A schoolgirl’s nuclear nightmare

Varshini, 10, speaks for a new generation that is against nuclear energy

Crowdsourcing technology could ensure safety of drinking water in rural India

Research group develops a simple test kit that combines science and mobile phones

UGC guidelines on phasing out animal dissection spark controversy

Is virtual dissection an effective learning tool? 

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

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Union Budget 2024-25: Allocations for health, education fail to meet targets under government policies

Health budget target was 2.5% of GDP by 2025, education target at 6%  

Overcoming digital divide key to achieving Digital India goal

Those with gender, caste and class privileges enjoy enhanced access to technology & internet, contributing to their progress

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 …

World leaders must prioritise implementation of sustainable development goals

Thirty per cent of the SDGs are worse now than eight years ago

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

Law Commission Report on age of consent missed opportunity to de-criminalise sex between minors

The Law Commission’s recommendation would put married girls of 15-18 years at greater risk of marital rape, as there would be no legal …

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

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

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

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

There will be 2 billion more people on Earth by 2050: UN report

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the next eight years, according to the United Nation’s The …