CHILDREN – SCHEMES

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme  Children in the age group 0-6 years constitute around 158 million of the population of India (2011 census). These Children are the future human resource of the... Read more »

SECTIONS – CHILDREN – Childcare and protection-

CHILD CARE Reforms 1]Adoption 2]Child welfare committe to be constituted in every district 3]Child abuse including child neglect should be made stringent punishment Central Adoption and Response Authority(CARA) ^central data base pooling... Read more »

SECTIONS – CHILDREN – Continue

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children (UNCRC), 1989 #child is considered to be less than 18 years of age #four components Right to Survival Right to Protection Right to development... Read more »

SECTIONS – CHILDREN

Issues health : mortality, malnutrition education : child labour, child marriage violence : imotional, physical, and sexual domestic labour : parents bring children to work streat children : failure of govt machinery... Read more »

SECTIONS – SCHEDULED CASTE

16% of India’s population #Issues 1]Social discrimination based on caste – mainly reflected in job orientation towards manual scavengers, manhole cleaners, municipal cleaners……SECC report says 1.8 lakh households involved in manual scavenging... Read more »

SECTIONS – Scheduled Tribes

population – 8% 0f India Features Distinctive cultures and traditions Geigraphical isolation Primitive lifestyle Low standards Issues land deorivetion and alienation : no legal mechanism, therefore they are exploited by clan ownership... Read more »

SECTORS – HUMAN RESOURSE

Human resourse is considered in skill level and employment EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS IN INDIA Unemployment Rate in India increased to 3.52 percent in 2017 from 3.51 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in India... Read more »

NEW EDUCATION POLICY

The National Policy on Education (NPE) is a policy formulated by the Government of India to promote education amongst India’s people. The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and... Read more »

HIGHER EDUCATION

CHALLENGES #Affordability #Supply vs demand gap #Quality : poor R&D, lack of high quality infrastructure, lack of industry academy link #low govt investment and commercialisation of education #Outdated learning process, currculam and... Read more »

SECONDARY EDUCATION

ISSUES #Low enrollement ratio #Low quality #No of schools are less RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIC SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RMSA) >launched in March, 2009 Objective To enhance access to secondary education Improving quality of education imparted... Read more »