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TopicPrimary schools

Topic: Primary schools

Inside Andhra’s single-teacher schools: How state’s betting on 9,620 model schools to fix crisis

According to an education ministry report, India has 1,04,125 single-teacher schools. Andhra Pradesh accounts for the highest number at 12,912, followed by UP and Jharkhand.

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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More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.