Schools

In shocking news, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) threatened to close down 210 unauthorised schools in the city. The closure of schools will affect over 35,000 schoolchildren studying at these institutes.  Students are facing an uncertain future as the BMC issued a notice to these schools, asking to acquire the necessary permissions or face closure. In the past also, the BMC issued a notice and shut down 62 schools.

The flood in the Mahanadi river system has displaced over 4.67 lakh people across 12 districts in Odisha. Angul, Bargarh, Boudh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri, Sambalpur, and Subarnapur are the worst affected districts. Meanwhile, in Puri, the district government has ordered that all schools, both public and private, remain closed for two days due to the current flood situation in the district.

The Andhra Pradesh government's School Education department has begun a novel attempt to make schools a safer environment for kids by maintaining a record of bullying and sexual harassment. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been developed to safeguard the safety and security of students, particularly female students. Teachers and other school personnel are being instructed on child protection policies and the prevention of child… read-more

National Institutional Ranking Framework would include every higher education institution, according to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's announcement on July 15 that institutional accreditation will be standardized by the next year. He went on to explain that there will soon be a system in place that would call for all schools across the country to be accredited. He stated openness and self-declaration will be the criteria for… read-more

Tripura government has decided to readmit all students aged 6 to 14 who had to discontinue their education. The decision was taken after the education department performed a study that revealed 8,850 students in Grades 1 through 8 had dropped out due to closure of physical education classes because of Covid pandemic. As part of School Cholo Abhiyan, the department will embark on an inquiry to re-enroll all dropout children.