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.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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The test of time: A jail mulaqat with Umar Khalid
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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BJP worker’s son claims in video he cast eight votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad
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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: Classical dancers perform Bharatnatyam and Odissi duet to ‘Sakal Ban’ from ‘Heeramandi’
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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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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‘Santosh’ review: A thoughtful study of power and powerlessness
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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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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Athletics: India's 4x400 mixed relay team set national record, clinch gold in Asian Relay C’ships
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Football, Premier League: Manchester City win fourth straight title
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – the calm leader and ruthless drag-flicker for team India
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IPL 2024: Rajasthan pipped to second spot by Hyderabad after match against Kolkata gets washed out
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IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma stars as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings to cap off league stage