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Topic: Government schools

Centre flags dip in govt school enrolment in 13 states/UTs in 2023-24, UP sees highest drop at 28 lakh

Reverse migration after pandemic, shift to private schools & low mid-day meal coverage are among the key reasons for decline in enrolment for classes 1 to 8 in govt schools, officials say.

TN govt school in pickle after speaker lectures students on rebirth. Principal transferred, probe ordered

Incident came to light after a purported video of the motivational speaker’s speech and a visually impaired school teacher objecting to it emerged on social media.

Bihar kicks off school monitoring plan to improve quality of education, mid-day meals, upgrade infra

Over 8,000 officials will check around 10 to 15 govt schools each. District officials have been instructed to review and report regularly, take action to address deficiencies.

Assam teacher booked under POCSO for ‘forcing student to watch porn’, protesters set govt school ablaze

Accused Jahir Uddin is absconding. Karimganj SP says minor's family initially did not report alleged incident to police. Suo motu case lodged for destruction of govt property.

Necessary or too harsh? What’s behind the govt-teacher tussle over UP’s digital attendance rule

Govt school teachers have objected to 15-min window to mark attendance & the fact that this rule applies only to them. UP govt says expert committee will be formed to look into concerns.

2 yrs after finance ministry veto, breakfast under school midday meal scheme back on Centre’s table

Breakfast estimated to require additional annual allocation of Rs 4,000 cr under scheme rebranded as PM Poshan in 2021. Preliminary discussions have been held, say ministry officials.

Smart classrooms, AI tools, e-libraries — how higher education in Odisha govt schools is levelling up

Inititiative's goal is to modernise 8,679 high schools in eastern state. Rural areas, were electrictiy supply is not steady as in cities, are were it faces challenges.

‘No power, toilets or water in Haryana schools’: HC raps Khattar govt for its ‘glaring insensitivity’

HC order has given Congress ammunition to hit out at state's BJP govt. Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda says HC exposed what people already knew — Khattar govt is complete 'non-performer'.

Unnao school headmaster arrested for ‘sexual abuse of 18 minor students’, booked under POCSO

According to FIR, girls — aged 7 to 14 yrs — accused the headmaster of sexually harassing them, while talking to school staff and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights members.

Mergers, addressing teacher shortage — NITI Aayog report on improving India’s public schools

Report builds on outcomes of NITI Aayog's Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital — Education project in MP, Jharkhand & Odisha, to make recommendations for other states, UTs. 

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?