Ministry of HRD has launched NISHTHA Programme

The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched NISHTHA Programme to improve learning outcomes at the Elementary level . NISHTHA  or National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic  Advancement under  the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in 2019-20. The objective of this programme is to motivate and equip teachers to encourage and ..

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Delhi • India • National Council for Teacher Education • State Council of Educational Research and Training • State Council of Educational Research and Training, Delhi • Teacher education

Draft National Education Policy on Higher Education

The draft National Education Policy makes the following recommendations to improve the quality of higher education: There is a great need to focus on multidisciplinary and 21st-century competencies for future work roles. These multidisciplinary capabilities differentiate humans from Robots. Breaking down of the rigid boundaries of disciplines in higher education by moving towards broad-based, flexible ..

Topics: Bar Council of India • Higher education • LASE • Liberal Arts Science Education • Medical Council of India • National Council for Teacher Education • National Education Policy • National Education Technology Forum • National Higher Education Regulatory Authority • National Repository of Educational Data • National Research Foundation • Parliament • Rashtriya Shikha Aayog • Technical Education

Parliament passes NCTE amendment Bill

The Parliament has given its approval to the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The bill aims to protect the interest of the students who had completed courses from unrecognized institutes. Features of the Bill The important features of the bill are: The Bill grants retrospective recognition to institutions offering teacher education courses ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: B.Ed courses • CLAT • Ministry of Human Resource Development • National Council for Teacher Education • NCTE amendment Bill

Cabinet approves National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017

The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Parliament to amend National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993. The amendment seeks to grant retrospective recognition to Central/State/Universities who are found to be conducting teacher education courses without NCTE permission till academic year 2017-2018 Key Facts The ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017

Topics: Bills and Amendments • Cabinet Decisions • CLAT • Education • National • National Council for Teacher Education • NCTE Act