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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: teachers

Ex-Infosys CEO Shibulal’s initiative is filling a gap in education — digital teacher training

Focus of govts amid the Covid pandemic has been on teaching children, leaving teacher-training in the cold. That’s where platforms like ShikshaLokam step in.

CAT orders MCD to clear pending salaries of 19,000 primary school teachers within 15 days

Almost 8,000 teachers working in NDMC schools haven’t received salaries for the last 3 months, while 6,000 in SDMC & 5,000 in EDMC did’t receive last month’s salary.

India’s draft education policy isn’t a conservative conspiracy. But it may never take off

In the last five years, Narendra Modi government has walked in the opposite direction to the one recommended in this policy document.

SC rules that teachers are entitled to gratuity, recalls earlier order

Supreme Court had stayed its earlier order disallowing gratuity to teachers, saying that it was unaware that provisions of the relevant act had been changed.

Before Modi, Lord Curzon had tried to gag university teachers in 1903 and failed

Curzon, Viceroy of British India, had brought in the Indian Universities Bill to give larger control to the govt, but had to amend it after stiff opposition.

Five reasons why Teachers’ Day should be abolished

Teachers have let India down.

India has 10 lakh teaching vacancies. India has 4 lakh excess teachers. Go figure

The figures have confounded the government itself, and number-crunching is on to identify why there’s such a mismatch.

UGC tells universities to put controversial quota system for teachers on hold

The move to stop the department-wise distribution of quota comes after a meeting of NDA constituents with the PM.  New Delhi: The ministry of human...

Like doctors, Modi govt wants to make it compulsory for teachers to work in villages

Central govt working on policy to bring 60.61 lakh out-of-school children back into the system; CABE sub-committee recommends following doctors' model.

Punjab begins pre-primary classes in all govt schools, anganwadi workers miffed

Punjab becomes first state to start pre-primary classes in all 13,000 of its govt schools, but anganwadi workers fear this will take away their jobs.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.