Education Challenges
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13,600 students from marginalised groups dropped out of IITs, IIMs in five years: Education Ministry
This was mainly because of them getting a seat in another department or institutions or because of personal reasons, the Centre said.
Scroll Staff
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As first-generation learners seek to crowdfund fees for Western universities, help pours in
With scholarships difficult to come by, Dalit and Muslim students admitted to foreign institutions are finding financial support online.
Akanksha Mishra
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Centre scraps order on seeking permission for online seminars related to India’s ‘internal matters’
The order was taken back reportedly after backlash from scientists.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Why Justice Datta’s attack on petitioner in VVPAT verdict is worrisome for PILs
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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How Hindutva is reshaping India’s classrooms
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Centre says it will modify new webinar rules for universities amid backlash from academic world
In an order issued in January, the Centre said all public universities will require government permission to hold online sessions on India’s ‘internal matters’.
Scroll Staff
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State officials now need Centre’s permission to attend online seminars on India’s ‘internal matters’
The names of all participants in virtual seminars will have to be approved in advance by the government, the Ministry of Education said.
Scroll Staff
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On Teachers Day, a conversation in my head with Premchand on keeping the torch of learning blazing
A Delhi University professor discusses the meaning of a real education.
Apoorvanand
Video
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Cuts in India’s education budget have meant fewer scholarships for students from marginalised groups
In charts: An analysis of pre-matric and post-matric scholarships disbursed from 2015-’16 and 2019-’20.
Protiva Kundu, IndiaSpend.com
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Amendment scrapping no detention policy will weaken the entire Right to Education Act, say experts
The Lok Sabha passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017 on Wednesday.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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In Gujarat’s isolated Rann of Kutch, ‘tent schools’ offer hope to children of Agariya salt workers
But they are not getting enough government support.
Anjali Mody
The Reel
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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In South Sudan’s cattle camps, mobile schools are introducing children to formal education
Aid agencies are starting schools in the remote settlements amid fears that the latest civil war will create another ‘lost generation’ of uneducated adults.
Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Kerala Islamic preacher held for spreading hate through schools says others used the same textbook
MM Akbar’s arrest came a month after the state shut down one of his Peace Schools over ‘objectionable content’ in a textbook.
TA Ameerudheen
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Uttar Pradesh government is itself responsible for the cheating racket it is trying to fix
With just 2,152 government secondary schools, the state has left exams in the hands of an unregulated private sector.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Field
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Fitness watch: Project launched in England to study causes of ACL injuries in women’s football
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IPL 2024: Bowlers, Marcus Stoinis help Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav, D Hemalatha propel visitors to win in rain-marred second T20I
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson included in Rohit Sharma-led India squad
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: India lose to China in group stage-decider; progress to quarter-final