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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Topic: online classes

UGC now says first year classes will start in November, there will be no winter, summer breaks

UGC revises academic calendar again. To compensate for loss of academic time, it has asked colleges to teach six days a week, without any summer or winter break, until 2022.

Crowded rooms, shared phones but a will to learn — how Delhi’s street kids study in a pandemic

350 children from shelter homes and slums are managing to continue their education online, with a little help from a non-profit NGO.

5 cases in 25 years of Internet that changed how India logs online

In 1995, telecom minister Sukh Ram made the first mobile call to Jyoti Basu. And VSNL’s internet service was terrible. But its dial-up link over poor fixed telephone lines opened up a new world for us.

Schools to reopen this month, but parents remain worried & experts advise caution

Shorter hours, reduced strength, masks & sanitisers will be the norm when schools reopen, according to SOP announced by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

How a letter for better online classes for disabled students got lost between two ministries

With no help from govt, the Javed Abidi Foundation wrote to 284 universities and colleges, briefing them on issues faced by students with disabilities.

Concerned about child’s online classes? First worry about how teachers are coping with Covid

On Teachers' Day, we must acknowledge the mental health burden on teachers working doubly hard to sustain momentum, learn new technologies & engage students from home.

1.38 lakh Telangana students struggle to tune in as govt school classes begin online

The 1.38 lakh students are those without access to any electronic devices, even a TV, but the state government says opening day saw over 14 lakh students attend online classes.

Govt to use NCC, NSS volunteers to help students who don’t have smartphones & laptops

Ministry of Education’s ‘Learning Enhancement Guidelines’ suggest community guided support for students who don’t have digital tools or teachers living nearby.

70% KV & CBSE students satisfied with e-learning, govt to now focus on bridging digital gap

A survey released by the education ministry states that students who lack online facilities will be taught via TV, radio, newspapers and other means, by involving parents.

Only 33% parents support reopening of schools from 1 September, finds survey

According to a survey by LocalCircles, parents were uncomfortable sending their children back to school over fears of them getting sick or bringing the virus home to others.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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.