Pariksha Pe Charcha 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with students, teachers and parents. This year’s Pariksha Pe Charcha was the fourth edition of the event and PM Modi interacted with all of them in virtual mode due to the pandemic.
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India has fully vaccinated 0.25% of its nearly one million health care workers against Covid-19, shows latest data from the Union mi...
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank began his inaugural address on the day 1 of Indian Education Summit 2021. The three-day virtual conference dedicated to discussing the future of education begins today. From schools and colleges shut down due to the pandemic to the launch of the National Education Policy 2020 – the sector has undergone a comp...
The National Board of Examinations conducts the NEET PG exam for admission to postgraduate programmes in the field of medicine. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET PG 2021) is scheduled to be held on April 18 as a computer-based test. Anyone who seeks admission in courses such as MD, MS and PG diploma in the field of medicine have to mandatorily qualify t...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam announced over 15,000 schools to be qualitatively strengthened under National Education Policy (NEP). Presenting her third Union Budget 2021 post-COVID-19 pandemic, added, "100 new Sainik schools will be set up in partnership with NGOs, private schools, and states. We would be introducing the legislation this year to implemen...
Online schooling, which has taken off in a big way during the COVID-19 pandemic, can help reduce inequalities in educational outcomes if it is well-utilised, the Pre-Budget Economic Survey said on Friday.
Quoting the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2020 Wave-1 (Rural), the Survey pointed out that...
Indian education today is marked by a fundamental shift in how education is delivered and consumed across the globe in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. As India adapted to newer ways of accessing public and private services, changes in the education sector have challenged years of classroom learning for over 32 crore young learners in India, who are now studying at home.
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Friday said the conventional mode of education has now seen a great upheaval for good, in the form of the New Education Policy-2020 (NEP). This will enable the students not only to choose the content and duration of their study but will also help them bravely face real-life situations, Nishank said in his convocation address at the Avinshilingam University for Women, held virtually.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost across the country. The announcement comes amid a dry run for coronavirus vaccination is underway in all the States and Union Territories.
