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New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Fifty-six schools with less than 60 per cent passing marks in Class IX and XI in the national capital will be adopted by the Directorate of Education (DoE) officers as mentors for the 2025-26 academic session. The move is aimed at improving academic outcomes in schools that performed poorly in the 2024-25 session, said a circular released on Tuesday. These schools have now been assigned to officers from the Directorate for targeted mentoring, a step that includes monitoring teaching methods, assessment practices and learning outcomes, the circular added. The circular further said that the identified schools were selected based on their performance in Class IX and XI examinations, as analysed by the DoE's Exam Branch. "Officers will be responsible for guiding and supporting these schools to enhance academic performance through regular inspection and need-based support," it added. The education department has instructed officers to visit their respective adopted schools at least once every fortnight and submit a detailed inspection report on the same day, as per the format provided by the department. Referring to a previous circular issued on June 23, the department reiterated the importance of focused initiatives such as Mission Mathematics and enrichment classes from classes VI to X. These initiatives are part of the government's broader effort to improve conceptual clarity and make learning more engaging and effective, the circular said. PTI SHB AS AS
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) Pledging to act against a "few elements" speaking the language of proscribed terror group The Resistance Front (TRF), Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday that every citizen of the Union territory has the onerous responsibility to build a terror-free and drug-free society. He said this while addressing the provincial 'Arya Mahasammelan' at Sher-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) here. "... There are a few elements who speak the language of the (terror group) TRF. Police administration and security forces are committed ...Read More >
Dehradun, Jul 9 (PTI) The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Geothermal Energy Policy, under which scientific and technical research will be encouraged for the exploration of geothermal resources in the state. Official sources said here that the policy was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today: Kolkata FF Result for July 09, 2025 Declared, Check Winning Numbers and Result Chart of Satta Matka-Type Lottery Game. Sources said that the policy's objective is to encourage scientific and technical research ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Delhi government has drawn up an action plan to intensify tree plantation and greening activities across schools for the academic session 2026-27, setting a target of planting 3.5 lakh saplings. According to the plan issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), the target includes one lakh trees and 2.5 lakh shrubs to be planted in government, government-aided and private unaided recognised schools through Eco-Club members. The move follows what officials described as "commendable" plantation efforts by schools during 2025-26, and aims to further expand green cove ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) With the opposition not participating in a special discussion in Parliament on India's first astronaut aboard the International Space Station, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor lauded Subhanshu Shukla's feat on Monday and said all Indians are proud of his recent mission that will help serve as a powerful symbol of India's ambitions in human spaceflight. He also said Shukla's "historic flight" has inspired a new generation to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, maths and space studies -- all essential for sustaining India's long-term space goals. "Since th ...Read More >
Mumbai: An article by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi terming the 2024 state assembly polls as 'match-fixing' stirred a political controversy in Maharashtra. Statement Of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Congress leader was insulting the voters and Ladki Bahins of Maharashtra. He said, "Rahul Gandhi has accepted his defeat in Bihar. As long as Rahul Gandhi keeps giving himself false assurances, his party can never win". Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule's Statement Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule criticised Gandhi, saying his party w ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fire engines are at the spot along with teams from the Mumbai police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's local ward machinery, an official from ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday stated that the mega railway manufacturing unit at Kazipet was being developed with modern, state-of-the-art technology with a cost of Rs.521 crore. Speaking after inspecting the unit, he informed that the civil construction works at the manufacturing unit would be completed by December, 2025, while the entire project was expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The Union Minister stated that the manufacturing unit has high potential and has been designed flexibly to manufacture coaches, engines and metro trains. Ashwini ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Nervousness before entering the exam hall turned into relief and confidence for several students who stepped out after appearing for the Class 10 and 12 examinations on Tuesday, saying the paper was easy to moderate. They said the paper was largely based on the syllabus of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The Class 10 and 12 board examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education began on Tuesday across the country and will conclude on March 10 and April 10, respectively. Air Force Bal Bharati School's Omisha Dhondiy ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday sharply criticised the Delhi Police for a controversial reference to Bengali as the "Bangladeshi language," calling it an insult to the language and its speakers. TMC shared a letter from a Delhi Police inspector requesting a translator for what was labeled "Bangladeshi language" in a statement on X. The police official also mentioned the arrest of eight individuals under suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India. "Is there no limit to the BJP's hatred towards Bengalis? After repeatedly harassing and detaining Benga ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rolled out its new curriculum, launching a phased implementation of the three-language