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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Schools

New British boarding schools are here. The latest accessory for India’s rich

Ten new British boarding schools are en route to India, while three have already set up shop. This new-age passage to India is banking on Indians’ ever-expanding aspirations to clinch a global stamp.

CBSE’s mother tongue circular has stumped school principals. Everyone’s interpreting it differently

The CBSE has given its affiliated schools time till the end of summer break to implement its directive.

Manipur schools are also sites of violence. Kids want guns for Christmas

In The Smart and the Dumb, Vishal Vasanthakumar argues that in conflict zones, like Manipur schools become sites of violence rather than sanctuaries of peace and learning.

Huge surge in minority institutions after RTE Act. Even DPS Bengaluru became one to avoid quota

Right to Education Act mandated schools to allocate 25% of their seats to disadvantaged communities. To circumvent this and preserve the elite character of schools, minority status became a godsend.

‘Not letting our guard down,’ says Karnataka govt after Bengaluru schools get bomb threats again

Students were evacuated and extensive searches were carried out by bomb squads in several private schools across the Karnataka capital Friday morning.

After Gujarat, 14 more states & 1 UT to set up ‘Vidya Samiksha Kendras’ to monitor govt schools

VSK control rooms will collect data to track key performance indicators as well as analyse data collated from govt schemes ‘using AI & machine-learning’. A look at how states are faring.

How to keep teachers ‘moving’? Draft NCF says schools may choose to not give them chairs in class

New National Curriculum Framework for School Education says schools may do this so teachers 'remain standing and in moving condition'. Draft currently open to feedback from stakeholders.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.