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Friday, May 3, 2024
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Topic: Education

No cheatsheet can rescue Emraan Hashmi’s Why Cheat India

Preachy dialogues and a half-baked script pull the film down.

‘I like people who hump’: Jadavpur University prof has history of sexually harassing students

As Jadavpur University professor Kanak Sarkar is barred from teaching for comparing a girl’s virginity to a ‘sealed water bottle’, students & alumni lay bare a litany of allegations.

Byju’s acquires Osmo for $120 million in US education push

Osmo, a developer of learning games, will continue as a standalone brand once the deal is completed.

HRD ministry to increase university seats by 25% to implement upper-caste quota move

Union minister Prakash Javadekar said that along with the upper caste reservation, 25 per cent seats will be increased in higher educational institutes to prevent disturbances in existing quotas.

Why Indian history has forgotten Fatima Sheikh but remembers Savitribai Phule

So little is known about educator and social reformer Fatima Sheikh that even her date of birth is debated.  

More than 14 per cent villages in India don’t have any school, shows govt data

Rural Development Ministry data shows access to highest level of school education remains a concern, only 6.57 per cent villages have up to senior secondary schools. 

Degree, naukri, textbooks and fees: How India’s education mafia works

It would be an understatement to say that India's education sector is in a bad shape.

Schools that teach ancient Indian scriptures will now have a CBSE-like board

Modi government is ready with a Vedic board, which will be in charge of granting affiliation to Vedic schools. Ramdev's schools to be first beneficiary.

To fix India’s education system, we need good action plans not policies

India is too diverse to consider a single mandate by way of education policy for the entire country.

In a first, 3 Doon alumni are CMs, all from the same powerful era

Doon School students continue to dominate India’s politics as Kamal Nath joins contemporaries Naveen Patnaik and Captain Amarinder Singh as chief ministers.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.