Education Matters
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‘I want to be everything’: Nigeria’s herder community heads to school – a first in generations
Climate change has pushed the nomadic Fulani to change their migratory lifestyle of tending to livestock.
Abubakar Muktar Abba, Human Journalism Network
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How Maharashtra’s amendment to the Right to Education Act will foster ghettoisation
Private schools located within a kilometre of government or aided schools will no longer have to set aside 25% seats for poor, marginal students.
R Raj Rao
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Board exams to be held twice a year, students can retain best score
Subjects in Classes 11 and 12 under the new curriculum framework will not be restricted to streams and students will have the flexibility to choose from them.
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Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Malegaon blast: Army officer Prasad Purohit claims he was tortured by ATS, forced to take blame
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In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day
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Ambitious tourism plans for Lakshadweep ignore limited availability of freshwater
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Bihar government schools do not meet RTE norms, says survey
The study said most public schools have dismal infrastructure and amenities.
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‘Propaganda’: Minister defends removal of Darwin’s theory of evolution from school textbooks
The NCERT had announced last year that the chapter ‘Heredity and Evolution’ will be replaced with ‘Heredity’ in the Class 10 science book.
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53% teachers say most primary students in Jharkhand forgot to read, write after Covid-19: Survey
An acute shortage of teachers was also noticed in the state, a report prepared by Economist Jean Dreze stated.
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Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Number of schools in India declined by 20,000 in 2021-’22, shows government data
The Union ministry of education said that the decline was mainly due to the closure of ‘private and other management’ schools.
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Why Assam’s policy of ‘merging’ schools has many critics
Activists and education experts say it could affect the quality of education offered by government schools.
Rokibuz Zaman
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‘Targeted over caste,’ says Dalit lecturer who was sacked from service for his Navratri post
Mithlesh Kumar Gautam had advised women to read the Constitution and the Hindu Code Bill instead of fasting during Navratri.
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The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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SC asks Centre to set up portal with details of foreign universities for Ukraine-returned students
Ukraine has offered an academic programme under which Indian medical students who fled the European country can finish their studies in foreign universities.
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Ukraine-returned medical students cannot be enlisted in Indian medical universities, Centre tells SC
Their enrolment would hamper the standard the medical education in India, the government said in an affidavit.
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UGC declares 21 universities as fake, says they do not have power to offer degrees
Eight such higher education bodies from Delhi and four from Uttar Pradesh are on the list released by the University Grants Commission.
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The Field
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra’s dream run ends in quarter-finals
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena open season – All you need to know
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli stars as Bengaluru beat Punjab to stay in hunt for playoff spot
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav stars in fifth T20I as visitors sweep series
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: In Olympic year, Neeraj Chopra keen to lay down the marker