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NCERT grants copyright to 12 states for using textbooks

New Delhi: Bringing parity in the school curricula across the country, the National Council for Education Research & Training (NCERT) has granted 'Copyright' to 12 states to use its textbooks in their respective state board schools. The states which have been granted the NCERT Copyright include Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab and Goa. 31.3 percent of senior secondary level students will now be able to read the textbooks prepared by NCERT. The move to grant copyright is in keeping with the mandate of National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005. An NCERT official said, "The move would also do away with any disparities among the state boards and give students enough confidence to compete at the national level with ease." The course content will be provided by NCERT and the state boards would be in-charge of getting the textbook printed and translating the content in their respective r...

Goa announces Post-Matric scholarship for minority communities

Panaji: With an aim to help minority community students pursue higher education, the Government of Goa has invited applications for its Post Matric Scholarship scheme. The objective of the scheme is to award scholarship to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections of Minority Communities. Students belonging to the minority communities (notified by the Central Government under Section 2© of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992) who are pursuing higher education from class XI up to the Ph.D level are eligible to apply for the scholarship. This also includes technical / vocational courses of Industrial Training Institutes / Industrial Training Centres (affiliated with NCVT / Goa University) in Government-aided institutes recognized by appropriate authority for Post Matric Scholarship to be awarded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Government of India). Application in the prescribed format along with requisite documents should be submitted to the Departm...

Goa announces Post-Matric scholarship for minority communities

Panaji: With an aim to help minority community students pursue higher education, the Government of Goa has invited applications for its Post Matric Scholarship scheme. The objective of the scheme is to award scholarship to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections of Minority Communities. Students belonging to the minority communities (notified by the Central Government under Section 2© of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992) who are pursuing higher education from class XI up to the Ph.D level are eligible to apply for the scholarship. This also includes technical / vocational courses of Industrial Training Institutes / Industrial Training Centres (affiliated with NCVT / Goa University) in Government-aided institutes recognized by appropriate authority for Post Matric Scholarship to be awarded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Government of India). Application in the prescribed format along with requisite documents should be submitted to the Depart...