Education

Torn Pages, Broken Bones – The Violent Suppression of Teachers’ Voices

W.Bengal school teachers who were not involved in bribery fight to retain jobs.

Why has the Union govt pulled the plug on minority education schemes?

In the ongoing session of Parliament, the government states that they have no intention of reinstating the MANF scholarship, the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme and the Padho Pardesh scheme for the minorities.

Women are the majority beneficiaries of World Bank-funded minority scholarships

The scheme emanating from this scholarship, benefits the youth who are school dropouts or those educated in institutions like Madrasas

SC: India is a secular country; PIL for RTE Act implementation should benefit members of all weaker sections

Petitioners will file the amended PIL so as to ensure that the RTE benefits are not limited to one particular section

Bengaluru: Nearly 80 percent students demand eggs in mid-day meal, finds opinion poll

After the circular released by the Commissioner of Education Department of Karnataka, opinion was sought from the students on whether they want egg, peanut bar or banana as the protein source in their mid-day meals.

Karnataka: Anganwadi Workers Demand to be Classified as Teachers

Thousands of workers affiliated with CITU on strike since January 23; Workers are classified as ‘activists’ and paid honorariums instead of salaries currently

UP Madrasa Board to introduce NCERT syllabus, no to NCPCR’s diktat on non-Muslim students

However, the controversial, even unconstitutional, recommendation of the NCPCR ‘directing’ non-Muslim students not to be educated at Madrasas was rejected

UP: Survey Shows High Dropout Rates Among Girls, Rising Popularity of Private Tuition

The percentage of children in classes 1 to 8 taking paid private tuition in UP increased from 15.9% in 2018 to 23.7% in 2022.

Hindu College, denies entry to students wearing burqas, sparks protests: UP

The chief proctor of a college in Moradabad, which recently implemented a "strict dress code," has stated that students wearing burqas will not be allowed entry to the campus. He added that they can remove the burqa and wear it again after stepping out of the campus.

Non veg food ‘ban’: Student group plans protest at Delhi’s Hansraj College

New Delhi: A group of students affiliated to the Students’...

Student groups clash in Lucknow University on Rohith Vemula’s death anniversary

Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar, hanged himself in his hostel room on January 17, 2016

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