Centre overrules Supreme Court directive on combined medical entrance test

The latest Union government’s rule intends to allow the states to conduct their own medical entrance exams for the current academic year

Greening the syllabus

The glitch in India's technical education

Less than half of the students pursuing technical education manage to get a job

Can Bihar combat child marriage?

Although a welcome move, Bihar government’s campaign to combat child marriage can be achieved only by ensuring girls complete higher …

Gangs offer a tempting 'home' to frustrated, unhappy youngsters

Youngsters who grow up in a culture of anger and violence may be drawn to gangs, and schools then become fertile grounds for criminal behaviour

Earthy honours

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Protecting hands

An educational charity aims to light up the life of Black schoolchildren by imparting them technical knowledge

Earthy musical

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Binary Chinese

Computers master one of the most difficult languages on planet

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 …

COVID-19: How viable is online education?

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

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‘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

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