The differently abled people in India are Literacy and education

More differently abled people in India are getting educated, with literacy levels among them seeing visible growth, as per data released by the central government. Data for 2011 shows 1.46 crore or 54.5% of India’s 2.68 crore differently abled people are literate now. In 2001, only 49.3% of such people were literate. Among different categories in this group, literacy levels of people with speech disability jumped the most—from 36.2% in 2001 to 56.9% in 2011. http://www.livemint.com/Politic...

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The income tax department official responded to search in education society

Kolhapur: The income tax officials' raid over D Y Patil Education Society (Deemed University) in Kasba Bavda area continued on Thursday as officials arrived from Mumbai and Pune.While no official responded to the queries regarding the raid over the private university, sources close to the development have confirmed that the raid will go on till Friday.Documents are being taken into custody by the I-T sleuths currently.Meanwhile, member of legislative council from Congress and younger brother...

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Government will introduce legislation to Jamaican children the right to free education

 Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday informed Parliament that his Government will introduce legislation to give Jamaican children the right to free education up to the secondary level.At the same time, he announced that funding to high schools will be increased from $2.6 billion to $5.3 billion.“We are now, therefore, looking at making the right to free education explicit in law, and I have directed the minister of education, youth and information, who is here with us, to examine the...

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The budget also proposed converting to the sonowal govt’s focus on healthcare education

Education, agriculture and healthcare got the maximum focus, while several items including candles, kerosene stoves, packaged drinking water, cinema tickets, LED bulbs and tubes, citronella oil and feeding bottles would become cheaper, as the BJP-led government in Assam tabled its first budget, of Rs 78,253.36 crore, that showed an overall deficit of over Rs 2880 crores.Placing the budget, state finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said while the education sector along with sports, art and culture...

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Arun Jaitley credited globalisation, economy and technology for changing the entire landscape of legal education in India

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley credited globalisation, economy and technology for changing the entire landscape of legal education in India today. Super specialisation in law would be expected in vogue in times to come, Arun Jaitley said."Between three-pronged factors - globalisation, economy and technology - the entire landscape of legal education has changed, and hence you no longer have to concentrate on the traditional concepts of legal education like criminal and civil suit law," he said.Jaitley...

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National Education Policy in India and Creeping Saffronization

The first full-fledged National Education Policy in India was drafted and implemented in 1968 and the second in 1986. Barring some modifications in 1992 and in 2005, the first major overhaul of the 1986 policy has been taken up by the Modi government now, which is seeking to address and accommodate changes in the realm of education – at all levels from elementary to college education across rural and urban India. In April 2015, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under Minister...

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The pressure on children to achieve high levels of academic system is making kids stressed and sick

When Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sat his year 12 exams in 1972, he apparently didn't feel much pressure to do well."I wasn't as stressed out about the exams as perhaps I should have been," Mr Turnbull later recalled. "There's no point being anything other than chilled when you do the exam."Just you try telling that to a high school student today.Indeed, the pressure of school has ramped up considerably since the '70s; thanks in part to an education system now obsessed with a narrow definition...

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The indian graduates unemployable and 50% Education minister

Patna: Bihar education minister Ashok Choudhary on Friday said India is producing army of "unemployable youths" from its educational institutions and 50% graduates do not have the required skill to do any professional job. "India has a unique problem. At one hand, industries do not get skilled persons for particular work and on the other, the country has huge unemployment. It seems we are producing 'unemployable youths' from our educational institutions," Choudhary said while addressing a programme...

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The student organisations in the state called for education bandh today

Hyderabad: Several student organisations in the state called for an education bandh on Thursday demanding that the K Chandrasekhar Rao government fulfil his promise of implementing 'KG to PG' scheme from this academic year. Student organisations such as Students Federation of India, All India Students Federation, Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika and PDSU and others called for the bandh.In view of the bandh called by the student unions, some schools have declared a holiday on Thursday. However, most...

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The government of education sector continues to remain unpopular amongst foreign students in Indian

Despite various government endeavours, India continues to score poorly in making India a popular education destination. Of the targeted 4.5 lakh foreign students only 31,000 turned towards India to seek higher education.  A report prepared by Association of Indian Universities (AIU) that works under the aegis of the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry reveals that newly-established private universities and deemed universities attract more foreign students in comparison to public-funded...

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Prakash Javadekar as the new HRD minister in India

Over the last two years, education in India was often in the limelight for the wrong reasons. Whether it was the debates around the HRD minister’s educational qualifications, the suicide of Rohith Vermula and subsequent events at Hyderabad University, the fracas at JNU and absolute disregard for student agitation, the sacking of two university vice chancellors, and evolving saffronisation, education across the country found itself appropriated by one absurdist controversy after another.Instead...

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The education start-up aims to turn India into HR powerhouse

ConnectEd Technologies, founded in 2015 by three young professionals—Lehar Tawde, Haren Paul Rao and Lavin Mirchandani—aims at enabling the youth by making quality educational and vocational training content accessible to them, using technology. In a short span of a year, the start-up’s efforts have resulted in support from the government of Maharashtra and a few corporates. This has led to their maiden project in the Palghar region of the state, which, they say, has impacted thousands of school...

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds high-profile event to influence India’s education policy

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is gearing up for a last-ditch effort to stamp its influence on India’s new education policy and pressurise the government to include suggestions such as compulsory daily prayers in schools and colleges, sources said.The Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM), an affiliate of the RSS, is organising a seminar next Tuesday to discuss the proposals, in which Union human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar will be one of the speakers.The high profile event...

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The higher education in India is at ‘cross-roads’: C Rangarajan

Former Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister C Rangarajan on Friday said higher education in India is at “cross-roads”, and needs radical changes.Speaking at the sixth convocation of ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education here, he said agricultural, industrial and scientific growth of the country depend on creating a “corps” of well-trained professionals in these areas, and it would happen only with good quality higher education.“It is cliche to say that higher education...

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Smriti Irani Loses Education to Prakash Javadekar In Mega Cabinet Reset in India

Highlights    Prakash Javadekar gets HRD portfolio, Smriti Irani moved to textiles    Venkaiah Naidu gets Information & Broadcasting, retains Urban Development    Ananth Kumar gets Parliamentary Affairs Ministry from NaiduSmriti Irani is no more the country's Education Minister. In a big cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Ms Irani has been moved out of the Human Resource Development or HRD ministry and Prakash Javadekar,...

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The Indian international schools mushrooming all over the city

A high number of upwardly-mobile and deep-pocketed families are opting to send their children to these international schools.The Indian fascination with foreign education is apparently not limited to pursuing higher studies abroad; it has prompted a large number of schools that brand themselves ‘international’ to crop up in various parts of the city, promising curricula that are not score-intensive, allow for freedom to choose a combination of subjects and a focus on the overall developments...

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How India’s National Education Policy evolved over the years

The government began the process of drafting a new National Education Policy last year with extensive grassroots consultations. The effort culminated in an expert committee assimilating the feedback and submitting about 90 inputs for the policy document. But the initiative was marred by controversy after committee head TSR Subramanian, unhappy over the government’s secrecy about its suggestions, asked HRD Minister Smriti Irani to make the report public — or, he said, he would. The government...

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Navneet Education has launched an new age technology along with audio-visual learning

eSense, an initiative by Navneet Education, has launched an innovative product - TOPScorer, which focuses on integrating new age technology along with audio-visual learning. Audio-Visual Learning makes the entire teaching process more effective and creates interest amongst learners. It aims to enrich one's learning process and goes beyond the chalk and talk method.TOPScorer emphasizes on developing self-learning skills, analytical ability and simultaneously provides feedback on individual...

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