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[ad_1] Pradhan highlighted the importance of introducing employable skills, which will increase market acceptance of the workforce (File Photo) Dharmendra Pradhan emphasised that industry, academia and policy-makers have to work together and make skill development a mass movement Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday highlighted the need for mapping skill gaps to reduce the gap between degrees earned and skills acquired. He mentioned how the National Education Policy 2020 has taken steps to introduce a blended model by merging degree and competency, making it flexible and as per the choice of the students. Addressing an event here, the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship emphasised that industry, academia and policy-makers have to work together and make skill development a Jan-Andolan or mass movement. “Pradhan also highlighted the need for mapping skill gaps to reduce the gap between degrees earned and skills acquired,” an official statement said. He also la...

[ad_1] The overall NCF for middle and secondary levels (up to class 12) is still being developed and is likely to be launched by the end of this year. (Representative image) The new textbooks will be more competency-based, which will allow students to think and apply the concepts… The textbooks for Classes I and II will be launched by end of this month The education ministry plans to introduce textbooks (at all levels) under the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) by 2024-25. These books will be also available in regional languages and on the digital platform as well, News18 has learnt. According to officials, the new textbooks will be competency-based and more activity-oriented. “We have asked the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which is developing these books, to keep the approach more competency-based, which prompts students to think and apply the concepts learned,” a top official said. The NCF for foundational stage (3-8 years) was launch...

[ad_1] Pradhan will be launching a self-paced interactive learning and assessment platform for students to prepare for competitive and other exams (File Photo) The main objective of this new platform is to give students a self-paced interactive learning and assessment platform for them to prepare for competitive and other exams, UGC Chief Kumar said The University Grants Commission (UGC) is set to launch a self-assessment platform for Indian students. UGC chief M Jagadesh Kumar announced that union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be launching a self-paced interactive learning and assessment platform for students to prepare for competitive and other exams. This new platform will be called SATHEE which stands for Self Assessment Test and Help for Entrance Exams. According to the UGC chairman, SATHEE is scheduled to be launched on March 6 at 10:45 am by the Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan. This platform is a new initiative by the Ministry of Education, in associ...

[ad_1] Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the signing of a pact between India and UAE to this effect on Saturday. (Image: PTI/File) This will be the first global campus for IIT-Delhi. Last week, IIT-Madras announced the launch of its campus at Zanzibar in Tanzania, the first global IIT campus from October The IIT-Delhi is all set to establish a new international campus at Abu Dhabi in UAE by 2024. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the signing of an agreement between the two governments to this effect on Saturday. This will be the second global campus of an Indian Institute of Technology. Last week, IIT-Madras announced the launch of its campus at Zanzibar in Tanzania, the first global IIT campus from October. Also, IIT-Kharagpur is in talks with setting up its international campus at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. In an interview with News18 in January, IIT-Delhi director Prof Rangan Banerjee had said they will be coming up with a new campus in ...