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  • Activity-based learning tools for kids of 3-8 years under New Education Policy

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The Centre, under the New Education Policy (NEP), has launched Jaadui Pitara an activity-based learning tool where children will be involved in talking, listening, using toys, painting, drawing, singing, dancing, running or jumping. 

    Flash cards, story cards, puzzles, toys and attractive playbooks are part of the “Jaadui Pitara” (magic box) released by the Union Education Ministry to make learning fun for children in the foundation stage.“It is an innovative, child-centric learning pedagogy that will prepare young children for the life-long journey of learning and fulfil one of the most vital recommendations of new NEP,” Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the launch on Monday. PM Narendra Modi, taking to Twitter, said “Jaadui Pitara is going to fill a new enthusiasm and color in the child’s mind.”

    “Jaadui Pitara comprising playbooks, toys, puzzles, posters, flashcards, storybooks, worksheets as well as reflecting the local culture, social context and languages is designed to pique curiosity and accommodate the diverse needs of learners at the foundational stage. developed under the National Curriculum Framework,” the minister said.

    “It is a giant leap towards enriching the learning-teaching environment and making it more child-centric, lively and joyful for the Amrit generation,” he said. The 3 to 8-year-olds will be taught through techniques based on Panchkosha and Taittiriya Upanishad.

    NEW DELHI: The Centre, under the New Education Policy (NEP), has launched Jaadui Pitara an activity-based learning tool where children will be involved in talking, listening, using toys, painting, drawing, singing, dancing, running or jumping. 

    Flash cards, story cards, puzzles, toys and attractive playbooks are part of the “Jaadui Pitara” (magic box) released by the Union Education Ministry to make learning fun for children in the foundation stage.
    “It is an innovative, child-centric learning pedagogy that will prepare young children for the life-long journey of learning and fulfil one of the most vital recommendations of new NEP,” Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the launch on Monday. PM Narendra Modi, taking to Twitter, said “Jaadui Pitara is going to fill a new enthusiasm and color in the child’s mind.”

    “Jaadui Pitara comprising playbooks, toys, puzzles, posters, flashcards, storybooks, worksheets as well as reflecting the local culture, social context and languages is designed to pique curiosity and accommodate the diverse needs of learners at the foundational stage. developed under the National Curriculum Framework,” the minister said.

    “It is a giant leap towards enriching the learning-teaching environment and making it more child-centric, lively and joyful for the Amrit generation,” he said. The 3 to 8-year-olds will be taught through techniques based on Panchkosha and Taittiriya Upanishad.

  • All regional languages must be promoted: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on ‘Hindi Diwas’

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Hindi is a friend of India’s regional languages and all of them should be promoted and encouraged. Addressing a function on the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Shah also appealed to parents to communicate with their children at home in their mother tongue even if they study in English medium schools.

    Otherwise, the children will be cut-off from their roots, he said. “Hindi has no difference with any regional language. Hindi is the ‘Sakhi’ (friend) of all Indian regional languages,” he said. Shah said that all Indian regional languages complement and complete Hindi and all regional languages must be promoted and encouraged.

    Since 2014, more MPs are speaking in their own regional language in Parliament and they are being translated verbatim to English and Hindi, he said and added that this has helped people’s representatives to highlight the problems of their respective areas in the highest forum.

    The home minister said people should not only be ‘Atma Nirbhar’ (self-reliant) in producing goods but also for languages. He cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s example of speaking only in Hindi at all international forums to convey his thoughts. “Hesitation over Hindi is a passe,” he said.

    Referring to the New Education Policy (NEP) envisaged by Modi, Shah said it has provisions for promotion of regional and Hindi languages.

    On dealing with the pandemic situation, he said India has been successful in handling COVID-19 with minimum damage due to joint efforts of the central and state governments and with the active cooperation of 130 crore population.

    The prime minister, whenever he addressed the nation, talked with all stakeholders – doctors, experts and others – in Hindi which resulted in the message reaching the grassroots level, he said.

  • Now, undergrads in Madhya Pradesh universities to study Ramcharitmanas

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: After lectures on Hindutva icons Dr KB Hedgewar and Deendayal Upadhyaya for first-year MBBS students, now undergraduates will study Ramcharitmanas in Madhya Pradesh. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has decided to introduce ‘Applied Philosophy of Ramcharitmanas’ as an optional subject in BA First-Year syllabus in colleges and universities under the New Education Policy.

    The state’s higher education minister Mohan Yadav said the subject had been introduced on the recommendation of a panel of experts who designed the syllabus in sync with the NEP 2020 and will be taught by Philosophy and Hindi teachers. The BA first-year students will also be taught ‘Preface to Mahabharata’ by C Rajgopalachari in the English Foundation Course. Yoga and Meditation too are being made part of the foundation course from the 2021-2022 academic session.

    Defending the decision, Yadav said, “The Ramcharitmanas has science, culture, literature and ‘shringar’. This is not about a particular religion. We have also introduced Urdu ghazal as a subject.”Yadav said it would be wrong to see Ramcharitmanas as just a religious scripture “as it also embodies aspects of arts, science and literature”. Even the NASA had acknowledged Ram Setu was a man-made bridge built millions of years ago, which is the biggest evidence of Ramcharitmanas also comprising scientific aspects, the minister added. 

