05.11.22 Daily [Assam] APSC Current Affairs

More than 4,000 schools, from primary to secondary levels, mostly under private management, shut down inAssambetween April 2021 and March 2022. The Education ministry has attributed this to the impact of Covid-19.

The Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report by the ministry published earlier this week shows that the impact of the pandemic forced 20,000 schools to close down across the country during the same period.

Sources in the state education department pointed out that the ‘s policy of amalgamation of government schools has also contributed to a noticeable decline in the number of schools in the state.
A decline in the number of schools has been reported from all the northeastern states.

The closure of the schools has also reduced the teacher strength both nationally and at the state level.

The teacher strength in the country from the primary to the higher secondary level, reduced from 96.96 lakh in 2020-2021 to 95.07 lakh in 2021-2022.
The number of teachers in Assam declined to 3.52 lakh in the latest report from 3.7 lakh, which accounts for nearly a 10% reduction in teacher strength in the country.

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organized Ganga Utsav – The River Festival 2022 on 4^thNovember at New Delhi in two sessions.

Ganga Utsav 2022 is dedicated to theAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsavthat is being observed to commemorate the 75 years of Indian Independence. As Ganga Utsav 2022 is held in the 75^thyear of independence, it is planned to have 75 separate events in Ganga and its tributary basin cities and towns, by August 2023, 3-day events in 15 major cities like Haridwar, Mathura, Delhi, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Kolkata etc., 1-day events in 60 smaller towns/cities, in which local and pan-India culture based events will be promoted.

The Army has approved five Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) for development of Niche technology by the Indian under Make-II route of DEFENCE procurement. The projects include High Frequency Man Packed Software Defined Radios (HFSDR), drone kill systems, Infantry Training Weapon Simulator (IWTS), Medium Range Precision Kill Systems (MRPKS) and 155mm Terminally Guided Munitions (TGM).

Make II projects are essentially industry funded projects involving design, development and innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes. An assurance of order is given after successful prototype development.