Tag: National Education Policy
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Naidu hails NEP, exhorts students to take education to the poor
Naidu was addressing students and staff of the Lawrence School at Lovedale in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu during his visit to the school. He said “The NEP is set to revolutionise education in our country, making it more accessible and inclusive.”
May 18, 2022 -
Education needs stronger budgetary support
In new circumstances, the allocation for the National Scheme for Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education needed a boost. Instead, we saw BE of Rs. 110 crore for 2020-21 being cut to a revised estimate of just Re. 1 crore, and the BE for 2021-22 also being kept at this low amount of Re. 1 crore. These are the components of the union budget which have the most impact on poorer and more vulnerable students, and sadly these saw a significant decline.
January 26, 2022 -
B’ghat Left rally backs strike, seeks train service resumption
The rally here was organised by the Left Front and its trade unions, along with the Congress-backed trade union, INTUC.
November 25, 2020 -
NEP sets vision of developing equitable and vibrant knowledge society: President Kovind
Appreciating the efforts of the Education Ministry and Dr Kasturirangan and his team, who prepared the policy, the President mentioned that the Policy has been prepared after extensive consultation with 2.5 lakh gram panchayats, more than 12,500 local bodies and about 675 districts generating more than two lakh suggestions thereby reflecting a ground-level understanding.
September 19, 2020 -
NEP will sow seeds for starting new era, urge all stakeholders to join mission: PM Modi
PM Modi told that within the past week, the Education Ministry has received over 15 lakh suggestions on its implementation.
September 11, 2020 -
Govt intervention in educational policy should be ‘minimal’; NEP ‘belongs to everyone’: PM Modi
'The policy will give a new direction to social and economic life of 21st century India,' PM said.
September 7, 2020 -
Teachers’ Day: President Ram Nath Kovind virtually confers National Award to 47 teachers
He observed that about 40 percent of the winners of the National Awards were women and appreciated the role women have played as educators.
September 5, 2020 -
‘Proposal in new NEP to make board exams easy will not address issue of rote learning’: Manish Sisodia
'The policy fails to address the need of improving the public education system and focuses on private education.'
August 11, 2020 -
NEP 2020 will lay foundation for New India, says PM Modi, stresses policy focuses on ‘how to think’
The Union Cabinet on July 29 gave its approval to a new National Education Policy aimed to bring about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.
August 7, 2020 -
PM to deliver inaugural address at ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NEP’ tomorrow
A number of dignitaries including the Chairman and Members, Committee for Draft NEP as well as eminent academicians/scientists will speak on different aspects of the National Education Policy.
August 6, 2020 -
Miles to go. . .
The new National Education Policy (NEP) has been welcomed and castigated in equal measure by commentators along predictable lines. An omnibus document, the National Education Policy 2020, has been designed as a panacea for all ills of the education system, at all levels. The NEP ran into controversy the day its draft was published in May 2019, because the NEP proposed universal teaching of Hindi in lower classes. Hopefully, with the controversy now resolved, the Government can get down to the implementation of the NEP. The NEP recommends a number of fundamental changes.
August 4, 2020 -
Cabinet approves new National Education Policy, HRD ministry to be renamed
The last committee which was headed by Dr K Kasturirangan submitted the Draft National Education Policy, 2019 to the HRD Ministry on 31 May, 2019.
July 30, 2020 -
PM Modi eyes on making India a ‘Global knowledge Super Power’; discusses reforms in education sector
During the meeting, it was discussed to give special emphasis on the use of technology in the education sector and to enhancing learning.
May 2, 2020 -
Indian School of Public Policy organizes workshop on National Education Policy
Students were encouraged to discuss and debate various nuances pertaining to public policy and the NEP with the experts.
October 9, 2019 -
A Bumbling Quest
The biggest structural change in the form of FYUP will have implications ranging from the financial to the infrastructural, on the character of the university as also on higher education.
July 24, 2019 -
Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan support Suriya’s criticism of draft National Education Policy
Last week, in a press meet organised by Agaram Foundation( founded by Suriya), the actor brought into light, a number of issues he claimed that the draft NEP has not addressed.
July 23, 2019 -
After widespread outcry, Centre revises draft education policy, removes ‘Hindi’ reference
Leaders of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and Congress lawmaker from Kerala Shashi Tharoor had issued warnings against the forced imposition of the Hindi language on South Indian states.
June 3, 2019