National Education Policy: Why education must be anchored in quality and equity

States support, corporate commitments and value addition by other stakeholders can usher in a major transformation in education

National Education Policy 2020: What is needed is a new kind of thinking

New educational institutions will not thrive in an old culture. They need an environment of trust and freedom

How much loss have we seen in child education during the pandemic?

PGI-D, a central grading system rating the performance of districts, may help get a sense of the true scale

Simply Put: New Education Policy

Simply Put: Right To Education

Simply Put: Textbook fact or pure fiction?

Budget expectations: quality education needs financial backing

In absence of substantial financial backing, achieving quality education appears to be distant dream

These young volunteers endeavoured that children in rural Birbhum got an education

Current student count stands at a whopping 70 over two days of classes — a far cry from where it all began

New education policy to shrink India’s school system: GN Devy

The National Education Policy 2020 agregates where it should segregate and vice versa, veteran linguist and activist says

Documentary on Odisha's centenarian Nanda master in the works

Prusti, fondly called Nanda Sir, was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 for his noble work

Simply Put: Central Board of Syllabus Emasculation

Maharashtra to shut almost 14,000 schools with less than 20 students

While the state government aims to cut costs, children in remote tribal areas will be most affected

A new child needs to be enrolled in school every 2 seconds to meet 2030 target: UNESCO

There are now 250 million children not enrolled in school, compared to 244 million in 2021

What does NFHS-5 tell about school enrollment of kids under 5

Gap in the enrollment percentage in urban and rural areas prevalent in most states

Why a country with one of world’s best education systems wants reforms now?

Finland will now do away with subjects like history, geography, math by next year

Free secondary education in African countries is on the rise — but is it the best policy?

Secondary school enrolment rates still lag far behind those in other world regions

How does elementary literacy impact Adivasi livelihoods? SAL 2021 report sheds light

Family heads had no school education in 53% of Adivasi households in Jharkhand and 58.6% in Odisha

Lack of access to education keeps 98 million children in sub-Saharan Africa out of schools

With UNESCO’s assistance, 90% of the countries have set national benchmarks to assess progress towards quality education by 2030

Education not enough

As a means of bringing long-term change in public attitudes, education at present is too weak and demands radical improvement

Why investing in school education should be a priority in upcoming Maharashtra Budget

Maharashtra needs to have a larger kitty parked to grapple with huge number of out-of-school children

Teacher shortage: Sub-Saharan Africa needs 15 million new educators despite gap closing globally

Recruitment target hardly changed in the region since 2016

AIDS set to strike with a vengeance

Blissfully unaware India and China to be hardest hit

Girls' education after COVID-19: Expectations from Bihar Budget 2021-22

It remains to be seen how the state's education budget responds to the reduced outlay for the sector in the Union Budget

Educational gaps limit success of women-owned businesses in Africa: UN Report

Secondary-and tertiary-educated women are more likely to pursue opportunities and access financial services, according to the document

Debate around NMC Act highlights problems rankling technical education institutes

Doctors and activists across the country say NMC Act will corporatise medical education and lower the quality of healthcare providers