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Maharashtra SIR extension keeps teachers away from classrooms as unit tests face delays
Teachers deployed as BLOs for over a month will continue election-related work until August 17, with the draft electoral rolls now scheduled to be released on August 24. Schools across Maharashtra have reported reduced teaching time, limited staff and difficulties in conducting unit tests, while educators say prolonged deployment is affecting classroom teaching and the academic schedule
Peddling a coloured narrative: NCERT Textbooks
By deleting lines, paragraphs and chapters from NCERT textbooks and the Delhi University syllabus, academic institutions working under the Union Government have attempted to peddle a majoritarian Hindutva narrative.
Our protest, why we want our names removed from NCERT textbooks: Suhas Palshikar
In this interview to MaxMaharashtra, political scientist Suhas Palshikar, a household name has outlined the rational from writing to the union of India in protest, asking for his and Yogendra Yadav’s names removed from NCERT texts
“Embarrassed” with textbooks: Suhas Palshikar, Yogendra Yadav ask NCERT to drop their names
Following recent controversial changes made to political science textbooks, the political scientists wrote to NCERT asking it to drop their names as chief advisors. We feel embarrassed that our names should be mentioned as chief advisors to these mutilated and academically dysfunctional textbooks,” they said.
Ex-judges, bureaucrats, diplomats support inclusion of V.D. Savarkar in DU’s political science syllabus
The group went further: it also supported DU’s decision to drop the philosophy of poet Mohammad Iqbal from the political science syllabus, as he was associated with the idea of a separate Muslim nation
Denial of access: number of Muslim students shows sharp decline: India
Recent reports on education and higher education reveal a staggering decline in the number of Muslims enrolled in all institutes of education
Decimating schools to accommodate Shakhas
The NEP 2020’s position paper on “Knowledge of India” (KI) (January 2022) including `Indian Knowledge Systems’ (IKS) clearly privileges Brahmanical propaganda and hegemonic structures of the past, a past already glorified in the thousands of shakhas[1] run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS)
AISHE survey shows enrolment of Muslim students in higher studies falls significantly compared to other communities
Most significant decline noted in the state of UP, dropout rate of the community also remain the highest
Even after paying, no provision stands for providing health insurance to IIT Bombay students: APPSC
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A total of Rs. 2000, with Rs. 1750 as medical fee and Rs. 250 as student accident insurance, is being paid every semester
“Highly appalling to see SIT ignoring rank caste discrimination Darshan faced despite overwhelming evidence”: Ramesh Solanki
Addressing a press conference, family of Darshan Solanki express anguish over the course of the investigation being conducted by the SIT, term it “highly suspicious”
IMSD condemns ‘Maulana’ Sajjad Nomani’s Talibani firman
The cleric prays to Allah to condemn to eternal hell Muslim parents who send their daughters to college unaccompanied
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Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
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Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
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