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UGC Guidelines 2026: AISA Protest at Delhi University followed by sexual abuse allegations amid police presence
Delhi university has seen persistent protest by Ambedkarite and left groups demanding implementation of the UGC Guidelines 2026 that were summarily stayed by the Supreme Court; in one such, a confrontation during a mobilisation over UGC equity regulations, AISA women leaders were subject to brute and allegedly sexualised threats, while a right-wing YouTuber filed a separate assault complaint; police have registered parallel FIRs
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit school children thrashed, made to sit separately in Amethi
Second case of discrimination in a week, exposes deep caste based prejudices in the state’s schools
Can you hear the steady drumbeat of Institutional Casteism?
The report looks at the inadequate redressal mechanism and interacts with people from marginalised communities who have faced such discrimination in the medical field either overtly or covertly and how it affects opportunities that are usually at the disposal of the dominant castes
UP Dalit man who exposed SC discrimination in school being threatened?
Sahab Singh, who exposed the school keeping utensils of SC kids separately, alleges threats from Thakurs
Over 200 Ahmedabad schools served closure notice for violating fire safety norms
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This has been recommended by a two-member committee syllabus review appointed by the university, following massive public uproar
SCHOOL survey indicates widening educational gap between SC/ST and other children
The report highlights how socio-economic discrimination has seeped into India’s educational system
Politics in education or politics of education?
New courses in universities, schools stressing on ‘patriotism’ or adding works of right wing ideologies narrow spaces for diversity and questioning
Student leaders demand reopening of colleges, deem online education inadequate
Student representatives from JNU, JMI, AMU come together on the call of the SIO to discuss the urgent need to reopen campuses
Sikkim: Indefinite hunger strike continues as ad-hoc teachers demand service extension
Sick of waiting for the re-interview process to complete, Sikkim’s ad-hoc teachers have asked for an extension of their contract if not immediate interviews
Is Indian education being tainted by communal politics?
The last three months recorded many controversies in Indian education that hint at the sectarian attitude of college administration.
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