Category: High School Education

School Holidays list January 2024: Schools closed on these dates; Check here

Riko Dwianto,
As January unfolds, students across India eagerly anticipate the resumption of classes after the winter break. While the exact dates for school holidays in January 2024 may vary depending on the state and school board, the beginning of the year brings a sense of renewed energy and focus.
Students begin the next phase of their academic journey, inspired by the new year’s possibilities and opportunities. Although January does not typically mark the end of the academic year, it does represent a fresh start and an opportunity for students to set new academic goals and be active participate in the learning process.
Here is a list of school holidays in the first month of the year 2024. Let’s have a look.
Day and Date
 Name
Monday, January 1, 2024 New Year’s Day
Sunday, January 14, 2024 Lohri
Monday, January 15, 2024 Pongal
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
Thursday, January 25, 2024 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday
Friday, January 26, 2024 Republic Day

Monday, January 1, 2024 – New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day, on the first of January, is a worldwide celebration symbolizing new beginnings, resolutions, and the promise of a fresh start.
Sunday, January 14, 2024 – Lohri
Lohri,

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Akron North High students, staff fight for building to be replaced

Riko Dwianto,
North High School sophomore Dev Bhujel spoke to the Akron Public Schools board Monday night about replacing North High School.

Floor boards that are warped from water damage. Classrooms that are either 55 degrees or 85 degrees. Ceilings that leak, and in some cases, partially collapse into classrooms around students trying to learn.

The conditions at North High School were abysmal, students and staff told the school board Monday, begging the board not to delay the replacement of their building or hinge the project on the passage of a levy.

“Somehow, North went from being a certainty to a possibility, and other groups’ want to take precedence over our basic needs,” Janice Weaver, an academy principal at North, said during public comment. “Once again, North’s 1,000 combined students and staff are being left behind, and we risk continuing to miss out on the equity that the rest of the district receives.”

North is the latest neighborhood or school community to pack a board meeting in recent weeks to advocate for its place in the district’s long-term facilities plan that is still awaiting a board vote.

The plan currently up for review calls for North High to be replaced, but in the second phase of the plan, and not before the passage of a permanent improvement levy to pay off the

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Twice-a-year boards to be rolled out in 2024: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Riko Dwianto,
Speaking to TOI’s Manash Gohain, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the new textbooks for classes III to VI, classes IX and XI will be ready for the 2024-25 academic session and the remaining in 2025-26.
Excerpts from the interview:
Parents and schools are confused about when the twice-a-year board exams are going to be rolled out.
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for schools, based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommendations was notified and as per its recommendations the new school syllabus is being designed. NEP made recommendations for assessments and exams, which have been dealt with in a detailed manner in the NCF. Now we have reached the implementation phase.

Currently board exams are being conducted at the end of classes X and XII, annually. Reforming that, now each of these exams will be offered twice, which however is optional for students. Based on preparation, a student can take the exam once or twice and the best score will be taken. This will ease the pressure on children from the stress of one exam.
This twice-a-year board format will be rolled out from the 2024-25 academic year. Which means this will be adopted from the 2025 board

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Interim Budget 2024-25: School education gets record allocation of over Rs 73,000 crore

Riko Dwianto,
In the highest-ever allocation for the Department of School Education and Literacy, the government has allocated more than Rs 73,000 crore for school education in the interim Budget for 2024-25 announced on Thursday. The allocation has increased to Rs 73,008.10 crore from Revised Estimates (RE) of Rs 72,473.80 crore in the previous fiscal. The government had allocated Rs 68,804.85 crore to the department last year.

The budget for PM SHRI, a Ministry of Education (MoE) scheme which seeks to upgrade existing government schools to model schools, has risen from Rs 2,800 crore in 2023-24 (RE) to Rs 6,050 crore in 2024-25 — an increase of Rs 3,250 crore.

“The government is committed to empowering Amrit Peedhi, the Yuva. Our prosperity depends on fully equipping and empowering the youth. The National Education Policy 2020 is ushering in transformational reforms. PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) are delivering quality teaching, and nurturing holistic and well-rounded individuals,” Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the interim Budget in the Lok Sabha.

Budget Highlights 2024: FM’s top talking points

The outlay for all important schemes, such as the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas has seen an increase this year.

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The Class of 2023 lost everything to COVID. Then they fought back

Riko Dwianto,

One day there was school, and the next day the classrooms were closed. 

Members of the class of 2023 were freshmen in high school or college, still getting used to their new normal. Suddenly, nothing was normal. 

Vacated schools became meal- and laptop-delivery hubs. Dorms closed. Siblings clustered at the kitchen table, headphones on. They tried to follow a teacher who had become a square on a screen. They lost learning so fewer people lost lives. Even small children learned to say “You’re muted.”  

They were teenagers and 20-somethings, and their lives had been muted.

No staying after class to ask a quick question. No flirting with a cute classmate. College students hungry for independence found themselves trapped at home. 

When they did return to the classroom, instead of proms and activities, they had masks and nose swabs. School, for some the only safe place, wasn’t safe anymore. Still, they did what it took to keep going.

