Education

Funds Withheld, Futures on Hold: Dalit, OBC, Minority students face scholarship crisis amidst delays and cuts

A sudden funding freeze leaves dozens of marginalised students in limbo, exposing deepening cracks in the government’s commitment to educational justice

Exam failure major trigger for student suicides: NCRB

As per the NCRB, more than 10,000 students in 2018 and 82,000 students in the last decade have ended their lives owing to different reasons

Cong’s fact-finding report questions role of JNU admin, right-wing groups

Report by members of Congress party and NSUI also questions role of police

IIT-G likely to face lawsuit for suspending whistle-blower professor

The Professor, Dr Rai has decided to sue the institute as he was forced to take compulsory retirement after an unfair inquiry

Pak Hindu girl permitted to give Board exams by Rajasthan Govt.

She was earlier denied permission for allegedly not submitting her eligibility certificate

No benches, no drinking water for 400 students of BMC-run school

However, parents prefer the Jarimari Municipal Urdu School for its proximity and efforts taken by teachers

‘Bloody Sunday 2019’- PUDR releases report on Jamia police brutalities

A fact finding team of the People’s Union of Democratic Rights gives a view of what happened on Dec 13 and 15 at JMIU during the anti-CAA protests

AMU admin complicity in police brutality on campus: AMUSU

Report by students’ union also alleges collusion between university authorities and security forces with the regime’s full blessings.

Student expelled from college for anti-CAA post on social media

Authoritarianism reaches a new low

AMU students ‘expel’ Vice Chancellor and Registrar

The teachers and non-teaching staff support AMU students in their decision after administration failed to protect students from police

AMU student robbed of his dreams due to police violence

Tariq, a PhD student had to have his hand amputated after a tear gas shell fell on it

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