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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
JNU Teachers refuse to resume work unless VC resigns
The VC’s retention has made matter worse for the University’s administration and students’ academics and future are at stake
University Campus or Cantonment?
In the mid-seventies, when I came to Delhi University...
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
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