Education

Every morning, Mohammad Mustafa, 55, sets off on his bicycle through the narrow bylanes of Ranchi. In a cloth bag slung from the handlebar are a set of brushes, a few bottles of paint and some placards. He stops when he sees a wall with enough space for a powerful message: “Adhe pet khaayenge, phir

To allow students with special physical needs to read a book along with regular students in a classroom, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) unveiled a series of 40 booklets on Friday. The council will study the impact of these books to determine if the technology used

This is the story of Chanka village under Srinagar block of Purnea dist of Bihar. This village has about 4,000 tribals, and is identified as a hub of manufacture, sale and consumption of country liquor. Once when Purnea SP Nishant Tiwari reached Chanka the locals were apprehensive. However in this

We often here of how government schools are ill-equipped and the education being provided is so bad. But instead of just criticising this when one starts thinking of solutions changes do come. Today's Indian Express gives a story by its reporter Alifiya Khan, which talks of how the local community

This is the story of one Prachi Sukhwani which will be an inspiration for all youth. Prachi is 21, and her vision was steadily waning, but her sight was on getting admission to the prestigious IIM-Ahmedabad. A student at the Maharaja Sayajirao University's faculty of commerce in Vadodara, she

Many a times we hear of teachers not attending to their classes. And in such circumstances how can we expect imparting of good education. Such cases are mostly in government schools, particularly in remote areas, and states like UP have comparatively very high such cases. Here comes a very positive

This is the story of a remote village in Jharkhand. To promote education among the girls residing there local village women committee selects an educated girl and a lane in the village is named after her. Juri, the non-descript village some 150 km south of state capital Ranchi, has initiated this

The CBSE has formally junked the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme for classes VI to IX, being followed in affiliated schools since 2009. Replacing it from the coming academic year (2017-18) is a new format — 'uniform system of assessment, examination and report card' — that aims

In Hyderabad, the ground of City Central Library at Chkadpally, is preferred by many to do their studies under the shades of neem, banyan and coconut trees. The students mostly are aspirants for services who come for preparation for public service examinations, bank probationary tests and entrance

If one is determined, age is no bar. And this story is not of one, but two together. This is the story of one Balaram Mondal and his wife Kalyani Mondal who made history of sorts on Wednesday when they walked in, with their son Biplab Mondal, to appear in the 12th standard examination at Bahirgachhi

SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has emphasized that improvement of quality at all levels is the theme of the whole education reforms and that is the thrust of the government. He said that there has been 25% more allocation made for education and we are progressing towards the expenditure 6% of GDP