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India a ‘target country’ for Finland’s Talent Boost program

The PIE News

The schools, which blend the Finnish National Core Curriculums with elements of Indias National Education Policy, serve as a key component of Finlands soft diplomacy. With Finlands education system influencing NEP greatly, Lhdevirta believes the Finnish model can offer some valuable contributions to India.

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UGC announces new draft guidelines for educational programs in India

The PIE News

These proposed changes emphasise flexibility, inclusivity, and multidisciplinary learning, aligning with India’s National Education Policy 2020. Higher education institutions that are prepared for the change can admit students twice a year, once in July/August and again in January/February.

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Cultivating global learner ownership from high school to higher education

The PIE News

This can range from using STEM skills to create solutions for issues around climate change, in the fields of medicine and engineering, or in the productive use of artificial intelligence – to the societal and economic challenges of a globalised society, where world conflict and economic distress can be felt across borders.

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Labour wants to create opportunities for all. Can its education pledges narrow the divide?

The Guardian - Higher Education

Lack of funds is a big issue in state schools, with experts wanting Labour to be bolder with its spending plans UK election live – latest updates Labour appears poised to win a historic election victory on 4 July.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks - The father of multicultural education: In these troubling anti-EDI times. Journal of Education Policy, 25 (2), 253-276. The racial nexus between social disaster, housing wealth, and public policy. Educational Researcher, 46, 6, 305-322. Gillborn, D. The mismeasure of man (Rev. and expanded). Henricks, K.

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Civil Rights Group Details Opposition to McMahon Education Nomination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McCain outlined four major concerns about McMahon's nomination, including her apparent support for dismantling the Department of Education, her limited educational experience, and her role in developing controversial education policies through the America First Policy Institute (AFPI). If the Senate confirms Ms.