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  • Number of schools in India declined by 20,000 in 2021-’22, shows government data

    Number of schools in India declined by 20,000 in 2021-’22, shows government data

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 04, 2022 · 07:12 pm
  • India’s mass closure of schools is leaving lakhs of students stranded

    India’s mass closure of schools is leaving lakhs of students stranded

    Johanna Deeksha Malini Subramaniam
    · Jul 06, 2022 · 06:30 am
  • Closing schools would ‘spell disaster for children’, says Right to Education group

    Closing schools would ‘spell disaster for children’, says Right to Education group

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 04, 2022 · 08:44 pm
  • Podcast: Worried about sending your kids back to school? Here’s why you shouldn’t be.

    Podcast: Worried about sending your kids back to school? Here’s why you shouldn’t be.

    Smitha Nair
    · Oct 01, 2021 · 07:30 am
  • 97% of parents of underprivileged children in rural India want schools to reopen, finds survey

    97% of parents of underprivileged children in rural India want schools to reopen, finds survey

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 06, 2021 · 12:42 pm
  • It’s 500 days since children went to school in India. Everything is opening. Why aren’t schools?

    It’s 500 days since children went to school in India. Everything is opening. Why aren’t schools?

    Johanna Deeksha
    · Aug 03, 2021 · 09:00 am
  • This 7-year-old is doing online classes but his mother is worried he isn’t learning much

    This 7-year-old is doing online classes but his mother is worried he isn’t learning much

    Aarefa Johari
    · Aug 03, 2021 · 06:30 am
  • A 13-year-old was locked out of online classes because his parents refused to pay annual school fees

    A 13-year-old was locked out of online classes because his parents refused to pay annual school fees

    Vijayta Lalwani
    · Aug 02, 2021 · 06:30 am