Literacy

Over a lakh prisoners in Telangana educated under 'Vidhya Dan' programme; prisons department aims for 100 percent literacy

More than 1.13 lakh illiterate prisoners have been made literates under the Telangana Prisons Department's 'Vidhya Dan' programme over the past four years, a top official said on Wednesday.

Study links underweight children in urban India with social backwardness, illiteracy and lack of toilets

A new study by National Institute of Nutrition shows that an underweight child in urban India is more likely to belong to a disadvantaged community, have an illiterate father or live in a home without a toilet than other children

70 years of Independence: India's life expectancy, literacy indicators look up, while IMR, income inequality are worries

In the 70 years since independence, India has made most progress in improving life expectancy, literacy, but has been slower in improving the level of income, and reducing infant mortality rates when compared to five other nations.

Narendra Modi calls for reading and library movement across country to bring social change

Narendra Modi called for a reading and library movement across India that would not just make people literate but bring about social and economic change

Microfinance institutions network launches ‘MFIN Connect’, India’s first financial literacy app

Micro Finance Institutions Network has launched a mobile app that will help microfinance clients in educating them about microfinance.

A digital literacy initiative is helping improve the lives of women in Uttar Pradesh's villages

An NGO called Jagriti is pushing for digital literacy among women in rural Uttar Pradesh

Watch: Anurag Kashyap's daughter Aaliyah 'debuts' with documentary on education for girls

Acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's daughter Aaliyah Kashyap has made her first documentary film on education of girls as part of a school project

Are Hindus least educated? Pew study has its biases, but report is a necessary jolt

The finding by the Pew Research Centre that Hindus are the least educated religious group in the world is surprising not just because of the nature of its findings but also for the fact that it has been accepted eagerly and are being publicised verbatim

Chances of heart attack doubles for those who don't finish school: Study

People who leave school without a school certificate are more than twice as likely to have a heart attack as those with a university degree, researchers said.

Kashmir: Literacy without learning a 'ticking time-bomb', says education min Naeem Akhtar

But Jammu and Kashmir’s education minister Naeem Akhtar was in a feisty mood on Friday evening.