-ThePrint.in Recipient of the 2021 Yida Prize for Education Development, Dr Rukmini Banerji said the education sector in India still has a long way to go. New Delhi: The policy framework for the new National Education Policy (NEP) may be in place, but collaboration among various government departments is the only way forward, said Dr Rukmini Banerji, CEO of the Pratham Education Foundation. In an interview with ThePrint, Banerji, who was the recipient...
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29 million Students don’t have access to devices: Govt report -Fareeha Iftikhar
-Hindustan Times According to the data, as many as 29.6 million Students from 19 states and five UTs were found to be without digital devices during the surveys conducted by these states and UTs. A report released by Union education ministry on Wednesday said that 29 million school Students do not have access to digital devices as per data collected from 24 states and Union Territories (UTs) until June -- data that...
More »Assam forms panel to prepare framework for implementation of Assam Accord - Shankhyaneel Sarkar
-Hindustan Times An eight-member committee was set up by the Assam government on Saturday to prepare the framework for implementation of Assam Accord and all of its clauses. The committee will also focus especially on the Clause-6 report which will be prepared by a central panel in a bid to protect the cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of the indigenous people, officials told news agency PTI. The commissioner and secretary...
More »School principal makes Dalit Students sit in separate queues during mid-day meal in UP, suspended -Namita Bajpai
-The New Indian Express A detailed probe is underway after the FIR was registered against Soni under relevant sections of the SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act. LUCKNOW: The principal of a primary school in Vanpurwa Gaderi gram panchayat of Amethi district of UP made Students belonging to the Scheduled Castes sit in different queues during the mid-day meals on the school premises. An FIR has been registered and the school principal has been suspended. A...
More »Education in India Has Plunged into a Crisis. Just Reopening Schools Isn't Enough. -Mitali Mukherjee
-TheWire.in A recent survey in 16 states and union territories suggests has revealed that there has been a catastrophic slide in literacy among children from poor and marginalised sections. However, there seems to be no plan to help them. October is the month for new beginnings, not least for scores of children who have been unable to attend school in its physical form for the last year and a half. The pandemic...
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