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Friday, May 17, 2024
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Topic: Education

As India falls 7 spots in global ranking, is it a safe country to raise children?

According to U.S. News and World Report’s global perceptions-based survey on the best countries to raise children in, India ranks at 65 out of 80 countries.

India running out of time to cash in demographic dividend

India is home to more young people than any other country, but high unemployment and talent shortage means it risks losing out on getting rich before it gets old.

Indian Muslims won’t lose religion by saying ‘Bharat mata ki jai’, we have bigger battles

We must build educational institutions like the Christians and better our economic condition without waiting for charity.

Third South Asia Conclave to debate democracy, diplomacy & gender violence

The third annual South Asia Conclave, organised by Oxford University Press, will be held in New Delhi on Thursday, July 11.

Farm to health to education, Modi govt’s Budget has no clear vision for India’s social sector

The Budget reverted to Modi government’s old avatar – a focus on infrastructure and a mission-mode model of meeting targets, this time for water.

Convocation robes out, students will now wear traditional attire ‘made of Indian handloom’

UGC has issued a circular to all public and private universities under it, asking them to go traditional during their convocation ceremonies.

Why Delhi’s government school teachers feel they are not doing the job they were hired for

A survey in Delhi’s schools shows teachers feel helpless, guilty and like clerks. They are overworked and spend less time teaching.

Better data can improve public education in India – draft National Education Policy says it too

The new draft education policy has called for ‘a major effort’ in data collection, analysis and organisation.

Indian children are schooling, not learning. Modi govt must fix it with national edu policy

Easy to measure metrics, ‘syllabus completion’ & ‘pass percentages’ have held classrooms hostage. Education policy has the power to change it.

India doesn’t need new education policy, but correct diagnosis of problems: Ex-IAS officer

The new Narendra Modi government must take forward the initiatives that were launched in the last three years to their logical conclusion.

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.