-The Hindu Passage blames ‘feminist revolt’ for teenage indiscipline Students, parents and national politicians have expressed outrage at the content of a reading comprehension passage in a Central Board of Secondary Education’s Class 10 English examination, held on Friday. When Anita (name changed) read the English question paper of her Class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination on Friday, she was shocked by the contents of the passage selected for a...
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Not just CCTV & invigilators, CBSE will use data analytics to identify cheating in exams -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in This will be in addition to the use of CCTV surveillance and external invigilators for the purpose. The practice will start with the upcoming board exams for classes 10 and 12. New Delhi: Starting with the upcoming board examinations for classes 10 and 12, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) wants to use not just CCTV surveillance and external invigilators, but also data analytics to identify malpractice and cheating at...
More »As schools re-open, address language & mathematics competences at different grades, adopting a socio-emotional development approach, suggests NCEE
-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated 2nd November, 2021 * India’s 250 million children returning to school after 18 months of school closures and devastating learning loss * The NCEE warns that re-opening schools cannot be “return to school” as normal, and lack of a comprehensive approach will deepen the existing education inequality * Education recovery efforts require a multi-year, radically new approach, NCEE says NEW DELHI: The overwhelming majority...
More »Jharkhand: Free textbooks for students in government schools -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph The govt would be providing it to all its over 7 lakh students of Classes IX-XII for the first time since its over two-decade existence Jamshedpur: Students in government schools and intermediate colleges of Jharkhand will not have to purchase textbooks. The Jharkhand government would be providing free textbooks to all its over 7 lakh students of Classes IX-XII for the first time since it’s over two decades of existence. It...
More »Notes from Jaipur on How School Closures Impacted Children from Marginalised Communities -Mohit Verma and Navya Poonia
-TheWire.in A survey carried out in Jaipur's Kathputli Nagar Basti and Hathroi areas has revealed that several children completely forgot what they had learnt before the lockdown was imposed due to COVID-19. India has experienced one of the longest school closures in the world, an average of 69 weeks across states, leaving millions of school children without any support. Since then, all discussions and debates around the opening of schools have remained...
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