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The school day is already long and it feels developmentally inappropriate to make children continue to work in the evening.Getting kids to do their homework can be a hassle in any household.

Spare them the load: they’re just kids, not study mules

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, has said that children aged three to five should sleep 10 to 13 hours every day.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM

The weight of school bags for students of Classes 1 and 2 is not to exceed 1.5 kg, while the school bag of students of Class 3 to 5 should weigh between 2 kg to 3 kg. (Representational image)

Schoolbags to get lighter, homework from Class 3

Schools have also been asked to stick to only NCERT textbooks that are prescribed in the syllabus.

27 Nov 2018 12:23 AM

PM Modi was addressing the inaugural ceremony of "Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence" organised by the HRD Ministry. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM Modi stresses on importance of character building

'Purpose of education is to enable balanced growth of every dimension of human being, which is not possible without innovation,' Modi said.

29 Sep 2018 1:23 PM

A similar move was made earlier by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which had directed all affiliated schools to take junk food off their canteen menu.

UGC bid to ban junk food

This will prevent lifestyle diseases which have a direct link with excessive weight,” the UGC said in a communication to the universities.

23 Aug 2018 7:07 AM

NEET will be conducted on May 5, 2019. (Photo: File)

NEET exam once a year, to be handwritten, decides HRD Ministry

The HRD Ministry also voiced concerns about students living in rural areas, who may suffer if the exam is conducted in online mode only.

21 Aug 2018 8:36 PM

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had earlier announced the ambitious plan of conducting the medical and dental entrance exam, along with the Joint Entrance Examination - Main for admission to engineering colleges, twice a year by the NTA. (Photo: File)

HRD ministry to reconsider conducting NEET twice a year

Health ministry raised concerns about extra stress due to exam calendar and about problems online exams may cause students from rural areas.

10 Aug 2018 6:57 PM

The panel had recommended that the HRD ministry should streamline the process of “certificate of recognition” and make it more transparent.

HRD must go for realistic planning, says Parliamentary panel

Process of granting recognition to schools must be transparent.

06 Aug 2018 12:38 AM

The porn image virus could have been intentionally added. (Photo: Pixabay)

Porn shows up on free school tablets from HRD ministry in Chattisgarh

The tablets are infected with a virus possibly after a principal clicked on a porn or spam link.

03 Aug 2018 10:01 AM

Prakash Javadekar, Union minister (Photo: PTI | File)

Govt confers six institutions with ‘eminence’ tag

While the human resource development ministry will grant Rs 1,000 crore funds to the three public institutions in the next five years.

10 Jul 2018 2:17 AM

Union Minister of State for HRD, Satya Pal Singh, said a new education policy is being formulated. (Photo: File)

Hindi to get due importance in new edu policy: Satya Pal Singh

"Whenever we escalate talks about working for the mother tongue, things don't move forward," he said while addressing a gathering at AICTE.

05 May 2018 3:18 PM

Anil Swarup, Union HRD school education secretary

HRD ministry warns students against ‘fake leaked papers’

The Union HRD ministry had announced the re-examination of CBSE Class 12 Economics paper on April 25.

07 Apr 2018 11:38 AM

Schools across the country received circulars from their respective state education departments to submit the evidence by February 19. (Photo: PIB)

Prove students saw PM’s speech: HRD ministry asks schools to submit pics, videos

The HRD ministry denies asking for any such report, says it was a ‘routine feedback’ with no mandatory clause.

20 Feb 2018 11:50 AM

While the HRD Ministry has asked all universities to seek Aadhaar numbers from all employees and students to ensure there is no duplication, concerns have been raised about leakage of data. (Photo: File)

HRD ministry unearths 80,000 'ghost' teachers post-Aadhaar introduction

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, however, clarified that none of these teachers are from any central universities.

05 Jan 2018 9:24 PM

Munir Ahmad Khan, Inspector-General of Police Kashmir zone (Photo: ANI)

HRD ministry’s Testing problem

Currently, these bodies conduct tests such as Joint Entrance Examination, NEET and National Eligibility Test among others.

24 Dec 2017 5:21 AM

the HRD ministry with the help of Niti Aayog had begun the process of finalising the guidelines for picking the institutions of eminence.

Govt will groom 20 universities as ‘institutions of eminence’

Aim to break into exclusive club of global universities within five years.

18 Dec 2017 1:06 AM

The chairman of the fake education board, Shiv Prasad Pandey, was among the arrested people, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad said. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Fake education board busted in Delhi, 6 held

It claimed it was an autonomous organisation under the 'Government of India, Ministry of Education Department'.

08 Dec 2017 12:51 PM

BHU Vice Chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi (Photo: PTI)

BHU V-C goes on leave due to ‘personal’ reasons

Prof Tripathi has denied the lathicharge on girl students and even said that the incident was one of “minor eve-teasing”.

03 Oct 2017 2:39 AM

The HRD ministry officials said the process for appointing his successor has been initiated, but maintained that the timing of violence in the BHU campus and steps for appointment of a new VC is completely 'coincidental'. (Photo: File)

Will resign if asked to stay on leave: BHU VC Girish Chandra Tripathi

The Vice Chancellor further said that he has contributed a lot to improve the functioning of the university.

28 Sep 2017 7:13 PM

Security personnel detain ABVP members during a protest in support of BHU students outside the HRD ministry in New Delhi. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

NSUI, ABVP join hands to protest BHU crackdown

Police said that permission was not granted for any protest near the ministry and that both the parties were detained.

26 Sep 2017 6:04 AM

Security was tightened at Ryan International School, Gurgoan after protest sparked over the murder of a 7-year-old boy. (Photo: PTI)

Ryan School murder: SC seeks report from Centre, state in 3 weeks

An SIT team has reached Mumbai to interrogate school CEO Ryan Pinto and director Albert Pinto.

11 Sep 2017 3:32 PM

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