The USA TODAY Network spoke with more than a dozen seniors from colleges and high schools across the nation. Some were celebrating their graduation. Some hadn’t made it there. They talked about their depression, their loneliness, their isolation. Also the talents they discovered,

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Florida Senate passes scaled-back school ‘deregulation’ plan

Riko Dwianto,

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a suite of bills aimed at “deregulation” of public schools, with one measure undergoing a significant change that nixed a provision related to the state’s third-grade literacy policy after it was heavily criticized by former Gov. Jeb Bush.

The legislative package, a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, is aimed at what she characterized as “cutting red tape” and taking burdensome regulations off the books for schools.

Included in the plan is a proposal (SB 7004) that would make changes related to state assessments and instructions. For example, the bill would remove a requirement that high-school students pass the state’s tenth-grade English-language arts exams in order to graduate. Instead, the exam would count for 30 percent of the student’s final course grade.

The measure would also do away with a requirement that students pass an Algebra I end-of-course exam in order to earn a diploma.

Bill sponsor Corey Simon, a Tallahassee Republican, has touted the deregulation effort as a way to let teachers place more focus on classroom instruction, which he has said would benefit students.

“Over the years, our education code has only grown. And there are great ideas from

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How PE Boosts Student Mental Health

Riko Dwianto,

Physical Education (PE) is more than fitting up in gym clothes to run on a track, learning the basics of different sports, or participating in the presidential fitness test. It involves a lot of physical activity to be sure, but the PE curriculum also includes mental, social, and emotional education.

“A successful PE program can literally change the way a school functions as a whole,” says Erika Mundt, a PE teacher at Iowa West City High School in Iowa. “PE involves cooperative learning, acceptance of yourself and others, learning to try new things no matter how good you are, communication, and problem solving.”

Erika Mundt

Mundt, who was the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America High School PE Teacher of the Year in 2018, says physical activity during the school day is essential for student mental health, especially coming out of the pandemic.

“I just hope that school districts and administrators take into consideration PE when they are trying to catch up with the pandemic,” says Mundt, “and realize that cutting PE and cutting activity time isn’t the way to get students to learn more. PE is an efficient way to help kids learn more.”

They learn more, and stress

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Meghalaya board exam 2024: Class 10, 12 date sheet out; check schedule here

Riko Dwianto,
The Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) has released the schedule for Meghalaya Board Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) class 10and Higher Secondary School Leaving Certification (HSLC) class 12 exams 2024.
Students who are registered to appear for the exam can check the date sheet and download it from the official website at www.mbose.in.
According to the official notice, the Meghalaya board exams 2024 will commence on March 04, 2024 for class 10 students; and March 01, 2024 for class 12 students.
Date sheet for class 10 and class 12
According to the notification, the Meghalaya Board exams will be held from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm The examination hall will open at 9:30 am The question paper will be handed out at 9:45 am, followed by the answer sheet five minutes later. Theory exams for vocational subjects are only scheduled for an hour, from 10 am to 11 am
Class 10 (SSLC) 2024 date sheet
DATE DAY SUBJECT
03-04-2024 MONDAY English
03-06-2024 WEDNESDAY Science and Technology
03-08-2024 FRIDAY Indian Languages/Additional English
03-11-2024 MONDAY Mathematics/Special Mathematics
03-13-2024 WEDNESDAY Health and Physical Education/Computer Science/Vocational Subject
03-15-2024 FRIDAY Social Science

Class 12 (HSLC) 2024 date sheet

Date Day Subject(s)
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Why Is Education Important? | Purpose of Education

Riko Dwianto,

Education is typically divided into three categories: formal education, informal education, and non-formal education.

Formal education
Formal education is the type that is typically conducted in a classroom setting in an academic institution. This is where students are taught basic skills such as reading and writing, as well as more advanced academic lessons.
Also known as ‘formal learning’, it usually begins in elementary school and culminates in post-secondary education. It is provided by qualified teachers or professors and follows a curriculum.

Informal education
Informal education, on the other hand, is the type that is done outside the premises of an academic institution. Often, this is when a person learns skills or acquires knowledge from home, when visiting libraries, or browsing educational websites through a device. Learning from the elders in one’s community can also be an important form of informal education.

Such education is often not planned or deliberate, nor does it follow a regimented timetable or a specific curriculum. It is spontaneous and may also be described as a natural form of education.

Non-formal education
Non-formal education has qualities similar to both formal and informal education. It follows a timetable and is systemically implemented but not necessarily conducted within …

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Lincoln’s Standing Bear High School opens doors for the first time

Riko Dwianto,

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The brand-new Standing Bear High School opened its doors for the first day of school on Monday with a pep rally for the class of 2027.

That will be the first class to spend all four years there.

This year, the school at 70th Street and Saltillo Road will teach freshmen and sophomores. Not enough juniors were interested this year, school administrators said.

SEE ALSO: Lincoln’s Standing Bear High School will open without juniors and seniors

The freshmen are excited to get started and create the school culture from scratch.

“I feel like being able to create your own culture and leave your mark for everyone to be able to use that is kind of amazing,” Renton Laholt said.

Typically, students who move to a new school feel alone and nervous because they don’t know anybody.

But with this situation, those nerves are shared by everyone.

“It’s everyone’s, like, fresh start, and everyone’s starting over,” freshman Jane Balck said. “So I’m not the only one that’s nervous or trying to, like, fit in or whatever.”

The high school building may be a carbon copy of Lincoln Northwest, but there are some differences in what goes on

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