National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), which is responsible for monitoring standards in teacher education, has recently revised the B.Ed. D.El.Ed. and M.Ed. course and curriculum. In addition, the Government of India through the NCTE and University Grants Commission, is interacting regularly with universities to improve the quality of teacher training programmes. Through the Sarva […]
1244 Vacancies in Colleges and Universities
The UGC has reported that 1244 positions of Professors are vacant, as on 31st March, 2014 in 39 Central Universities. Vacancies and filling up of posts is dynamic in nature due to reasons such as superannuation etc. and no specific date can be mentioned against occurring of these vacancies. The Central Government is taking all […]
Improvement in the Learning Levels of Children
The Central Government has financially supported States/UTs on early grade reading, writing & comprehension, and early mathematics programmes, while at upper primary level support is provided for mathematics and science teaching learning. To measure the learning outcomes, the Central government has provided support to States/UTs for conducting State Level Achievement Surveys (SLAS) during 2014-15. The […]