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Topic: Government schools

Inside UP’s PM Shri testing ground: Labs, smart boards and a race to catch up

While some campuses boast robotics kits and AI labs, others still rely on broken furniture and CSR donations.

Educators endorse Maharashtra’s co-ed schools push, but caution against ‘dropouts, distraction’

State’s merger order for govt schools aims to foster equality & respect, improve gender balance and resource use, but experts fear girls dropping out. Commissioner to oversee implementation.

From Chennai, Mann vows ‘immediate steps’ to start breakfast scheme in Punjab govt schools 

Punjab CM was in Tamil Nadu to attend an event to announce the expansion of M.K. Stalin government’s breakfast scheme to all aided primary schools in the state.

Two realities of NEP: Sensory classrooms & hi-tech labs, to kids sitting on floor & no teachers

To understand how National Education Policy is being implemented across different settings, ThePrint visited a model private school in Delhi and 2 govt schools in neighbouring Haryana.

Mahakal procession: Congress tears into order asking Ujjain schools to hold classes on 6 Sundays

Congress MLA Arif Masood slammed the Ujjain collector's order, saying the move to declare holidays and run schools on Sundays was to appease Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.

‘Cockroach, centipede’ crawl into AP’s political discourse as food at state-run hostels comes under lens

YSRCP accused TDP-led govt of serving inferior insect-infested food to students in contrast to the upgraded mid-day meal scheme implemented by their leader Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Rajasthan village gets a dream school from Mumbai business tycoon. Sparks a rush in Rajsamand

Luxury-style government school in Rajasthan's Shishoda Kalan offers world-class facilities to its 300 students. Its former student Meghraj Jain heads Mangal Group.

Free education is mere jugglery of words. A hangover of anti-rational pre-Partition days

‘There is no such thing as free education. Money paid to teachers comes ultimately from people, as taxes if not as tuition fees,' wrote Professor Om Prakash Kahol on 1 January 1959.

Centre’s report lays bare poor digital infra in schools, highlights stark urban-rural divide in states

PGI-D report evaluates 788 districts based on six parameters. States, UTs were categorized into different performance grades, ranging from Level 1 (Utkarsh) to Level 10 (Akanshi-3).

Slide in govt school enrolments continued in 2024-25; UP alone witnessed drop of 21.82 lakh

Centre expressed ‘deep concern’ over drop in govt school enrolments. It has sought detailed report from states/UTs by end of June on reasons behind continued slide in enrolments.

On Camera

Iran could be a ‘forever war’ if the Kurds join the fight

The US has turned to the Kurds whenever it has needed allies on ground— in Iraq, in Syria, & now perhaps in Iran. Rarely has it worked out well, either for them or the region.

Queues, price hikes and shortages as Asia battles fuel crunch

Stock for power distributors and refineries began to falter in the middle of the week leaving multiple countries, including China, to cut back.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.