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46)Republic Day 2019: 'Nari shakti', military might on show at parade

India Republic Day -- Currently, India celebrated its 70th Republic Day. The bash began wi th the ceremonial parade at Rajpath, amid tight security in Delhi. Primary Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to the martyrs by laying a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti in the presence of Support Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with the three service chiefs. The principle guest of this Republic Time was South African Director Cyril Ramaphosa. At the unfurling of the tricolour, the group played the national anthem with a 21-gun salute terminated in the background. Many senior market leaders, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Extramarital relationships Minister Sushma Swaraj, along with former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and Deve Gowda, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Ghulam Nabi Azad and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were some of those present on the occasion. The entire theme for the Republic Time celebrations this year is the a hundred and fiftieth birth anniver
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International Standard Classification of Education

The International Standard Classification of Education ( ISCED ) is a statistical framework for organizing information on education maintained by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It is a member of the international family of economic and social classifications of the United Nations.
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History

The ISCED was designed in the early 1970s to serve ‘as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling and presenting statistics of education both within individual countries and internationally. The first version, known as ISCED 1976, was approved by the International Conference on Education (Geneva, 1975), and was subsequently endorsed by UNESCO’s 19th General Conference in 1976. The second version, known as ISCED 1997, was approved by the UNESCO General Conference at its 29th session in November 1997 as part of efforts to increase the international comparability of education statistics. It covered primarily two cross-classification variables: levels (7) and fields of education (25). The UNESCO Institute for Statistics led the development of a third version, which was adopted by UNESCO’s 36th General Conference in November 2011 and which will replace ISCED 1997 in international data collections in the coming years. ISCED 2011 has 9 rather than 7 levels, created by dividing the ter
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2011 version

ISCED 2011 levels of education and comparison with ISCED 1997 edit Level ISCED 2011 Description Corresponding ISCED 1997 level 0 Early childhood Education (01 Early childhood educational development) Education designed to support early development in preparation for participation in school and society. Programmes designed for children below the age of 3. None Early childhood Education (02 Pre-primary education) Education designed to support early development in preparation for participation in school and society. Programmes designed for children from age 3 to the start of primary education. Level 0: Pre-primary education. 1 Primary education Programmes typically designed to provide students with fundamental skills in reading, writing and mathematics and to establish a solid foundation for learning. Level 1: Primary education or first stage of basic education. 2 Lower secondary education First stage of secondary education building on primary education, typically
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1997 version

ISCED 1997 levels of education edit Level Description Principal characteristics 0 Pre-primary education Initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to develop their cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills. Designed for children from age 3 to the start of primary education. 1 Primary education or first stage of basic education Normally starting between the ages of 5 – 7, designed to give a sound basic education in reading, writing and mathematics along with an elementary understanding of other subjects. 2 Lower secondary education or second stage of basic education Designed to complete basic education, usually on a more subject-oriented pattern. It builds upon the learning outcomes from primary education (ISCED level 1) and aims to lay the foundation for lifelong learning and human development. 3 Upper secondary education More specialized education typically beginning at age 15
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