-The Telegraph If the NCTE proposals are accepted, they will be able to get promotions like their peers in colleges and universities The Centre is set to introduce performance-linked promotion for schoolteachers. The National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), the apex regulatory body on teacher education, is holding consultations with teachers and other stakeholders on a draft National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) document prepared by it. It is not clear whether the...
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Can’t learn, can’t work, can’t even cross river: Life in 3 of India’s 4 poorest districts, all in UP -Moushumi Das Gupta
-ThePrint.in ThePrint travelled across 3 UP districts in top 5 of Niti Aayog’s Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index, which measures deprivation in terms of health, education, living standards. Shravasti/Bahraich/Balrampur: Danish Mansoori, 20, thinks he is one of the “lucky ones”. In 2020, he left his hometown Bhinga in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti district for a bachelor’s degree in ayurveda, medicine, and surgery (BAMS) from a paramedical college. However, his destination was not Mumbai, Delhi, or...
More »Data check: Three out of four prisoners in Indian jails are undertrials -Nileena Suresh
-India Spend/ Scroll.in While the total number of prison inmates rose by 1% between 2019 and 2020, the number of undertrial inmates increased by nearly 12% Three in four prisoners in India’s jails are under trial, according to government data for the year 2020, the latest year for which such data is available. This is the highest share of undertrial detainees in prison since at least 1995, the earliest year for which...
More »Child welfare scheme saw hike of 390%: Smriti Irani
-The Hindu Minister was responding to a tweet from Rahul Gandhi which cited a news report on allocations for children being slashed by half Union Minister Smriti Irani has said that a children-centric scheme of the government had seen a “390%” increase in budgetary allocations since 2014. She was responding to a tweet by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. On Monday, Mr. Gandhi retweeted a news report on “share” of budgetary allocation for children...
More »Questions on MGNREGA budget estimation -Laavanya Tamang and Anuj Goyal
-The Hindu How the Centre’s approach has eroded the very premise of MGNREGA The disappointing allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the FY 2022-23 budget has created a buzz. Organisations such as the All India Kisan Sabha and NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM) have raised concerns about the inadequacy of the amount. Grassroots activists and academics have been demanding higher budgetary allocations for MGNREGA; yet, the...
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