National Education Policy 2020

September 5, 2025 4:35 PM

Empowering teachers, building new India

On Teachers’ Day, India celebrates the invaluable contributions of its educators, who are shaping the nation’s future in alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047.The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has placed teachers at the forefront of educational reform, empowering them through enhanced training, recognition, and resources. With a record-breaking teacher workforce, improved student-teacher ratios, reduced dropout rates, and increased fe...

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

Ladakh achieves full functional literacy under ULLAS

Ladakh has become the first administrative unit to achieve full functional literacy under the ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Program). Lieutenant Governor Dr. BD Mishra made this announcement during a celebration at Sindhu Sanskritik Kendra in Leh on Tuesday. The Union Territory has surpassed 97% literacy, marking a major success for the centrally sponsored scheme aimed at empowering adults aged 15 and above with foundational literacy, numeracy, and critical life skil...

September 16, 2024 5:08 PM

Universities in India can now admit students twice a year on lines of foreign varsities: UGC chairman

Indian universities and higher education institutions can now admit students twice a year, similar to the admission process followed by foreign universities, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar. The two admission cycles will commence from the 2024-25 academic session, with one in July-August and the other in January-February, marking a departure from the current practice of a single admission cycle. "If Indian universities can offer admission twice a ...