‘Blaming teachers isn’t a solution’: Niti Aayog adviser on a ‘theory of change’ to improve education

Alok Kumar discusses the think tank’s effort to help states make their school systems more effective.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Jun 13, 2019 · 09:00 am

Cabinet approves HRD Ministry’s plan to restore 200-point reservation roster in universities

Dalit rights groups had demanded the promulgation of an ordinance that will overturn the 13-point roster system.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 07, 2019 · 01:39 pm

Teacher training: Educationists are wary of Centre’s new four-year integrated programme

The teacher education programme combines an undergraduate degree in a general discipline with a teaching degree.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Dec 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

School education: HRD Ministry’s new grading index encourages states to seek private funds

Experts say it is ‘tricky’ to think of private funding as a positive step.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Oct 09, 2018 · 09:00 am

IIT Council turns down Centre’s proposal to scrap Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced)

A council member said they want to focus on improving the pattern of questions instead of taking such radical decisions.

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· Aug 20, 2018 · 07:10 pm

The Higher Education Commission of India Bill is a remedy worse than the disease

The legislation that seeks to scrap the University Grants Commission seems to be aimed at giving more power to the Centre at the cost of the states.

K Ashok Vardhan Shetty

· Aug 07, 2018 · 07:30 am

Delhi government launches ‘happiness curriculum’ for school students

The curriculum includes meditation, moral values and mental exercises.

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· Jul 02, 2018 · 07:32 pm

Delhi government schools will include ‘happiness curriculum’ from July, says Manish Sisodia

The education minister said the Dalai Lama will launch the course on July 2.

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· Jun 20, 2018 · 08:10 pm

Video: Why students and teachers are protesting the UGC decision to grant autonomy

The Ministry of Human Resources Development had granted autonomy to 62 institutes of higher education on March 20.

Shone Satheesh

· Apr 28, 2018 · 09:28 am

A new training policy proposed to help Indian teachers upgrade their skills may not help much

It may yield little more than a certificate for the country’s 11 lakh untrained teachers, say experts.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Apr 20, 2018 · 07:30 am

Not just elections, Facebook-style personality profiling is also being used in the education sector

There is a growing trend in education towards using personality test data.

Ben Williamson, The Conversation

· Apr 04, 2018 · 11:30 pm

NCERT syllabus will be reduced by half from 2019, says Prakash Javadekar

Students need to be given full freedom for their cognitive development, the human resource development minister said.

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· Feb 25, 2018 · 08:55 am