    “Not everything should be seen with political/ideological glasses,” Yadav said, adding that teaching Applied Philosophy of Ramcharitmanas will also ingrain rich values in students and help in their character building.

    While the BJP welcomed the move, the Congress dubbed it as another effort to further the saffron agenda. “It’s important that our students know in depth about the hidden treasures in terms of our ancient scriptures,” BJP secretary Rajneesh Agrawal said. Congress’ Narendra Saluja said. “The need of the hour is to introduce more technical education subjects.”

  • Academic council recommending changes ‘contrary’ to NEP: JNU Teachers’ Association

    The Vice-Chancellor, however, said that the council which the apex body of the university is quot;more representative quot; of the entire institute and that the administration has to follow its decision.

  • President Kovind calls upon academia to work for excellence in modern science and technology

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: Calling upon the academia to work genuinely for excellence in the field of modern science and technology,  President Ram Nath Kovind asked the students and teachers to come together to achieve the motive by drawing inspiration from the rich cultural and moral values of the country. The President was speaking as the chief guest on the 9th convocation of Dr BR Ambedkar University here on Thursday.

    President Kovind, on Thursday, embarked upon his four-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, during which he will attend several other events in Gorakhpur and will visit Ayodhya on Sunday. The president appreciated the steps taken by Uttar Pradesh government to strengthen the education sector in the state under the purview of new education policy. The President took the opportunity to praise the governance of UP CM YogiAdityanath and the measures taken by him in favour of the people of the state.

    During the function, the president also laid foundation of Savitribai Phule hostel for girls on university campus. He was accompanied by state Governor Anandiben Patel and UP CM Yogi Adityanath on the occasion.

    “Education is the most potent tool to ensure social justice and personal progress as well. The way UP CM Yogi Adityanath government is taking the education forward as a mission needs to be appreciated,” said the President. President Kovind heaped praise on women Olympians for their performance at recentlyconcluded Tokyo Olympics 2020. “Given equal opportunities, our daughters leave their male counterparts behind. This is substantiated by the number of female medal winners at the convocation today,’ said the President adding that it should be seen as an indication of a healthy society and the growing nation.

    The President will participate in diamond jubilee celebrations of Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey UP Sainik School and inaugurate an auditorium on Friday in Lucknow, where he will also unveil a six-foot-tall bronze statue of Dr Sampurnanand, the former UP CM. Later on Friday, he will attend the 26th convocation ceremony of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in Lucknow. The President will, thereon, proceed to Gorakhpur where he is expected to lay the foundation stone for the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH Vishwavidyalaya and inaugurate the Mahayogi Gorakhnath Vishwavidyalaya on August 28.

    On August 29, President Kovind will embark in a presidential train to Ayodhya where he will launch various projects of the department of culture and tourism under the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government. The projects include renovation and construction of the Tulsi Smarak Bhavan, the development of the Nagar Bus Stand, and the Ayodhya Dham.

    However, before concluding his visit to the historic temple town, President Kovind is scheduled to visit the construction site of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple and perform ‘puja’ there, the President’s Secretariat informed in an official statement.

  • Want to bring 15 crore out-of-school children into education system, says Dharmendra Pradhan

    By ANI

    NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that the Central government wants to bring 15 crore out-of-school children into the education system.

    Pradhan said for the first time, the government has combined the education and skill departments, creating a new approach for good livelihoods.

    He was speaking at CII’s virtual special plenary session on ‘Job Creation and Entrepreneurship’.

    “Today, 35 crore students are getting education in schools, but still, 15 crore children are out of the education system. We want to bring them into the education system,” he said.

    Further, the minister added, “For the first time, the Government has combined the education and skill departments, creating a new approach for good livelihoods.”

    Pradhan said new education, skilling and entrepreneurial ecosystems are evolving as a result of India’s digitisation efforts. “During the pandemic, creation of digital content at a large scale ensured continuity of education and skilling,” he pointed out.

    Lauding the National Education Policy (NEP), the minister said it will play a major role in bridging the gap between education and skills, reaping demographic dividend, creating a robust education ecosystem and eventually facilitating economic growth.

    “”As we celebrate Azaadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, we must work together to make our youth future-ready who will go on to play an important role in the making of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. I call upon the industry to contribute to this mission,” he said.

  • New education policy reflects Modi government’s commitment towards empowerment of Indian languages: Amit Shah

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi government towards the preservation, development and empowerment of all Indian languages.

    In a message on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Shah said the mother tongue is a powerful medium of expression.

    “Our new education policy reflects the commitment of the Modi government towards the preservation, development and empowerment of all Indian languages,” he tweeted in Hindi.

    The home minister said maximum efforts should be made for the use of mother tongue and foster the wisdom passed on by it to strengthen the foundation of the country’s culture in children.

    “Greetings on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day. This day inspires us to stay connected with our cultural heritage,” he tweeted.

  • School students owning smartphone in rural India rises from 36 to 61 per cent in two years: Eco Survey

    The survey also stated that the new National Education Policy aims to pave the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems in the country.