Trending School News: From School Re-opening to Relaxation of Admissions Criteria

Ezyschooling presents the top news stories of this past week.

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In this video we cover the following news stories revolving around schools & admissions from around the nation:

1) As per the Directorate of Education, six months of age relaxation will be available to admission-seeking students by the Head of School.
The age relaxation will be up to four years for Divyang kids seeking admissions.
The government of Delhi has decided to relax the age bar for admissions into schools across the national capital. This conclusion has been taken by the Directorate of Education, Delhi, to make sure that no child is left behind when it comes to education.

2) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in partnership with Microsoft to introduced coding as a subject for students of Class 6-8 and data science syllabus for Class 8-12 as new skilling subjects in the 2021-2022 academic session. The coding and data science curriculum are focused on building critical thinking, computational skills, problem-solving skills, creativity and hands-on exposure to new technologies.
 
The subjects have been prepared in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

3) Amid the decreasing trend of COVID-19 across the country, several state and union territory (UT) governments have reopened schools. However, many of them are still planning to reopen schools and will make a choice concerning it post reviewing the COVID-19 situation in India in July. However, for a nationwide re-opening of education organizations, opinion is being taken by the Centre from states and UTs currently. When will schools and colleges reopen?
The decision on holding classes will not be taken until the situation is better. The main purpose of reopening is to speed up the process of admission and pending examination

Some of the UT’s are:
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Delhi
Madhya Pradesh
Telangana

4) Recurrent lockdowns at a different point in time due to Covid-19 have caused financial problems to millions of people in the country. Shutting down of business operations and loss of jobs have made many of them unable to afford to pay even their child’s school fees.
Till now, schools have been cooperating and not forcing the parents to pay the fee on time but the outstanding amount has risen so much that some schools have now started dropping students from online classes.
 
A respected school in Delhi NCR, Apeejay School, Noida, has dropped a girl student from online classes as her father offered to pay only 50 percent of the outstanding amount of Rs 1,53,602. 
 
“Now since they are promoted from class 10th to class 11th, the school says that it can’t offer them free education due to financial reasons,” advocate Ashok Agarwal, National President, All India Parents Association, said.
He added, “This is completely illegal. The school is built on land given by the government on throwaway price so it must impart free education to EWS students up to class 12.”
 
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