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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
CUK suspends teacher for calling BJP-RSS proto-fascists, student unions rise in protest
Various students and MPs spoke out in solidarity with Assistant Professor Dr. Gilbert Sebastian, dubbing the suspension as a violation of individual rights and freedoms.
JMI asks students to participate in anti-terrorism oath taking ceremony!
In a blatant display of Islamophobia, three students from every semester were invited to promise never to engage in any terrorist activities
IIT Prof’s meltdown, abuse of students is a lesson on how not to teach
Associate Professor Seema Singh’s humiliation of Dalit and PWD students exposes the class divide in elite institutions
Assamese made compulsory in school curriculum across the state
Only Schedule 6 areas, Barak Valley and Bodo territories exempt from move
Karnataka HC directs state to restart mid-day meals
The court was hearing a plea on whether meals are being served to children in schools and Anganwadis centres
Why is Natasha Narwal not allowed to register for PhD semesters at JNU?
A student-activist, currently in prison, she is a confirmed Ph.D. student of Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Covid-19: UP shuts schools for students up to class 8 till March 31
Superspreader events such as weddings, and public’s laxity with Covid-19 prevention guidelines to blame for fresh surge
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
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