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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.
Sruti MD
TN this Week: Debt-Ridden Farmer Dies By Suicide, Bill To Override NEET In Assembly
04 Sep 2021
A farmer died by suicide after bank officials threatened and abused him over payment dues. Schools, for classes 9 and above, and colleges opened on September 1.
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.
PTI
COVID-19: Schools in Delhi to Remain Closed till Further Orders
28 Oct 2020
Delhi recorded 4,853 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest single-day spike in the capital till date.
Pavan Kulkarni
Teachers’ Unions Mount Countrywide Campaign to Roll Back School Opening in South Africa
21 Jul 2020
The Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) alleges that money meant for PPEs for students and teachers is being looted through corrupt tenders given at exaggerated prices by the department of basic…
Soham Bhattacharya, Tinanjali Dam
India’s Digital Divide: Who Faces it and How Wide is it?
18 Jul 2020
Watching home-schooling videos pushed by celebrities won’t make the digital divide go away. Political will can.
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.
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Development Missing from the ‘Holy’ Land of Ram
10 May 2019
As the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government continues to polarise people in the name of Hindu god Ram, no attention is being paid to the real issues like the abysmal state of schools, nearly absent…
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Missing Adarsh Villages of Madhya Pradesh
27 Apr 2019
NewsClick’s team visited Madhya Pradesh’s “adarsh” village Hardua to understand the ground reality.