Our country, our mess
How's India doing in providing basic social services?
Nightmare festivals
There is growing concern over the pollution caused by festivals like Diwali
Who rules your world?
The Union minister for external affairs says ecology should not be an elitist issue
Experiments with truth
Innovative science teaching scheme relegated to supplementary status
Research on thin ice
Lack of coherent research on the melting Gangotri glacier spells disaster
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 …
How an English-medium school near Sunderbans is helping children understand climate change
The school has introduced environmental pedagogy and vocational training to prepare them for alternative livelihood options
Scholarships alone are not enough to get more qualified female teachers into Nigeria’s schools
UNICEF estimates that over half of all girls are not in school in the north while under a third of all primary school teachers are women
Has Dharavi Model made us lose sight of its real problems
COVID-19 pandemic will pass one day. But what about hunger, unemployment, loss of education and stigma
Congress manifesto promises jobs, welfare steps
Five focus areas include: Unemployment, poverty, farm distress, access to quality education and healthcare
Infant mortality, youth unemployment among top exclusion factors in North Africa
Political instability and conflict have contributed significantly to exacerbate inequalities among some regions
Modi’s burden of civilising rural India
Our prime minister’s recognition of ‘uncivilised’ state of rural India means he should be spending more on ‘civilising&…
Messiahs to rural folk
A few individuals are trying to bring about changes at the grassroots level through dedicated and sustained work
Transitioning classes into electronic gadgets: Life of students in lockdown
The idea of using digital technologies to teach students from homes was introduced to continue with education and overcome mental stress and anxiety
No smartphones, internet access: Odisha’s rural kids caught in digital divide
More than 70% rural children studying in a government elementary school in the state do not have laptops or smartphones
World Bank study reveals high temperatures linked to lower exam scores in Ethiopia
Students exposed to higher temperatures during the school year, particularly on exam days, tend to perform worse than their cooler-climate …
Multidimensional poverty affects 2/3rd of children in rural Nigeria: UNICEF
Larger proportion of children involved in economic labour were multi-dimensionally poor
A political gimmick
When concern for the environment is merely cosmetic, can we hope for a change?
SUNNY DAYS
Remembering 2022: What it meant for India’s children
As the year comes to a close and we gear up to welcome 2023, here’s revisiting some of the major events this year that significantly …
This Champaran school shows the way for girl education, but has no govt support
Set up in Kasturba Gandhi’s name, the school was neglected until eforts by activists six years ago
Union Budget 2022-23: Funds for science very low for India to make a mark, say experts
The importance that the government gives to science and technology is reflected in the budget, experts said
From Nalanda to nowhere: Will Bihar’s public libraries survive
State not granting funds, alleges Bihar MLA Sudama Prasad; only 51 of 540 libraries have survived since 1950s
National Medical Commission Bill: IMA defers protest
The association wants to first take public into confidence and wait for 'current political situation' to get better
Vyapam virus
The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system