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Dipanjan Sinha
Bengal: What Ails Govt School Education and how Pandemic Made it Worse
23 Jun 2022
The struggles of underprivileged students remain ignored; an informative film-screening event tries to draw attention to it.
Ravi Kaushal
NEP Sidelines Values of Freedom Struggle, Say Teachers and Activists at AIFRTE Convention
28 May 2022
At a meeting to strategise on building a pan-India movement against NEP, experts opined on the grave implications of various aspects of the policy.
Nivedita Sarkar, Anuneeta Mitra
Education Budget: Going Nowhere on a Digital Train
20 Feb 2022
There are plans galore, but the government’s commitment towards developing the education field is marred by contradictory policies and lack of financial support.
Protiva Kundu, Revati Patil
Does the Union Budget 2022-23 Offer Inclusive Recovery for School Education?
08 Feb 2022
Much was expected from the budget around the issues of adequate funding to human infrastructure resources, reducing the digital divide, reintegrating students to school, etc. However, the resource…
Sandip Chakraborty
Bengal: After Week-Long Protests led by SFI, Schools and Colleges set to Reopen on Feb 3
31 Jan 2022
The Students' Federation of India hit the streets on January 31, demanding re-opening of schools and colleges, saying that digital divide was impeding learning for those from vulnerable sections.
PTI
Rural Children Enrolment in Schools Declines During Pandemic, Says Govt’s Economic Survey
31 Jan 2022
The pandemic has had a significant impact on the education system affecting lakhs of schools and colleges across India," the survey noted.
Priyanka Ishwari
Bihar has Largest Digital Divide Among School Children, Followed by West Bengal, Finds ASER survey
18 Nov 2021
As per the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021, Kerala (97.5%), Himachal Pradesh (95.6%) and Manipur (92.9%) are the best-performing states when it comes to school children with at…
Newsclick Report
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