Cautionary lesson: How Tamil Nadu’s fabled elementary education system is unravelling

Children from poor families are bearing the brunt.

Anjali Mody

· Aug 20, 2017 · 09:00 am

Lost for words: Why Tamil Nadu’s shift to English medium instruction is not helping children

Most government school teachers are poorly trained and barely proficient in the language.

Anjali Mody

· Aug 17, 2017 · 09:00 am

Does Centre intend to do away with minimum qualification requirement for teaching diplomas, degrees?

Existing teachers without qualifications could now get their degrees via the government’s online education portal Swayam.

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Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Aug 03, 2017 · 07:30 am

Why the media is being maligned for reporting that RSS affiliate wanted Tagore out from textbooks

Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas had suggested removal of certain passages from several NCERT texts. But the news ruffled many feathers, not least in West Bengal.

Anjali Mody

· Jul 30, 2017 · 06:30 am

Tejas Express vandalised: Why are Indians incapable of preserving public goods?

Facilities meant for the public are treated shockingly in India, especially by the well-off.

Anjali Mody

· May 26, 2017 · 10:30 am

Three years of Modi government: HRD ministry gets an F in its report card for school education

Like his predecessor, Prakash Javadekar has so far failed to pull his weight.

Anjali Mody

· May 17, 2017 · 06:30 pm

From Sanskrit to energy security, new ICSSR head is ‘the man who knows about everything’

Braj Bihari Kumar, a 76-year-old intellectual warrior of Hindu nationalism, was appointed chief of Indian Council for Social Science Research on May 2.

Anjali Mody

· May 14, 2017 · 08:00 am

BJP’s plan for walls of valour at universities will only serve as barriers to real academic freedom

Soldier worship and flag-waving are the secular components of the BJP’s and RSS’ new nationalism.

Anjali Mody

· May 04, 2017 · 08:00 am

TimesNow’s Remonetise India campaign is as ill-conceived as demonetisation itself

The channel is asking viewers to give their domestic workers a day off to open bank accounts. Instead, it should urge them to pay fair wages.

Anjali Mody

· Feb 17, 2017 · 08:00 am

India's rural school education report: It's grim all the way, but some states are way behind others

The 2016 Annual Status of Education Report released on Wednesday says a significant section of students in Classes 1 to 8 cannot read a Class 2 book.

Anjali Mody

· Jan 18, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Forget Amazon Canada. Who's outraging against the daily insults to the national flag in India?

No one seems to feel insulted by the fact that scores of children only ever get to wave the flag while selling it at a traffic junction.

Anjali Mody

· Jan 12, 2017 · 04:30 pm

Why the chattering classes can’t fathom the vast support for demonetisation

The prime minister seems to have an unerring sense of where the social fault lines lie.

Anjali Mody

· Dec 20, 2016 · 08:00 am