03-01-2018, 04:38 PM
Education in post Independence period
*NCERT, The National Council of Educational Research and Training an apex organisation of Education in India was set up in
Ans : 1961 (headquarters -New Delhi) National Bal Bhavan was formed in 1956 *Founder father of National Bal Bhavan
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru
*Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangham was established in, 1962 for educational needs of the children of transferable Central Govt, employees.
EDUCATION CONCURRENT LIST
*Education is included in the Concurrent list by
Ans : 42nd Constitutional Amendment of 1976
* Education becomes the fundamental right through
Ans : 86th Constitutionl Amendment 2002
*The article added by the 86th Constitutional Amendment
Ans : Article 21 A,
*The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act; came into force from
Ans : 1stApril 2010
*Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan was founded on Ans : November 7,1938 by Dr. K.M. Munshi. *Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya was established in
Ans : 1986
*Founder of Navodya Vidyalaya
Ans : Rajiv Gandhi
*Navodya Vidyalaya is present in all Indian states except
Ans : Tamil Nadu.
*SCERT (State Council of Educational Research and Training) was established in Ans : 1994
*National Elementary Education Mission (NEEM) was formed for the universalisation of Elementary
Education in 1995
*National Literacy Mission (NLM) was launched in the year
Ans : 1988
*NLM received the UNESCO Noma Literacy prize in 1999
*The programme launched in 1987-88 to bring about substantial improvement in primary schools
Ans : Operation Blackboard
*D.P.E.P (District Primary Education Programme) was launched in
Ans : 1994
*Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in
Ans : 2001 (replaced DPEP)
New Info
*Web portal launched recently by Central Government for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to capture and showcase
innovations and progress in elementary education sector of India
Ans : Sha Gun
Days to Remember
*National Hindi - September 14
*Day National Science Day - February 28
*National Mathematics Day - December 22
*National Teachers Day - September 5
*World Teachers Day - October 5
*Engineers Day' - September 15
*World Book Day - April 23
*World Literacy Day - September 8
*World Computer Literacy - December 2
