Day: July 28, 2026

New Virtual Meeting Rules Aim to Improve Monitoring and Faster Implementation

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Department has introduced stricter accountability measures for online review meetings, making the personal participation of senior education officials mandatory to improve administrative efficiency and ensure timely implementation of government programmes. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the department has issued fresh guidelines requiring Assistant Directors of Education (Basic) at the divisional level and District Basic Education Officers (BSA) at the district level to attend every online review meeting organised by the Directorate. The new directives seek to strengthen transparency, discipline and result-oriented…

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PARAKH 2024 Survey to Shape Classroom Reforms Across Uttar Pradesh Schools

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Department has launched a comprehensive plan to strengthen the quality of school education by acting on the findings of the PARAKH National Survey 2024. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the state will formulate district-specific strategies to improve student learning outcomes based on evidence from the national assessment. To initiate the process, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) will organise two state-level divisional workshops on July 28 and 29 at the Ganga Auditorium in Nishatganj, Lucknow. The workshops will…

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Book Review: The Cannon of Gold by Ajit Chak

Arijit Bose

A Quantum Leap into Lucknow’s Living History Title: The Cannon of Gold Author: Ajit Chak Series: Born in La Martiniere (Book 2) Format: Paperback / E-book (~93 pages) Publisher: Self-Published (2024/2025) Availability: Pothi.com, Amazon (~₹500) What happens when wartime imperative meets quantum theory in the heart of Awadh? In The Cannon of Gold, veteran journalist and author Ajit Chak delivers a compact, wildly imaginative historical sci-fi thriller that bridges World War II rhetoric, schoolyard legends, and alternate timelines. Spanning under 100 pages, this second entry in the Born in La…

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