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Assam Evictions Leave Students From Minority Section Deprived of Education
13 Nov 2021
Four closed schools and Anganwadi centres are part of the area where the Assam government carried out eviction drives to start an agricultural project, leading to thousands of people becoming…
Neelambaran A
A Decade After Implementation of RTE, 25% Reservation for Students Pending in Puducherry
16 Jul 2021
Replies received through RTI has confirmed that not even a single student has been admitted as per the RTE act in any of the schools in Puducherry.
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…
Vineet Bhalla
Education, a Casualty in the Pandemic Violating Rights of Students
10 Apr 2021
With the Covid-19 pandemic affecting all sectors of the country, education too has been hit.
Varsha Torgalkar
Why School Dropout Rate Is So High at Char Villages in Assam?
23 Mar 2021
While the literacy rate at 19.31% is lower than the state’s 63%, there are only 1,872 schools in region that make 0.07 school per capita, according to the Socio-Economic Survey.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra Govt Neglecting Challenges Faced by Students of Marginalised Classes?
02 Mar 2021
The government’s decision to go ahead with the high school board exams have left the students from marginalised classes in a lurch, most of whom are not prepared due to disruption in classes because…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Dalit Activists Protest Against Possible Scrapping of Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
02 Dec 2020
It is the only centrally sponsored scheme under SC and ST budget that attempts to bridge the growing socio-economic gap through providing access to higher education.
Rosamma Thomas
Bombay HC to Hear PIL on Visually Impaired Students’ Access to Education
05 Oct 2020
With education shifting online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, physically challenged students are finding it difficult to continue with their education.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra: MVA Government’s Online Education Policy Omitting Large Chunk of Students
18 Sep 2020
The government’s own data says that 1,61,99,490 students between classes one and twelve do not have smartphones out of 2,23,56,033 students in the state.