Source: Indian Express Relevance: Importance of student-friendly learning Synopsis: The classroom must be centred on joyful and creative learning. It should join the dots between children’s lives and education. Contents1 Introduction2 Concept of Santiniketan School3 In the words of Amartya Sen:4 Karnataka model5 Way Forward Introduction Education is not a race. It is a child’s journey… Continue reading Why the post-pandemic school is an opportunity to reinvent learning?
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Back to basics
Source: The Hindu Relevance: Focus on inclusive and quality education. Synopsis: It is important for India to work on ways to strengthen foundational education for children Contents1 Impact of the pandemic on children’s education2 Problems that need to be addressed3 Suggestions4 Way Forward Impact of the pandemic on children’s education Pandemic & lockdowns have had a… Continue reading Back to basics
Centre ropes in NCAER to help expand vocational education in CBSE schools
Source: Livemint What is the News: Even as the national skill mission failed to expand vocational education in schools, the Union education ministry has recently tied up with the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER). National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) will help CBSE schools to expand vocational education & to make skilling… Continue reading Centre ropes in NCAER to help expand vocational education in CBSE schools
India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back
Source: The Hindu Relevance: This article explains the need to reopen schools and recommendations to open them. Contents1 Synopsis:2 Introduction:3 Why do we need to reopen schools?4 ICMR recommendation to open schools:5 Suggestions to reopen schools: Synopsis: India needs to stop asking whether schools are safe and start acknowledging that in-person school is essential Introduction: Malls,… Continue reading India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back
Surveys on learning losses by month end, panel told
Context: Recently the House panel on education discusses COVID-19 impact on education and syllabus reforms. About the discussions: Surveys: A survey of Classes 8-12 in centrally run schools last August showed that 80-90% of students were dependent on mobiles rather than laptops for digital schooling. Around 30% of students were affected by electricity supply disruptions. States… Continue reading Surveys on learning losses by month end, panel told
Union HRD Minister launches Integrated Online junction for School Education ‘Shagun’
Union Human Resource Development(HRD) Minister has launched an Integrated Online junction for School Education ‘Shagun’. Shagun is an initiative to improve school education system by creating a junction for all online portals and websites relating to various activities of the Department of School Education and Literacy. The word Shagun is coined from two different words-… Continue reading Union HRD Minister launches Integrated Online junction for School Education ‘Shagun’
Integrated National School Education Treasury (INSET)
Union HRD Minister has announced the setting up of the Integrated National School Education Treasury(INSET). INSET is envisaged as a fully integrated, instantly accessible and seamless information network for all parameters relating to the students, teachers and schools in the country. The aim is to create an easily accessible multi-layered ecosystem of information – school… Continue reading Integrated National School Education Treasury (INSET)
