Busting myths and the double-speak on education | Opinion
4 years, 6 months ago

Busting myths and the double-speak on education | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

“If you’re gonna be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty,” Marilyn Monroe once said. A vibrant private school sector will deliver better outcomes, at a lower cost One of our myths is that education must only be delivered by the government if it is to serve the public good. Between 2010-11 and 2017-18, 24 million children have abandoned State schools in favour of private schools, according to the government’s Unified District Information System for Education data. A vibrant private school sector will deliver better outcomes for India and it will do so at one-third the cost of government schools. Reform of India’s education should have two objectives: One, improve the quality of government schools, and, two, give autonomy to private schools.

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Privatisation doesn't guarantee quality education, govts need to spend more: Rahul Gandhi to IIT Madras students
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Privatisation doesn't guarantee quality education, govts need to spend more: Rahul Gandhi to IIT Madras students

Hindustan Times  

Quality education cannot be achieved through privatisation and financial incentives, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Saturday, underlining the importance of governments spending more on education and strengthening public institutions. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi In a conversation with IIT Madras students held sometime back, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha talked on a host …

Education System in Crisis: Why Are Young Indians Leaving School?
1 week ago

Education System in Crisis: Why Are Young Indians Leaving School?

The Quint  

“India will grow only if India reads.” But is India truly reading? Over the last two years, 1.72 crore children have dropped out of school, marking the first major decline in six years. Reverse Migration which means during COVID-19, many families moved from cities to villages, shifting their children from private to government schools. The growing number of children leaving …

37 lakh drop in school enrolments in 2023-24, new data system tracks real figures
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1 week, 2 days ago

37 lakh drop in school enrolments in 2023-24, new data system tracks real figures

India Today  

India witnessed a steep decline in school enrolments last year, with figures dropping by 37 lakh, according to UDISE+ 2023-24 data from the Ministry of Education. For the first time in years, school enrolment in India has seen such a sharp decline, dropping by over a crore across the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years. Managed by the Education Ministry, it …

India’s Education System: Four Decades of Zigzag Reform
2 weeks, 3 days ago

India’s Education System: Four Decades of Zigzag Reform

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 25, 2024 12:00 IST - 9 MINS READ Over the last four decades, education has followed a zigzag track. While established mechanisms such as the Central Advisory Board of Education continued to operate, a new mechanism—the National Curriculum Framework —was introduced. The Programme of Action, which came six years after the NEP, indicated this route, and many …

The education imperative: India’s Parliament must tackle its learning challenge
2 weeks, 5 days ago

The education imperative: India’s Parliament must tackle its learning challenge

Live Mint  

In ancient Indian philosophy, vidya —or wisdom—is celebrated as the ultimate liberator, the force that dispels ignorance and uplifts individuals and societies. Since India’s vast and complex education system serves 260 million children, taught by 9.5 million teachers across 1.5 million schools, bringing about any form of reform into this system is an uphill battle. The government’s Nipun Bharat mission …

School Teachers’ Federation of India passes resolution to abolish CPS and bring back old pension scheme
3 weeks, 5 days ago

School Teachers’ Federation of India passes resolution to abolish CPS and bring back old pension scheme

The Hindu  

Members of School Teachers’ Federation of India during their State-level meeting here on Sunday, demanded the State government to abolish the Contributory Pension Scheme and bring back the old pension scheme. The Government Order 243 which interferes with the transfer and promotion of intermediate teachers, would largely affect women teachers, who would prefer working in their zones owing to various …

How can India's public school system bridge literacy gaps for marginalised youth?
4 weeks, 1 day ago

How can India's public school system bridge literacy gaps for marginalised youth?

