Books on rails
In Mexico City, run by the leftist Democratic Revolutionary party, a huge and unique campaign has begun to promote literacy and provide an "…
'We must teach science in a more hands-on manner'
A professor in the department of chemistry, Delhi University, K V Sane has been instrumental in organising and directing a project on locally-…
Mother of all management
THE UNION minister for human resource development's election-eve decision to slash Indian Institute of Management (IIM) fees by a third has …
Elementary failure
Since the Right To Education Act came into force on April 1, 2010, India has been witnessing an experiment that involves parents in enforcing a …
Desperately seeking experts
The environmental situation in India is grave -- our natural resources are getting depleted at an alarming rate and there is an acute paucity of …
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 '…
Medical education in India does not address larger social needs for health care
Medical education is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The government's decision to extend reservations in institutions of higher education …
Blow to anti-AIDS campaign as condom turns taboo subject
The paanwallah-doubling-up-as-a-condom-vendor ad has been taken off the air. Instead, Doordarshan will show a village council member warning …
Murder mystery in Bihar
The killing of two social activists has left behind a series of unanswered questions. On the evening of January 24 social activists Sarita and …
Umbilical Discord
An estimated 8,000 babies are born with neural defects every year in Rajasthan. Most of them die within a few months of birth. They are lucky. …
Children of a lesser State
A rare killer disease, Japanese encephalitis, has been annually and invariably breaking out in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, so far, 3,…
Beyond The Billion
If post-Independence leaders of India had ensured full literacy, a solution would have been in sight for a lot of problems. Population, for one. …
'We need to promote the culture of donating breast milk'
Armida Fernandez, founder trustee of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, started the first human milk bank in India in 1989 in …
Pollution of Hinduisim
Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is …
Kind to cash
The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on …
Nothing to bank on
The government’s much-hyped Direct Benefit Transfer programme has hit a roadblock. Banks have failed to meet the huge demand for opening …
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
Education not enough
As a means of bringing long-term change in public attitudes, education at present is too weak and demands radical improvement
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