No Tinku, Chotu, Ojasvi & more: Rajasthan may flag your child’s name under this initiativeRajasthan's Sarthak Naam Abhiyan, intended to provide meaningful student names, has sparked controversy due to an inappropriate draft list....
16 Apr, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
Drive in works to check dropout rate among those failing board examsFacing high dropout rates after board exams, the education ministry plans a nationwide drive to help students finish schooling through open...
22 Jan, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
India has over 11.5 lakh children vulnerable to child marriage: NCPR reportA study by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has found over 11.5 lakh children across 27 states and seven Union territ...
19 Oct, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
NCPCR identifies over 11 lakh children vulnerable to child marriage, takes preventive stepsThe NCPCR identified over 11 lakh children at risk of child marriage in 2023-24 and took steps like family counselling and school reintegra...
10 Oct, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh to follow Netherlands' model to check school drop-outsVijay Kiran Anand, director general of school education, said: "On the lines of the Early Warning System, special efforts will be made to c...
20 Feb, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
NCSC to review atrocities against Dalits in RajasthanFollowing several complaints of atrocities and discrimination against Dalits in Rajasthan, the National Commission of Scheduled Castes (NCS...
17 Aug, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
School reopening: Education Ministry advises bridge coursesFollowing inputs from the health ministry and based on the home ministry directions, the education ministry has revised its 2020 SOPs on th...
02 Feb, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Missing school, missing meals: Without remedial action, the pandemic will cause a terrible learning deficit in tomorrow’s workforceThe benefits of online instruction accrue chiefly to an undefined section of the former ‘creamy layer’, largely through the massive spread ...
23 Aug, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Education ministry comes up with three-phase plan to maintain, restore, improve learningOut-of-school children was a major concern even after the first wave and was taken up in a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee ...
27 May, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
COVID-19 impact: Door-to-door survey to enroll students, relaxing detention norms recommended by Education MinistryThe ministry has also recommended relaxing detention norms to prevent drop-outs this year as well as a slew of measures to address learning...
10 Jan, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
COVID-19 may make education outcomes worse: World BankThe World Bank has been working with different UN agencies in forming guidelines as well as policy suggestions for minimising impact of the...
11 May, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
Poland’s artificial intelligence provider eyes India’s education sectorPoland is home to one of the most dynamic IT sectors in the Central & Eastern European Region (CEE) and the wider European Union.
25 Apr, 2019, 11.42 PM IST
Are India's SCs, OBCs really getting benefits? Modi government will find out soonThe gains are often cornered by a section of the community. This assessment will help ensure the benefits of the programmes reach those who...
01 Sep, 2017, 02.37 PM IST
West Bengal government sanctions Rs 154 crore for free school shoes to childrenWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has sanctioned Rs 154 crore to provide school shoes free to all students of classes I to IV in govt primary ...
21 Jan, 2016, 04.40 PM IST
AIADMK wants effective implementation of RTE Act in PuducherryOpposition AIADMK today asked the government to initiate steps to implement effectively the provisions of Right to Education Act in the Uni...
15 Nov, 2014, 11.03 AM IST
Three heroic cases of Indian bureaucrats who adopted managerial tactics to preempt crisesIt's not often that the administration gets a pat on the back a day after a disaster. ET presents three such cases in the recent past:
20 Oct, 2013, 10.25 AM IST
Scientist offers STEM training to 250 needy studentsOf the current 250 students, about 40% are African-Americans, 40% are Hispanics and rest are immigrants from the lower strata of the societ...
10 Jul, 2013, 02.38 PM IST