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State of the Education Report for India-2021
On the occasion of World Teacher’s Day, “United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)” released its “State of the Education Report (SOER)-2021 for India: No Teachers, No Class”, on October 5, 2021. Key Facts This report is the annual flagship publication of UNESCO New Delhi. Report is prepared on the basis of extensive research. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Education in India • Periodic Labour Force Survey • Significance of Teachers • State of the Education Report for India-2021 • teachers • UNESCO • World Teachers' Day
46 AICTE Training and Learning Academy Faculty Development Programmes inaugurated
On November 23, 2020, the Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated 46 online AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Programmes (FDP). It was launched to train the teachers in higher education institutions association with AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education). ATAL Academy The main objective of the academy is to ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: AICTE • AICTE Training and Learning • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana • Teacher Training • teachers
Alternative Academic Calendar released by Ministry of HRD
On April 23, 2020, the Ministry of Human Resources and Development has released an alternative academic calendar for the primary and upper primary classes, that is till Class VIII. Highlights The calendar has been prepared by the NCERT guided by the Ministry of HRD. The aim of the calendar is to keep students engaged meaningfully ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: e-education • Guidelines • Indian Languages • Ministry of HRD • NCERT • Online education • Social media • Students • teachers
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes launches series under Education for Justice initiative
On April 22, 2020, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crimes launched online dialogues with students and educators on COVID-19. Highlights The organization has launched “Lockdown Learners’ Series” under Education for Justice Initiative. The series aims to sensitize students on the issues such as misinformation, cybercrime, gender-based violence, corruption among others. Background Due to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Cybercrimes • education for justice • lock down • Students • teachers • United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime • UNODC
Project NISHTHA
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has decided to launch the world?s biggest project for teacher training and development. The project, aptly named NISHTHA will start on August 22. What is project NISHTHA? NISHTHA stands for National Initiative on School Teachers Head Holistic Advancement. The NISHTHA project aims to train over 42 lakh teachers ..
Topics: Career development • MHRD • NISHTHA • teachers • Training
Real-time Technology Enabled Monitoring of Teachers in Gujarat
The government of Gujarat has initiated a new real-time technology-enabled surveillance plan to keep an eye on over 1.95 lakh school teachers from the new academic session starting from June 10. Real-time Technology Enabled Monitoring The aim of Real-time Technology Enabled Monitoring is to improve the quality of education by ensuring that teachers stick to ..
Topics: Call centre • command and control centre • Gujarat • Real-time Technology Enabled Monitoring • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan • teachers