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Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is all set to launch a portal allowing parents and schools across India to place orders of textbooks and get them home-delivered. The new portal will not only help saving money but also help saving time and spending extra by sourcing books from private […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In a step to ensure students get direct access to buy textbooks from National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) an online portal has been developed by the organisation that will be launched this month. Schools and individuals can now buy the NCERT books online, will also be able to track the […]

National Council for Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT) has come up with a revised syllabus for the students of classes 1 to 5. As a part of NCERT’s revised syllabus curriculum, students of classes 1 to 5 will now be taught about child sexual abuse. As per the plans, schools will impart sex education to […]

The Council reserves the right to relax any of the requirements i.e. educational qualification, experience etc. in exceptional cases.

Kolkata: The Centre is hoping to pass the proposed education bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament to start examinations in 5th and 8th standards in government schools from March next year, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Saturday. Stating that 25 out of 29 Indian states have agreed to bring back qualifying examinations […]

New Delhi: India on Sunday nominated former Director of NCERT, Prof. J.S. Rajput as India’s representative to the Executive Board of Unesco, said an official statement. An eminent educationist with rich experience in various fields, he is also known for his contributions in reforms in school education and teacher education. Rajput has recently completed the […]

Lucknow: Confusion prevails in madrassas in Uttar Pradesh over the distribution of free National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) text books even as the academic session has begun from April. Every year, over 560 government-aided madrassas were provided free books from class first to eight under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, under a government […]

New Delhi: The NCERT has recommended opening schools in minority populated areas and giving their culture due representation in curriculum to address various problems like discrimination and harassment of minority community children. The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) has also suggested that festivals related to religious minorities be celebrated in schoolsBesides some […]

New Delhi: Delhi’s State Tobacco Control Cell has urged the NCERT to incorporate a chapter on tobacco control in curriculums of the CBSE and other educational boards for classes 6 to 12. Additional director in the Health Department, Dr S K Arora, in a letter said 14.1 per cent students (up to age 15 years) […]

Meerut:The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling significant changes to the state’s education system, including conducting examinations under the watch of CCTV cameras, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has said. To begin with, the government has plans to introduce the NCERT pattern in examinations conducted by the UP Board to bring government school students on par […]

New Delhi: The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) would work upon certain courses about history of India’s tradition and culture, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here today. He was speaking while inaugurating a lecture series on Bharat Bodh (Idea of India) organised by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in association with […]

The Ministry of Education had launched a platform for offering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), popularly known as SWAYAM in July 2017.

Agartala: In a major development, the Tripura Cabinet has given its nod to a proposal to introduce the NCERT curriculum in all state government and aided schools from the next academic session, beginning April 2019. As per reports, the Department of Education has initiated the process to introduce the NCERT curriculum to replace the existing […]

In a major development, the Madras High Court has ordered the Central Board of Secondary Education to publicise in media that stringent action would be taken against institutes not following the board’s ‘no homework’ rule for class 1 and 2 students. Justice N Kirubakaran passed the order on a plea by advocate M Purushothaman seeking […]

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging a single judge order mandating schools affiliated to CBSE to adhere to NCERT prescribed syllabus and books alone. Admitting the appeal by the CBSE, a division bench of Justices M Venugopal and M Nirmal Kumar ordered […]