The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education today released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States/UTs for 2020-21, a unique index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of school education system across State/UTs.

Till date, 13 States and 3 UTs along with the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) have signed the MOU with the Ministry of Education.

New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) was held by the Education Ministry on Tuesday at the national level with the State Nodal Officers of the scheme.

New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The central government spends Rs 20,000 crore every year for the PM POSHAN Scheme earlier known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme benefitting over 12 crore children studying in government and government-aided schools across the country.

New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Ministry of Education is planning to invite the opinion of the people regarding the development of a National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in the National Education Policy 2022 via an online public consultation survey, the ministry informed on Sunday.

New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Education on Monday released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) in the country for the sessions 2018-19 and 2019-20, which assessed the performance of school education system at the district level by creating an index for comprehensive analysis.

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Education Ministry on Wednesday said that a special, three-year skill-based bachelor's degree programme will be launched for serving defence personnel that will recognize the skill training received by Agniveers under the 'Agnipath' scheme during their tenure in the defence establishments.

New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Education Ministry has scrapped quotas in several categories including that of Member of Parliament (MP) and District Magistrate (DM) for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas, according to the latest circular issued by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).

New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): After saffron flags were seen outside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus along with "Bhagwa JNU" posters on Friday, the Delhi Police said that the flags have been removed and suitable legal action will be taken against the ones found guilty.

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Delhi Universitys admission process will undergo a major overhaul if the varsitys executive council approves the proposal to enrol students who have attained passing marks in Class 12 and cleared the Common University Entrance Test CUET According to officials the proposal that has already been cleared by the academic council will in all probability also see a green signal from the executive council members on Friday Nine out of 26 elected members in the academic council had expressed their dissent against the proposal Until last year the university was enrolling only those students that cleared the cut-offs The universitys academic council in its meeting on Monday approved that admissions to the varsity be held based on CUET scores and that a candidate is only required to have cleared Class 12 As per DUs guidelines candidates must take CUET in only those subjects which they have cleared in Class 12 If the subject studied in Class 12 does not figure in CUET the candidate will have to appear in a subject that is similar or closely related to it Merit will be calculated based on a combination of subjects in which a candidate has appeared in CUET as mentioned in the programme-specific eligibility according to the guidelines The approved rules also state that admissions to minority institutions such as St Stephens College and Jesus and Mary College will also be carried out through CUET During the counselling separate merit lists will be generated for unreserved and minority candidates as per the reservation policy of such colleges This will also come up for discussion during the meeting of the executive council the highest decision-making body of the university Once approved here a policy is implemented The EC will also be discussing the establishment of the Delhi School of Analytics DSA under Institutes of Eminence The DSA is likely to offer short and long-term certificate courses diploma and degree programmes that will enhance the business analytical skills of students A proposal on loans from Higher Education Financing Agency HEFA will also be taken up for discussion during the meeting The Delhi university is planning to submit a proposal of Rs 107540 crore to HEFA for infrastructure development and the creation of capital assets According to the HEFA funding pattern the university will have to repay the loan in 20 bi-annual instalments in 10 years The university said it has been receiving a very limited allocation for the creation of capital assets in the last three to five years and has been unable to purchase laboratory equipment It also highlighted that the condition of its buildings are in a dilapidated state The Education Ministry has already said that major infrastructure projects will be funded only through HEFA and no funds will be released as budgetary support PTI SLB CJ CJ