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

· Jul 20, 2018 · 09:00 am

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

· Apr 21, 2018 · 09:00 am

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

· Mar 28, 2018 · 11:30 pm

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

· Mar 03, 2018 · 06:30 am

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

· Mar 02, 2018 · 09:00 am

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

· Mar 01, 2018 · 07:30 am

How Uttar Pradesh pulled out all the stops to stop cheating in board exams

It deployed CCTVs, police, even intelligence agents.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Feb 28, 2018 · 09:00 am

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

· Feb 04, 2018 · 08:00 am

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

· Nov 24, 2017 · 10:09 pm

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

· Aug 30, 2017 · 05:30 pm

States are failing to spend their education budgets – because the budgets are too low

Chronic underspending on education has created governance systems that are unable to use the allocated funds.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Aug 01, 2017 · 10:30 am

As states push separate educational systems for backward groups, debate about ghettoisation grows

But many activists say this is needed to build confidence in students who face discrimination.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jul 23, 2017 · 09:06 am