After several government schools in Kerala moved to gender neutral uniforms, a government school in the Palakkad district of Kerala is moving towards a gender neutral approach towards addressing teachers. It has asked students to refer to teachers simply as “teacher” instead of “sir” or “madam”. The Senior Basic School in Olassery, Palakkad has become […]
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Kerala’s Education Minister V Sivankutty has said that a cleaning and sanitisation drive for school premises will be organised from October 20 to 30 with public participation, reported the Times of India. This is in preparation of reopening of schools in Kerala from November 1, 2021. The decision in this regard was taken after meetings […]
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According to a report by the Matrubhumi, the state education department in Kerala may go for a blended mode of education for students after schools reopen on November 1. While offline classes will be conducted mainly for students who do not have access to digital devices, those students who are unable to come to school […]
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The CBSE has launched a dedicated online portal on career guidance and counselling. The career portal which can be found at cbsecareerguidance.com offers information on careers, college directories, courses, scholarships and competitive examinations, the CBSE’s circular reads. The portal can be accessed by all Class IX-XII students with their details and accessed a personalised career […]
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In furtherance of the announcement of the Chief Minister of Kerala that school textbooks would be reviewed to ensure gender equality, a team of experts from Women for Political Justice will be evaluating textbooks from Classes 1 to 12 for the purpose, as reported by Matrubhumi. All books of all syllabi – CBSE, ICSE and […]
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An initiative called “AI for All” was launched on the CBSE website on Thursday. The program is driven by CBSE, Ministry of Education and Intel India. CBSE’s press release states: “AI For All is a 4-hour, self-paced, micro-learning program which as applicable to a student, a stay-at-home parent as it is to a professional in […]
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“Out of Syllabus”, a language enhancement platform which is an initiative of Government Higher Secondary School, Kokkallur aimed at exposing learners of English to practical interaction in the language has entered its third year, as reported by The Hindu. The initiative was started after teachers felt that the traditional syllabus based teaching was not sufficient […]
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