Current Affairs-Indian Education Sector

The dynamism of the Indian education industry happens to be a key area of interest to many different kinds of parties at the moment. To keep in pace with its many exciting changes being introduced by the government this post would touch upon the current affairs and interesting developments in the education industry.


1. One of most important initiatives taken up in this sector is to reduce the enormous stress on the students leaving high school. The proposal to hold a single entrance exam for medical and engineering colleges from 2013 should go some way towards achieving this. The move will reduce the number of entrance exams aspiring medical and engineering students in the country typically have to face.

2. The joint entrance examination (JEE) for admission to the IITs is likely to become history from 2013 as the central government decided to work on a common entrance test.

3. All school boards across India will have a common curriculum in science and mathematics for Classes 11 and 12 from the 2011 academic year to give students a level playing field and help them in competitive examinations.

4. In a step aimed at enhancing the acceptability of open schooling system, the government is considering framing a policy which will enable regular schools adapt distance education programme. Of the 1 crore children in the age group of 14-18 years who currently pursue secondary education, 16 lakh are doing it through open schooling system. The Govt. Aims to increase it to 1.5 crore by 2020.

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