Education Policy
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Centre says NCERT will encourage use of ‘Bharatiya’ languages
In October, the Council’s seven-member panel on social sciences had recommended replacing ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in school textbooks.
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NCERT panel recommends including Ramayana, Mahabharata in school history textbooks
The committee also said that the preamble of the Constitution should be written on the walls of classrooms.
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Common board, curriculum across country is not desirable, CBSE tells Delhi HC
The authority told the court that a uniform board would be unable to take local cultures and contexts into account.
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Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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‘New education policy will sow seeds for starting a new era,’ says Narendra Modi
The prime minister said studying should not just be limited to the walls of the classroom, but interlinked with the outside world.
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Government’s intervention, influence on education policy should be minimal, says Modi
President Ram Nath Kovind said the new policy has been formulated after an unprecedented process of consultations.
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Why learning Chinese should not be seen as a security risk to India
India’s New Education Policy 2020 has effectively downgraded the Chinese language.
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Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Is the National Education Policy 2020 designed to deliver equitable quality public education?
It is based on a relatively shallow understanding of the ground realities of education in an unequal society.
Poonam Batra
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NEP focuses on ‘how to think’ rather than ‘what to think’, based on holistic approach: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Modi said the New Education Policy will lay the foundation of a ‘New India’ by preparing students for the 21st Century.
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‘Tamil Nadu will never allow three-language formula,’ says CM on new National Education Policy
Edappadi K Palaniswami said the state will stick to its existing two-language policy.
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The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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New Education Policy omits Chinese from list of foreign languages offered in schools
The language was, however, included in the draft version of the education policy released last year.
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Manish Sisodia says New Education Policy proposes ‘highly-regulated, poorly-funded’ learning model
He added that the new policy has not been able to break free of the old ways of understanding and imparting education.
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Hindi ‘imposition’: Politicians in Tamil Nadu and Telangana welcome modified draft education policy
The DMK said the removal of a clause on learning Hindi was a success of former party chief M Karunanidhi’s legacy.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver