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Why low-fee private schools are struggling to take root in rural Nigeria

It's unusual for children in Nigeria's rural areas to have any access to private schooling, even if it's of the low-cost variety. They must rely …

Why investing in school education should be a priority in upcoming Maharashtra Budget

Maharashtra needs to have a larger kitty parked to grapple with huge number of out-of-school children

Bridging the gap: a school below Delhi Metro line

No school can be without a playground: Supreme Court

SC gives a year’s time to encroachers to vacate Gram Panchayat land meant for school

Is it realistic to teach science in vernacular languages?

Can an alien worldview like western science be taught in the vernacular or is it best conveyed in the languages of the culture that created it?

Availability of junk food is changing children's diet in India

Packaged food is fast replacing balanced diet among schoolchildren, especially in urban India, warns the latest study by Centre for Science and …

Counting gifts for children as another pandemic year comes to a close

Let’s hope the New Year rings in positive news related to the beginning of vaccination for all children

Bihar midday meals: 75 students take ill, five critical

Two separate incidents of food poisoning from consuming midday meal reported from Arwal and Jhajha districts

Exams key anxiety source for Indian students: NCERT survey

Nearly half the students surveyed suffer from body image issues

Despite progress, school feeding coverage low where needed most: WFP

Contributions from donors fell from 69% to 55% over the pandemic years

Back to school? May have unimaginable, uncontrollable consequences on health

Instead of reopening schools, educationists should research how to communicate efficiently in online classes   

Increased crime rate linked to spike in air pollution: study

Tackling air pollution could help bring down crime rate in London, say researchers from London School of Economics

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COVID-19: Teachers report reduced capacity to help vulnerable students, finds UNESCO survey

Students with low socioeconomic status more likely to worry about future education, falling behind 

More than 39 billion school meals missed during COVID-19 pandemic: UN report

UN agencies urged governments to prioritise school reopening  

How community virtual classes can bridge learning gap, address inequality

A key advantage of CVCL is that self-learning and teacher / peer-guided modalities can be combined within the same model   

Odisha needs to make apposite effort to have toilets in all its school

Who cares for toilets in school? 34% of schoolchildren in Odisha do, finds new study

Breakthrough in search for new malaria cure

Scientists find a way to block malaria parasite from making itself at home inside host blood cells; research opens up possibilities of new …

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows

Union Budget 2022-23: More funds for children‘s education but what is the priority?

Education budget for children seems to have missed an opportunity to reverse the negative impact of pandemic on children

How schoolchildren are 'seed-bombing' Bihar

A unique initiative by an NGO is helping the state increase its green cover while also spreading awareness

Study shows social stigma comes in the way of alcoholics opting for treatment

A study says that almost half of the affected were too embarrassed to undertake treatment

Mid-day meal price hike less than Re 1 as food inflation hits record level

The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic

Government schools encouraging healthier lifestyles: study

The onset of many lifestyle or non-communicable diseases can be prevented or delayed by addressing these risk factors earlier in life