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Topic: Teacher

There is a global teacher shortage. How fintech can help tackle it

Teachers are leaving the profession for a myriad of reasons, including high stress levels, burnout, lack of support, heavy workloads, challenging working conditions, and financial strain.

SubscriberWrites: The responsibility of the history teacher

Historians are responsible for promoting peace as well as truth through what they teach and write, but they cannot be effective unless they are supported.

Assam teacher booked under POCSO for ‘forcing student to watch porn’, protesters set govt school ablaze

Accused Jahir Uddin is absconding. Karimganj SP says minor's family initially did not report alleged incident to police. Suo motu case lodged for destruction of govt property.

SubscriberWrites: The Classroom Ecosystem

A certain tone of the teacher’s voice, lack of transparency in the examination system, high expectations by the parents, have a tangible effect on the performance of the students.

After govt promises job to daughter, family agrees to cremate Punjab teacher who died by suicide

AAP govt has promised job to Balwinder Kaur’s daughter when she turns 18. The unemployed teacher's suicide Saturday has triggered a political storm in Punjab.

First Muzaffarnagar, now Sambhal: UP teacher ‘asks Muslim student to slap Hindu classmate’, arrested

Case similar to that of Trupta Tyagi, a teacher at a private school in Muzaffarnagar, who allegedly made Hindu students slap a Muslim classmate for not doing his homework last month.

Kashmir teacher, who uses scrap material to educate poor kids, selected for national award

Roohi Sultana is among 47 educators who have been selected for the prestigious National Teachers Award 2020. She has been selected for her innovative teaching methods.

Why are teachers called ‘mistresses’, should be more dignified, says Punjab & Haryana HC

The high court notified the Punjab govt to respond by 13 July, the date of the next hearing, on why teachers could not simply be addressed as 'teacher'.

Why Delhi’s government school teachers feel they are not doing the job they were hired for

A survey in Delhi’s schools shows teachers feel helpless, guilty and like clerks. They are overworked and spend less time teaching.

Ashoka University did what famed Delhi University could not – stand by its teachers

Ashoka University showed extraordinary courage to do something as ordinary as supporting the autonomy of teachers.

On Camera

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.