India Today  

The literacy crisis amongst marginalised youth in India reflects systemic challenges deeply entrenched within the public education system. “Public schools, which cater to a majority of marginalised students, often lack the resources and infrastructure to address their specific learning needs,” says Awasthi. Private schools offer quality education to those who can afford it, while public schools cater to marginalised communities …

Over 1.17 million out-of-school children in India, 784,228 in Uttar Pradesh
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Over 1.17 million out-of-school children in India, 784,228 in Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

In the first eight months of the 2024-25 fiscal year, over 1.17 million children across India have been identified as out-of-school, according to data presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant Chaudhary, revealed that Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of Out-of-School Children at 784,228, followed by Jharkhand with 65,070 and Assam …

BJP slams Delhi's education policies, flags high failure rates, mismanagement
1 month, 2 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 …

140 parents fake poverty to misuse RTE benefits, schools take action: Ahmedabad
1 month, 2 weeks ago

140 parents fake poverty to misuse RTE benefits, schools take action: Ahmedabad

India Today  

A total of 140 parents in Ahmedabad were found using fake income certificates to secure free private education for their children under the Right to Education scheme. The RTE scheme in Gujarat offers free education in private schools for children from poor and middle-income families, covering Classes 1 to 8. DEO Rohit Chaudhary confirmed, “The income of the parents of …

Edu Dept may remove 3.55L students enrolled in two schools
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Edu Dept may remove 3.55L students enrolled in two schools

Hindustan Times  

The state education department is likely to strike off enrolment of around 3.55 lakh students on the charges that they are studying in two schools at a time. Edu Dept may remove 3.55L students enrolled in two schools The government schemes are only for those students who are enrolled in government schools. Officials said that the names and details of …

Lift school education out of mess in Karnataka
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Lift school education out of mess in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

Education may begin at home, but it isn’t the only place to rely on through childhood. At least 6,158 government schools where 1.38 lakh students are enrolled in all have just one teacher each, while 530 schools have no students though they have 358 teachers. In many schools, teachers restrict themselves to teaching only Kannada and/or social studies while leaving …

In last 2 years,UP govt released ₹436 cr for fees of poor kids in private schools
2 months ago

In last 2 years,UP govt released ₹436 cr for fees of poor kids in private schools

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Enrolment under the free education scheme in UP saw a significant jump from 71,214 students in 2022-23 to 1,14,196 in the current academic session. Moreover, over 5 lakh children across the state are currently getting education under RTE in private schools, a government spokesperson said. In last 2 years,UP govt released ₹ 436 cr for fees of poor kids …

State to tighten rules on new private schools
4 months, 3 weeks ago

State to tighten rules on new private schools

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: To control the unregulated mushrooming of private schools across the state, the school education department, for the first time, has announced plans to develop a comprehensive strategy aimed at regulating the establishment of new schools. This initiative signals potential restrictions on the opening of new private institutions in specific areas, while considering more lenient regulations for schools in underdeveloped …

AAP MP highlights high education costs in Parliament
5 months ago

AAP MP highlights high education costs in Parliament

Hindustan Times  

Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Wednesday expressed concerns over high education costs and demanded regulation of the same. Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney Speaking in Parliament, Sahney said education is a fundamental right, but rising costs of education from “KG to PG” are placing an immense financial strain on families, “Averagely, the cost of …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Convergence of efforts at Centre, States needed to improve quality of education
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Convergence of efforts at Centre, States needed to improve quality of education

The Hindu  

Convergence of efforts across the Centre, States, and local bodies is needed to improve the quality of education, especially primary education, the Economic Survey has suggested. The National Education Policy 2020 is expected to yield foundational literacy and numeracy for every child passing the third standard in the near future, said the Survey for 2023-24 tabled in Parliament on July …

BJP attacks Delhi govt over ‘deteriorating’ education standards in govt schools
5 months, 3 weeks 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. …

Can right to education become right to quality education?
8 months, 1 week ago

Can right to education become right to quality education?

