BJP slams Delhi's education policies, flags high failure rates, mismanagement
4 weeks ago

BJP slams Delhi's education policies, flags high failure rates, mismanagement

India Today  

The BJP has launched sharp criticism of the Delhi government’s education policies, accusing it of failing students and mismanaging public funds. Gupta highlighted “high failure rates” in Classes 9 and 11, claiming that nearly three lakh students failed between 2022-24 and were expelled. UNUSED BUILDINGS AND IRREGULARITIES Pointing to alleged mismanagement, Gupta claimed that a Rs 45 crore SOSE building in Dariyapur Kala has remained unused for over 1.5 years due to staffing shortages. BJP’S CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY Gupta questioned how the Delhi government could claim to lead an education revolution while failing to ensure basic infrastructure and staffing.

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Delhi Education Department - Delhi officials divert Rs 15 crore to personal accounts to get interest, dismissed - Delhi News
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Delhi Education Department - Delhi officials divert Rs 15 crore to personal accounts to get interest, dismissed - Delhi News

India Today  

Six officials from the Education Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi were found using a new corruption method to generate illegal income by siphoning government funds. The officials transferred Rs 15 crore scholarship fund to their personal bank accounts. By holding the scholarship money in their accounts for nearly four months before distributing it, they earned significant interest. Following …

Jagan Mohan Reddy failed students, Rs 6,500 crore education dues: Nara Lokesh
4 weeks ago

Jagan Mohan Reddy failed students, Rs 6,500 crore education dues: Nara Lokesh

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Nara Lokesh accused the previous government of burdening the state with Rs 6,500 crore in dues, affecting students and the education sector. Responding sharply to former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s statements on X, Lokesh criticised the previous administration’s “waste governance”, claiming it failed to fulfil promises of fee reimbursement. Lokesh, who is also Chief Minister …

Over 65 lakh did not pass board exams 2023: Experts call for educational reforms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 65 lakh did not pass board exams 2023: Experts call for educational reforms

India Today  

The Ministry of Education has recently reported that over 65 lakh students failed their Class 10 and 12 board exams last year, highlighting a troubling trend with state boards showing higher failure rates than central boards. The staggering statistic of 65 lakh students failing their Class 10 and 12 board exams in 2023 underscores the urgent need for educational reforms. …

Over 65 Lakh Students Failed Class 10, 12 Board Exams: MoE
4 months ago

Over 65 Lakh Students Failed Class 10, 12 Board Exams: MoE

ABP News  

New Delhi: Over 65 lakh students across India did not pass their class 10 and 12 board exams last year, with a higher failure rate observed in state boards compared to the central board, according to Ministry of Education officials. In class 10, the failure rate for central board students was 6%, while state board students had a significantly higher …

Class 9 results belie Atishi’s claims about ‘world-class education’, says BJP; Delhi govt. schools are best in India: AAP
5 months ago

Class 9 results belie Atishi’s claims about ‘world-class education’, says BJP; Delhi govt. schools are best in India: AAP

The Hindu  

The BJP on Thursday said reports about over 17,000 students in Delhi government schools failing Class 9 twice have belied Education Minister Atishi’s claims of providing “world-class education” in Delhi. The Delhi government’s Directorate of Education, in a notice on Tuesday, asked all government schools to ensure that Class 9 students who have failed twice are counselled and requested to …

BJP attacks Delhi govt over ‘deteriorating’ education standards in govt schools
5 months ago

BJP attacks Delhi govt over ‘deteriorating’ education standards in govt schools

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said that over 17,000 students of Class 9 failed exams. The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party -run Delhi government over “deteriorating quality of education” in government schools, saying that over 17,000 students of Class 9 failed exams for a second time in a row. …

Over 1 lakh students failed in Class 9 in Delhi government schools
5 months, 1 week ago

