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B.Ed degree holders plan protests as SC declares them unfit for primary school jobs

Lakhs of B.Ed degree holders are now ineligible for primary school teaching jobs.

Govt allocates Rs 1037.90 crore to New India Literacy Programme for next 5 years: MoE

New India Literacy Programme aims to cover a target of 5 crore learners during the five years under the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy component.

Kerala to ‘pressurise’ centre to restore pre-matric scholarship for Classes 1-8

Pre-Matric Scholarship: Kerala received 8 lakh applications by July, 80% from Classes 1-8, said K Radhakrishnan on behalf of CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

UGC has ‘no proposal’ to absorb ad-hoc teachers: Education Ministry

MoS education informed the Parliament that there is “No proposal under consideration” in UGC to absorb the ad-hoc teachers as permanent teachers.