Why students are protesting the end of a fellowship named after India’s first education minister

The Maulana Azad National Fellowship was launched with the aim of closing the education gap among Muslims, who make up the bulk of its applicants.

Zafar Aafaq

· Dec 17, 2022 · 09:00 am

UGC to make four-year undergraduate courses must for honours degrees

The University Grants Commission is expected to announce its new Curriculum and Credit Framework on Monday.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 10, 2022 · 09:54 am

Paragraphs on Gujarat riots, chapter on Mughal history removed from NCERT textbooks

The changes have been made to reduce the burden on students after the coronavirus pandemic, the education body said.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 17, 2022 · 05:03 pm

‘Shortage of doctors’: Supreme Court dismisses petition to delay 2022 postgraduate NEET

It will have cascading impact on patient care and affect the doctors who have already registered, the court said.

Scroll Staff

· May 13, 2022 · 02:50 pm

Centre scraps MP quota for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas

The decision was taken as the quotas were hurting the quality of learning and students-teacher ratio, the government said.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 27, 2022 · 03:58 pm

Data check: Twelve Indian states have reduced the share of education in their Budget allocations

Nineteen of 21 states are estimated to have spent less than what they set out to in 2020-’21.

Prafull Satpute, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 21, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Over 26% children in rural India did not have access to smartphones for online classes, shows survey

The Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2021 survey also showed that admissions to government schools increased by 5% between 2020 and 2021.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 17, 2021 · 07:13 pm

India’s premier educational institutions like IITs and NITs are functioning without top leadership

At least two dozen posts are lying vacant.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Jul 29, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Why school education laws in Indian states are so difficult to understand

An analysis shows that most education laws across the country are wordy, restrictive and incomprehensible even for college graduates.

Jayana Bedi, IndiaSpend.com

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Prashant Narang, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 03, 2021 · 07:30 pm

What will happen to India’s ed-tech startups once schools reopen?

Experts expect 2021 to be a year of consolidation, with several mergers and acquisitions in the education space.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Feb 16, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Nursery admissions in Delhi to begin from February 18

The first list is expected on March 20 and the entire process will conclude on March 31.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 10, 2021 · 12:36 pm

Hurt by financial instability, many Indians will choose public schools over private schools in 2021

Experts make predictions for the education sector in the new year.

Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm