 | Centre wants standard board assessment in OdishaIn its report, the ministry pointed out there are large differences in the results (Class X and XII) which might be due to different patterns and approaches followed by the boards. |
| ‘Craft holistic policy to ensure equitable education’, this social organisation suggests SEP over NEPThe SPCSS delegation highlighted 15 points which they want the panel to include in the SEP. “The NEP has loopholes which should be avoided in the SEP,” |
 | 21 states following minimum age of 6 yrs for Class I admissionThe Central government’s directions align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which recommends strengthening children’s learning at the ‘foundational stage’. |
 | Indian Knowledge Systems to focus on Sanskrit texts, Indian math proofsAs per the notice issued by UGC, the guidelines will focus on spreading information of IKS for both ‘research and societal applications’. |
 | Deleting content from school textbooks is problematicThe logic that history is written by the victor and the exercise is not entirely done objectively is well understood. |
 | Train of experiments with NEP in Jammu & KashmirI humbly differ with my respected colleagues in this context. To my mind, there are freedoms and spaces for innovation that remain intact and have opened up much more because of the NEP. |
 | ‘Exit’ the magic word to revamp education systemEveryone has skills. But that’s not the same as saying the market values those skills. There is the issue of whether the higher education system delivers those marketable skills. |
 | NEP: Change is way forward for public universitiesThe decisive influence of organised unions to stall crucial academic and administrative reforms can be tamed only with political will. |
| New NCERT books under NEP from 2024-25Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday held a high-level meeting to discuss faster roll-out of textbooks based on NEP 2020. |
 | GITAM launches new liberal arts programmesThe first semester of the program is common to all students, after which they can choose their majors and minors. |
 | DUK comes out with technical texts in Malayalam; President Droupadi Murmu to release 1st setMove aims to promote use of mother tongue in technical education for improved understanding. |
 | Dialectic of implementing and opposing National Education PolicyThe government did not take seriously the 1986 policy’s recommendation that an agency should be set up to conduct assessments and evaluations at the national level. |
 | NEP stresses freedom, don’t dilute ItAs little as I have been able to understand, the University Grants Commission (UGC), too—in spite of very good intentions—has perhaps unwittingly managed to muddy the waters. |
 | CBSE schools in Kerala told to follow state government's decision on Class I admission ageAs per the directive issued by the Union Ministry of Education on February 23, the minimum age of admission to Class I has been set at six. |
| Degree students can now switch colleges mid-way in KarnatakaThe students will also be allowed to exit a course mid-way and rejoin after a gap of a few years, as per the NEP 2020. |
 | Kerala state sees red in Centre’s uniform assessment mechanism in schoolsPARAKH will be detrimental to the unique concepts followed in state’s general edu sector |
 | Education needs more allocation for infrastructure needs: ExpertsThe state should provide for children with disabilities with specially trained teachers, hearing aids, textbooks and other necessities they may need, instead they are only provided grants. |
 | Not rewriting history but expanding canvas: PradhanDharmendra Pradhan speaks on a host of issues including education, politics and skill development. |
 | NEP to be implemented in state anganwadis in February: BC NageshThe minister also said that the recruitment process of teachers was getting delayed as the issue was in court. |
 | National Kala Utsav concludes in capital city of OdishaShe said while the entire world was struggling to fight a pandemic, India introduced a number of important reforms including the NEP-2020. |
