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Missing Teachers, Lack of Technology -- India’s Education System Plagued with Problems: UNESCO Report
09 Oct 2021
The workforce has a deficit of over one million teachers (at current student strength), the report points out.
Ritwika Mitra
Raging Pandemic and Unreliable Monsoon: The Unending Sorrow of the Homeless
14 Aug 2021
According to the Census 2011 the country has more than 1.7 million homeless people, among whom 938,384 live in urban areas. However, the number of homeless persons remains grossly under-documented…
Saurav Kumar
‘Digital Divide’ a Curse for Jharkhand’s Tribal Children as They Forget Past Learnings
06 Aug 2021
“I wish doors of the primary school are unlocked for our children after being closed for 16 months and if it does not happen the younger generation will permanently fall out of the education system
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Government Schools Have Much Lesser Teachers Compared to Private Schools, Shows UDISE+ Data
11 Jul 2021
While private unaided schools comprise 22.38% of the total number of schools in India according to the report, 37.18% of the total number of teachers work in private schools.
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…
Rakhi Ghosh
Odisha: Lack of Smartphones, Connectivity Exclude Marginalised Children from Live Streaming
02 Jul 2021
Most children from this school belong to marginalised communities and cannot afford to buy smartphones for studying. When we first did a door-to-door survey and started collecting mobile numbers we…
Sandip Chakraborty
Pratichi Trust Report Questions Govt’s Apathy Towards Education Amid Pandemic
30 Jun 2021
A primary school teacher notes that nearly 90% of the guardians of students from her primary school did not have access to internet or even a cellphone, limiting their access to education at a time…
Sagrika Kissu
‘Dehumanising Experience’: How COVID Impacted Lives of Students in India
22 Jun 2021
From missing out on experience of learning in physical classrooms, social interactions to falling victim to the digital divide brought on by online education, Indian students are battling on multiple…
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Large Number of Delhi’s Marginalised do not Have Access to Vaccines, Says Study
18 Jun 2021
The study called for review of restricting access to vaccines only through internet-based platforms and formulation of schemes to provide monetary relief for loss of wages suffered by daily wage…
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UGC’s Note on ‘Blended’ Learning Draws Flak from University Teachers
07 Jun 2021
Their concerns reveal a grimmer reality that the UGC’s proposals portend: of the ultimate dismantling of public funded education that will further disadvantage the marginalised sections of the…