Education  

The Punjab CM Amrinder Singh has asked the department of defence services welfare to come up with a revised policy to provide better jobs in case the eligible family members improve their educational qualifications. The event organised by the Punjab government coincided with the first anniversary of Pulwama attack where they honoured the supreme sacrifice of the martyrs.

Himanta Biswa Sarma, education minister of Assam, said that the state has decided to close down state-run Madrasas and Sanskrit tols or centres of learning. Watch MyNation’s SimplifiedBy to understand the intent of the order.
 

The Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 have been amended and class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes have been shared with all States and Union Territories.

The Government of India Takes Various Initiatives to Popularise Kabaddi. The sports facilities of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior and Guwahati have been made available free of cost for sports including Kabaddi for organizing training programmes and sporting events.

Presenting the Budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the Parliament on 1st Feb 2020, the Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman said that a total outlay of Rs.99,300 crore has been announced for the education sector in 2020-21 and Rs.3000 crore for Skill Development. Here are key highlights of budget 2020 for Eduction.  

The Union Budget 2020 is centred around three themes - aspirational India, economic development and caring society. From tax axe to infra boost, here are the key high highlights of the Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
 

On the occasion of National Youth Day (January 12) BJP Rajya MP Subramanian Swamy stressed the need for the youth to imbibe traits such as courage and fearlessness from the monk and also the need to formalise his thoughts into our education system. 

The misinformation and propaganda against our culture and heritage has left educational institutions of India burning today. Abhinav Khare writes an open letter to PM Modi to clean up Indian academia

Savitribai Phule, one of the earliest crusaders of education for girls and dignity for the most vulnerable sections of society, broke all the traditional shackles of 19th century India to herald a new age of thinking. On Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary, let’s revisit her remarkable life of courage and initiative.

The president of the trust Krishna Mohan Mishra told media, that this is the first university in the country where members of the transgender community will be able to get education and the process has already been initiated.

Do read what the (Citizenship Amendment) Act is about, Prime Minister Modi advised these persons while stating that they should value their education. The rumours of detention centres are being spread by the urban Naxals and Congress, Modi also said.

79-year-old Dani Ram, retired CRPF from Uttarakhand, was never promoted to assistant commandant as he didn't complete class 10. He then decided to pursue higher education. 
 

 

In this episode of Culture 'Shauk' with Sunita Iyer, let’s take a look at some of the major universities that flourished across ancient India.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) scientists made presentations to Prime Minister Modi on varied topics ranging from new materials and devices for clean energy application to agricultural biotechnology and natural resource mapping

Pakistan’s education minister Shafqat Mahmood at the UNESCO meet criticised the Ayodhya verdict in India and said that it was contrary to the values of religious freedom. Just like the Kashmir issue, this too has rightly got no traction. Watch SimplifiedBy with Vicky Nanjappa, Pratiba Raman on MyNation.