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42% Indian graduates under 25 unemployed: Report

The number of unemployed graduates under 25 was double that of youth with just higher secondary education in the same age category

Rich land, poor people: Can we let our children go hungry, ask coal pickers of Jharkhand

For the local people living near the coal mines, the livelihood crisis is even more significant than the burning of coal within their homes, …

International Mother Language Day 2023: Adivasi children in India unable to study in their own tongues needs redressal

Tribal children do not have teachers, reading material or even a proper script for their dialects or languages  

Why should India invest in its adolescent population? New study has an answer

Rate of returns for females higher than that of males; intervention to address gaps in India’s mental healthcare for adolescents needed

What the new National Education Policy misses — Time

Except the makers of the policy, everyone else acknowledges that a baby’s brain development starts from the moment it is born and not …

Africa’s research ecosystem needs a culture of mentoring

Mentoring can help build the confidence of young scholars, thereby reducing likelihood of brain drain from the region

Underperforming states not a priority for CSR Fund

States that account for only 15 per cent of backward districts received more than 60 per cent of the CSR expenditure

Harvard University accused of land grab & violation of indigenous people's rights: study

The university's endowment fund, meant to support educational and research goals, was misused to acquire 850,000 hectares of farmland across 5 …

Girls, hope your health gets precedence over ‘tradition’

Child marriages are not illegal yet but they could be if the WCD ministry’s proposal is accepted

DMF should look beyond infrastructure

Sanctions under a non-profit trust for the develpoment of mining disrtricts needs to ensure adequate resources to improve the quality of and …

Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors

NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare

Wings to soar high

A counselling initiative in Madhya Pradesh identifies interests of tribal students and facilitates their admission to institutes of higher education

Teaching people green rights

Many groups across the country are working to educate the people on the importance of the laws that govern people's rights to natural resources.

A welcome drop

KERALA’S DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES·K C Zachariah and Irudaya Rajan·Sage Publications·Pages …

Tribals become anthropologists

An academy that aims at converting tribals to anthropology; where the Bhils crossover from being mere objects of study to an active role in …

The water bearer

ANNA HAZARE bids a heavy-hearted farewell to the late Vilasrao Salunkhe, better known as 'pani baba'. Salunkhe's revolutionary concept of '…

Investments in basic needs, education & modern tech should be India’s focus in the next 25 years: Experts

Currently, only 3% of India’s GDP goes into education

Why Indian students need to go abroad to study medicine

Entrance to Indian medical colleges competitive and the tuition fees are high

Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting

India needs a freedom movement against non-performing officers

NPOs should be removed if the Union government’s schemes are to bear fruits 

Bridging the gap: a school below Delhi Metro line

Telling children how not to go the dodo way

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