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Sanjay Kumar
On R-Day, Remember the Country is Committed to Scientific Temper
26 Jan 2022
The scientific temper is linked with social, political and ideological trends in any society, but in India, the elite stranglehold still prevails over science and progress.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
80% of Indian Children Learnt Lesser During the Pandemic: UNICEF Report
10 Sep 2021
UNICEF urged governments to prioritise the safe reopening of all schools, while also ensuring that children are able to pursue quality learning remotely if necessary.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
School Education Not Equally Accessible For All, Shows UDISE+ Data
09 Jul 2021
While private unaided schools comprise 22.38% of the total number of schools in India, they saw a whopping 37.13% of total enrolments during 2019-2020.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
With Poor Infrastructure, Lack of Facilities Govt Schools Perform Worst Across India: Report
06 Jul 2021
Over two lakh schools do not have a library facility, nine lakh schools do not have functional computer facilities for the students, and over 11 lakh schools do not have internet facilities, states…
Sudhir Kumar Suthar, Shailza Singh
How Online Education Deviates from Vision of Constitution
16 Jun 2020
The constitutional ethic of fostering socialisation for an equal society cannot be fulfilled by limiting the idea of education to supplying teaching material to students.
Newsclick Report
Parliamentary Panel Finds over 40% Govt Schools Across India Don’t Have Electricity and Playgrounds
09 Mar 2020
It is not just about electricity, playground and boundary walls, but the government schools lack infrastructure—classrooms, library, labs, etc.
Ravi Kaushal
IIMC Students Begin Indefinite Hunger Strike Following New Circular on Fee Hike
18 Feb 2020
Students allege that the rising fees in the institute has also deprived students from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, with reserved seats remaining vacant in several departments.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Union Budget: FDI and NEP Will Privatise Higher Education
04 Feb 2020
The Union government’s spending on education as a percentage of GDP has seen a constant decline during the six years of Modi government at the Centre.
Newsclick Report
Proportion of Girls Enrolled in Govt Institutions Higher Than Boys: ASER Report
16 Jan 2020
According to the report, among 4-5 year old children, 56.8% of girls and 50.4% boys are enrolled in government schools or pre-schools while 43.2% girls and 49.6% boys are enrolled in private pre-…
Vikram Singh
Fee Hike Means Further Exclusion of Common Students from Education
19 Nov 2019
It is nothing but backdoor privatisation of public educational institutions where students have to bear the cost of their education and the government is withdrawing from its responsibility by not…