Over 1 lakh students failed in Class 9 in Delhi government schools

India Today  

More than one lakh ninth-grade students in Delhi government schools failed their annual exams for the 2023-24 academic year. According to the data, 1,01,331 ninth-grade students failed in 2023-24, compared to 88,409 in 2022-23, 28,531 in 2021-22, and 31,540 in 2020-21. Additionally, 46,622 eighth-grade students failed in 2023-24 following the cancellation of the 'no-detention policy' under the Right to Education …

Teacher-student ratio in government-run schools skewed, claims BJP
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Teacher-student ratio in government-run schools skewed, claims BJP

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Monday alleged that the school education system in Delhi has been “severely damaged” under the leadership of Education Minister Atishi. “Delhi government schools lack teachers, yet the Kejriwal government has diverted over 5,000 teachers to non-teaching duties, thus affecting teaching in schools,” he said. “The government has not recruited new regular or …

Education system handed over to 'mafia' by Modi govt: Priyanka Gandhi
6 months ago

Education system handed over to 'mafia' by Modi govt: Priyanka Gandhi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on June 23 attacked the Narendra Modi government over the alleged irregularities in national competitive exams, including the NEET-UG, alleging that it has handed over the entire education system to the "mafia" and the "corrupt". In a post on X, Priyanka Gandhi said the NEET-UG question paper was "leaked" while the NEET-PG, UGC-NET and CSIR-NET …

We don’t need this education: Increasing number of student suicides in India is sending a clear message
1 year, 3 months ago

We don’t need this education: Increasing number of student suicides in India is sending a clear message

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 21, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ When students who have spent more than a decade at school decide to end their life, the message is not all that difficult to decipher. The coaching industry contributes significantly to the city’s economy, and that is one reason why successive governments have shown little interest in regulating it. …

Delhi government constructed toilets in schools, counted them as classrooms: BJP slams AAP
2 years ago

Delhi government constructed toilets in schools, counted them as classrooms: BJP slams AAP

India TV News  

BJP vs AAP: The BJP on Friday said the vigilance directorate's report on "irregularities" in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools shows Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is only "worried about black money flowing to him and not about children's education". At a press conference, the BJP's national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia cited the vigilance directorate's report on the matter …

Delhi education model is 'extortion model'; AAP government hiked classrooms construction cost by ₹326 crore: BJP
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi education model is 'extortion model'; AAP government hiked classrooms construction cost by ₹326 crore: BJP

The Hindu  

The BJP on August 29 alleged a scam in the Delhi Education Department, saying the city government increased the budget for the construction of classrooms in its existing schools, ignoring the Central Public Works Department’s guidelines. Citing a Central Vigilance Commission report sent to the Delhi government's Vigilance Department in 2020, the saffron party said the city government hiked the …

Will Budget 2022 heal India's sagging education system?
2 years, 10 months ago

Will Budget 2022 heal India's sagging education system?

India Today  

India is one of the countries where school closures due to the pandemic were the longest in the world. In over 60 per cent of government primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, children were found sitting in multi-grade classrooms, possibly due to lack of space or teachers, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2018. From 11.4 per cent of …

The Delhi Board of School Education Makes a Pitch for Fanatic Deshbhakts
3 years, 9 months ago

The Delhi Board of School Education Makes a Pitch for Fanatic Deshbhakts

News 18  

Educators, teachers and parents too would be seriously concerned about the new Board of School Education being created by the Delhi government, with three primary aims — to produce “kattar deshbhakts ”, good people and students not reliant on the job market for employment. In the present times of ‘kattar’ fanaticism disrupting democratic spaces of the young, one would imagine …

How to bridge the gap between student enrolment, attendance
4 years, 2 months ago

How to bridge the gap between student enrolment, attendance

Hindustan Times  

Boot Polish is, perhaps, independent India’s first movie centered on the issue of the lives and tragedies of children pushed into children labour as a consequence of their mother’s death. It may be serious health conditions such as a disability, bullying at school, the death of a loved one, being pushed into labour or early marriage among other reasons After …

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