Around 97% youth can read, write & solve math: ReportNearly 97% of young Indians aged 15-24 are literate and numerate, says the CAMS report by MOSPI. Rural areas report 96.7%, while urban area...
09 Oct, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
Time to move beyond 1-2-3-4: What the ASER report reveals about Indian education systemThe 2023 ASER report explores the educational status of 14-18-year-olds in India. The report reveals that 85.6% of the cohort are enrolled ...
21 Jan, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
7 Best SSC CGL Books Recommended by Experts for Exam 2024It might be challenging to pick the best book for SSC CGL preparation. We have included some of the best SSC CGL books that will enable you...
07 Jan, 2024, 09.02 PM IST
SSC Exam Date for CHSL Tier 1, CGL Tier 2 2022-2023 out; Check schedule hereThe SSC exam dates for CHSL Tier 1 2022-23 and CGL Tier 2 2022-23 are now available at ssc.nic.in. Aspirants who took the December 2022 exa...
06 Feb, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
Microsoft Excel: Users can now easily access formulas with this new updateKnow all about the new updates given to Microsoft Excel and how they can expedite your work on the spreadsheets.
29 Dec, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
View: India needs a strategy to overcome the learning deficiencies induced by school closures due to CovidIt is important to assess the extent of the educational disruption. Delhi Coronavirus Telephone Survey Wave 4 (DCVTS-4), conducted between ...
20 Feb, 2021, 12.26 AM IST
Two bee or not, does it really count?Can a batch of bees be trained to add and subtract?
13 Feb, 2019, 08.42 AM IST
56% of Class VIII students can't do basic maths, 27% can't read: ReportThe story today is far worse than what it was a decade ago.
16 Jan, 2019, 09.03 AM IST
Why you must learn to calculate correctly to succeed at investingBeing innumerate will not help you ace investments. For those willing to put in the effort and learn, there is help at hand.
27 Dec, 2018, 02.04 PM IST
Want to be a successful investor? Get your maths rightInvestors need only basic arithmetic skills. If they have forgotten school-level maths, they can relearn it.
29 Oct, 2018, 07.21 PM IST
Forget demographic dividend, half of India's rural youth can't even tell timeThe 2017 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) by NGO Pratham has come up with shocking revelations about India's education system.
16 Jan, 2018, 08.00 PM IST
Multiplying confidence: Nonprofits to fix elementary school math problemMathematical learning dips as a child moves into higher classes, especially in government schools, experts say.
14 Nov, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
Easy shouldn’t also mean lazyIf we hadn’t had to work, push, fight, deceive, our way out of diverse situations, we would not have been able to eventually invent the int...
01 Apr, 2016, 06.44 AM IST
Computer science should be taught as basic skill in US: Barack ObamaObama noted that business leaders were recognising that computer science is a 'new basic' skill necessary for economic opportunity.
30 Jan, 2016, 10.08 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani plans tech project 'Ek Step' to hone children's basic skillsNilekani is launching a social enterprise, Ek Step, and has roped in technologists and former colleagues at UIAI to be part of his team.
16 Feb, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
How schools in India are failing the childrenHalf of our school students, after spending six years in school, cannot read basic sentences or perform simple arithmetic.
26 Jan, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
Reinventing educationIndia's size and variety are a platform to try new models of education.
17 Dec, 2009, 03.29 AM IST