BYJU’s online courses will be included in the Andhra school curriculum, with the goal that in 2025, all government school students can write the CBSE Class 10 board exam, the government has said. In a release, the Andhra Pradesh government has said that the project — aimed at enhancing digital…
Citizens’ group Bahutva Karnataka seeks resignation of Karnataka Education Minister
“We condemn his mishandling of education during the Covid crisis, failure to address malnutrition and his complicity in weaponising education.”
Consumer Affairs Min calls meeting to discuss complaints against EduTech firms
After reprimanding restaurants and ride-hailing apps, the Consumer Affairs Ministry will soon hold a meeting with EduTech firms like Byju’s and Unacademy amid complaints that these platforms put extra study pressure on schools
Textbook revision – an unnecessary, divisive, and costly exercise
For Immediate Release. 02.06.2022 We strongly urge the Government of Karnataka to: Revoke the recent revisions to the textbooks, which are regressive in nature, and have been done in an arbitrary manner, without adherence to well-defined curriculum framework and processes. Print and supply the textbooks which have been in use…
“How Dare They Peep into My Private Life?” Children’s Rights Violations by Governments that Endorsed Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unbeknownst to him, an invisible swarm of tracking technologies surveil Rodin’s online interactions throughout his day. Within milliseconds of Rodin logging into class in the morning, his school’s online learning platform begins tracking Rodin’s physical location—at home in his family’s living room, where he has spent most of his days…
CISCE to introduce AI and robotics at ICSE and ISC curriculum
The I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Delhi has signed a MoU with the CISCE for framing the syllabus of the two new subjects, the CISCE chief said. Schools affiliated with the council will introduce the subjects in Class IX from the next academic…
School management committees across Tamil Nadu on road to revival
One of the Coimbatore coordinators, T Arulanandham said that the department would hold elections for the posts of SMC president, vice-president, and members.
Covid widens rich-poor gap in learning
The survey “Cries of Anguish” conducted by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency has attributed the development to online classes, parents guiding their children themselves, and the effect of private tuition
Selling hope: Parents fall for ed-tech’s false promises
But the idea that education has become a marketable ‘good or service’ has ruined its sanctity and antithetical to its very purpose, according to Niranjan Aradhya, an educationist. Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/insight/selling-hope-parents-fall-for-ed-techs-false-promises-1109289.html
Universal Periodic Review (WGHR)
The report by the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) can be accessed here