The Sanskrit Shikshak Sangh (SSS), the teacher’s association that prompted Kendriya Vidyalayas to drop German as their third language has now targetted the private schools. The Central Board of Secondary Education was served a legal notice since it couldn’t make its affiliated schools adopt Sanskrit as a third language. Private school students have learnt Spanish, French or …

      The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to implement a new strategy where students can no longer change their courses mid-stream.  All the CBSE affiliated schools have been asked to not allow subject or stream change for students in Class 10 and Class 12 for the academic year 2015-2016. Distraught parents only came to know about …

    The House Education Budget Committee on Tuesday approved a $5.9 billion education budget for 2016 that lawmakers said is focused on the classroom. The proposed budget spends $4.1 billion on K-12 education and $1.5 billion on higher education. The budget now goes to the full House, where a vote could happen as early as Thursday. Because the House …

    Senate Democrats stepped further away Tuesday from Governor Andrew Cuomo by introducing a package of measures they said would fix education policy changes included in the state budget. “Reforming how our state measures student performance and evaluates educators will help ensure a fairer and more successful public education system,” said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D. Lawmakers unveiled plans …

    The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin is calling for grant applications for its two matching small grants programs, the C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program and the Teachers’ Outdoors Environmental Education Grant Program. The Besadny program awards grants to projects that involve the management and restoration of Wisconsin’s natural resources and/or focus on natural resources education and outreach. The …

    Two years ago, 10-year-old Madhu walked up to the microphone at a public hearing and related how she was chased away from a government school in Patna by teachers because she was a Musahar Dalit and considered “dirty” by them. Dozens of parents and children from marginalised communities had gathered to share their grievances at that hearing called …

  In final, unofficial election returns Tuesday night, two challengers defeated incumbents to win seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education. In District 5, well-funded challenger Ref Rodriguez bested one-term incumbent Bennett Kayser, winning with nearly 54% of the vote. That area includes neighborhoods north and east of downtown, as well as the cities of southeast L.A. County. “It …

    Labor is refusing to commit to restore long-term funding for health, education and foreign aid despite strenuously criticising the Abbott government’s cuts in those areas. The shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, used a post-budget speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday to announce Labor would support $2.4bn in Coalition savings measures. He also ruled out reintroducing a mining …

Exposure to, and participation in, the arts help to cultivate creativity, artistic appreciation, imaginative exploration, experimental initiative and empathic awareness, all of which are valuable for young people’s development. Exposure to the arts is part of their entitlement to a holistic education. Through the Arts in Education charter, the Department of Education and the Department of Arts, in association with …

    Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says every chalkboard in Gauteng is going to be removed and replaced with smart boards by July. Equal Education says he made the bold promise at the nongovernmental organisation’s summit on Saturday about the sanitation “crisis” in Gauteng schools. Lesufi allegedly told the gathering that he would replace every chalkboard in every classroom …