Mumbai: In a significant shift, the Maharashtra State Council for Education, Research, and Training (SCERT) has proposed a new draft curriculum that reclassifies English as a foreign language and removes it from the list of compulsory subjects for students in Classes 11 and 12. Currently, English is a mandatory subject…
The International Baccalaureate (IB), headquartered in Switzerland, has experienced substantial growth in India over the past five years, with a 31% surge in authorized IB World Schools. Currently, there are 226 IB World Schools across the country, delivering a total of 378 authorized IB programmes, including the Primary Years Programme…
The government of Tamil Nadu made an announcement regarding the public holiday schedule surrounding Diwali. They declared that November 13, the day following Diwali, would be a public holiday. In order to make up for this holiday, November 18 would be designated as a working day. The decision to grant…
Bengaluru is getting ready for a big protest and citywide shutdown on September 26 called the “Bengaluru Bandh.” This is because people are very upset about the Karnataka government’s decision to send Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. This move has made a lot of people in the state very…
In the month of September, an eagerly awaited G20 summit will take place in Delhi. Preparations related to this summit have also been completed in Delhi. The Delhi government has declared a holiday for 8 September, 9 and 10 in view of the G20 Summit. For those three days, all…
In this academic year, 30 Delhi Public Schools will be following the IB curriculum as part of a Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the Delhi Board of Education on Wednesday. The International Baccalaureate for grades IX–XII, 20 of them will be Specialized Schools of Excellence, and for grades 0–8, 10…
The U.S. reacted to Karnataka’s ongoing Hijab Controversy. On Friday the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Rashad Hussain had commented that the hijab ban in educational institutions “violates religious freedom and stigmatizes and marginalizes women and girls”. Previously, Rashad Hussain served as US special envoy under President Barack Obama to the…
As per the Indian Constitution, citizens of the country have the freedom to practise their religion as a fundamental right, subject to several restrictions. The constitution protects the important religious practises of a religion, except on grounds such as morality, health, public order and other provisions in the fundamental rights….
Uttar Pradesh government extended the school closure from 30th January to 6th February as the state is witnessing a spike in Covid cases. All the educational institutions will remain closed till 6th February. In order to prevent the spread of virus initially the UP government decided to close schools till…
The major cities of India are experiencing a surge in Covid and Omicron cases every single day. It is observed that a huge number of children are victims of this killer virus world wide. In concern to this issue, the government of India had imposed various Covid restrictions already. Earlier…