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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
Telangana gov’t bans school fee hike till next year, defers rent collection for three months
Other states like Delhi and Maharashtra are also following suit
Remembering Jyotiba Phule, on His 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11
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Kashmiri student urges PM to restore 4G internet
In an open letter to the PM, the student says how internet is the only way for students to keep up with their syllabus and poor speed is a deterrent
Remove Najma Akhtar as Jamia VC: Search committee member writes to President
Ramakrishna Ramaswamy’s said her position as VC should be revoked post objection by the Central Vigilance Commission a year ago
Free speech must for students, IITB alumni to director
Two alumnus of the prestigious, Powai based IIT, Bombay, have in an open letter to the Institute's director urged that the robust traditions of free speech and dissent be upheld on campus
In K’taka anganwadis: No toilets, no ventilation and no water
A report has found that children and employees at these anganwadi centers are bereft from the most basic amenities
Activists meet resolves to make right to education (RTE) plank for assembly polls: Bihar
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IIT Kharagpur admin cancels seminar on ‘identity and citizenship’
Students protest undemocratic stand of the admin, univ officials say programme can’t be held on campus
Protests against Delhi police brutalities on women students at Jamia, inaction at Gargi College
It was reported that at least 10 women protestors at Jamia were hit on their private parts by the Delhi Police
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