UP revises Class 12 textbooks; Gujarat riots, Mughals out

Uttar Pradesh government schools will adopt from this academic session the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT's) new Class 12 history textbooks in which portions about......

The pension dilemma: Ring in the old, out with the new?

With organisations like the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which is a front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, telling Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman they want OPS back, the government is in a......

Portions on 2002 riots, Emergency, Mughals removed from Class 12 books

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed portions about the 2002 Gujarat riots, Emergency, Cold War, Naxalite movement and Mughal courts from its class 12......

Centre to set up 'PM Shri Schools' as a 'laboratory of NEP'

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said the Centre is planning to set up 'PM Shri Schools' which will be aimed at preparing students for future and will be the laboratory of new......

Bihar struggles to pay the price of liquor ban

Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban While speaking at a conference in Patna in......

How IIT Kharagpur researchers are leading a 'green revolution'

Indrani Roy/Rediff.com traces how researchers at IIT-Kharagpur have managed to turn barren land of surrounding villages to multi-crop farmland Image: Dr P B S Bhadoria of IIT-Kharagpur speaks to......

Economic Survey: 10.6% rise in female literacy rate

Economic Survey points out that the overall level of education in India is below global standards. There has been a marked improvement in female literacy as per Census 2011. Though the male......

RTE funding should be decided by council:Par panel

The funding pattern between the Centre and the state for implementing Right To Education Act should be referred to the National Development Council headed by the prime minister, a parliamentary......