NEP 2020 alignment: UGC proposes major overhaul in teacher recruitment – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has unveiled the draft of its 2025 regulations, introducing some ground breaking changes like permitting candidates to teach based on their highest academic specialisation. For example, a candidate with a PhD in chemistry, despite holding a bachelor’s in mathematics and a master’s in physics, would now qualify to…

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Allegations of removing preamble from textbooks is baseless: Prof Ranjana Arora, NCERT – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has made notable adjustments to its curriculum for the current academic year by removing the Preamble to the Indian Constitution from several Class 3 and Class 6 textbooks. This change affects textbooks in subjects such as languages and environmental studies.For Class 3, the Preamble…

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For school students, government plans to roll out ‘One Nation, One ID’ | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: School students will soon have their own unique identification number, provided of course their parents give consent. As part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Union ministry of education has planned to create ‘One Nation, One Student ID‘ called ‘Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) for every student from pre-primary to higher…

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