Right To Education
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Bihar government schools remove over 20 lakh students for being absent for three straight days
Over 1.5 lakh of them are in classes 10 and 12, and will not be able to write their state board examinations.
Scroll Staff
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Failing students in Class 5 and Class 8: Who said what in front of parliamentary committee
In a report submitted on February 9, the committee endorsed a Bill that seeks to amend the Right to Education Act to scrap the no-detention policy.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Told to stop meddling in primary education, CBSE withdraws its unpopular evaluation policy
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights told the board its policy for Classes 6 to 8 violated the Right to Education Act.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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How a Colombian city’s ‘green corridors’ turned the clock back on global warming
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Criticism of no-fail policy in schools has little empirical evidence, says IIM study
An analysis of 10-years-worth of learning survey data shows that the automatic promotion of children between Classes 1 and 8 did not harm learning.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Failing children: Why is India ending a radical school reform within years of introducing it?
No-detention policy becomes casualty of CBSE's poorly designed school evaluation scheme.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Lok Sabha passes Bill to allow unqualified teachers under RTE Act to get degrees by 2019
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said unqualified teachers had been recruited when the Act was passed in 2010, as qualified ones were not available.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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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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Why aren't students of Delhi's government schools getting their textbooks on time?
Textbooks sometimes reach students towards the end of the academic year and also have printing errors and poor paper quality.
Ravi Prakash
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India is set to introduce standard learning outcomes for schools, but this may hit quality
Experts say such benchmarks, which are to be made rules under right to education, will lead to a testing regime.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Chhattisgarh is closing down schools in areas where it should expand them
Nearly 3,000 schools are being closed down in the state. A quarter of the schools lie in conflict-affected Bastar.
Malini Subramaniam
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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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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282 million illiterate Indians: Education waits for the Big Bang
Even after six decades of independence, literacy continues to be a huge challenge for the country.
Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
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In South Africa, university is open to rich and poor – but what about the missing middle?
University administrators are also grappling with tough decisions on how to fund the education of brilliant students who need financial help.
Sizwe Mabizela, The Conversation
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Goan school says children are not HIV-positive, but parents continue to demand exclusion
This is the fourth school this academic year where the children have faced resistance from parents.
Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
The Field
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IPL 2024: Kolkata defeat Mumbai in rain-affected match to become first team to qualify for play-offs
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Cricket: England pacer James Anderson to retire after Lord’s Test against West Indies
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg
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