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Over-centralisation, Unaccountability, Political Considerations & Control: Stakeholders critique the VBSA 2025
At a press conference held on December 15, 2025, Monday, over two dozen organisations and fronts working on higher education have critiqued the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill 2025 pointing out how this proposed law marks a structural shift to dismantle public funded higher education
Cancel mandatory university final exams: Joint Forum for Movement of Education
Demand to withdraw revised UGC guidelines about universities being required to complete final year examinations by September 2020
Covid 19 and furthering of sectarian agenda in education
Chapters on human rights and secularism deleted from curriculum
Himachal Pradesh CM lauds efforts of anganwadi workers during Covid-19 pandemic
The anganwadi workers made over 5 lakh masks, but some still complain of inadequate pay
Are citizenship and secularism ‘disposable’ subjects for Indian students?
MHRD 'rationalises' curriculum, also drops modules on Human Rights, Legal Aid and Local Government
Covid-19: Schools terminate contractual services, reduce teaching staff during lockdown
Schools say that non-payment of fees and no support of government have led them to take these decisions
Lockdown at JNU: After Ramayana, another webinar on the “Saraswati Civilisation”
Senior faculty of Centre for Historical Studies (CHS) write to VC, expressing grave concerns and misgivings about this webinar
EXCLUSIVE: Bakshi’s agenda is to re-designate Harappan civilisation as Sarasvati civilisation, make weak claims of a “Hindu holocaust”
The Maj Gen’s Bakshi’s characterisation of the last 600 to 800 years of subcontinent’s history revivescommunalised understanding, based on assertions rather than substance
Students with disabilities, those from underprivileged households and women left out of online learning during pandemic
The half-baked approach by the education department has left out most of the children from access to education during the lockdown
U’khand HC: Children with no internet access cannot be forced to pay tuition fee
Unaided private schools in the state were charging fees and conducting online classes for KG level as well
Lockdown special from JNU: A webinar on ‘Leadership lessons through Ramayana’
It's time for all things holy, at the once holistic JNU, but strictly for faculty, staff and students, webinar is a collaboration with The Ramayana School.
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