35 lakh Class 10 students failed or dropped out in 2021-’22, says education ministry

Of the total dropout, 85% belong to only 11 states.

Scroll Staff

· May 31, 2023 · 05:09 pm

Sharp drop in reading and arithmetic ability of children in India post-pandemic, finds report

‘India had one of the longest durations of school closures – primary schools were closed for almost two years,’ Director of ASER Centre Wilima Wadhwa said.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 18, 2023 · 07:01 pm

During the pandemic, financial shocks forced lakhs of Indian children to drop out of private schools

Incomes of people from disadvantaged communities fell, even as low-fee schools retrenched staff.

Mridusmita Bordoloi, IndiaSpend.com

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Anwesha Mallick, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 10, 2022 · 01:30 pm

JNU, Jamia and DU fall in QS World University Rankings 2023

The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, however, rose 11 places to reach the 174th rank.

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· Jun 09, 2022 · 07:37 pm

Four lessons from online education that should survive the end of the pandemic

Classes during Covid-19 have highlighted that one-size-fits-all educational approaches fail to address student needs.

F Haider Alvi, The Conversation

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Deborah Hurst, The Conversation

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Janice Thomas, The Conversation

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Martha Cleveland-Innes, The Conversation

· May 06, 2022 · 11:30 pm

During the pandemic, many Indian students found focus in virtual study rooms

Designed like an addictive game, the virtual platforms are here to stay.

Anu Prabhakar, qz.com

· Feb 21, 2022 · 01:30 pm

New guidelines aim to make engineering education more inclusive – but may perpetuate inequalities

The already uneven terrain of higher education will become harder to access for students from state schools, rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Shivali Tukdeo

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Chetan Singai

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Aiswarya T

· Apr 08, 2021 · 07:30 am

Data analysis: Funding for teacher training has dropped 87% in six years

Education expenditure has been declining since 2015-’16.

Madhusudhan Rao, IndiaSpend.com

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Jyotsna Jha, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 07, 2019 · 08:30 pm

IIT-Bombay scales QS Top Universities survey to 162 position, is now India’s best ranked university

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US retained its spot as the best ranked university in the world for the seventh consecutive year in a row.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 07, 2018 · 10:42 am

If the master’s degree is the new bachelor’s, is the doctorate the new masters?

As working lives last longer, more Americans are seeking PhDs later in life

Michelle Mielly, The Conversation

· May 07, 2018 · 11:30 pm

There’s an unspoken class system in Indian startups: First comes IIT and then everyone else

From struggling to find investors to being sidelined at work, products of institutions other than IITs and IIMs feel they’re being treated unfairly.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Mar 16, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Pune institute asks students to find flaws in BJP minister’s argument against Darwin theory

The examination question, which carried two marks, was posed to students of the advanced evolution course.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 23, 2018 · 11:16 am