Jharkhand's government schools have a massive teacher shortage, a survey by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand has found. The survey was conducted in 138 primary and upper primary schools between September and October 2022 to assess their condition after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jharkhand's school system was shut for two years, among the longest in the world. Teachers told the surveyors they felt that most students had forgotten how to read and...
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‘Flipped classroom’ plan divides academics -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph University Grants Commission has also advocated online exams and ‘blended’ online-offline Courses New Delhi: A proposal for India’s universities to introduce “flipped classrooms”, where teachers provide material to students in advance to study at home and the classroom is used for debate, analysis and problem-solving, has divided academics. Central University of Punjab vice-chancellor R.P. Tiwari said flipped classrooms help develop critical thinking while conventional classrooms encourage passive learning, but St Stephens...
More »At India’s Climate, Finance and Policy Intersection, Big Infra Remains King -Amitanshu Verma
-TheWire.in * As of last year, financial institutions from India were the third-largest investors out of six countries financing 80% of the world’s coal investments. * A 2021 report found that ICICI, the State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Trust Group and HDFC were among the fourth-biggest group of financiers of coal-based projects worldwide. * Indian commercial banks’ large-scale investment in Big Infra has exposed the Indian people’s savings and personal investments to...
More »UGC wants universities to offer up to 40% of Courses online. Professors don’t see the point -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in UGC Wednesday asked institutions to make Courses available via govt platform SWAYAM. Academics question move, citing issues like need for classroom instruction & lack of infrastructure. New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to offer up to 40 per cent of the Courses in any programme online on SWAYAM, the central government’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform. Academics have questioned this move, citing issues such as the need...
More »Expensive crash Courses, students dropping out of school – how CUET is driving change in higher education -Soniya Agrawal
-ThePrint.in While private school students are dropping out to enroll in crash Courses for CUET, those who cannot afford these coaching classes feel they are at a disadvantage. New Delhi: Alarm for Class 12 board exams, that lived rent-free in the minds of students, has now been replaced by the rush to enroll in expensive crash Courses to prepare for the Common Universities Entrance Exams (CUET). Introduced in 2021, CUET is a single-window...
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