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In Lok Sabha, the Minister of Education has highlighted several key initiatives taken by the government in promoting the gender quality in education. Samagra Shiksha – To bridge gender and social category gaps at all levels of school education. Opening schools for easier access to girls and separate toilets for girls. Appointing additional teachers including women teachers. Teacher’s sensitization programmes like gender-sensitive teaching-learning materials. NISHTHA – To cover relevance of gender dimensions in teaching and learning process. Help teachers to use and adopt learning activities that foster gender sensitive classroom environment. Orient teachers on counseling, provisions of POCSO Act, Juvenile Justice Act, School Safety guidelines, helpline and emergency…
04 December, 2023
Education policy
Need to restructure the governing bodies for universities and autonomous colleges Appointments of vice-chancellors: The system of appointments of vice-chancellors and syndicates, or governing councils, the key authorities for any university, needs to be revised. The appointments are often mired in controversies, with frequent reports in the past of aspirants for the post of vice-chancellors and membership of syndicates indulging in unethical practices to gain favour. NEP talks of creating new structures, such as a Board of Management, to replace the syndicate system. Board of Management: The vice-chancellor as chairman, the Board should consist of former vice-chancellors drawn from other…
02 January, 2022
Education policy
Cabinet Approves National Education Policy 2020 GS-PAPER-2 Education policy (PT-MAINS) “In June 2017 a ‘Committee for the Draft National Education Policy’ was constituted under the Chairmanship of eminent scientist Padma Vibhushan, Dr. K. Kasturirangan, which submitted the Draft National Education Policy, 2019 to the Hon’ble Human Resource Development Minister on 31st May, 2019” Summary New Policy aims for Universalization of Education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 % GER in school education by 2030 NEP 2020 will bring 2 crore out of school children back into the main stream New 5+3+3+4 school curriculum with 12 years of schooling and 3 years of…
30 July, 2020
Education policy