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Controversy-hit NCERT Class 8 textbook returns with redesigned cover putting Sup

Controversy-hit NCERT Class 8 textbook returns with redesigned cover putting Supreme Court on top
Published on Jul 07, 2026 09:57 am IST

Ludhiana: Computer science big gainer as Welcome Life removed from school curriculum

Government school students attending a class in Ludhiana. (HT Photo)
Published on Apr 15, 2026 04:22 am IST

NCERT gets deemed to be a varsity status

NCERT gets deemed to be a varsity status
Published on Apr 03, 2026 05:12 am IST

‘40% global population do not have access to education in language they know’

The UNESCO report comes at a time when India is in the process of implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) that advocates multilingual education.
Updated on Mar 03, 2025 08:03 am IST

MIT engineers develop ultra-thin ‘electronic skin’: Report

The diagrammatic expression of the working of wireless wearable sensors.
Updated on Aug 20, 2022 06:40 pm IST

How to improve learning outcomes

If a teacher believes that some children cannot learn, she is most likely to ignore them and focus on others. If a teacher believes girls cannot learn mathematics, she will communicate it to the students, and girl students may feel afraid to ask questions.
Updated on Oct 24, 2020 07:58 pm IST

HT Chandigarh Our Take: For online studies limit children’s exposure to digital devices

The HRD ministry has said that schools will need to “remodel” and “re-imagine” teaching and learning methods by introducing suitable home and institutional schooling methods.
Updated on Jul 18, 2020 11:41 pm IST

Online evaluation tests for govt school students from July 13

According to the date sheet, the first exam will be held on July 13 , which includes Punjabi for classes 6 and 8; English for Class 9 and mathematics for Class 10.
Updated on Jul 05, 2020 07:09 pm IST

CBSE board exams 2020: Cover your bases, and salts as well

What matters most is how students attempt the science paper. Managing time well is important too. If one question is taking up a lot of time, they should not get stuck with it, advise teachers.
Updated on Mar 01, 2020 01:04 am IST

Needed: A new approach to higher learning

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Published on Feb 19, 2020 04:02 pm IST

Labourer’s daughter from Udhampur bags first prize for singing at national-level Kala Utsav competition

Khushi (garlanded) with her family and teachers at the Government High School, Kawa, in Udhampur district after winning the first prize in the solo vocal music category at the national-level Kala Utsav competition in Bhopal recently.
Updated on Jan 11, 2020 12:09 pm IST

Now tailor-made books for kids with intellectual disability in UP

Experts busy in a workshop convened to develop books for intellectually disabled kids at ELTI-Prayagraj
Updated on Jan 10, 2020 10:03 am IST

Delhi government schools changing students’ mindset with new curriculum

The curriculum involves connecting knowledge to life outside the school and ensuring that learning is shifted away from rote methods. (Representational image)
Updated on Jan 05, 2020 07:08 pm IST

Top educational scholarships for Indian students

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Updated on Jan 06, 2020 05:35 pm IST

No detention policy in schools affiliated to HP board

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Published on Sept 08, 2019 04:52 pm IST

After books, teaching resources to be QR coded

The programme is a statewide initiative that seeks to achieve grade-level competency among students. Image used for representational purpose only.
Published on Aug 06, 2019 04:56 am IST

New definitions for kilogram, ampere adopted

India, along with the rest of the world, on Monday adopted new definitions of four base units -- the kilogram, kelvin, mole and ampere
Published on May 20, 2019 11:57 pm IST

Pirated books seized from illegal printing press in Delhi

Nearly 4,000 pirated NCERT books were recovered from a college dropout who was running an illegal printing press in east Delhi’s Ghazipur(Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 19, 2019 05:54 am IST

Evaluation process: 37K students of Class 5 and 8 to appear for Punjabi, English exam

If a student is not able to score above 33% in the March evaluation process and fails in the re-examination, he/she could be held back in the same class from this session.
Updated on Mar 13, 2019 09:02 am IST

15% cut in NCERT syllabus this year, says Javadekar

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 09:15 am IST

After happiness classes, Delhi government to have ‘entrepreneur’ classes

The idea behind the curriculum, which will be taught to students from classes 9 to 12, is to encourage students to become “job givers” and not “job seekers”.
Published on Dec 19, 2018 02:33 pm IST

Private schools in Uttarakhand following non-NCERT books may lose no-objection certificates

The Uttarakhand government had taken a decision earlier this year to make NCERT books compulsory for all private CBSE schools of the state. The decision was also backed by the high court in April.
Published on Sept 15, 2018 01:10 am IST