Hindustan Times  

Unlocking India's demographic dividend hinges upon equipping our youth with quality education that imparts relevant learning and skills. Despite well-intentioned policies like the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, our education system has fallen short of delivering quality learning outcomes for our children. When the RTE Act was enacted 15 years ago, a significant challenge for our education …

Shrinking RTE quota turns private school education into just a dream for many
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Shrinking RTE quota turns private school education into just a dream for many

The Hindu  

“I am a driver and my daughter is six and has to be admitted to class 1. Among the most debated provisions of the RTE Act is setting aside 25% of seats in private schools for children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. There are over 3,500 private schools in Bengaluru, which has two educational districts — North and …

₹250 cr released for fees of 3.25 lakh poor kids studying in U.P.’s pvt schools under RTE
9 months, 1 week ago

₹250 cr released for fees of 3.25 lakh poor kids studying in U.P.’s pvt schools under RTE

Hindustan Times  

Under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act, 2009, the Uttar Pradesh government has released over ₹250 crore for the fees of more than 3.25 lakh poor children studying free of cost in private schools across the state. Likewise, 34,467 children in Varanasi, 13,934 kids in Agra, 12,231 in Kanpur Nagar, 11,999 …

Parents say private school fees up by 30% in Karnataka, struggle to cope
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Parents say private school fees up by 30% in Karnataka, struggle to cope

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: With the new academic year just around the corner, parents are facing the brunt of increased fees which has seen a hike in double digits since the Covid-19 pandemic. A survey conducted by Local Circles revealed that in Tier-1 and 2 cities, the annual all-inclusive fees of premier private schools range between Rs one lakh and Rs 4 lakh …

Over 40 lakh new students have enrolled in government schools: Yogi Adityanath
11 months ago

Over 40 lakh new students have enrolled in government schools: Yogi Adityanath

India Today  

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that extensive efforts have been made to bring equality in education in Uttar Pradesh which will help remove social inequality. Replying to a question of an independent member Akash Agrawal during the Question Hour in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, Adityanath said that efforts to improve the level of education in the state …

Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system

The Hindu  

January 19, 2024 12:47 am | Updated 08:54 am IST The pandemic was difficult for India’s youngest citizens, the children, but the true import of its impact is coming to light now. In the Annual Status of Education Report, titled ‘ASER 2023: Beyond Basics’ and released on Wednesday, a survey by civil society organisation Pratham among rural students aged 14 …

An experiment in education at grassroots level schools in Bangladesh
1 year, 1 month ago

An experiment in education at grassroots level schools in Bangladesh

The Hindu  

In her book, Unequal: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours, academic and activist Swati Narayan argues that India is in the grip of “systemic and, at times, barbaric inequalities.” As Narayan undertook a five-year study across four countries, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, she found that even poorer neighbours were doing better than some Indian States on a range …

Education reforms need sufficient homework
1 year, 2 months ago

Education reforms need sufficient homework

The Hindu  

A few years ago, the Andhra Pradesh government rolled out reforms in the education sector by dividing schools into six categories. The government claims to have spent ₹63,000 crore in the last four and half years on reforms ushered in to revamp the 45,000 State-run schools through welfare initiatives. The Jagananna Amma Vodi scheme, which provides poor mothers ₹13,000 per …

78% parents in rural India want their daughters to study till graduation and more: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

78% parents in rural India want their daughters to study till graduation and more: Report

India TV News  

There has been a lot of improvement in the education level after the years of independence of the country. Talking on which the Education Minister said that now 78 percent parents of girls in rural areas want to give graduation and higher education to their children. Family income is also the reason for leaving school According to reports, out of …

Cost of education in India: Exploring expenses and inflation rates
1 year, 6 months ago

Cost of education in India: Exploring expenses and inflation rates

Live Mint  

Will it be government or private schools? “The foundation is also focused on offering education to children from diverse backgrounds and different strata of society, which will help in the well-rounded development of my daughter," he adds. New ways of schooling Bengaluru-based Usha Krishnan, 49, and her husband Geetha Krishnan, 53, sent their son to Rishi Valley School, located in …

