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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicEducational reforms

Topic: educational reforms

We need to ‘disrupt’ educational systems to help children be ready for future jobs

Disrupting the 'legacy' curriculum, the role of a teacher and the pace of learning are all a part of bridging the skill gaps in children.

SubscriberWrites: With NEP 2020, Modi govt trying to put pineapple on pizzas, should focus on practical goals instead

NEP 2020 will likely make students write multiple entrance exams. If only we could have an entrance test for politicians to weed out the ‘untalented’ ones, writes Balaji Alagurajan.

Maulana Kalbe Sadiq — scholar, educational reformer & ‘India’s second Sir Syed’

Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, who urged his community to give the disputed Ayodhya land to Hindus and 'win millions of hearts', died Tuesday at 83.

AAP shows education can bring political benefits. Will other states follow?

As Arvind Kejriwal takes education in Delhi to the next level, a few reminders to other states on how reforms in this sector can also bring larger public good.

Babuji dheere chalna

There are enough elements in India for you to justify delays and, in any case, excuse-mongering is our most prized national tribute.

His next class act

In his first innings as a politician, Dr Manmohan Singh liberated our economy. In his second, as prime minister, he brought about a paradigm...

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.