Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting, in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, on Oct. 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday promised free education in government schools and colleges in Chhattisgarh and ₹4,000 a year for ‘tendu’ leaves collectors if his party retains power in the state. Addressing an election rally … Read more
AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra exchanges greeting during a public meeting, in Mandla on Oct. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday promised in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh free education for students between classes 1 and 12 and a monthly scholarship ranging from ₹500 to ₹1,500 if … Read more
Exhausted family members of the fire accident victims on the premises of Oxford Medical College Hospital, Attibele, on Sunday. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K. Periyasamy, a resident of Ammapettai village in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, was inconsolable on Sunday as he came to collect the charred remains of his 23-year-old son, Aathikesavan, who … Read more
The Institute of Human Resources Development, on behalf of the Higher Education department, will host a two-day international conclave on ‘Generative AI and the future of education’ here from Saturday. Minister for Higher Education R. Bindu will inaugurate the conclave, to be held at the Institute of Management in Government at PMG here. The first … Read more
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said commercialisation of education and health can never be in the interest of society. He expressed hope that the current situation will change with the implementation of the new National Education Policy. Mr. Dhankhar was addressing the 11th foundation day ceremony … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with school students Kolkata. File image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The West Bengal Education department has notified the new State Education Policy (SEP) which retains the existing pattern of school education. The Education department issued the notification on September 9 which mooted the continuation of … Read more
Tension prevailed at the Directorate of School Education on Tuesday as hundreds of candidates staged a protest and the police trying to prevent them from going towards the Secretariat demanding that posts for the recruitment of teachers be increased. The government announced to fill up 6,000 odd posts, while the candidates demanded that several thousands … Read more
Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Praveen Prakash, has appealed to the 59,000 village and ward volunteers in the State who have received the 100% GER Badge to verify their data and make sure it is accurate. In a release on Saturday, Mr. Praveen Prakash said that the volunteers of a village secretariat in Nandyal district … Read more
K. Ponmudy arriving at the Directorate of Enforcement’s office at Shastri Bhavan in Nungumbakkam, in Chennai on Monday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday took in DMK Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy for questioning after conducting searches for 13 hours in Chennai and Villupuram, in connection with an … Read more
Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar on Wednesday triggered a row by saying that teaching job candidates in the State were not competent to teach subjects such as English, physics, chemistry and mathematics due to which many seats remained vacant. He said that teachers from other States would provide quality education. The Minister defended the decision … Read more