English Textbook

UGC has asked universities to allow students to write exams in local languages even if the course is offered in English medium, while arranging evaluators and encouraging the translation of textbooks, according to Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar.

The panel's chief Anurag Kundu said the chapter titled 'The Little Girl' narrates the story of a girl Kezia, who is scared of her father and is constantly threatened by him to a point that it starts impacting her speech

The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights has asked NCERT to modify or replace a chapter in Class IX English textbook, claiming that it normalises "violent masculinity".

As part of an agreement signed today, textbooks and other educational materials of Classes 1 to 12 of all the subjects of Hindi and English medium will be converted into Indian Sign Language in digital format.

Sita was "abducted" by Lord Rama, says a textbook of Class XII in Gujarat. As the blooper in the English version of Sanskrit subject came to light, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB) today described it as a translation error and ordered an inquiry.

The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), the highest body to advise the central and state governments in the field of education, is meeting tomorrow.

'G' is for gun, 'S' is for sniper and 'B' is for battle in ISIS English textbooks for kids, according to a media report.

A brief look at it tells us that 3,76,791 students study in 1,231 schools of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai dotted across the city. The students learn in languages ranging from Marathi to English, Semi-English, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada and more.The deeper one looks at this system, the more surprises it throws up.

Maria Sharapova, who tested positive for banned substance meldonium at this year's Australian Open, is set to be expunged from English textbooks in Goan schools

An independent education panel in the Indian state of Rajasthan caused a firestorm by almost completely erasing the legacy of the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, from a draft school textbook, the Indian Express reported.

A chapter on Sachin Tendulkar has been included in Marathi and English subject textbooks, meaning that Class IV students will now get to learn about the 'God of cricket'.

Following news reports, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has seized copies of a book of English alphabets for nursery students that carried violent words such as bomb and 'chakoo' (knife) and slapped a show cause notice on the school that had prescribed the book. UP Joint Education Director Vikas Srivastava led the raid to St. Marks School in Uday...

Basic facts of life: exams are universally dreaded; kids do not adore textbooks; some subjects are bound to inspire more terror than others. But how categorically should an 11-year-old have to fear and loathe the above phenomena to fake his own kidnapping a day before the English Language test? Ask the Standard VI boy who, inspired by an over-the-t...

UGC has asked universities to allow students to write exams in local languages even if the course is offered in English medium, while arranging evaluators and encouraging the translation of textbooks, according to Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar.

The panel's chief Anurag Kundu said the chapter titled 'The Little Girl' narrates the story of a girl Kezia, who is scared of her father and is constantly threatened by him to a point that it starts impacting her speech

The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights has asked NCERT to modify or replace a chapter in Class IX English textbook, claiming that it normalises "violent masculinity".

As part of an agreement signed today, textbooks and other educational materials of Classes 1 to 12 of all the subjects of Hindi and English medium will be converted into Indian Sign Language in digital format.

Sita was "abducted" by Lord Rama, says a textbook of Class XII in Gujarat. As the blooper in the English version of Sanskrit subject came to light, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB) today described it as a translation error and ordered an inquiry.

The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), the highest body to advise the central and state governments in the field of education, is meeting tomorrow.

'G' is for gun, 'S' is for sniper and 'B' is for battle in ISIS English textbooks for kids, according to a media report.

A brief look at it tells us that 3,76,791 students study in 1,231 schools of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai dotted across the city. The students learn in languages ranging from Marathi to English, Semi-English, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada and more.The deeper one looks at this system, the more surprises it throws up.

Maria Sharapova, who tested positive for banned substance meldonium at this year's Australian Open, is set to be expunged from English textbooks in Goan schools

An independent education panel in the Indian state of Rajasthan caused a firestorm by almost completely erasing the legacy of the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, from a draft school textbook, the Indian Express reported.

A chapter on Sachin Tendulkar has been included in Marathi and English subject textbooks, meaning that Class IV students will now get to learn about the 'God of cricket'.

Following news reports, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has seized copies of a book of English alphabets for nursery students that carried violent words such as bomb and 'chakoo' (knife) and slapped a show cause notice on the school that had prescribed the book. UP Joint Education Director Vikas Srivastava led the raid to St. Marks School in Uday...

Basic facts of life: exams are universally dreaded; kids do not adore textbooks; some subjects are bound to inspire more terror than others. But how categorically should an 11-year-old have to fear and loathe the above phenomena to fake his own kidnapping a day before the English Language test? Ask the Standard VI boy who, inspired by an over-the-t...