democratic Teachers Front retains DUTA president post

The RSS-backed National Democratic Teachers Front candidate AK Bhagi on Thursday retained the post of Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) president, defeating Democratic United Teachers' Alliance candidate Aditya Narayan Mishra. While Bhagi polled 4,182 votes, Mishra got 3,787 votes. A total of 8,187 out of 9,500 eligible voters exercised their franchise in the polling held on Wednesday. This time, around nine teachers' organisations of different ideologies came together to form the 'Democratic United Teachers' Alliance'. It includes the Democratic Teachers' Front, AAP-backed Academic for Action and Development Delhi Teachers' Association, Indian National Teachers Congress, Delhi Teachers' Initiative, Samajwadi Shikshak Manch, Common Teachers' Front, Independent Teachers' Front for Social Justice and 'Voice of DU Ad Hocs'. While the National Democratic Teachers Front had won the DUTA elections in 2021, the Democratic Teachers' Front had won the polls five times in a row ..

Assam DElEd Counselling 2023 registration from sept 25 at scertpet.co.in

Candidates who have effectively cleared the test can apply for the Assam DElEd Counselling 2023 process on the official site at scertpet.co.in

Bihar to recruit over 69,000 teachers in schools, cabinet gives nod

The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved the recruitment of 69,692 teachers in state-run schools, an official said. The cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also approved a 100 per cent hike in the monthly honorarium for around 30,000 'Siksha Sewaks' and 10,000 'Vikas Mitras' working in the state. "The cabinet approved the proposal to recruit 69,692 teachers for different classes. The recruitment will be done by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). The process will start once the BPSC completes the ongoing recruitment of 1.70 lakh teachers," Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat) S Siddharth told reporters after the meeting. "The cabinet also gave approval for 100 per cent hike in the monthly honorarium of 'Siksha Sewaks' and Vikas Mitras'. Around 9,825 Vikas Mitras working under the SC and ST Welfare Department in the state's panchayats will now get a monthly honorarium of over Rs 25,000 as against the existing Rs 13,700," he said. They will also

National Teachers' Award 2023: Check the complete list of 2023 winners

PM Narendra Modi met with 75 chosen teachers for National Teachers' Award 2023 at his residence. He highlighted the significance of good educators and their part in moulding the nation's youth

Teachers' Day 2023: Best wishes, quotes, and messages for your teachers

Every year Teachers' Day is celebrated on September 5 in India. It is an opportunity for students to express their gratitude to their teachers. Here are the 10 best Wishes, Quotes and best messages fo

Teachers' Day 2023: Top speech ideas and tips to give on teacher's day

Teachers' Day is observed every year in India on September 5 on the birth anniversary of former president S Radhakrishnan. Students give speeches on this day to show appreciation of their teachers

Muzaffarnagar teacher in slap video booked under bailable charges

As outrage poured in from all quarters, including political parties, police on Saturday booked the Muzaffarnagar schoolteacher accused of making communal comments and ordering her students to slap a Muslim classmate for not doing his homework. The school was also served a notice by the education department in connection with the matter. The teacher, Tripta Tyagi, was booked on the complaint of the boy's family under IPC sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) -- both non-cognisable offences. Such offences are bailable and do not lead to immediate arrest, and require a warrant. The action comes a day after a video showed her asking her students to slap the Class 2 boy at Neha Public School in Khubbapur village and also making a communal remark. The video elicited strong words from several political leaders with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the apex child rights body,

Over 42% teaching posts for quota candidates in central universities vacant

More than 42 per cent teaching posts reserved for OBC, SC and ST candidates in 45 central universities are lying vacant, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. According to data shared by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply, 7,033 posts are sanctioned for Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates in central universities and out of these, 3,007 posts are vacant. While 46 per cent posts (1665) for OBC are vacant, the vacant positions for SC and ST are 37 and 44 per cent respectively, it stated. "A total of 517 posts for the three categories have been filled in 2023 so far," Pradhan said. Among the positions filled in 2023, maximum are for the OBC category (285) followed by the SC (150) and the ST (82) categories, respectively.

Govt releases report on Performance Grading Index 2.0 for 2021-22

The Ministry of Education has released the report on Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for states/UTs which comprises of 1,000 points across 73 indicators grouped into two categories