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Shilpa Shaji
Kerala SSLC Results: Govt’s Retort to Naysayers
02 Jul 2020
Despite apprehensions, the state government had taken the decision to conduct the exam and eliminate the uncertainty troubling the students.
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DU Extends Summer Vacations, Ad-hoc Staff’s Concerns Remain Unanswered
01 Jul 2020
With no proper guidelines over joining of DU faculty, uncertainties loom large over the vacation salaries of around 4,500 ad-hoc teachers.
Mukulika R
Kerala’s “First Bell”: A Mass Movement to Democratise Digital Education
30 Jun 2020
The state is now witnessing a historic mass movement that could give us crucial lessons on both how to save public education and democratise virtual learning.
Ayaskant Das
Private Firm with Dubious Record to Conduct Examinations for Odisha’s Largest Technical University
29 Jun 2020
Students have also been protesting against the online examinations, insisting that results be declared through a ‘normalisation’ process.
Saurabh Sharma
‘Food is a Priority, Not the Internet’: India’s Schools’ Rush for Online Education Runs into Digital Divide
29 Jun 2020
With low internet penetration among the economically weaker sections, the absence of a smartphone in the house has led to another unforeseen set of problems.
PTI
SFI Begins State-wide Survey on Efficacy of Online Classes in West Bengal
27 Jun 2020
Respondents in urban and rural areas are being asked to reply to queries about economic status and accessibility to internet and smartphone.
PTI
Over 50 Student, Youth Groups Write to Javadekar, Want Draft EIA on Hold
25 Jun 2020
It will be “destructive for ecology”, says letter signed by students from government and private universities, such as JNU, AMU, Jindal Global, Ashoka University, IISER.
PTI
Private School Guardians Protest in Kolkata, Demand Fee Waiver
25 Jun 2020
Can consider exceptional cases but we need to pay staff, say private school managers.
Vijay Prashad
Billions of Children Are Being Punished by the Pandemic
23 Jun 2020
No amount of privatisation or philanthropy can solve the problems of the digital divide and of violence against children.
Yogesh K Negi
2G in the Times of 4G: Unending Lockdowns Take Toll on Kashmiri Students
22 Jun 2020
Similarly, the media and the mainstream political voices of the country need to be questioned on their silence on this selective discrimination faced by citizens of their own country.