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Last Updated:July 29, 2026, 11:12 IST NEP 2020 introduced major reforms in higher education, including multidisciplinary learning, and opportunities for students to enter and exit programmes at different stages. NEP’s foundational learning programmes aims to focus on ensuring that children acquire basic reading and numeracy skills in the early grades. (Image: Pexels) Six years after…
Uttarakhand on Wednesday became the country’s sixth fully literate state under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ‘ULLAS’ (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) programme, officials said. The state achieved the significant milestone after meeting the prescribed adult literacy benchmarks set by the Department of School Education and Literacy under the Union…
Last Updated:January 05, 2026, 4:18 PM IST The Rajasthan government has made daily newspaper reading compulsory in state-run schools to improve reading habits, vocabulary and awareness of national and global affairs. Rajasthan govt makes daily newspaper reading mandatory in state-run schools. (Representative/File Photo) The Rajasthan government has made daily newspaper reading compulsory in all state-run…
Last Updated:January 02, 2026, 6:01 PM IST Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the Valdictory Function of Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 in Rameswarm. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Speaks In Tamil At Kashi Tamil Sangamam Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the closing ceremony of Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 in Rameswaram, beginning his speech in Tamil,…
Last Updated:November 24, 2025, 10:06 IST Parliament is set to take up the HECI Bill to form a single higher education regulator replacing UGC, AICTE and NCTE, aiming to streamline oversight and improve governance. HECI Bill to be tabled in Parliament to create a single higher education regulator replacing UGC, AICTE and NCTE. A proposal…
Last Updated:November 04, 2025, 10:45 PM IST PM lauds India’s surge in QS Asia University Rankings, rising from 24 to 294 institutions in a decade, driven by NEP and research focus, second only to China’s 395 universities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (IMAGE: NEWS18 FILE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the sharp increase in…
Kerala, which had long resisted the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 alongside Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, has now signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to implement the Centre’s PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) scheme. The move marks a significant shift for the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, which had previously criticised…
Last Updated:September 22, 2025, 09:28 is Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Centre is not imposing any language and states and students have full choice under the two- and three-language formula. “We are not imposing any language on anybody,” says Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at IIT Madras. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on…
Last Updated:August 10, 2025, 22:27 is CBSE will start open-book assessments for Class 9 from 2026-27, per NCFSE 2023 and NEP 2020, aiming to shift from rote memorisation to competency-based learning. The integration of such exams was approved by the CBSE’s Governing Body (Representational image) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has approved a…
The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday held its general council meeting in Chennai, adopting 27 key resolutions, including those on the Hindi language row, Waqf law and allocation of funds, ahead of next year’s state Assembly polls. The meeting was held at Kalaignar Thida (Kalaignar’s Square), a park dedicated to the party’s founder…