Word of the Day: OpsimathWord of the Day: As more adults reinvent themselves both professionally and creatively, words like “opsimath” may gradually find a wider pl...
22 May, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
NITI report says India has solved school access challenge, retention remains a hurdleIndia has succeeded in bringing children to school but struggles to keep them enrolled in higher classes. A NITI Aayog report reveals a sig...
11 May, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Quote of the day by Kanye West: 'If you have the opportunity to play this game called life, you have to...' Life lessons on success, hard work and humility by controversial American producer, rapper and fashion designerQuote of the day by Kanye West explains how people should value time, life and opportunity. The quote shares lessons on success, hard work,...
26 Apr, 2026, 06.42 PM IST
West Bengal elections 2026: Mamata Banerjee's 'Shree' formula runs the political math in the stateWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has built her governance model around targeted welfare schemes since 2011, using them as a core ...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
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
India has strong pipeline of ideas, keen to back local founders: Y Combinator’s Ankit GuptaIn an exclusive interview ahead of Y Combinator’s Startup School India 2026 event, Ankit Gupta, the accelerator’s general partner, said the...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Assam polls: Women constitute 49.98% of electoral roll, but only 8.17% of total candidatesThe electoral landscape in Assam is evolving, with women voters surpassing their male counterparts in numerous districts. Despite this prog...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
Student dropouts fall, child health improves: MoSPI reportIndia's education system shows improved student retention, with dropout rates declining across all levels in 2024-25. The gross enrollment ...
26 Sep, 2025, 12.02 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
Dropout rate has reduced; enrolment of girls, SC, ST and OBC students in higher education up: President MurmuAddressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget session, President Droupadi Murmu said enrolment of Scheduled Cas...
31 Jan, 2024, 03.12 PM IST
All is not well with India's elite higher education institutionsPressure to keep up with performance, intense competition, debts - including of the non-tuition kind - has led to many cases of stress and ...
24 Apr, 2023, 11.15 PM IST
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 ...
10 Feb, 2018, 10.20 AM IST
Bill to start exams in Classes 5 and 8 on anvil: Prakash Javadekar"We are bringing a bill to have examinations for classes 5 and 8 and I hope you will give your support to this bill," HRD Minister Prakash ...
27 Jul, 2017, 06.30 PM IST
Why do students leave IITs, IIMs?As for the 13 IIMs, the number of students who left their courses mid-way was 104. Four students dropped out of IIM-B in 2015-16; this numb...
16 Aug, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
Over 4,400 students dropout of IITs, NITs in three yearsOf the NITs, there were 717 dropouts in 2014-15, lower than 785 seen in the year-ago period. In 2012-13, the dropout numbers stood at 850.
05 Aug, 2015, 04.13 PM IST
Odisha formulates new guideline to curb school student dropoutThe new guideline got approval of the school and mass education minister Debi Prasad Mishra after a meeting with the department officials a...
31 Dec, 2014, 02.28 PM IST
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-...
19 Jun, 2014, 09.48 PM IST