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25,000 + SC/ST/OBC students quit IITs & central universities in last 5 yrs, shows Parliament data

Data was shared by Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in Rajya Sabha Wednesday. Experts point to family pressures and urgency to get jobs among top reasons for dropping out.

400+ UG dropouts in 5 yrs has IITs worried. Institutes to address mental health via ‘all possible means’

Directives came even as IITs have existing mechanism to help students. In a meeting Tuesday, each of them was told to engage people who are aware of counselling & early detection.

More young children dropped out of school in 2021-22, but girl students up, says ministry report

The UDISE report, however, says that fewer children in older classes left school this year; enrollment was also higher in both government and private institutions.

School dropout rate among girls gone down in 4 yrs says Modi govt, claims credit for schemes

Minister of state for education, Annapurna Devi, told parliament that dropout rate among girls has gone down, the sharpest of which has been at secondary level — a decline of nearly 5%.

Not distance or cost but this is the main reason kids are dropping out of school, NFHS-5 finds

Nearly 36 per cent of boys and 21 per cent of girls surveyed said they dropped out of school because they were ‘not interested in studies’. But this isn’t a new trend.

Fewer kids enrolled in schools at pre-primary, Class 1 levels during pandemic, govt data shows

Enrolment of students at pre-primary level, class 1 down by 29.1 lakh and 18.8 lakh respectively in 2020-21 from 2019-20, but dropout rate at primary & secondary levels has reduced.

How a homeless high school dropout became CEO of a $1 billion company

Taihei Kobayashi's rags-to-riches story is among the most remarkable to emerge from a small-cap stock boom that’s minting fortunes in Japan.

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Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.