Government to expand NIOS outreach to bring back out-of-school children, target full enrolment by 2030 | India News – The Times of India

Government to expand NIOS outreach to bring back out-of-school children, target full enrolment by 2030 | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union education ministry will launch a nationwide drive to identify and enrol out-of-school and dropout children through the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), as part of efforts to achieve 100% gross enrolment ratio (GER) from pre-school to secondary level by 2030.Data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2023-24 shows nearly 2…

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Economic Survey: Degrees are rising, job certainty isn’t; tomorrow’s Budget gets tested here – The Times of India

Economic Survey: Degrees are rising, job certainty isn’t; tomorrow’s Budget gets tested here – The Times of India

Education sector is India’s operating system and the operating system is only as good as its handover. Image: AI generated. Tomorrow’s Union Budget will arrive with its familiar vocabulary—“skilling”, “capacity”, ‘future-ready youth’. Fine. But the Economic Survey 2025–26 has already reminded us of something budgets often forget: Education isn’t a sector you ‘announce’ for one…

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Union Budget 2026: Education sector bets on skilling, digital infra and teacher upskilling – The Times of India

Union Budget 2026: Education sector bets on skilling, digital infra and teacher upskilling – The Times of India

As the Union Budget 2026–27 approaches, education stakeholders across schools, higher education, skilling, and edtech are calling for focused policy measures and financial support to strengthen learning outcomes, employability, and workforce readiness. These expectations come amid a steady rise in education allocations over the past few years and an increased emphasis on execution and infrastructure.The…

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Schools see better retention but transition to higher grades remains difficult: Report | India News – The Times of India

Schools see better retention but transition to higher grades remains difficult: Report | India News – The Times of India

Representative Image (AI-generated) India’s school education system shows visible progress but persistent gaps continue to challenge the next phase of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Enrolment in classes IX to XII, especially among boys, digital infrastructure deficits, and teacher shortages in rural areas remain serious concerns. Dropout rates, though declining, trouble states like West…

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