formula from Class 6 and a two-level system of mathematics and science for Class 9 starting in the 2026-27 academic session, officials said on Friday. While the three-language formula mandated under the new National Education Policy (NEP) will be implemented from 2026 for Class 6, introduction of the two-level system of mandatory standard and optional advanced courses in mathematics and science will be done for Class 9. "Languages a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Over 55,000 seats were allotted for entry-level admissions in private unaided recognised schools in Delhi under the Economically Weaker Section, Disadvantaged Group, and Children With Special Needs categories for the 2026-27 academic session, as the Directorate of Education conducted a computerised draw of lots on Monday. According to a notified schedule, scrutiny of documents for selected candidates will be carried out by zonal authorities between April 9 and 22, while admissions in allotted schools will take place from April 9 to May 20. The draw, held at the Old Secr ...Read More >
Nahan (HP) June 26 (PTI) In a second such case reported from Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district in last one week, six minor girls of a government school there have approached police accusing their teacher of sexual harassment and inappropriate touch. Based on the complaint from the minors studying in Classes 6 to 9, a case has been registered against their Hindi teacher under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Sirmaur Superintendent of Police Nishchint Singh Negi told PTI on Thursday. Also Read | 8th Pay Commission To Triple ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 14: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and AMPIN Energy Transition, in collaboration with Deloitte & Sumitomo Corporation, successfully concluded its pivotal seminar titled Renewable Energy Transition for Commercial and Industrial Consumers in the Southern Region at Hotel Taj MG Road. The event brought together a diverse group of industry leaders, policymakers, and C&I consumers who discussed the roadmap to achieve 100 RE for Corporates & Industrial consumers in South India. Delivering the inaugural address, Shri Gaurav Gup ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 19, (PTI) Under the 'NIOS Project,' an average of 70 per cent of students who took the 10th grade examination have failed in the last four years -- this was revealed by the Delhi's Directorate of Education (DoE) in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by PTI. The project was launched by the Delhi government to reduce the rate of students failing in the 9th and 10th grades and the number of students dropping out of school. Under this project, students who fai ...Read More >
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, global affairs columnist with the Washington Post, stood up to ask him a question. "Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has been using a patented biomass gasification technology to convert dry leaf waste into cooking fuel, a significant innovation considering the concerns over LPG supply pushing people into panic buying mode at present. The city-based premier institute has been using this technology since the last decade, reducing LPG usage on campus by 30 to 40 per cent, it said on its social media handle. In 2014, Prof Sanjay Mahajani from the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay proposed biomass gasification to convert campus ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has announced a city-wide rollout of underground electric wiring as part of a Rs 100-crore initiative. The move aims to ensure a safer, cleaner and uninterrupted power supply for residents across the capital, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday while launching the city's first pilot project of underground wiring in Shalimar Bagh.Gupta said the work at her constituency Shalimar Bagh would be completed in approximately three months. At least 5,500 families residing in BH block Janta flats of Shalimar Bagh will benefit from the scheme, which will also improve the aes ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Congress' "anti-farmer" stance. He directed the Morcha members to launch agitations, gather grassroots- ...Read More >
New Delhi Jan 8 (PTI) India must get into frontier work in artificial intelligence and build foundational models, but investment is a real entry barrier and just one mathematical breakthrough can change entire dynamics, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said here on Wednesday. During his second day of Microsoft India AI Tour, Nadella said that India can do great work in the area of Indic languages and transforming its industries using artificial intelligence. "There's no reason why India can't do frontier work, but you can even define frontier pretty unique. So for example, I don't th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Only 55 per cent of Class 3 students can arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending or descending order while only 53 per cent in Class 6 know tables up to 10, a ministry of education (MoE) survey has found. Students scored the lowest in mathematics (46 per cent), while in language they averaged 57 per cent and in 'The World Around Us' scored 49 per cent nationally. The Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (Parakh) Rashtriya Sarvekshan, formerly known as the National Achievement Survey (NAS), was conducted on December 4 last year, covering 2 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The legacy of Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, who once stopped the Afghan forces at the Khyber Pass, is not merely history but a living inheritance, said Dr A. Tajinder Pal Singh Nalwa, his descendant. "If we could protect India from invasions then, we must now protect our children's minds from disintegration." Dr Nalwa was speaking to Sikh educators, community members, students, and lawyers at a seminar hosted by the Sikh Education Society at Guru Nanak High School Lecture Hall. Presided over by former DGP Tejdeep Kaur Menon, president of the Telangana Sikh Society, the seminar focused ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) order to shut beef shops and slaughterhouses on the Independence Day (August 15) and Krishna Janmashtami (August 16) evoked mixed response from people in the city. While some felt that the beef shops should be closed on Krishna Janmashtami considering religious sentiments, they said the shops could be allowed to function on August 15. While there are no restrictions on chicken, fish, etc., beef shops were ordered to be closed. So many people also wanted the government to specify why such orders were issued -- due to law and orde ...Read More >