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New Karnataka education policy: Yogendra Yadav, the protestor for hire, and Professor Japhet, who drafted anti-superstition bill specifically targeting Hindu rituals, part of committee

Shraddha Pandey - 12 October, 2023

It is worth recalling that Professor S Japhet, founding director of the UGC-sponsored Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEEIP) was a prominent player in drafting the controversial Anti-Superstition Bill, in 2013. It is worth noting that the bill intended to outlaw 'superstitious practices' was a pet project of Karnataka CM P Siddaramaiah.

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PM Modi inaugurates Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam, highlights importance of mother tongue as the medium of instruction in schools

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in Delhi on Saturday, July 29

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CBSE writes to affiliated schools on the medium of instruction and multilingual education, emphasises the importance of using the mother tongue

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2023

CBSE letter added that higher education has also started adapting to this need by producing textbooks in Indian languages and initiating the learning-teaching process through Indian language mediums, alongside English mediums

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Tamil actor Suriya, who opposed Hindi and NEP, shifts to Mumbai for children’s education, netizens call out hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2023

In September 2020, Suriya Sivakumar compared the NEET to ‘Manu Dharma' tests.’ and mobilised the public against the pan-India exam.

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Shlokas from Bhagavad Gita and knowledge from Vedas to be included in NCERT textbooks: Centre informs Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2022

Minister Devi stated that NCERT has begun the development of National Curriculum Frameworks (NCF) where inputs from various ministries, departments, states, and union territories are invited from grass root levels.

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Woke ‘gender diversity’ manual that suggested puberty blockers and unisex toilets missing from NCERT website after public outrage: Details

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2021

NCERT's manual titled Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap' is no longer accessible.

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New Education Policy focuses on learning instead of studying, to help India become self reliant, says PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2020

PM Modi said that the new education policy 2020 would give a new direction to the social and economic life of 21st century of India and propel it towards its goal of self-reliance

Government and Policy

National Education Policy 2020: The prospect of research and innovation

Dr. Dinamani - 31 July, 2020

he government has announced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The new vision of the government has redefined the trajectory of education by bringing about momentous structural changes in the Education System of India

Politics

Congress imploding: Sparks fly during RS meeting, questions raised on if party was ‘sabotaged’, rebels support Modi’s NEP

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2020

In a Rajya Sabha meeting convened and chaired by Sonia Gandhi, sparks flew between the young leaders and party veterans over the accountability of party's numerous debacles

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