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51% of Delhi kids walk or cycle to school. And it’s not about saving the environment

In any city, a major share of daily commuters are children headed to and fro school. Despite this, how children reach schools is largely ignored.

In battle over fee hike regulation, Delhi HC rules in favour of private schools, limits govt’s power

The court said prior approval from Directorate of Education (DoE) was needed only for mid-session fee hikes. DoE cannot reject hikes fixed before an academic year

AI in classrooms: A learning aid or shortcut 

The increasing use of AI has triggered debate about whether AI tools are actually helping students to learn better, or simply offering them an easy way out.

Are Delhi private schools failing the EWS test? 15 yrs of silent segregation, NGOs filling gaps

Fifteen years after Delhi mandated a 25% EWS quota in private schools, basic English remains a struggle for many students and a separate-but-equal system has taken root

Why Delhi private schools are opposing new fee regulation law & how it’s playing out in high court

ThePrint explains what’s in the new fee regulation law, what is the case in the Delhi High Court, who will be part of these fee regulation committees and how they will function.

Delhi & Jaipur student suicides prompt schools to step up, expose a crisis of care

While schools in Delhi and Rajasthan announce sensitisation drives, analysts say the root problem—severe counsellor shortages and fragile support structures—demands long-term systemic reform.

Students use AI, parents panic — how Indian schools are finding ways to live with ChatGPT

Some educators are echoing the need for guidelines from the government to ensure they are abreast with developments, and on top of the right ways to use the tools.

What’s in Delhi govt’s new private school fee regulation bill & why are parents concerned

On Monday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Education Minister Ashish Sood introduced the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025.

Ducking under desks & making stretchers out of bedsheets, Delhi students learn the mock drill ropes

About 550 schools across New Delhi took part in drills as tension with Pakistan soars. The drill was conducted on the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

How Delhi’s new draft bill seeks to regulate private school fees & why schools are apprehensive

Amid protests by parents over alleged arbitrary fee hikes by private schools, Delhi govt has cleared a draft bill aimed at raising accountability. ThePrint explains how it plans to do so.

On Camera

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.