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Karnataka revises school uniform policy, permits religious symbols alongside uniforms
The state has revoked the BJP-era order banning hijabs in classrooms, allowing students to wear limited religious symbols including hijab, turban and sacred thread in educational institutions
Ashoka University and India’s dwindling academic freedom
The resignation of renowned intellectuals as faculty members of the University has invoked responses from not just Indian, but also international academicians, and academic freedom is now being debated
Assamese made a compulsory subject for non-Assamese school students
Decision taken by state government with eye on the upcoming polls, hopes to consolidate Assamese nationalist vote
Over 42,000 schools lack drinking water facilities: Centre in RS
The Centre also informed the Rajya Sabha that around 15,000 government schools don’t have toilets
FIR against Rajasthan Textbook Board for claiming Islamic terrorism as a strand of Islam
Objections were raised by the Rajasthan Muslim Forum, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Muslim Parishad Sansthan
Was the ‘BHU Professor Nita Ambani’ controversy a diversion from other issues?
A protest was held by BHU students against the proposal to make Nita Ambani a visiting professor, followed by RIL denial
AISA and other student organisations demand reopening of Jamia Campus!
According to student activists, the closure of the campus area is affecting the education of many students especially those studying in non-English languages
Nita Ambani may soon be teaching Women Studies at BHU
The University’s Women studies and Development center has invited Ambani, to be a visiting professor at the university
A PhD thesis reignites debate on Govt control over IIMs
Subramanian Swamy asks why ‘upper caste’ tag for BJP in PhD thesis; Govt asks for a copy, IIM-A director pushes back
VC Kumar’s decisions have weakened the system of academic governance: JNUTA
Protesting the VC’s month-long continuation in office, JNU teachers called for a press conference on Monday to voice their grievances against the administration
Muslim children face ‘systematic exclusion’ at pre-primary level in Delhi’s private schools: Study
Research implies that ‘quality’ private schooling in Delhi is an option only for elitist, privileged families with social capital
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