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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicEducation reform

Topic: education reform

Amid spate of suicides & low enrollment, Kota administration announces hostel reforms. What’s changing

Reforms, announced under ‘Kota Cares’ initiative launched last yr, aim to create a holistic ecosystem for students & have been developed through extensive stakeholder consultations.

Maharashtra’s cluster schools have computers, more teachers. 10,500 schools will be merged

Maharashtra’s plan to mainstream rural education by merging small schools into bigger clusters could open up a brave new world— but it could also push some students to the fringes.

25000 SC/ST/OBC students have quit IITs & central universities but Modi is stuck on temples

Isn’t it incumbent upon the ruling party to draw inspiration from global citadels of learning to stop SC/ST/OBC students from dropping out of IITs?

SubscriberWrites: School education needs more incentives than just budget allocation

Without structural reforms to reduce the negative impact of licensing of schools and high salaries of govt school teachers, chances of change are bleak, writes Pankaj Jain.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.