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Gujarat says AI system helped prevent 1.67 lakh school dropouts last yearGujarat's innovative AI-powered early warning system is proving highly effective in curbing school dropouts. By analyzing student data, the...
Poverty forced him to leave school in Class 4. Worked as a tailor, then started his own shop. Today, he is one of the top Malayalam actors and a National Award winnerMalayalam actor Indrans is winning praise for his performance in Suriya's Karuppu. His understated role as a father searching for his daugh...
He dropped out of school, failed at a grocery shop in Jabalpur, and is now a billionaire at the Burj Khalifa. Who is Desi Bling star Satish Sanpal?Satish Sanpal, a school dropout from Jabalpur, is now a Dubai real estate tycoon. Featured on Netflix's Desi Bling, his journey showcases a...
She ran away from abusive marriage at 16, became the box office queen by 20; This Class 4 dropout who saved the film industry died feeling unlovedLong before the stage name "Silk" became synonymous with South Indian glamour, Vadlapati Vijayalakshmi was a child bride fleeing an abusive...
Why is formal education important for entrepreneurs? Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath who dropped out of school tells whyNikhil Kamath, Zerodha's co-founder, left school at a young age and faced challenges due to his lack of formal education. He overcame this ...
School dropout, billionaire, and now spacewalker: Meet Jared Isaacman, the first-ever to complete a private spacewalkJared Isaacman has become a tech billionaire and space tourist. He founded Shift4 Payments, now valued at $7.4 billion. Recently, he and Sp...
Kanye West-Kim Kardashian's daughter North West announces debut album. Name and other detailsNorth West, the eldest daughter of rapper Kanye West and socialite Kim Kardashian has announced her debut album. While participating in the...
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...
Access to electricity increases literacy rates: Economic SurveyElectricity in schools is a part of basic infrastructure requirements to provide quality education. The Economic Survey observed that that ...
Govt wants to open doors of madrasas for mainstream education: NaqviThe government does not want to "shut down the doors of Madrasas", Naqvi said.
Sometimes crazy ideas become successful: Suresh Prabhu on start-upsThose who are crazy might succeed, but lazy will never succeed...But lazy might succeed in tourism, because if there are no lazy people, wh...
In record mass exit, over 10 lakh examinees quit Uttar Pradesh board exams in 4 daysUPSEB secretary Neena Srivastava said that the reason for such a high dropout rate could be steps taken by the government to crack down on ...
TCS builds sanitation facilities for girls in 1000 schools under 'Swachh Bharat' initiative"TCS is committed to the Prime Minister's ‘Swachh Bharat' initiative of ensuring safety, dignity and equality for all girl students. "it sa...
Primary school drop-out rate in Odisha reduced significantlyOdisha govt today claimed to have successfully reduced the drop-out rate in primary schoool level to 1.97% from the 36.03 per cent in 2002-...
- Sarva Siksha Abhiyan brings down school dropout rate
School dropout has declined from 80 lakh in 2009 to 30 lakh in 2012 due to the success of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan programme, the governmen...
As the west lionises its successful dropouts, why does India revere toppers?In no other country - not even China, possibly - is success so determined by marks and ranks, and nowhere does so much hinge on it.
- Centre needs Rs 2.3 lakh crore to fund RTE initiative
Right to Education Act has been plagued with fund shortfalls with budgetary provision in the last two years being only half of what was est...
- Cash transfer for school attendance is in works
This move taken up by the Planning Commission is to magnify the impact of the right to education law among poorer sections.
- Rs 34,000 crore allocated for education sector: Vasan
Union Shipping Minister said Centre has made a budgetary allocation of Rs 34,000 crore for education sector to implement various schemes to...
- Entrepreneurs triumph against the odds
Flunked the exams? Don’t worry, just look at them. They may not have seen a classroom in their life.