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Proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill

Deepshikha Singh — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:15:56 +0000

The HRD Ministry introduced the draft bill on creation of National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) that will replace existing statutory bodies like University Grants commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE).

Under criticism from his Cabinet colleagues, Union Human Resource Development Minister, Kapil Sibal sought [...]

Volume 3 Month 4 Day 2- ‘Education’- Now a Fundamental Right

Deepshikha Singh — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:30:39 +0000

Nearly eight years after the Constitution was amended to make education a fundamental right, the government of India implemented a historic law to provide free and compulsory education to all children in age group of 6-14 years on April 1, 2010.

The 86th Constitutional amendment making education a fundamental right was passed by Parliament in 2002. The [...]

Volume 3 Month 1 Day 6- Understanding Common School System

Deepshikha Singh — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:30:09 +0000

Common School System to develop National System of Education

Understanding of the Common School System is based on the Report of the Education Commission (Kothari Commission) 1964-66. According to CSSC “A Common School System (CSS) means a system of education providing education of an equitable quality to [...]