NEW DELHI: The education ministry has drawn up a near 60-point action plan for reforming the schooling system in the country in line with recommendations made in the new National Education Policy, 2020 and plans to get it started in the 2022-23 academic session. A twin examination format, exams in classes 3, 5 and 8, … Read more
Over the last few weeks, Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, has been increasingly vociferous against Hindi imposition and the decision to hold the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges, both highly volatile subjects in the state. In August, party MP Kanimozhi said her refusal to respond in Hindi … Read more
India’s GII rank has jumped 33 places since 2015, when it was ranked 81st. Synopsis The growth of a $190 billion-plus knowledge-based export services economy in the IT-ITeS sector points to thedepth of India’s entrepreneurial and human capital. This is also reflected in India’s ranking 12th in the number ofscience and engineering graduates in the … Read more
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, the newly appointed chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on Human Resource Development, said the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will lead to de-Macaulay-isation of education in the country. In an interview with Anubhuti Vishnoi, he backed the focus on teaching in the mother tongue and said even foreign universities could tweak their … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the new National Education Policy focuses on ‘how to think’, while the education system till now in the country emphasised on ‘what to think’. He also said that there were no major changes in the country’s education system over the years. As a result, instead of … Read more
NEP 2020 has now set up the National Higher Education Regulatory Council to replace UGC. The dark shadow cast by UGC has now been dispersed, opening up free thinking in universities while reducing micromanagement. Synopsis Rural India’s aspiration for quality education has never really been met. It is important to aim high. Currently, GoI spends … Read more
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami reacted sharply to the three-language formula suggested by the National Education Policy 2020, calling it “painful and saddening.” He said that there will be no change in the two-language policy being followed in the state. The AIADMK CM’s statement comes after DMK chief MK Stalin on … Read more
NEW DELHI: Organisations affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh working in the area of education have welcomed the National Education Policy, calling it a “much-awaited announcement” that will set in motion their next move – a thorough review of curriculum in textbooks to enable necessary changes, while also stating that the implementation of the policy … Read more