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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the UPSC CDS 1 2021 notification. Now, the candidates can apply for UPSC CDS 1 Exam 2021 through online mode from today onwards at our website. Apply Online for CDS - 1 - 2020 here The online applications will be accepted till 17 November 2020 . Check Online Application Link, Important Dates, Application Procedure, Eligibility, Selection Process Here. As per UPSC Calendar, UPSC CDS 1 Exam is scheduled to be held on 07 February 2021 (Sunday).  The candidates who would qualify in the exam shall be called for intelligence and personality test at the Service Selection Board. Selected candidates will get admission to the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala— Dehradun, Air Force Academy (AFA), Hyderabad and Officers’ Training Academy (OTA), Chennai (Madras). The final selection will be made in order of merit subject to medical fitness and suitability in all other respects and the number of vacancies availa...

India is ignoring the necessity for strong capacity building of the many NGOs engaged in educational improvement. For about three decades now, a large number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are intensively engaged in the task of improving elementary education in the country. A paper in the Economic & Political Weekly of May 2005, titled How Large Is India’s Non-Profit Sector?, estimates about three million paid workers in the voluntary sector through 1.2 million organisations. The paper estimates that 20.4% of this workforce (about 6 lakh workers) is engaged in education. According to a newspaper report, “India has 31 lakh NGOs, more than double the number of schools” (August 1, 2015), the number of NGOs in the country was more than 31 lakh — more than double the number estimated in the above mentioned paper. With these data, it should be a safe guess to estimate that there are now more than 12 lakh NGO workers engaged in education (even if there could be only 50% of...

One of the key announcements of the new National Education Policy, NEP 2020 has been the break-down of the existing 10+2 structure and introduction of the 5+3+3+4 structure of School Education. The policy aims at transforming circular and pedagogical structure from the existing 10 years + 2 years to a more inclusive foundational to secondary stage transition.  While the actual system would not change, in terms of the years a child spends within the formal education system in the country at school level, the new structure brings into fold the already existing play schools within the ambit of ‘formal education’. The new structure and comparison of the two explained below. To begin with, the actual number of years remain the same and this does not mean additional years. It can be perhaps looked at at play school, nursery or kindergarten classes combined with classes 1 and 2. Here’s a look at the new pedagogical structure proposed in comparison to the existing one. Today, a student (in...

Indian Army TGC 132 Recruitment 2020 | File Photo  Indian Army has issued a short notice on its official website for online application for Technical Graduate Course (TGC-132). The online application for Technical Graduate Course (TGC-132) will be commencing in January 2021, will open from July 28, 2020 at 1200 hrs to August 26, 2020 at 1200 hrs. Download the Official Notification here:  TGC-132 Official Notification Applications are invited from unmarried Male Engineering Graduates for 132nd Technical Graduate Course (commencing in January 2021 at Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun) for permanent commission in the Indian Army. A candidate must be unmarried male and must either be: (i) A citizen of India, or (ii) A subject of Bhutan, or (iii) A subject of Nepal, or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st of January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online at Join Indian Army website....