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Education

Education, learning and skilling, the role of institutions and regulations, and experiences of citizens especially our young ones.

Students face grave learning gap and catch up appears daunting with continuing school closures
Education

When school board exam cancellations would cease to matter

April 30, 2021 J S Rajput

New assessment systems for schoolkids are urgently needed. It is high time school boards pay serious attention to exam reforms and look at alternatives, writes a former NCERT chief.

Education

Future of Jobs: Is the MBA regime nearing its end?

March 16, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

Going forward, the MBA market will probably get splintered into sub-parts and specialized MBAs, focusing on specific sectors like entrepreneurship and more.

Education

Betrayed, cheated, angry: Delhi’s municipal school teachers not paid since August

February 4, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Online teaching, physical coordination with students lacking digital access, frontline COVID duty — they have done everything expected of them. Yet their pleas fall on deaf ears everywhere.

Education

Access to schooling: Will 2021 further deepen the divide?

December 28, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

COVID-19 has made education technology-centric and the trend seems to be here to stay. But this will only widen the divide between different groups in terms of access to education.

Education

For schoolkids in Delhi, not quite a happy new year

December 28, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Virtual school has created stress, uncertainty and confinement for students. But if and when schools do reopen, will parents feel comfortable sending their kids to school?

Education

The challenges before Delhi’s ‘Happiness’ teachers, during COVID and otherwise

October 15, 2020 Kriti Gupta

The Happiness Curriculum was introduced in Delhi government schools in 2018. A recent research project tells us how teachers have been faring, before and during the pandemic.

Education

Back to school: Are we ready to go the same way as global schools are going?

September 23, 2020 Swati Amar

Many countries have started reopening schools amid immense challenges. As schools in our cities, from Gurgaon to Hyderabad, also see partial reopening this week, what are parents, administrators and students saying?

New board evaluation system
Education

Gaps remain, but technology is the best bet for Delhi schools today

August 6, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Despite niggles over unequal access, missing interaction etc, students and teachers are trying to derive the most out of the various initiatives introduced to facilitate schooling online.

Education

When the screen is your child’s classroom and playground

August 3, 2020 Swati Amar

What is school like without peer interaction, free play and spontaneous exchanges with teachers? Swati Amar spoke to teachers, parents, children and a psychologist to find out.

Education

Can online coaching help Kota revive its local economy?

July 28, 2020 Kavita Kanan Chandra

Kota, a reputed hub of coaching for competitive entrance exams, is tottering as students have gone back home and ancillary businesses catering to them have had to shut shop.

Delhi corporation school students
Education

In e-learning push, corporation schools in Mumbai left in the lurch

June 16, 2020 Santoshee Gulabkali Mishra

Little thought is being given to how students of corporation schools will be able to access this, given that for most of them access to quality internet connection and the devices required is severely limited.

Education

With schools closed, exams suspended, big e-learning push for teachers and students

April 22, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia interacted with teachers and parents via YouTube, promoting the theme “Every Home a School, Every Parent a Teacher.” ‘Online’ seems to be the general mantra in education, as students are stuck at home, uncertainty clouding their immediate academic future.

Education

Delhi Report Card 2: Keen focus on education, but jury still out on outcomes

February 1, 2020 Sri Krishna

It is widely acknowledged that the AAP government placed education reforms at the top of their agenda during their tenure, initiating many experiments, particularly in school education. While some of these have clearly yielded positive results, some have drawn sharp criticism.

Education

How you can lend a helping hand to Kashmiris in your city

August 21, 2019 Aruna Natarajan

Many Kashmiris across the country, especially students away from home, are struggling to cope with the consequences of the communication blackout; they need assistance, and not just financial. Here’s how we can stand with them at this hour.

Education

As NMC bill stirs deep divide among doctors, should we worry too?

August 6, 2019 Aruna Natarajan

The National Medical Commission Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha will impact the study and practice of medicine across the country. A look at the provisions of the Bill that have angered the medical fraternity, and what they could mean for heathcare in general.

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