Education Challenges
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On Teachers Day, a conversation in my head with Premchand on keeping the torch of learning blazing
A Delhi University professor discusses the meaning of a real education.
Apoorvanand
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Cuts in India’s education budget have meant fewer scholarships for students from marginalised groups
In charts: An analysis of pre-matric and post-matric scholarships disbursed from 2015-’16 and 2019-’20.
Protiva Kundu, IndiaSpend.com
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Amendment scrapping no detention policy will weaken the entire Right to Education Act, say experts
The Lok Sabha passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017 on Wednesday.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Trending
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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Green card reform, no more Muslim ban: What Biden’s immigration proposals promise
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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Whichever way you look at it, Modi’s handling of the farm laws has been a complete mess
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‘Daddy, tie my shoelace’: Former South African cricketer Graeme Smith’s son crashes live interview
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In Gujarat’s isolated Rann of Kutch, ‘tent schools’ offer hope to children of Agariya salt workers
But they are not getting enough government support.
Anjali Mody
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In South Sudan’s cattle camps, mobile schools are introducing children to formal education
Aid agencies are starting schools in the remote settlements amid fears that the latest civil war will create another ‘lost generation’ of uneducated adults.
Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Kerala Islamic preacher held for spreading hate through schools says others used the same textbook
MM Akbar’s arrest came a month after the state shut down one of his Peace Schools over ‘objectionable content’ in a textbook.
TA Ameerudheen
Video
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Watch: Teenager shows what British sitcoms would be like if set during the pandemic
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Watch: Mother surprises daughter with cancer by shaving her own head too
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Watch: Time-lapse of the snowiest day in over five decades seen in Omaha, US
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Watch: Doctors suture head injury of farmer under mobile phone lights after tractor rally
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Watch: Meet Simba, the first lion cub born from artificial insemination in a Singapore wildlife park
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Uttar Pradesh government is itself responsible for the cheating racket it is trying to fix
With just 2,152 government secondary schools, the state has left exams in the hands of an unregulated private sector.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Meet the UP students who dropped out of the school exams because they could no longer cheat
The dropouts came from diverse backgrounds. What united them was they had all bunked classes in school.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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How Uttar Pradesh pulled out all the stops to stop cheating in board exams
It deployed CCTVs, police, even intelligence agents.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Reel
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Watch: AR Rahman launches ‘maajja’ platform to promote independent music
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Warner Bros releases sneak peek of ‘Suicide Squad’ sequel, new films with Hugh Jackman, Will Smith
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‘Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’: Series revisits LA hotel linked to several crimes
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‘Silk Road’ trailer: Crime thriller examines the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht and his darknet site
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ trailer: Disney animated film out in cinemas on March 5
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Nation of mugoos: Modi’s book for students isn’t about gaining knowledge – it’s about cracking exams
The attitude embodied in ‘Exam Warriors’ explains why India’s education is in a deep crisis.
Ajaz Ashraf
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School in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district bars two girls from wearing a hijab on campus
The management of the Anand Bhawan School said wearing a headscarf was against its uniform rules, and that it runs on rules, not religious beliefs.
Scroll Staff
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5,226 medical college vacancies, and the reasons range from central seat allotment to demonetisation
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the admission process deadline for deemed universities till September 7 to fill empty seats.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Field
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Watch: Bharat Arun on the difference in Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli’s captaincy style for bowlers
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ISL: Poor finishing, woodwork deny dominant Kerala Blasters a win against Jamshedpur
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Kerala High Court issues notice to Virat Kohli in a plea seeking ban on online gambling
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Watch: Don’t put too much pressure on Shubman Gill, allow him to develop, says Gautam Gambhir
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AFC Cup: ATK Mohun Bagan handed tricky group stage opponents in Maldives’ Maziya, Bangladesh’s Kings