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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...

Chandigarh: In a one-of-its-kind morale booster for government school students, Chandigarh's education department has awarded laptops to two Class 12 toppers - one a student in a city government school and the other a rural school student.Laptops have been awarded to Pankaj Kumar and Lakshay Manchanda, toppers in the government school category in village and city, respectively.Lakshay was a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS) in Sector-16 and scored 94.6 percent in the commerce stream in Class 12 and Pankaj Kumar, a student of Government Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra town, scored 88 percent in the vocational stream in Class 12."It came as a surprise to me when I came to know that the administration is awarding a laptop to me. I knew that I will secure good marks but I had never thought of topping in the entire city," said a jubilant Manchanda."I have taken admission in B.Com honours at Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) in New Delhi. The...

By Siddharth Srivastava NEW DELHI - Stung by criticism that the lack of higher learning institutions is contributing to an acute shortage of skilled manpower, the Indian government has taken out its red marker and set out to correct its once-renowned education system. New Delhi is looking to start nine new Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) this year, to add to the existing seven. Eight new IITs, regarded as among the top schools in the world, are proposed for Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab provinces. Additionally, Benaras Hindu University will be converted into a full-fledged IIT. The IITs and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), which are also to be expanded, are the two pedestals of the Indian education system, with alumni now employed as managers and engineers around the world. The IIMs and IITs function under a government charter and figure among lists of the world's 100 best management and technolog...