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
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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
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
Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?
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Enable the poor
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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&…
Our country, our mess
How's India doing in providing basic social services?
Messiahs to rural folk
A few individuals are trying to bring about changes at the grassroots level through dedicated and sustained work
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
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
From Nalanda to nowhere: Will Bihar’s public libraries survive
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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
A political gimmick
When concern for the environment is merely cosmetic, can we hope for a change?
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