In a startling revelation, five state-run primary schools had word ‘Islamia’ prefixed to their name on the sign board and the entire documentation of the school records was done in Urdu. Moreover, these five schools were seen shut on Friday instead of Sunday. Once the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi[Read More…]
Tag: Education system
Bihar’s education system is both political and a social failure
Bihar as a state keeps an important place historically, culturally and politically. A land which flourished long back in the 5th century, with Nalanda as a centre for excellence, a place where the brilliant mind like Aryabhatta pursued his mathematical and astronomical interests. Even Abul Fazal-i-Allami author of Ain-i-Akbari and[Read More…]
This government school in Tamil Nadu has 2 teachers to teach 145 pupils
A school in Tamil Nadu demonstrated before the District collector’s office on Monday demanding for adequate teaching staff. As the Government Adi-Dravidar High School of Kettavaram Palayam has only two teachers to handle all the 145 students in classes 1-10. “We have been repeatedly petitioning the Collector to address the[Read More…]
Saffronisation of education for country’s good: Junior HRD minister
At a time when saffronisation continues to threaten free speech in India, it is also slowly seeping through our education system. While the impact of saffronisation of literature is concerning, last week, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Ram Shanker Katheria said at a function that education would be[Read More…]
Government to corporatise autonomous universities; IIMC to merge with JNU or Jamia
The state-owned institutes such as the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and the Delhi Public Library, are on the verge of being corporatised. While the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will be merging with either the Jawaharlal Nehru University or[Read More…]
300 TISS students refuse to pay fees in protest
In protest against the authorities, over 300 students from the four campuses of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Tuljapur have come together to declare that they will not pay fees. This move comes as the authorities decided to suspend financial aid to those from[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar must improve Bihar’s condition first, says BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his remark on recent Bihar topper scam. Kumar blamed the people for spoiling the image of the state. BJP said that the Chief Minister cannot refute his responsibilities. “Whatever is happening in Bihar in terms of education is[Read More…]
Maharashtra: No junk food in school canteens
In an attempt to keep children away from junk and unhealthy food, the Maharashtra government on Monday imposed a ban on the sale of `High in Fat, Salt and Sugar’ (HFSS) food at school canteens across the state. According to a Government Resolution (GR), 12 categories of food items will not be[Read More…]
UP school asks students to get ‘Yogi-haircut’
As Yogi Adityanath’s popularity keeps multiplying, a private school in Meerut has asked students to get hairstyles on the line of CM Adityanath. The Rishabh Academy School, affiliated by Central Board of Secondary Education has also restricted the students from keeping beards. The school administration also restricts students from bringing[Read More…]
Law University Ranchi: Over 600 students on hunger strike
Protests and student activism take a storm in Indian universities, it also continues to widen and polarise public opinion on the state of education in our country. In another such incident, over 600 agitated students of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL) Ranchi are on an[Read More…]
JNU students face fellowship crunch since January
Soon after the sharp cut in MPhil and PhD seats in Jawaharlal Nehru University which are to directly hit the students coming from a modest background as well as the current students of the university; JNU students allege that they’ve not received their fellowships since January 2017. Considering that JNU is a[Read More…]