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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

BHU Dalit prof allegedly attacked for supporting Muslim colleague’s appointment

Students allegedly attacked the senior professor in the Sanskrit department where Feroz Khan was appointed

2nd lathicharge in 40 days on JNU students by Delhi Police

The students were peacefully marching to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to put forth their plea of the fee rollback to the President

DU teachers protest against oppressive policies

DU has decided to appoint guest lecturers for permanent positions, leaving 4,500 ad-hoc teachers in the lurch

HRD Ministry’s response to parliamentary question highlights the lack of transgender participation in higher education

In response to an unstarred question asked in the Lok Sabha with regards to transgender participation in higher education, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said there are no trans students in any Indian central universities. He could only offer up empty banalities when asked about planned measures to improve the statistics.

After JNU, its neighbour IIMC protests against fee hike

IIMC officials have said that there is going to be a faculty-student meeting soon

Parents ‘foreigner’, 31 children deprived of education languish in Assam’s detention camps

The Assam Legislative Assembly has been informed that there are total 31 children in detention camps, figures valid till November 20, 2019.

JNU Alumni protest fees hike in Kolkata, gets support from several Universities

Professors, students and parents, who are aggrieved with the fee hike in public education system of India poured in huge number in central Kolkata to show solidarity with JNU alumni demanding fee hike to be rolled back

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The movement of Students along with other Universities and...

Only work, no pay: 40,000 teachers in K’taka not paid salaries since September

The teachers are getting the short end of the stick between the tussle of the Centre and the states

75,000 student suicides between 2007 and 2016 in India!

Academic pressure, caste-based discrimination found to be major causes

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