Monday, 28 November, 2022
TopicIndian education

Topic: Indian education

More students taking private tuitions is worrying and a poor appraisal of Indian education system

ThePrint Team -
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DU’s alarming cut-offs show Indian education needs to go beyond policy reforms

Ishani Garg -
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Socialists vs conservatives harmed Indian education. Bahujans need market forces

Vipin P. Veetil -
Bahujans will benefit greatly from access to contestable markets in education, though it may not meet egalitarian fancies of well-meaning comrades.

Forced into online exam is India’s opportunity to radically alter how we evaluate students

Mahesh Menon -
Universities and UGC rely on proctoring over a live stream because they are worried students will cheat. But this obsession comes from how we evaluate our students.

Only 23% of Indian households have access to internet for e-education, says UNICEF report

PTI -
The report also highlighted girls from marginalised communities not having easy access to smartphones and lack of quality educational content in vernacular languages.

HRD Ministry sets up panel to explore ways ensuring students pursue higher studies in India

PTI -
Addressing a session on ‘Stay in India and Study in India’, HRD Minister Pokhriyal also focused on the Indian students returning to the country due to Covid situation.

Indian educational institutes should break norms in Covid times, not conduct online exams

Rachel John -
Universities like to constantly evaluate students but during the Covid crisis, they can be a little empathetic and cancel exams.

Six ‘young’ Indian institutes ranked among world’s top 50 for research

Mohana Basu -
Homi Bhabha National Institute, ranked 16th globally, is the top-ranked Indian institution on the list, which also features five IISERs.

Low academic performers rate higher on stress scale, finds NIMHANS study

Susheela Srinivas -
At a time when decimal point differences decide one's college, a NIMHANS study indicates the need to incorporate stress management in schools.
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On my last day as Pakistan Army Chief, I leave Asim Munir with bigger problems than my billions

General Twitter -
Does Indian Army Chief Gen Pande have no interest in making CPEC, cheese pizza economic corridor? I suggest him this corridor against China. Learn from us.
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Losing the pulse: Farmers will suffer a setback with falling chana prices. Govt must observe

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Situation in China volatile—A fire incident, a strict Covid policy spreading anger on streets

Economy

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GDP data this week will indicate FY23 outlook. But analysis shows growth still below pre-Covid yrs

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Analysis of industrial & consumer data not included in usual ‘high-frequency indicators’ shows although demand seems to have recovered from pandemic, it remains weak.

Defence

Illustration: Soham Sen | The Print

Modi govt moves with Arunachal Frontier Highway, among India’s ‘toughest’ projects yet, China in mind

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The 2,000 km-long highway will be of strategic importance to military. Same equipment used on other side of LAC being deployed to carry out work on tough terrain, say officials.

National Interest

A Gujarat gamble: A likely reason Rahul is not giving Modi a fight this assembly election

Shekhar Gupta -
I'd rather not buy idea that Rahul's holding his fire until 2024. More likely, Congress believes Karnataka offers best chance of winning a Gujarat-sized state if Gujarat is too challenging.

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