KOLKATA: The West Bengal School Education department has begun the process to verify applications from ‘non-tainted’ teaching staff who were in state government jobs before clearing the 2016 SSC test and rendered jobless, following a recent Supreme Court order, an official said on Sunday.The department has set a three-day deadline for completing the process which…
The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, which is under mounting pressure from the army and political parties, now faces a fresh challenge – protests across Bangladesh. It has already been besieged by protesting civil servants since Saturday. Now, thousands of primary school teachers, under the banner of the Primary Assistant Teachers’ Unity Council, have started an…
Teacher dress code Chandigarh CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Education Department has ordained a dress code for teachers in the government schools of the city – formals, salwar-kameez, for men, women. “The uniform specifications of the dress outlines that female employees will don sarees, salwar kameez, while male employees will wear formal shirts and trousers,” the department said…
NEW DELHI: The Training Unit of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued two major notifications, detailing the mandatory professional development framework for Heads of Institutions and teachers in all CBSE-affiliated schools.According to an official release from the CBSE, these directives reinforce CBSE’s commitment to the implementation of the goals of the National…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the West Bengal government to let the untainted assistant teachers appointed through the botched up recruitment to continue to remain at work in light of the interest of students of class 9-12.The apex court, however, said that no non-teaching staff, tainted or otherwise teachers would be allowed…
As artificial intelligence makes its way into schools, a paradox is emerging. Many educators, concerned about cheating and shortcuts, are trying to limit student use of A.I. At the same time, teachers are increasingly using A.I. tools themselves, both to save time on rote tasks and to outsource some of their most meaningful work, like…
The Directorate of Education (DoE), Delhi, has released the official academic calendar for the 2025–26 session, confirming the dates for summer vacation in all government and government-aided schools in the national capital. According to the calendar, summer holidays will begin on May 11 and end on June 30, 2025.This annual break, coinciding with Delhi’s peak…
A literature teacher at Satellite High School in Brevard County, Florida, may become one of the first educators to lose her job for violating Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education law—legislation critics have widely dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.Melissa Calhoun, a 12-year veteran of the Brevard County Public Schools, is at the center of…
How Trump’s anti-DEI policy is changing speech in US classrooms When sixth-grade teacher Sarah Inama returned to her Idaho classroom one morning, she was told that a poster she had displayed for years — reading “Everyone is welcome here” — was now considered a personal political statement. The colorful sign, with letters in varying hues…
He failed to qualify for matching state campaign funds and fell short of the threshold to participate in two upcoming debates as he runs for governor of New Jersey. His spokesman works for a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and he has no paid campaign manager. But Sean Spiller has something the other five Democrats…