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Parliamentary panel flags underuse of school funds, negligible capex in FY27

New Delhi, March 25 -- A parliamentary panel on Wednesday flagged significant underutilisation of funds for centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) in school education for financial year (FY) 2025-26 and ra... Read More


Increase education spending to 6% of GDP: Parliamentary panel to Cent

New Delhi, March 19 -- A parliamentary panel on Wednesday recommended the central government to take "concrete, time-bound steps" to ensure that by 2030, public expenditure on education increases to 6... Read More


Congress calls VBSA Bill "constitutional overreach", flags autonomy risk

New Delhi, March 19 -- The Congress on Thursday opposed the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, alleging it amounts to "constitutional overreach" and could "compromise" the ac... Read More


Parliament panel flags budget cuts, fund under-utilisation in marginalised groups' schemes

New Delhi, March 13 -- The Parliamentary standing committee on social justice and empowerment has flagged concerns over budget cuts, under-utilisation of funds, and implementation gaps across ministri... Read More


Overseas scholarship slots for SCs to double to 250 from 2026-27; panel flags funding crunch

New Delhi, March 13 -- Slots under the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) scheme for Scheduled Caste (SC) students will double from 125 to 250 from 2026-27, while those for Scheduled Tribe (ST) stude... Read More


NCERT trims Class 9 English syllabus, features texts by Sudha Murty, Tagore

New Delhi, March 11 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has slashed the Class 9 English syllabus, reducing the number of textbooks from two to one, and the number of t... Read More


CBSE postpones Class 12 exams in West Asia till March 11 amid Iran-US-Israel conflict

New Delhi, March 7 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday postponed Class 12 board exams scheduled from March 9 to 11 in several West Asian countries amid the Iran-US-Israel co... Read More


CBSE class 10, 12 board exams in Gulf countries postponed again

New Delhi, March 3 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday further postponed Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations scheduled for Thursday (March 5) and Friday (March 6) in sev... Read More


More than 50% sanctioned NCERT posts vacant: Data

New Delhi, March 2 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been functioning with more than half of its sanctioned posts lying vacant, according to official data, resul... Read More


NCERT's new Class 8 textbook highlights India's revolutionaries and freedom fighters

New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- A new Class 8 social science textbook, published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), trains the focus on "freedom fighters" and "revolutionaries... Read More