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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Faulty systems, poor infra to ‘mistreatment’—Protesting aspirants allege SSC ‘played with their future’

Students & teachers have broken into protests over alleged mismanagement of SSC exams, slamming the firm contracted to conduct them & demanding dialogue with MoS Personnel.

Teacher fired for ‘teaching Kalma’ in Haryana school after protest by parents, right-wing group

School's principal says the Sanskrit instructor claims to only have answered students’ query about Muslim worship practices, but the school was forced to dismiss her.

WB teachers launch indefinite sit-in as govt fails to publish ‘deserving’ list in school job loss case

The agitating teachers also demanded the resignation of the SSC chairman and state Education Minister Bratya Basu.

Scale of cover up at each stage—SC’s blistering critique of WBSSC in school jobs scam

West Bengal School Service Commission candidly admitted rank-jumping, appointing non-meritorious candidates, manipulating OMR scores, acknowledged 6,276 illegal appointments were made.

8 FIITJEE centres close ahead of exams as several teachers resign over salary delays, cuts

Centres have closed in Meerut, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Bhopal, Patna & Delhi, it is learnt. Parents approach police demanding accountability & refunds.

SubscriberWrites: Teachers travel with you all your life

The teacher has the burden of the curriculum, the challenge of living up to expectations, the need to work for a livelihood, and finally, the KRAs to meet.

How teachers are breaking the bad news about climate change to primary school children

Teachers who felt confident with the scientific “facts”, often felt less equipped to respond to student enquiries about social and emotional dimensions of climate change.

Why medical college teachers without MBBS are protesting against NMC’s faculty norms

There are nearly 3,000 MSc & PhD holders across medical colleges who teach non-clinical subjects to MBBS students. Medical education regulator has reduced their allotted numbers.

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.

Happiness, Deshbhakti curricula affecting regular studies, say Delhi govt teachers as exams loom

Deshbhakti, Happiness & Entrepreneurship Mindset curricula designed for well-rounded learning & to ease academic pressure on students, but seem to have put some teachers in a tough position.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.