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Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha admitted that he was really sad to hear about the case of a local teacher in Quang Binh ordering pupils to slap a classmate 231 times. Nha on Wednesday had a meeting with locals in Binh Dinh Province. On this occasion, Nha answered many questions related to the education sector, including the National Assembly’s approval of the revised Law on Higher Education.  Minister Phung Xuan Nha attends a meeting with locals in Binh Dinh Province on November 28 Regarding people’s concerns about increasing school violence, particularly the most recent case in Quang Binh Province, Nha said that such behaviour violated the teaching code of ethics. Teacher Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy from Duy Ninh Secondary School demanded 23 pupils of Class 6.2 to slap their classmate who was claimed to use foul language in class. Doctors said the boy wasn't seriously injured but the incident had traumatised him. “I’m myself extremely sad … [Read more...] about Education Minister vows to tackle school violence

Britain should "celebrate" more state school children going to top universities, the Education Secretary has said following remarks by the Stowe headmaster. Damian Hinds said that state educated children should have a “fair crack at the whip”, as he dismissed the criticism that  private school pupils are being pushed out of Oxford and Cambridge by “social engineering”. His comments come after Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, head of the £36,000-a-year Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, said that the number of privately educated children getting places at Oxbridge had been “driven down” as part of efforts to boost diversity. Earlier this week, he told The Times that there is a “much more concerted effort” by Oxbridge admissions tutors to “drive down the number of places given to independent schools and redress the balance and to put in contextual details”. Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hinds said that more state … [Read more...] about Britain should ‘celebrate’ more state school children going to Oxbridge, Education Secretary says

Despite a higher devolution of funds under the 14th Finance Commission, the proportion that states spend on education has reduced since 2015. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has cited this decrease in its presentation to the 15th Finance Commission to make a strong pitch for “ring-fencing” of funds (about 20%) for school education. According to the data shared by the Department of School Education in a meeting with the 15th Finance Commission in February, the expenditure on education, as a proportion of total spending by the states, decreased from 17.57% in 2010-11 to 15.18% in 2017-18. The decline is sharper especially after the beginning of the 14th Finance Commission period in 2015-16 (see box on page 2). ExplainedReality checkWith higher fiscal resources at their disposal, the Union government claimed the states would increase their spending on the social sector. However, when it comes to education, the data shared by the HRD Ministry presents a sobering … [Read more...] about HRD: States getting more funds but spending less on education

The HRD Ministry has tweaked the draft National Education Policy (NEP) to dilute the provision on extending the Right to Education (RTE) Act up to Class 12 and also include three years of early childhood education. The final policy document states that the RTE Act “will be considered for extension” as opposed to the draft, which assured extension. The draft NEP was submitted by a group of experts, led by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, to the HRD Ministry in June, and uploaded online for public feedback. The government received 2 lakh suggestions and is set to seek the Cabinet’s approval for the final 50-page policy. The final NEP has also tweaked the suggestion in the draft policy on starting a National Tutors Programme (NTP) and Remedial Instructional Aides Programme (RIAP). Both were meant to strengthen basic reading and mathematics skills. Advertising Under NTP, the best performers in each school would have been roped in for up to five hours a week as … [Read more...] about Education policy dilutes assurance on RTE cover up to Class 12

The school is the only organization to be presented with the prestigious award this year. ASOCIO is one of the top awards for individuals, organizations and enterprises having excellent IT development and application in 24 ASOCIO member economies. ASOCIO Awards are prestigious IT awards, which are given annually to individuals, agencies, organizations and enterprises with outstanding achievements and important contributions to the IT sector in 24 ASOCIO member economies. The prize is a recognition of HCMUS and its IT Department for their efforts in IT - Communication training and researching throughout years. Individuals and organizations of Vietnam that have ever received ASOCIO honors include the late Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (2003), FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh (2013); FPT Software Co., Ltd and Vietinbank (2016); FPT Information System Corporation, Masan Group, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2017); the Ministry of Finance, the Quang Ninh provincial People’s … [Read more...] about HCMC University of Science receives ASOCIO ICT Education Awards

With the aim to eliminate gender stereotyping from the school text-books, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is planning to launch an online course to sensitise the academicians about the gender issues in education. The course will also deal with the problem of the portrayal of traditional gender roles in the school text-books. Talking to indianexpress.com, a senior member from the NCERT said, “We conduct several audits of textbooks throughout the year to make them more integrated. A person should not be referred to in a certain way or described or depicted in any particular manner because of their gender. Patriarchy impacts us in ways we do not even realise. The course would train teachers to be sensitive to such issues.” IN VIDEO | JEE Main 2020: Exam pattern, eligibility, fee Read| CBSE schools to have sports period daily for classes 1 to 12, new curriculum introduced The official adds, “Everyone must be aware of nuances of … [Read more...] about NCERT’s new course for academicians to make books, school education gender-neutral