Ensuring equity in education in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 6 months ago

Ensuring equity in education in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Palakiti Joji’s eyes light up at the prospect of sending his six-year-old daughter Blessy to one of the top private schools in Vijayawada city. She is among the 26,279 children selected for admission in private schools in Andhra Pradesh for free education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, for the academic year 2023-24. “We …

Ways in which the Indian education system can be strengthened
1 year, 8 months ago

Ways in which the Indian education system can be strengthened

The Hindu  

India is a country with a population of 1.3 billion and counting. Here is a look at some issues that plague the education system and what can be done to redress them: Limited funds and redistribution: The government at the provincial and national levels has to provide resources such as manpower, infrastructure and funds to cater to the country’s.educational needs …

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 11 months ago

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

It was only in 2022, after the third wave of COVID-19, that schools in India finally reopened fully, after two plus years of pandemic-related disruptions. The Annual Status of Education Report 2022, brought out by the NGO Pratham last week, reveals that at least one of these concerns may not be a problem: overall enrolment figures for the 6 to …

India's Law Schools: Can Govt Not Compromise & Draft Inclusive Policies For All?
1 year, 11 months ago

India's Law Schools: Can Govt Not Compromise & Draft Inclusive Policies For All?

The Quint  

The Diversity Studies conducted at the Jamia Millia Islamia’s Faculty of Law and the top law school National Law School of India University, demonstrates that students from middle or low-income families attend traditional law schools such as Jamia which charge about ₹10,000 per annum. Such law schools remain more accessible to students from weaker financial backgrounds in comparison to the …

State owes private schools ₹1,200 crore towards RTE fees
2 years ago

State owes private schools ₹1,200 crore towards RTE fees

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A day after the state education minister announced in the ongoing assembly winter session about making a ₹200-crore provision from the budget for the Right to Education, private schools in Maharashtra have raised their concern about the non-payment of earlier RTE fees, amounting to a whopping ₹1,200 crore. HT Image “The government owes a refund of around ₹1,200 crore …

Unprecedented changes in education sector in six years: Kerala Finance Minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Unprecedented changes in education sector in six years: Kerala Finance Minister

The Hindu  

Balagopal has said that there have been unprecedented changes in the education sector in Kerala, which has the largest number of schools in the country, in the last six years. The minister was speaking while inaugurating the comprehensive education scheme in the Payyannur constituency. Comprehensive education scheme The comprehensive education scheme has been prepared in a manner involving both children …

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence
2 years, 4 months ago

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence

Firstpost  

As the world celebrates International Day of Literacy, India has as much to celebrate about as much to worry. Similarly, in India’s aspirational districts, for example, the probability of girls getting primary education is about 42 per cent lower than boys, and it remains so even when other variables, such as religion and caste, are controlled. Acknowledging its deep stratified …

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr to develop over 14,000 schools
2 years, 4 months ago

Cabinet approves Rs 27,360-cr to develop over 14,000 schools

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 27,360-crore scheme for the development of over 14,000 schools across the country as PM Schools for Rising India, which is expected to benefit 187 lakh students. Under the scheme, over 14,000 schools, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools run by state governments and local bodies, will …

Centre Should Modernise All Schools: Kejriwal on PM Shri Yojana
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre Should Modernise All Schools: Kejriwal on PM Shri Yojana

News 18  

Arvind Kejriwal remarked on Monday that the Centre should modernize all government schools in India rather than completing them in installments. The PM-SHRI Yojana, aims to transform 14,500 schools into model institutions with cutting-edge facilities including labs, smart classrooms, libraries, and sports fields. On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, PM Modi unveiled the initiative and stated that the schools created …

PM Modi Announces PM-SHRI Yojana For Development Of Schools. What Is It?
2 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi Announces PM-SHRI Yojana For Development Of Schools. What Is It?

