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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
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.
OC has violated the democratic process of syllabus-making: DU teachers
In response to the Delhi University’s press release notifying syllabus change, English teachers published a detailed response to the DU Registrar
Visva Bharti college row: Calcutta HC orders no protests within 50 metres of campus
University students have been protesting the decision to expel three students on disciplinary grounds
Myanmar refugee children can now go to school in Mizoram
The north-eastern state permitted admission to school for the children on humanitarian grounds
DU should apologise to Bama, Sukirtharani and Mahesweta Devi: Dalit Intellectual Collective
The Collective says the exlusion of these women writers once again highlights the bigoted attitude in higher education
Maharashtra: Is setting up medical institutes under public-private partnership a good route?
The government has decided to set up new medical colleges, super-speciality hospitals across the state on a public-private partnership basis
Censorship in learning tarnishes India’s international image: DTF member Dhusiya
AC, DTF and concerned experts heavily criticise the Oversight Committee’s call to remove three significant Dalit women writers from the English literature syllabus.
SC/ST scholarship denied to students in Bihar for three years!
The number of beneficiaries had started dwindling since 2016, due to a cap imposed on fees. But in past 3 years, the state did not receive any applications due to “technical issues” with the portal
51 Reasons to say goodbye to NEP 2020: AIFRTE
Each reason stated by the AIFRTE is further reinforced in individual memorandums of other groups like Pinjra Tod
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