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Chhattisgarh Budget 2024:Education sector has seen an increase of almost 16% in allocation. School education gets Rs 21,489 crore.
Rajasthan has budgeted Rs 1,000 crore for books and uniforms; mid-day meal cooks and helpers will get a pay hike; 70,000 vacancies will be filled.
Kerala Budget Live: The pre-matric scholarship was scrapped for Classes 1-8 citing the Right to Education Act.
School Education Budget 2024: Outlay rises by Rs 4,200 crore. Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan sees small increase; mid-day meal gets Rs 800 crore more.
NLU Meghalaya has not joined CLAT and will be conducting its own admission tests for the first few years.
ASER 2023 Report: 56.7% of children in 14-18 age group can’t do basic division, 42% can’t read easy English sentences
Kerala SCERT will make new textbooks based on the KCF available for Classes 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Each will begin with the Preamble to the Constitution.