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You can’t build a strong India on a weak math curriculum. UGC’s new Mathematics curriculum needs to be scrapped

October 02, 2025 1:24 pm

Factual errors, weak core content, and misplaced priorities hurt students and scholarship. A complete redesign of this so-called model curriculum is a duty to India’s youth

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OpenAI says its next big model can bring home Math Olympiad gold: A turning point?

July 22, 2025 10:21 am

OpenAI said its unreleased AI model took this year's International Math Olympiad with no access to the internet or external tools. It supposedly scored high enough to earn a gold medal.

Mission Mathematics expanded to classes 6 to 10 in Delhi Government schools

June 26, 2025 10:09 am

The Directorate of Education (DoE) has directed Delhi Government schools to analyse Class 10 mid-term performance and identify learning gaps accordingl

The initiative, which was earlier being implemented for Classes 8 to 10 in government schools, has shown encouraging results in the Common Annual School Examinations and the Class 10 CBSE board exams, prompting the department to widen its scope

DoE expands Mission Mathematics to Classes 6, 7 from this academic session

June 27, 2025 9:44 am

Under the expanded programme, students from Classes 6 to 10 will be identified for Special Mathematics Enrichment (SME) classes based on their academic performance in the subject in the previous class

A new US Defense Department initiative aims to speed up mathematics breakthroughs using artificial intelligence.

Can AI quicken the pace of math discovery?

June 22, 2025 9:38 am

An AI model that could reliably check proofs would save enormous amounts of time, freeing mathematicians to be more creative.

CBSE Class 10 Math Exam 2025: How to attempt exam, important topics to revise

CBSE Class 10 Math Exam 2025: What to revise, difficult topic to revise

March 10, 2025 2:53 pm

CBSE Class 10 Math Exam 2025: Students who will appear for the examination might be worried about what to revise on the last day, here is a list of chapters that a student must not miss to ace the exam.

Students who didn’t study Maths in Class 12 can opt for B.Com (Hons), says DU

March 09, 2025 9:57 am

The information bulletin for admissions to DU’s undergraduate programmes was released on the university website late at night.

Indian schools treat math skills picked up at home: Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo

February 19, 2025 11:32 am

Findings of a new study, shows that working children excel at market calculations but struggle with textbook problems in Indian schools, while children in schools work well with academic math problems, but don’t do as well in practical calculations.

Jammu-Kashmir schools reopen in various regions, check revised timings

‘Street Maths’: For some kids, being good at numbers is a matter of survival

February 07, 2025 1:20 pm

Unlike school-going children, working children do not have the luxury of making mistakes as an error can mean a day without food. For them, mathematics is not about the joys of abstraction, but a straightforward calculation to make ends meet.

All children covered in the study were under the age of 17 years, with most in the age group of 13 to 15 years.

Wide gap between ‘street maths’ and ‘school maths’, shows study

February 06, 2025 8:12 am

All children covered in the study were under the age of 17 years, with most in the age group of 13 to 15 years. Further, the working children considered for the study were either currently enrolled in school or had been in school earlier.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi.

3 win Chemistry Nobel for developing metal–organic frameworks

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks. Their contributions have opened up new possibilities for solving chemistry challenges. The trio will share the 11 million Swedish crowns prize and will receive their medals in a ceremony in December.

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