How kids in a low-income country use laptops: lessons from Madagascar

Our findings suggest that developing countries like Madagascar have something in common with western nations when it comes to laptop use, such as …

Outlining their rights

Cartography provides the indigenous peoples of the world another way of asserting their rights

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

Simply Put: Online education for differently-abled

International Women’s Day 2023: When mothers learn from daughters and begin anew

In a South Kolkata suburb, life comes a full circle as women take baby steps to fulfill lost dreams and rush to attend afternoon classes

COVID-19 has set in motion an educational crisis. Here is how to prevent it

Reopening schools at 50% capacity, involving teachers only in school work, collaboration with private players are some ways in which India can …

Two-thirds of poor countries slashed education budget due to COVID-19: World Bank, UNESCO

Cuts can last for a long time as the pandemic continues to cause economic losses and make fiscal positions worse, warns report  

Poverty and emergencies keep children out of school

Every one in five children in the world are not in school, says the latest UNICEF report

The glitch in India's technical education

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

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Binary Chinese

Computers master one of the most difficult languages on planet

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Kansas's unintelligent design

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 …

Environmental crimes increase 78% but case disposal slower

Courts disposing of cases at rate much lower than that of new cases recorded, leading to large backlog

COVID-19 pandemic & children: Focus on mental health

Children growing up amid lockdowns and school closures are vulnerable to neurological problems 

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

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