Page 8 - Education System

Indian institutions start Amazon Web Services' cloud curricula in colleges

The cloud computing content will be offered as part of the undergraduate degree and postgraduate diploma programmes starting in September 2020

India making attempt to reduce learning poverty via foundational education

India's learning poverty levels are at new highs, according to World Bank estimates

Chinks in the armour

The Covid crisis has revealed many shortcomings in India's school education system

A Delhi trust gives wings to underprivileged girls to pursue higher studies

Udayan Care started the Shalini fellowship in 2002 for girls from marginal background who have completed Class X and aspire to study further.

The faces behind the voices of the ongoing student protests at JNU

Students are against differential fees and also now demand nothing less than the removal of the Vice Chancellor

CBSE Single Girl Child scholarship extended till Oct 31: Know full details

Students willing to apply for the CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child need to qualify their CBSE class 10 examination with 60% marks or more

Letter to BS: Students need more attention at college-level from teachers

We have a large number of students entering colleges with inadequate learning in schools.

Kerala tops NITI Aayog's school education quality ranking, UP last

Karnataka, along with Uttarakhand, saw the biggest drop

More male teachers than females in varsities; highest in Bihar: HRD survey

For the annual survey, the higher education institutions are categorized in 3 broad categories--university, college and stand-alone institutions

A private equity fund that's driving change in the education sector

Through the impact fund, Kaizen is hoping to reach over 10,000 schools in India, Asia and parts of Africa

Can India's education budget fund increased spending in new policy?

Good public education is a fundamental right in India, and there is a strong correlation between public investment in education, child development and empowerment

Delivering higher education effectively

India's economy is at a crossroads, and the new education policy could determine the path it takes

How to reform Indian public research

Freeze budgetary allocation to national laboratories in nominal terms and allocate the annual increase to the higher education sector

The 10% question

Mandating quota for private institutions makes little sense

The missing link

When the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts

Division of schools is a false binary: Pratham India's CEO Rukmini Banerji

Contract teachers have a bad name and I'm not commenting on their working conditions; they should get paid adequately: Rukmini

Tamil Nadu ties up with Microsoft for technology integration in education

The partnership aims to reform education sector, build tech capacity and enhance digital literacy across all levels

Mending the education system

Now that Bill Gates has said it, here's where we must start

Dehumanised Education system is mass-producing clones, says Delhi HC

Individuality is frowned upon now and people must conform at all costs: Delhi HC

Why it is important for India's education system to embrace disruption

In an ideal education system, everyone need not be a 'book smart' person but can be 'street smart'