PPP model being looked at for some Innovation Universities: SibalSeptember 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Public Private Partnership (PPP) model is being looked at for some of the Innovation Universities that are to be set up by the Government (the 11th Five Year Plan proposes the establishment of 14 such universities aimed at world class standards). The Government is already in the process of involving a PPP model in school education, said Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal while meeting with Minister for Trade, Investment and Business of the United Kingdom, Lord Mervyn Davies.
CBSE schools to have grading system from academic year 2010-11August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Monday announced that it will introduce grading system in all Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools and make Class X board exams optional from coming academic year (2010-11). Union Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal, during a press conference in the national capital, said: "Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) supports making Class X examination optional in CBSE system."
"There is a pan-India consensus over the issue.
Dalai Lama inaugurates school for underprivileged kids of LadakhAugust 18th, 2009 LEH - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has inaugurated a school for the underprivileged children from remote and isolated areas of Ladakh region such as Zanskar, Kargil and Nubra valley. Built with support from the Dalai Lama's Charitable Trust and managed by Nalanda Dharma Centre, Leh, the institution named the Jamyang School will impart education in both Tibetan Buddhism and modern sciences to these children.
Main features of Right to Education BillJuly 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The salient features of the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Bill are -
- Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the six to 14 age group;
- No child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until completion of elementary education;
- A child who completes elementary education (upto class 8) shall be awarded a certificate;
- Calls for a fixed student-teacher ratio;
- Will apply to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir;
- Provides for 25 percent reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission to Class One in all private schools;
- Mandates improvement in quality of education;
- School teachers will need adequate professional degree within five years or else will lose job;
-- School infrastructure (where there is problem) to be improved in three years, else recognition cancelled;
-- Financial burden will be shared between state and central government
Sibal argues for foreign universities, against 10th boardsJuly 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday made a forceful case for private investments including from foreign universities in education, and said there would be a law to regulate these institutions. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on demands for budgetary grants for his ministry, Sibal delineated his vision for development of the education sector, arguing that "all kinds of new experiments" would have to be made.
CBSE to make Class X board exams optionalJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Human Resource and Development, D Purandeswari, on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed to make the Class X board exams optional and to replace it with an internal assessment, which would adopt a similar pattern of questions to those in the board exam. Purandeswari also said that to ensure that quality of education is maintained, CBSE would ask schools to maintain course of study of Class IX and X as per the Board's scheme of studies and follow prescribed textbooks.
Evolve consensus on education reforms: BJP tells governmentJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi Wednesday said that the Congress-led government lacked a road map to improve the education system and added that it should evolve consensus among all stakeholders before introducing reforms. "The government has no direction and no road map about the changes it wants to make in the education system.
Slew of initiatives in education (Highlights)June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday unveiled a slew of legislative, policy and administrative initiatives for the education sector during the first 100 days of the government. Some of the major moves are as follows:
Legal
* To enact the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education bill.
Government planning to make Class 10 exam optionalJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With an aim to reform the examination system and de-traumatise the education, the government is planning to make the Class 10 exams "optional", Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday. We will reform the examination system and Class 10 examination will be optional, Sibal told reporters here while outlining his 100-day plans for the education sector.
Outlining education reforms, Sibal says no need for Class 10 boards (Roundup)June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With "expansion, inclusion and excellence" as his guiding factors to revamp Indian education, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday announced a slew of measures, including optional Class 10 board exams, accreditation agencies for schools, free education and private sector involvement in primary learning. Sibal, who announced as many as 40 legal, policy and administative initiatives for the first 100 days of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, made a strong pitch to de-traumatise education and said there was no need for a Class 10 board examination.
India needs a higher education commission: Sam PitrodaJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda on Wednesday stressed on the importance of a single regulatory body to decide matters pertaining to higher education. "I think in higher education what we really need is now some kind of a higher education commission, council, regulatory authority to create level playing field.
Kashmir schools to include State history in syllabusApril 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir Education Department has decided to introduce lessons on the history of the three regions-Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh-in the curriculum of schools till the secondary level. Though, the final syllabus has not been approved, the Government plans to have a separate section on the State in the history books.
Himachal bans mobile phones during school examsMarch 3rd, 2009 SHIMLA - Mobile phones will ring trouble both for the invigilators and the students in Himachal Pradesh during the board examinations that commence Tuesday, an official here said Monday. 'To avoid disturbance during board examinations, we have decided to impose a ban on the use of mobile phones in the examination centres,' Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education chairman C.L.
Punjab to introduce e-text books for school childrenMarch 2nd, 2009 MOHALI - School students in Punjab can now access their textbooks online as the state education board will introduce e-books at least for some classes from the next academic session. 'We are going to launch digital textbooks from the next session.
Teachers critical of Right To Education BillDecember 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Right to Education Bill, introduced in the Rajya Sabha last week, proposing that schools cannot fail students until they complete Class 8 has received flak from teachers. 'What is the use of promoting children from one class to another if he (or she) does not have that basic competency level,' said Vandana Puri, Salwan Public School principal.
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