Classroom by day, cowshed by night: No toilets, drinking water in 19 schools near India's millennium city GurugramIn Haryana's Nuh, numerous government primary schools lack buildings, forcing children to learn in cattle sheds, open fields, and village c...
06 May, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
School holiday alert: Heatwave forces closures or timing changes; Check full state-wise update hereAmid an intense heatwave sweeping across India, several states have revised school timings, announced early summer vacations, and even orde...
26 Apr, 2026, 09.56 PM IST
SC refuses to stay ongoing teachers recruitment exam in Andhra PradeshThe Supreme Court declined to halt Andhra Pradesh's teacher recruitment exams, stating it lacks the expertise to manage examination process...
12 Jun, 2025, 05.42 PM IST
Are schools open tomorrow? State-wise updates for Buddha Purnima 2025 holidaySchools and government offices across India will remain closed on Monday, 12 May 2025, for Buddha Purnima, a gazetted holiday. While this a...
11 May, 2025, 11.16 PM IST
Delhi college principal smears ‘gobbar’ on classroom walls to beat the heat, students say, “asked for fans, not cow dung”Lakshmibai College's principal applied cow dung to a classroom's walls, citing traditional cooling methods, sparking mixed reactions. While...
14 Apr, 2025, 11.55 AM IST
ECI defers Legislative Council polls in Maharashtra due to summer vacationsThe Election Commission of India postponed June 10 elections for four Legislative Council seats in Maharashtra. The decision was made in re...
14 May, 2024, 06.46 PM IST
Clean toilets, inspired teachers: How India’s capital is fixing its schoolsIn India, where millions of families look to education to break the cycle of poverty, public schools have long had a reputation for decrepi...
19 Aug, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
India too hot, says Modi, sending fire warning nationwide as Delhi landfill burnsIMD forecast heat wave conditions in the country over the next five days and flagged risks to the health of infants, the elderly and people...
27 Apr, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
View: Why National Education Policy 2020 may not change India's govt schools for betterMost of the education sector reforms listed in NEP are unlikely to work if teachers continue to spend less than a fifth of their working ti...
22 Sep, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
Only 40 per cent of engineering graduates get placements: Prakash JavadekarAccording to a latest study of the All India Council for Techinical Education (AICTE), only 40 per cent of the engineering students are emp...
30 Mar, 2017, 03.30 PM IST
IITs, IIMs, IISc to get foreign faculty this yearSome of India's leading academic institutions like IITs and IIMs will have foreign faculty members this year under the national GIAN (Globa...
28 Aug, 2015, 05.22 PM IST
Indo-US education collaboration gaining groundIndo-US collaboration in the education sector is gradually gaining ground with the two countries identifying eight joint projects worth abo...
15 May, 2013, 03.34 PM IST
- Group of US educators to visit Kolkata for month-long program
A group of 10 school educators from the United States is currently visiting Kolkata as part of a month-long program to learn about Indian l...
30 Jul, 2012, 08.34 PM IST
- Scientist suggests steps to make India knowledge hub
Setting up a national mission for generating mathematicians, promoting research, exploiting IT, strengthening research institutes and encou...
05 Dec, 2011, 10.55 PM IST
- Pros cross floors, find education the new hotspot
With private sector players including business houses rushing in to get an early foothold in this segment that is slated to touch $80 billi...
04 Jan, 2010, 04.43 AM IST
- Indian e-tutors click with American kids
Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford, costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California mother Denis...
10 Oct, 2006, 02.41 AM IST
- IIIs in education to be addressed
Even a casual look at the state of higher education ( college and university ) in general in the country would reveal that it is in a disma...
06 Sep, 2006, 02.00 AM IST