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.

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· 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.

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· 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.

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· 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.

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· 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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· 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.

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· 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

Kerala most literate state in India, Andhra Pradesh the least, shows NSO survey

India’s overall literacy rate stands at 77.7%, according to the report.

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· Sep 08, 2020 · 05:47 pm

NCERT drops portion on separatist politics in J&K, includes Article 370 to Class 12 textbook

The deleted portion said that the initial support to militancy had been replaced with ‘the urge for peace’.

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· Jul 21, 2020 · 04:13 pm