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Fix toilets, provide drinking water facilities: Education department to Gujarat schools

July 27, 2026 9:15 pm

Move comes after a report of the Unified District Information System for Education plus released recently flagged shortfalls

Gujarat in education ministry’s ‘red zone’ as secondary school dropouts surge

July 21, 2026 4:50 pm

Gujarat’s overall secondary school dropout rate of 15.7 per cent against the national average of 9.5 per cent indicates the state has failed to retain students once they reach secondary school.

The death of home-cooked lunchbox as students grow up: What a Gujarat survey reveals

June 30, 2026 2:15 pm

From heavy caffeine consumption to reliance on street-vendor meals, a Consumer Education and Research Centre survey raises concerns about rising dependence on junk food, lifestyle shifts, and future metabolic health risks among students.

India’s heatwave sparks school closures, revised timings in multiple states

Patna, Dehradun, Odisha & more: Heatwave sparks school closures, revised timings in multiple states

April 27, 2026 8:15 pm

From Patna, Dehradun, Odisha, Rajasthan, here is the list of Indian states who announced heatwave related restrictions in schools.

Heatwave Alert: States that have changed school timings — From Jharkhand to Telangana

Heatwave Alert: From Jharkhand to Telangana — school timings changed across these states

April 20, 2026 9:09 am

Temperatures breaching 44 degrees Celsius across India have forced states into action. From Jharkhand to Odisha, school timings are being slashed, start times pushed to 7 am. Across the country, the school day is being changed by the heatwave.

Nearly 8,000 Indian schools have no students but 20,000 teachers on payroll

October 27, 2025 9:08 am

The second highest number of such schools was in Telangana (2,245), followed by Madhya Pradesh (463). While Telangana had 1,016 teachers employed in these schools, Madhya Pradesh employed 223.

From principal's diary to students & parents: A guide to protect kids against air pollution and smog

Delhi AQI: How can I protect my child from air pollution? A principal's suggestion to students, parents

October 22, 2025 2:15 pm

Our children deserve clean air — not just in classrooms, but in playgrounds and at home, and it's not just the responsibility of one stakeholder, but protecting kids is a work together to shield them from the dangers of air pollution.

During the meeting, the concerns majorly revolved around how to develop a technology for students and teachers using AI and train them.

Seven-member panel discusses ways to adopt AI in Gujarat schools

October 15, 2025 9:07 pm

Speaking to The Indian Express, Education Minister Kuber Dindor said AI can play a major role in the effective and comprehensive implementation of the NEP and achieving its objectives.

Education Ministry encourages inclusion of UPI in schools under digital transformation reforms for fee submission

October 13, 2025 8:56 am

It has been written to states and other stakeholders, asking them to encourage the adoption of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to strengthen the ease of schooling by modernising administrative processes

Weeks after students left in protest, Kutch sub-school gets upgrade, more teachers

October 12, 2025 8:38 pm

The move comes weeks after the Gujarat High Court took suo motu cognizance of a report in The Indian Express about how all students of the primary sub-school had quit in protest after their demand for a full-fledged school fell on deaf ears.