NCERT textbook: An excercise in multi-culturalism

The new National Council of Educational Research and Training (ncert) textbook on mathematics for class 1 is a welcome change from the earlier …

Braveheart

Books on rails

In Mexico City, run by the leftist Democratic Revolutionary party, a huge and unique campaign has begun to promote literacy and provide an "…

Kansas's unintelligent design

No bunkum

Sound judgement

For whom the school bells toll?

India's education policy has only sought to alienate the students and also deepen the urban-rural divide

Never too late to learn

Vernacular comics, literary primers, a newsletter called Leaves: that's the way to teach those in Asia who've never had the chance

Unconventional approach to AIDS control

Voluntary groups in Madras are taking up the onus of increasing AIDS awareness among various groups including students, blue-collar workers and …

Hello Point in Odisha: A tale of digital India or ignorant India?

Odisha has the highest number of inhabited villages without access to mobile networks  

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows

COVID-19: How viable is online education?

Skill-development needs experiment and experience, which may not be feasible in online learning

News snippets

Secondary education can reduce child marriage by 66%: UNICEF

Secondary education stronger, more consistent protection against child marriage than primary school education

‘Government schools imparting poor quality education’

More than a fourth of rural students opt for private schools for better education, says Annual State of Education Report by non-profit Pratham

A bunch of feisty women

BOOK - BLUESTOCKINGS: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO FIGHT FOR AN EDUCATION - By Jane Robinson - Viking - Rs 800

Better education links to good heart health

The study explored the association between education and wealth on one hand and cardiovascular diseases and mortality due to them on the other

Why simply legalising abortion is not enough

Governments need to pay equal attention to the safety of abortions, sex education and counselling, and varied problems faced by new borns of …

Budget 2018: Need adequate investment to plug gaps in education system

Around 20 per cent teachers currently working in government schools are untrained

News Snippets

Bit of help

Comic Strip>> Conservation • Honduras

Hollowed halls of learning

Tongue-twisting in easy steps

A software package allows material in unfamiliar Indian languages to be read in 10 others

Knowledge without frontiers

Death of a king

A street play in Delhi urges people to stop poaching.