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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicGovernment schools

Topic: Government schools

In Telangana, a ‘romantic’ govt bid to end caste segregation of schools & a nuanced reality

CM Revanth Reddy says integrated schools with students of all caste groups will ‘foster inclusivity’. Some say govt is fixing a problem that doesn’t exist. For others, the idea is good on paper.

Indian parents trapped in a spiral of soaring private school costs. Aspiration fuels eduflation

Parents complain of hidden costs, with some turning to loans, while private schools justify 10% annual fee hike to improve infrastructure and attract, retain qualified permanent faculty.

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'.

On Camera

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.