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Off-centre | India’s education expenditure: Where is the money going?
Makarandrparanjape •This year’s Union Budget has allocated the highest amount ever to the education sector; it’s more than 8% over last year’s original budget and 13% over the revised and reduced figure
Over 30 lakh Indians went abroad during 2017-22 for higher education: Centre
•"Purpose of Indians going abroad for higher education is captured manually based either on their verbal disclosure or the type of visa of the destination country produced by them at the time of immigration clearance," Subhas Sarkar said
No proposal to introduce menstruation leave in educational institutions: Education Ministry
•"No such proposal is under consideration in the ministry," Union Minister of Education for State Subhas Sarkar said when asked whether the government will bring legislation to ensure menstruation benefit leave in educational institutions
Education Ministry releases report on Performance Grading Index for States, UTs
•The Indian Education System is one of the largest in the world with about 14.9 lakh schools, 95 lakh teachers, and nearly 26.5 crore students from varied socio-economic backgrounds
No proposal to set up new IIT in the country: Ministry of Education
•The government had approved operationalisation of the six new IITs from their temporary campuses at a cost of Rs 1,411.80 crore and later, establishment of permanent campuses of these IITs under Phase-A at a total cost of Rs 7,002.42 crore
PM to inaugurate summit to discuss education policy in Varanasi tomorrow
•The three-day seminar will bring together over 300 vice chancellors and directors from public and private universities, educationists, and others to deliberate on how the National Education Policy 2020 can be taken further across the country
Education ministry to recognise in-service training received by 'Agniveers' as credits for graduation
Fp Staff •The Union Cabinet on 14 June approved an attractive recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in the armed forces called 'AGNIPATH' and the youth selected under this scheme will be known as 'Agniveers'
Gap in mathematics learning outcomes of girls and boys grows in higher classes: MoE survey
•The survey has also indicated that the worst hit by academic disruptions during the pandemic are those studying in state-government run schools
48% students commute to school on foot, 25% schools lack parental support in learning: Survey
•About 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from both rural and urban areas participated in the survey
Ministry of Education seeks report from JNU on students' clash on Ram Navami
•The Education Ministry on Monday took note of unrest in Jawaharlal Nehru University and asked the administration to submit details of the entire incident