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53% teachers say most primary students in Jharkhand forgot to read, write after Covid-19: Survey

An acute shortage of teachers was also noticed in the state, a report prepared by Economist Jean Dreze stated.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 19, 2022 · 07:49 pm
Number of schools in India declined by 20,000 in 2021-’22, shows government data

The Union ministry of education said that the decline was mainly due to the closure of ‘private and other management’ schools.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 04, 2022 · 07:12 pm
Why Assam’s policy of ‘merging’ schools has many critics

Activists and education experts say it could affect the quality of education offered by government schools.

Rokibuz Zaman
· Oct 07, 2022 · 09:00 am

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