Right To Education
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Bihar government schools remove over 20 lakh students for being absent for three straight days
Over 1.5 lakh of them are in classes 10 and 12, and will not be able to write their state board examinations.
Scroll Staff
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Failing students in Class 5 and Class 8: Who said what in front of parliamentary committee
In a report submitted on February 9, the committee endorsed a Bill that seeks to amend the Right to Education Act to scrap the no-detention policy.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Told to stop meddling in primary education, CBSE withdraws its unpopular evaluation policy
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights told the board its policy for Classes 6 to 8 violated the Right to Education Act.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Trending
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Criticism of no-fail policy in schools has little empirical evidence, says IIM study
An analysis of 10-years-worth of learning survey data shows that the automatic promotion of children between Classes 1 and 8 did not harm learning.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Failing children: Why is India ending a radical school reform within years of introducing it?
No-detention policy becomes casualty of CBSE's poorly designed school evaluation scheme.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Lok Sabha passes Bill to allow unqualified teachers under RTE Act to get degrees by 2019
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said unqualified teachers had been recruited when the Act was passed in 2010, as qualified ones were not available.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Why aren't students of Delhi's government schools getting their textbooks on time?
Textbooks sometimes reach students towards the end of the academic year and also have printing errors and poor paper quality.
Ravi Prakash
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India is set to introduce standard learning outcomes for schools, but this may hit quality
Experts say such benchmarks, which are to be made rules under right to education, will lead to a testing regime.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Chhattisgarh is closing down schools in areas where it should expand them
Nearly 3,000 schools are being closed down in the state. A quarter of the schools lie in conflict-affected Bastar.
Malini Subramaniam
The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
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282 million illiterate Indians: Education waits for the Big Bang
Even after six decades of independence, literacy continues to be a huge challenge for the country.
Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
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In South Africa, university is open to rich and poor – but what about the missing middle?
University administrators are also grappling with tough decisions on how to fund the education of brilliant students who need financial help.
Sizwe Mabizela, The Conversation
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Goan school says children are not HIV-positive, but parents continue to demand exclusion
This is the fourth school this academic year where the children have faced resistance from parents.
Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
The Field
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: PV Sindhu wins opening match; Indian men’s singles campaign ends
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Captain’s log: The Indian Premier League has become a grooming ground for new captains
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IPL 2024: Record-breaking Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians for first win of the season
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IPL 2024: ‘That’s some serious hitting’ – Reactions as Sunrisers Hyderabad set new tournament record