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ASER report 2017: More rural teens staying back in school but struggle with reading, math; girls worse offSubscriber Only
January 17, 2018 05:24 IST
It finds that while the youth are high on aspiration (about 60% wanted to study beyond Class 12), they are short on vital, everyday skills that are needed to help them get to where they aspire.
Wed, Jan 17, 2018
ASER report 2017: In villages, as they grow up, more girls drop out of schoolSubscriber Only
January 17, 2018 00:36 IST
The 2017 ASER report focuses on 14 to 18-year-olds, interviewing over 30,000 children across 28 rural districts. The Indian Express explains some of its findings.
Wed, Jan 17, 2018
Happy to be free, but this is only semi-freedom: Maoist ideologue Kobad GhandySubscriber Only
December 15, 2017 04:21 IST
Ghandy was first arrested from Delhi in September 2009 on charges of being a member of the banned CPI (Maoist) and charged under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Fri, Dec 15, 2017
In Nehru vs Patel-Prasad on Somnath, a context of Partition, nation buildingSubscriber Only
December 07, 2017 00:57 IST
The first major articulation of the intention to rebuild the ruined temple is believed to have been made by Sardar Patel, Nehru’s Deputy Prime Minister, at a huge public meeting in Junagadh on November 12, 1947.
Sat, Dec 09, 2017
Searching for Padmavati: A travel across Chittor to get a sense of the queenSubscriber Only
November 26, 2017 02:17 IST
In Chittorgarh, they repeat it faithfully: Rani Padmini is “hamari rani... Unka nakhun tak kisi ne nahin dekha aur film mein unhein naachte hue dikhaya hai... Rani kabhi naachti hai?
Fri, Sep 04, 2020
Australia works to hike foreign student numbersSubscriber Only
November 21, 2017 04:42 IST
Last year, Australia unveiled its first-ever international education strategy, aimed at increasing student recruitment.
Tue, Nov 21, 2017
PM Modi’s note ban tweets one-way public address: studySubscriber Only
November 10, 2017 06:05 IST
"His (PM Modi's) messaging on Twitter, or for that matter on any communication platform, is a one-way process — highly disciplined and focused on building support for his policies and himself."
Fri, Nov 10, 2017
Teacher’s Day: Sir is not in classSubscriber Only
September 03, 2017 12:18 IST
The male teacher is outnumbered in school staffrooms. Ahead of Teacher’s Day, we look at what that has meant for the profession in India.
Tue, Sep 05, 2017
Does preschooling prepare kids for school?Subscriber Only
August 09, 2017 00:58 IST
Preschools are ubiquitous in India’s villages, shows a comprehensive new survey that watched 14,000 children over 5 years. But the benefits they bring are often dependent on factors such as the quality of early education, child’s gender and education level of mother.
Wed, Aug 09, 2017
JNU faculty chorus: Seat cap by itself isn’t wrong but why hurry, why heavy handedSubscriber Only
April 13, 2017 04:18 IST
The university administration, however, believes that even with the seat cap, JNU’s PhD numbers won’t compare too badly with that of other universities.
Thu, Apr 13, 2017
JNU faculty chorus: Seat cap OK but what’s the method, and why the hurrySubscriber Only
April 12, 2017 22:32 IST
A teacher in the School of Physical Sciences says the administration’s “refusal to talk to us, give us a hearing” has only added to the confusion among teachers and students.
Wed, Apr 12, 2017Deprivation points go, so do some JNU dreams: ‘All I wanted was a PhD, then to teach in Hisar’Subscriber Only
April 12, 2017 05:56 IST
From 52 MPhil and 30 PhD scholars approved by JNU’s Academic Council for 2017-18, the Centre for Historical Studies has zero new seats this year.
Wed, Apr 12, 2017New faultlines in JNU after deep cuts in research seatsSubscriber Only
April 11, 2017 05:59 IST
The university will admit only 242 research scholars this year, an 82.81 per cent cut from the 1,408 seats for 2017-18 approved by the Academic Council
Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Left without CoverSubscriber Only
January 15, 2017 00:55 IST
They had little financial access and autonomy to begin with and now with their secret stash of cash gone after demonetisation, women in India struggle to start all over again.
Sun, Jan 15, 2017
Students vs teachers: The rage in the classroomSubscriber Only
December 03, 2016 17:14 IST
In Delhi’s government schools, violence is a sign of the deep class divide between students and teachers, between the promise of education and its bitter failure.
Sat, Dec 31, 2016
27 days later, 275 km apart, Najeeb’s parents hope, waiting for newsSubscriber Only
November 13, 2016 03:59 IST
On October 15, hours after he had got into a late-night scuffle with ABVP members campaigning for the hostel elections, Najeeb Ahmed, 27, a first-year MSc student of Biotechnology, had gone missing from his Room No. 106 in JNU’s Mahi-Mandvi hostel.
Sun, Nov 13, 2016
Delhi Municipal schools: Children get one uniform for summer, mother keeps it goingSubscriber Only
August 28, 2016 00:21 IST
Children in Delhi’s municipal schools get just one set of uniform in summer; it caught the HC’s attention. Here’s what a mother does to keep the uniform going
Sun, Aug 28, 2016
Not his burden to bearSubscriber Only
August 07, 2016 00:00 IST
Bezwada Wilson, one of this year’s Magsaysay Award winners, on being the young child who never understood the meaning of untouchability and his campaign to eradicate manual scavenging in India.
Sun, Aug 07, 2016
Dalits finally fighting back, says Magsaysay winner Bezwada WilsonSubscriber Only
August 04, 2016 02:12 IST
According to Wilson, the decision by Dalits to boycott disposal of animal carcasses was “not reactionary”.
Thu, Aug 04, 2016
The exam factor: Why RTE’s no-detention provision is on testSubscriber Only
May 29, 2016 01:15 IST
18 states believe the Centre should do away with the RTE’s no-detention provision, and a panel on new education policy suggests it should end at Class VI, even though governments cite falling learning outcomes
Sun, May 29, 2016
This way to school: How dismal indicators for education in Odisha’s Nabarangpur are slowly changingSubscriber Only
May 15, 2016 00:29 IST
Uma Vishnu travels to the district and finds that it’s slowly changing — ask the father who sends his three daughters out to study, the girl who is determined she won’t drop out, the education officer who is beaming at this year’s Class X pass percentage of 92%
Sun, May 15, 2016
Nabarangpur: Poorest district leaps to top 5 in Odisha with 92 per cent pass in Class XSubscriber Only
May 11, 2016 05:44 IST
Class X results declared on May 2, standing fifth among the state’s 30 districts.
Wed, May 11, 2016
How a railway project put truck driver’s son on plane to JapanSubscriber Only
April 18, 2016 03:44 IST
Nabarangpur has some of the most dismal indicators for education, with 57.35 per cent of the population having never attended school.
Mon, Apr 18, 2016
Poorest district gets first govt degree collegeSubscriber Only
April 15, 2016 04:16 IST
Spread over 10 acres, the ground and first floors of the building have come up and, according to the district administration, the college will be “up and running in a few months”.
Fri, Apr 15, 2016
#JNU: What is it about the university that makes the government sit up?Subscriber Only
February 21, 2016 00:41 IST
JNU, with its brick-red buildings and scruffy Aravalli vegetation, its hostels and dhabas has always been a place for critical ideas, where the dominant ideologies of caste, class and gender are be challenged.
Sun, Feb 21, 2016Journalism of Courage
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