Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting on the preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit to be held in India in 2023.

New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): The 'Responsible Digital Citizenship and Online Safety' report by Wranga, an Indian start-up focused on cyber safety for kids, with the support of Disney Star India, one of the biggest media conglomerates, was released today.

New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi on Friday accused the Delhi government of doing less work and more publicity in the field of education.

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI Over 95 per cent of villages in the country have secondary schools within a distance of five kilometres Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said on Monday She also informed Lok Sabha that more than 90 per cent of villages have senior secondary schools within a distance of seven kilometres The minister asserted that the government is committed to providing quality education by enhancing the standard of education and school infrastructure in the country including in rural areas As per the Geographic Information System GIS based mapping conducted in 2021-22 on government government-aided and private schools 9548 per cent of villages were covered by secondary schools within a distance of five kilometres and 9055 per cent of villages were covered by senior secondary schools within a distance of seven kilometres she said The minister said a number of initiatives have been taken by the central government to improve the standard of school education including the Samagra Shiksha scheme which has been aligned to the recommendations of the National Education Policy NEP 2020 The Samagra Shiksha is a centrally sponsored integrated scheme extending from pre-school to class 12 and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education It focuses on improvement in quality of education by providing support for different interventions like in-service training of teachers and school heads conduct of achievement surveys composite school grant to every school for providing a conducive learning environment grants for library sports and physical activities etc she said PTI ACB ACB RT RT

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 30 (ANI): Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday to facilitate certain construction activities in the temple premises.

New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): The idol of Goddess Annapurna Devi has been retrieved from Canada to India, which will finally be placed in Kashi Vishwanath Temple of Varanasi on November 15, as per the official release by the Ministry of Culture.

New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): In his address on Teachers' Day, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday that a good teacher is a personality-builder, a society-builder, and a nation-builder and added that such teachers strengthen his belief that the future generation is safe in their hands.