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Thursday, July 17, 2025
TopicPrimary schools

Topic: Primary schools

No schools left without teachers, 80% decline in those with only one teacher: Chhattisgarh govt

A recently concluded rationalisation exercise undertaken by the Chhattisgarh government has fairly distributed human resources across schools, from Class 1 to 12.

Amid rising pollution, Delhi primary schools to stay shut, classes to shift online

Following implementation of GRAP-III measures to mitigate the effects of air pollution and worsening AQI, Delhi Metro will add 20 extra trips Friday onwards.

Stalin govt is using a unique model to bridge primary school learning gap of last two years

Tamil Nadu govt's mission Ennum Ezhuthum, or 'Numbers and Letters', for primary school children is changing the way teachers teach and students learn.

Counting sticks, clapping — how one of India’s learning laggard districts is helping kids learn

Primary schools in UP's Shamli, one of India's low performing districts in terms of basic literacy & numeracy among kids, trying activity-based model under govt's ‘Mission Education’.

Class 5 students as teachers, low attendance — Gujarat govt schools don’t paint ‘vibrant’ picture

About 700 government primary schools in Gujarat, headed for polls later this year, function under just one teacher. ThePrint got a close-up view in Kachchh and Mahisagar.

In India’s poorest district in UP, smart classes a small ray of hope for children’s future

One head teacher’s initiative in a govt upper primary school in Shravasti has inspired district administration to launch project to set up more smart schools.

India expects all primary & lower-secondary school kids to be educated by 2030: UNESCO report

UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report released in Paris on International Day of Education says India expects its upper secondary enrolment to hit 88% from 55% in 2015.

20 hours a week, no homework: That’s the Finland school system RSS chief wants in India

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat highlighted Saturday that Finland’s school system is the world’s best, and that India should emulate it. Here’s what makes it the best.

Haryana wants to ‘befriend’ English, will teach primary students one sentence a day

Since students do not get to listen to English or speak it, they aren’t able to build skills in the language. That’s what the...

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India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.