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Want to look at the PISA test questions and try them out yourself? Sample questions from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests have been published by the OECD, the organisation that conducts the tests. Check out the questions. If your children are about 15 years old or more, you could ask... National Education Finance Corporation - Why has the MHRD abandoned it? This seemed like a very good idea. The HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, proposed the idea for a National Education Finance Corporation in early 2010, and expanded on it in the Rajya Sabha by making a persuasive case for it. Under... Periscope 6 - MHRD on PISA Results, Inequity in education, Finland's schools The education establishment reacts to the PISA results for Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh. [Indian Express] Rattled over the dismal performance of Indian schools on a reputed international ranking system, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has asked the... India's participation in PISA 2009+ cycle: Results from Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu The detailed report on the PISA 2009+ cycle of tests including the results for the pilot in India in the states of Tamil Nadu (TN) and Himachal Pradesh (HP) has been published by the Australian Council for Educational Research, which... India's participation in PISA 2009+ Cycle: Terminology and Caveats There are many terms and concepts used in the PISA 2009+ report, which also lays out some caveats in interpreting the results, for Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in particular. This post looks at the terminology and the caveats described... India's participation in PISA 2009+ cycle: The Process The Indian Government seems to have been reluctant initially to participate in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. In reply to a question in Parliament on March 10th, 2008 by Rajya Sabha MP, Rahul Bajaj on the reasons... Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA): What? Why? How? Two states in India, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh, have participated for the first time in a pilot in the 2009 PISA round of testing. Here's some background information on PISA, documented for later reference. For a quick and handy... Conference Announcement: School Choice National Conference 2011 Catalysing Education for All: Intention, Innovation, and Implementation 2011 SCHOOL CHOICE NATIONAL CONFERENCE Wednesday, 21 December 2011, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi The Centre for Civil Society and the School Choice Campaign invite you to the third annual School Choice... Progress Report on the Implementation of the Right to Education Act The Right To Education is now justiciable in India with the coming into effect of the Right To Education Action on April 1, 2010. If the State does not do all that it must do as per the Act, within... Teacher Eligibility Test for all school teachers in India Qualifying in a Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is now mandatory for all existing and aspiring primary and middle school teachers in the country, with the passing of the Right To Education Act. The National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) has...