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Sunday, August 2, 2026
TopicEducation ministry

Topic: Education ministry

Paper leaks, marksheet mix-ups—it’s a bad time to be a student in India

All the authorities are working to fix the OSM controversies & the NEET paper leak but how many of them actually care about the lakhs of students they’ve mentally burdened?

Weak monsoon forecast, early El Niño—India is staring at a perfect storm

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Modi’s cabinet is looking jaded—it needs new ideas, new faces, removal of deadwood

The NEET paper leaks and the ongoing loss of public confidence in the CBSE exam results show that someone is either sleeping on the watch or not very competent.

Rahul leading charge, Oppn tears into BJP over NEET-UG 2026 cancellation, demands NTA be dissolved

From Rahul Gandhi's 'crime against youth' to Kejriwal's call for protests, opposition demands a response from BJP. Education Minister Pradhan refuses to answer media questions.

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.

Tezpur University protests: Ministry team assures inquiry against V-C, prof assumes charge suo motu

Team led by higher education secretary Vineet Joshi arrived at campus Saturday but was greeted with protests. Students & teachers insist on V-C Shambhu Nath Singh’s removal.

‘Reviving parampara’: Adani, Centre to host global conclave on Indian Knowledge Systems

The event, 'Adani Global Indology Conclave: Reviving Parampara for a United World', will be held between 20 and 22 November at Adani Shantigram Township in Ahmedabad.

Centre forms expert panel to review UGC draft curriculum amid concerns over ‘grave defects’

Kerala & Karnataka govt have said they wouldn’t adopt the curriculum. Over 900 academics signed petition against draft mathematics curriculum last month, urging UGC to withdraw it.

Education ministry reviewing impact of switching NEET-UG to computer-based format

Govt-appointed panel led by former ISRO chief had recommended transition of exams like NEET-UG to an online format, Aadhaar-based biometric verification of candidates at exam centres.

Inside Andhra’s single-teacher schools: How state’s betting on 9,620 model schools to fix crisis

According to an education ministry report, India has 1,04,125 single-teacher schools. Andhra Pradesh accounts for the highest number at 12,912, followed by UP and Jharkhand.

On Camera

Ajinkya Rahane’s farewell closes the chapter on India’s greatest Test generation

Ajinkya Rahane was at the heart of India's rise under Kohli and Shastri. Nowhere was his understated value more immortalised than during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.