-PTI/ The Telegraph * As per the data recorded in UDISE+, the enrolment in government schools was 13.09 crore during 2019-20. It rose to 13.49 crore in 2020-21 and to 14.32 crore in 2021-22 * The Central Government through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs for the deployment of additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) as per the prescribed norms for various...
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With No Aadhaar Card, More Than 19 Lakh Students May Miss Mid-Day Meals In Maharashtra -Sarasvati NT
-Medianama.com Due to issues related to their Aadhaar data, 59 lakh school students in Maharashtra may lose out on availing mid-day meal services. 59 lakh school students in Maharashtra may lose out on availing services such as mid-day meals, and free uniforms and books due to issues related to their Aadhaar data, according to a report by the Hindustan Times. Of these, over 19 lakh students in the state do not have...
More »Govt. amends Aadhaar rules; supporting documents may be updated ‘at least once’ in 10 years
-PTI/The Hindu The updation would ensure “continued accuracy” of Aadhaar-related information in the Central Identities Data Repository The government has amended Aadhaar regulations, specifying that supporting documents may be updated "at least once" by Aadhaar holders on completion of 10 years from the enrolment date. "Aadhaar number holders may, on completion of every 10 years from the date of enrolment for Aadhaar, update their supporting documents in Aadhaar, at least once, by submitting...
More »Citizens dying of hunger, says Supreme Court -R Balaji
-The Telegraph SC asks Centre and states to reach out to farmers and migrants who form the country’s backbone The Supreme Court on Thursday said no person should die of hunger “but that is happening, citizens are dying of hunger,” asking the Centre and the states to reach out to farmers and migrants who form the country’s backbone. “In a welfare society, in our country, two persons are most important — farmers and...
More »Needed, education data that engages the poor parent -Priyadarshini Singh
-The Hindu What India lacks — and needs — is data which can hold the local vision of education and local actors accountable When the children of the poor cannot read and write, when they do not play and dance in school, can the poor speak and demand change? We gather data on enrolments, retention, learning, infrastructure, and teacher training to understand the state of our public school system. But is data...
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