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Why are India’s students disappearing? Parliamentary panel flags 73% enrolment drop by higher secondary

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has flagged “drastic decline” of nearly 73 percent in student enrolment as education level progresses from primary to higher...

National Skill Mission is missing something key. Nai Manzil showed the way

Without school education, skill programmes are not very effective in enabling beneficiaries to enter the formal sector.

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.

There’s a big gap between higher education and jobs. Here’s an alternative learning model

Classical higher education has many attributes that must be preserved. But academic leadership needs to come up with some answers first.

On Camera

Vijay cancelled Parandur despite economic costs. That is what keeping a promise looks like

Criticism of CM Vijay cancelling the Parandur project has logic to it, but it risks obscuring a fundamental distinction between a promise to do and a pledge to cancel.

Ather Energy steers past Tesla and BYD as stock surges 130%

BlackRock Global Funds  have acquired less than 1% stake via open-market transactions in Ather while a Bloomberg EV index is down 1%, dragged by Tesla, BYD and Xiaomi.

4 Agniveers questioned after AK-203 assault rifles, pistols, ammo stolen from Madras Regiment armoury

Army informed police that around 1,800 rounds of ammunition and 21 magazines were missing from the high-security compound in Secunderabad.

Pakistan’s most embarrassing secret is internationalised. Now cricketing world is looking out for Imran

Given how arrogant and self-loving Imran is, he may not be capable of introspection even in the isolation of Adiala jail. The harsh truth is, he played the same game when it suited him.