Education In India

National Education Day: Dream of transforming education in India

Education can promote innovation, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, and strengthen institutions. UNESCO believes that education is a human right for all throughout life and that everyone has the right to access quality educational opportunities

Chhattisgarh govt plans to set up English medium colleges in every district of state in next 3 years

The move is aimed at reducing the financial burden on the parents, whose wards have to go outside the state to pursue education after Class 12

Off-centre | Modi@8 and Indian education: Some action at last after missed opportunities

Education in India needs root and branch reform, not just tinkering from the top or ideological realignment

How India's education sector underwent a digital shift and what lies ahead

Even though online classes came to the rescue as the pandemic raged on, it also brought the actuality of the digital divide to the surface

M Jagadesh Kumar: From controversial JNU vice-chancellor to chairman of University Grants Commission

The post of the UGC chairman fell vacant on 7 December after Prof D P Singh, who had taken charge in 2018, resigned upon turning 65

Lack of gender diversity in Indian science and tech universities perpetrates a toxic bro-culture

A modern education institute is not truly revolutionary if it still supports and practices the regressive systemic inequalities.

Payal Tadvi's suicide: 'Evidence of ligature mark over neck', says autopsy report; victim's chats show she was facing torture

The investigation into the suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi has been transferred to the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police on Thursday.

Payal Tadvi's suicide: Marred by casteism, dominated by donations, medical education in India needs mirror to avoid dehumanisation

Three senior doctors allegedly bullied and tortured Dr Payal Tadvi because of her caste - she was born into an Adivasi family - all the way to suicide at Mumbai's BYL Nair Hospital.

Resident doctor's suicide in Mumbai a grim reminder of how caste bias plagues India's educational institutes even today

While Dr Pragya Tadvi's suicide in Mumbai following caste harassment is a grim reminder of how classrooms are not free from the social evil, it is also an indicator of the sorry state of the education system in India.

Education spending has risen to 4.6% from 3.8% in 2014, Centre is targeting 6%, says Prakash Javadekar

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said government expenditure on education has gone up from 3.8 percent of the GDP in 2014 to 4.6 percent during the NDA rule.