Pondicherry,June 17 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday described the National Education Policy (NEP) as a “game changer” that could help propel India towards becoming a developed nation. He urged state governments that have not yet implemented the NEP to reconsider their stance, citing the policy’s transformative potential for the student community. Addressing students and […]
Chennai, May 25 As part of the Tamil Nadu government’s Kalvi Suttrula (educational tour) initiative, 22 students from government schools across the state have set off on a week-long educational tour to Germany, starting Saturday and continuing till May 28. This international tour is a reward for their outstanding performance in academics and extracurricular activities. […]
Chennai, April 9 ,2025 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has convened a meeting of legislature party leaders today (April 9) at the State Secretariat in Chennai to deliberate on the next steps in the ongoing demand for exemption from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for students in the state. The meeting follows the announcement […]
Chennai, April 9 ,2025 The Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has earmarked Rs 60 crore for the repair and renovation of primary and middle schools across 2,338 village panchayats in the state. The initiative is being implemented under the School Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (SIUS) for the academic year 2025–26. The allocated funds […]
Chennai, April 8, 2025 The Tamil Nadu School Education Department has issued a show-cause notice to a private school in Coimbatore after reports emerged that the institution allegedly forced parents to sign a stamp paper declaring they would voluntarily withdraw their child if she did not perform well academically. According to sources, the administration of […]
Chennai, March 25 ,2025 Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai has clarified that the three-language policy outlined in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is aimed at providing students the opportunity to learn multiple languages and is not an attempt to impose Hindi, as alleged by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the State Assembly. Taking […]
Chennai, March 25,2025 As the Class 12 board examinations conclude today across Tamil Nadu, the state school education department has directed schools to deploy police personnel on campus to maintain order and ensure students disperse without causing any commotion. In a statement, the department said that police presence would help manage the crowd and maintain […]
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government’s flagship project of free educational kits for the students of the government schools in the state has drawn flak after the supply of poor-quality products in the kits. This includes unfit uniforms, shoes, and even poor-quality geometry boxes, notebooks, and even school bags. Other than the quality […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) A recent study conducted by the National Council For Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revealed that the students of Class 3 of Tamil Nadu schools are abysmally poor in the numerical ability tests. The students fared poorly in the language proficiency tests as well, shockingly in the Tamil language also. […]
Chennai, Sept 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu school education department has called for tender from private companies to take an assessment of the impact of the volunteer-based door-to-door education programme in the state, named Illam Thedi Kalvi (ITK) scheme. The study will be conducted from October 2022 to April 2023. The programme was implemented in the […]
