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Akhilesh Yadav’s demand- No examination without vaccination

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Samajwadi Party President, Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded for cancellation of board examinations. In the wake of the pandemic, Yadav stated that the exams should be cancelled like those of the CBSE.

Central government after a key meeting on Tuesday decided to cancel the CBSE class 12 board exams amid the continuing Covid19 pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the decision has been taken in the interest of students and the anxiety among students, parents and teachers must be put to an end. Akhilesh Yadav made the demand of exam cancellation a day after the decision by the central government.

Also Read: Class XII exams have been cancelled after a key meeting

In a tweet in Hindi, Mr Yadav stated, “Finally, the insensitive BJP government had to bow down to the pressure of the examinees-parents and they had to take the decision to cancel the CBSE class 12 exams. Now on this basis the examinations of other boards and state boards should also be cancelled”.

He further added, “No examination without vaccination.”

On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma had said that the cancellation of the exams is in the interest of students, parents and teachers.

Sharma said that a decision about the class XII exams of the UP Secondary Board would soon be taken after a meeting with the chief minister.

Also See: New Education Policy 2020

As on May 31, the UP Board has cancelled Class 10 examination for this year and has postponed Class 12 examination. As per last development, UP board-Class 12 examinations will be conducted in second week of July if the circumstances are normal. The date sheet will also be released by the Board as per pending decision. That will depend on whether the authorities take the decision to conduct or cancel the examination in the wake of the second wave of Covid19.

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New indicator-based mapping strategy for IoE using parameters from THE/QS rankings announced by Ramesh Pokhriyal

On Monday, October 26, a review meeting was held by the IoEs (Institutions of Eminence) where Sanjay Dhotre, the Minister of State of Education was the chairman along with the Education Minister of India, Ramesh Pokhriyal. He made a statement that certain indicators of Times Higher Education and International QS rankings will be utilized for mapping the progression of Institution of Eminence (IoE). in India.

Pokhriyal also tweeted and shared several topics that were discussed in the review meeting such as the necessary measures that would be taken into consideration for the recruitment of more international faculties in the country, where he also mentioned the mapping system of IoE.

In addition to this, the Education Minister also stated that the institutions that are performing well shall be rewarded with certain incentives, and that a proper mechanism for monitoring such institutions shall be introduced as well. He further added, “An integrated portal containing world-class research papers from all higher education institutions (HEIs) shall be made.”

He shared that the officials were directed to formulate a detailed and well-oriented strategy, considering the qualitative and quantitative measures, for the construction of such institutes. The guidelines as provided by the New Education Policy (NEP) shall be administered during the building of these institutes. The multitudes of institutions have been asked to represent Indian education in a global scenario and improve their world rankings, as they upgrade their multidisciplinary streams.

As per the IoE scheme, public institutes will be provided approximately Rs. 1,000 crore funding and shall be exempted from any inspection by the UGC. The private institutions will enjoy academic and administrative autonomy but would not receive any financial support under the IoE.

The IoE scheme was launched by the Health Ministry in 2018, according to which 10 public and 10 private institutions were to be selected to enjoy administrative and academic autonomy. IIT-Delhi, IISc-Bengaluru, and IIT-Bombay were selected in the first lot of public institutions, while BITS Pilani and Manipal Academy of Higher Education were selected among the private institutes.

An eminent status was granted to IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University, and the University of Hyderabad last September. The Jio Institute by Reliance Foundation has been marked in the Greenfield category under the IoE list.

Also, five private institutes were granted the letter of intent to get the IoE status which included Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Odisha), Satya Bharti Foundation’s Bharti Institute (Mohali), Vellore Institute of Technology and Amrita Vidyapeeth (Tamil Nadu), and Jamia Hamdard University (Delhi).

The author is a student member of Amity Centre of Happiness.

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Govt welcomes suggestions from teachers, principals on NEP implementation

School teachers and principals have been invited to share their guidance on the implementation of the new National Education Policy by the Ministry of Education, Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Sunday. “We believe that the teachers are the key to the implementation of NEP 2020, and hence we have decided to call for suggestions from all school teachers and principals from across the country on how to take the implementation process of #NationalEducationPolicy forward,” he tweeted.

Last month, the government replaced the 34-year-old National Policy on Education framed in 1986 by approving The NEP is aimed at paving the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpower.

As a part of comprehensive changes under the new NEP, Government decided to teach up to Class 5 in mother tongue or regional language, lowering the stakes of board exams, a single regulator for higher education institutions, except for law and medical colleges, and common entrance tests for universities.

Other prominent features of the new policy also include Replacing the 10+2 structure of school curricula with a 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to age groups 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years respectively, scrapping M.Phil. programmes and implementing common norms for private and public higher education institutions.

“To simplify the process for the teachers, the suggestions are being called on each theme of the NEP related to school education, through a question-answer process. The questions are framed in such a manner that teachers can relate to them from their experience as teachers and classroom transactions. Each question also gives reference to the paragraph of NEP to which refers to, to enable the teacher to read the same for better understanding of the policy before uploading suggestions,” said School Education Secretary Anita karwal.

”An expert team from NCERT will be examined all the suggestions received. Though suggestions are being called in a limited word format, going forward, teachers whose suggestions are found useful for incorporating in National Curriculum framework or the implementation plan, if required, shall be individually contacted,” she added.

States and union territories have been requested by the Ministry to circulate the call for suggestions widely amongst all teachers in the state whether belonging to government schools, private schools, or affiliated to different secondary school boards. “States and UTs may hold video conference on priority, send to teachers WhatsApp groups being maintained at various levels, or use the route of SCERTS and DIETs, for ensuring wide dissemination of this process,” Karwal said.

To upload the suggestions there can be a dedicated link available from August 24 to 31.