The UNICEF report also stated that online education is not an option for all as only one in four children has access to digital devices and internet connectivity in the country.
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The blank pages in India’s online learning experience
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The attempts at initiating a rapid transition to synchronised digital learning following the pandemic have many lessons
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The attempts at initiating a rapid transition to synchronised digital learning following the pandemic have many lessons
The world is presently grappling with the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the social, economic and political spheres. India can be counted among those nations that have been impacted severely.
COVID-19 has affected all sectors. However, there are areas where countries such as India should be more worried about. One of them is education, especially education of the girl child. Around 300 million children across all age groups are reported to be out of school in India now (the number is of the period when all schools were closed) . And as and when schools finally reopen in the country, the number of children retu
Education Ministry revives Vedic education proposal
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A meeting has been scheduled where representatives of MSRVP and officials of Department of School Education, the National Council of Education Research and Training and CBSE, among others, will try to find a way to ‘mainstream Vedic education’ in school curriculum.
NEW DELHI: The Centre is exploring plans to set up a Vedic Board for schools, apart from CBSE. It may also look into options to mainstream Vedic education in the school curriculum. The move comes months after proposing to offer technical education in regional languages.
The education ministry has already permitted Baba Ramdev run Patanjali group to establish a Bhartiya Shiksha Board (BSB) on ‘Indian knowledge systems’. The new plan, however, is to set up a Vedic board, a proposal which is believed to have the support of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. Rounds of discussions have been held and files moved in the last few months to look