August 3, 2017 - UPSCTREE

Environment-Acid Mine Drainage and its Environmental Repercussions !!!

2017-08-03T13:55:45+05:30

Water is considered mining’s biggest casualty of all time given the huge scale at which mining of different types are advancing in today’s world. Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the largest repercussions of mining on water resources. It is a risk associated with all kinds of hardrock mines for extraction of useful metals and a significant number of coal mines suffer from acid mine drainage. […]

Society-The sordid tale of teacher education in India !!!

UPSCTREE2017-08-03T13:47:56+05:30

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was established in 1993 by an Act of Parliament. It is the all-powerful regulatory body for the teacher education system in the country, consisting of the Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) that run bachelor of education (BEd) and diploma in education (DEd) programmes to prepare teachers, and masters in education (MEd) programmes to prepare teacher educators. […]