Topic: Education
Cabinet approves continuation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme for school education till March 2026
According to the govt, the scheme will cover 1.16 million schools, over 156 million students and 5.7 million teachers of govt and aided schools.
Why does India have so few Olympic medals? We still value grades over skills
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Structural change, state intervention required to change misconceptions about humanities
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.
63% parents say schools have increased fees despite classes being held online, survey finds
According to LocalCircles survey, 33 percent of parents said schools have increased fees by over 20 per cent for the academic year 2021-22.
Ghadar martyrs to war heroes: The 17 names Punjab govt has chosen to rename its schools
The Ghadar movement, an international political movement founded by expatriate Indians to overthrow British rule in India, was active between 1903 and 1917.
57% girl students, 85% boys interested in pursuing STEM as career, survey finds
The survey, titled ‘India’s Future in Next-Generation Tech & STEM’, was conducted by edtech platform Avishkaar, which focuses on AI, robotics and app development.
Only 39% schools in India had computers, 22% had internet access in 2019-20, govt data shows
The Unified District Information System for Education report also said that 84% schools have libraries and reading rooms, but only 69.4% of them have libraries with books.
‘Becoming another brick in the wall’ — university admissions reduce students to just numbers
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No more Telugu medium in Andhra — Why Jagan govt wants English in all schools, colleges
In 2019, Jagan govt ordered Andhra schools to switch to English, but that's stuck in SC. Now it has directed all colleges to compulsorily adopt English as medium of instruction from this session.
It is time to break taboo around mental health and begin conversations on it
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.
It’s time now to think of kids first, whatever the virus has in store
So far in the pandemic, children suffered disproportionately to protect the elderly. But now we adults must return the favour so that kids can resume their learning and socialising.
India’s services sector stuck in contraction for third straight month in July
The seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index rose from 41.2 in June to 45.4 in July but was stuck in contraction due to subdued demand conditions amid Covid crisis.
Defence
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant begins sea trial, Navy says ‘historic’ day
The 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier is the largest and most complex warship built in the country. Vikrant is expected to be commissioned into Indian Navy in 2022.
Why Mizoram vs Assam is a BJP project to ‘integrate’ northeast gone wrong
Assam-Mizoram violence is an outcome of BJP trying too hard to ‘integrate’ distinct northeastern states. This has unleashed latent regionalism.