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CBSE denies computer to Class X student with learning disorder, allows calculator only. Court intervenes

Citing RPwD Act, Court of Chief Commissioner for PwDs has directed full compliance with accommodations suggested in medical certificate & law, asked to ‘sensitise officials’.

Education in Budget: Allocation up 8%, girls’ hostel in every district & content labs in 15,000 schools

FM Sitharaman also announced the govt will set up 5 university townships in the vicinity of major industrial logistics centres, and set up or upgrade 4 Telescope Infrastructure.

Even RSS affiliate ABVP asks govt to clarify ‘ambiguities’ of UGC equity rules

As the matter is currently sub-judice, ABVP says UGC should promptly file an affidavit in court to clarify its stance. Also that govt must 'take prompt action to prevent any divisive situation from developing'.

Anger builds in BJP over UGC equity rules: Resignations pour in, Union minister assures ‘no misuse’

Upper caste students fear new equity rules will be misused against them. Education minister has said: 'No injustice, oppression, or discrimination against anyone.'

4-yr-old boy ‘locked in dark room, tortured’. Delhi kindergarten horror in French embassy premises

Probe into cruelty allegations against school's directors & staff comes after several weeks of child's mother filing a police complaint, that too only after child rights authorities stepped in.

Higher education institutions must immediately report student suicides, unnatural deaths to police—SC

Supreme Court bench issues guidelines to tighten higher education institutions' response to student suicides, invoking its power to do absolute justice.

UGC’s draft mental health norms call for standardised student-counselor ratio, well-being centres

UGC moves to standardise mental health support in colleges after Supreme Court push, calls for 24x7 helplines, peer support programmes, and crisis protocols. 

Why NCERT’s teacher training manual on gender has sparked a controversy

The manual came into the spotlight after founder of Garuda Prakashan, an international publishing venture focused on Indic narratives, shared a page from it on X.

India’s education sector to remain on double-digit growth trajectory—higher enrolments, fee hikes

A CRISIL report also says engineering courses continue to log healthy demand despite job market headwinds, and issues related to visas and immigration restrictions in the US.

They teach what textbooks can’t: Rise of professors of practice in India & why universities want them

From boardrooms to lecture halls, experienced professionals are closing the industry-academia gap. Their appointments are for fixed terms, and don't affect regular recruitment.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.