ABP News  

On the occassion of Teachers' Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a new initiative for the development and upgradation of schools across India. The Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India Yojana will be a laboratory for the new National Education Policy and under the first phase, 14,500 schools will be upgraded. "Today, on Teachers Day, I am glad …

India will offer all kinds of educational institutions, no monopoly allowed: Dharmendra Pradhan
2 years, 4 months ago

India will offer all kinds of educational institutions, no monopoly allowed: Dharmendra Pradhan

India Today  

India will offer all kinds of educational institutions public, private and foreign. Regulatory curbs will not hinder any of them, but monopolies will not be allowed, Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan said at the Business Today India@100 Economy Summit ‘Achieving Global Leadership’ in Delhi on Friday. Addressing the issue of the glaring difference in the …

Free education, healthcare not freebies, can eliminate poverty: Delhi CM Kejriwal
2 years, 4 months ago

Free education, healthcare not freebies, can eliminate poverty: Delhi CM Kejriwal

India TV News  

Kejriwal on freebies: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and access to these services can make India rich and eliminate the country's poverty in one generation. At the event where thousands of children were invited, Kejriwal said the country's 130 crore people need to come together and resolve to make …

Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the world
2 years, 6 months ago

Book Review | Teach our smaller citizens to know, not ignore, the world

Deccan Chronicle  

This slim volume of essays by one of India’s best-known educationists must be read by everyone who has anything to do with school education. The essays are based on speeches, lectures and previously published material and deal with important aspects of school education with reference to raising Indian citizens. At the very beginning, the author states in the prologue, that …

Andhra Pradesh: Multiple issues confronted students in Prakasam during Class X and Intermediate exams
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Multiple issues confronted students in Prakasam during Class X and Intermediate exams

The Hindu  

It’s not just the pandemic but several other factors too have contributed to the poor performance of students in the Class X and Intermediate results that were out recently, opine educationists here. Heavy syllabus, tough question papers, dull and drab online classes, switchover to English medium, inadequate teaching faculty and reforms in the education system without preparing the students for …

7 lakh more students added to government schools in 3 years: Jagan
2 years, 6 months ago

7 lakh more students added to government schools in 3 years: Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday that the number of students in government schools increased by over 7 lakh in the last three years due to education reforms and the Nadu-Nedu scheme. Addressing a programme on Amma Vodi in Srikakulam, the chief minister said 37.21 lakh students were studying in government schools from Class 1 to 10 …

Private schools in UP given a free hand to hike fees, alleges Manish Sisodia
2 years, 9 months ago

Private schools in UP given a free hand to hike fees, alleges Manish Sisodia

Hindustan Times  

Delhi deputy chief minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Sunday slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly giving a free hand to the private schools in the state to hike fees, and added that within 10 days of coming to power in Punjab, his party has prohibited such a move. But, as soon as …

The pathology of school closure in India
2 years, 10 months ago

The pathology of school closure in India

The Hindu  

In the last two years, India has achieved the dubious distinction of becoming the country with the second longest COVID-19 pandemic-linked school closure in the world — next only to Uganda. In the Union Budget 2022-23, while acknowledging learning loss due to the pandemic, the Government has proposed, under the ‘one class, one TV channel’ programme of the Pradhan Mantri …

Education Bill for first time crosses Rs.1 lakh crore
2 years, 11 months ago

Education Bill for first time crosses Rs.1 lakh crore

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up a digital university on the ‘hub-and-spoke’ model and expansion of ’one class-one TV channel’ programme through 200 channels for providing supplementary education in regional languages in schools. The overall financial allocation for the education sector for 2022-23 has increased to Rs 1.04 lakh crore — said to be for the first …

Will Budget 2022 heal India's sagging education system?
2 years, 11 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 …

Children and schooling in the post-COVID-19 era
3 years, 1 month ago

Children and schooling in the post-COVID-19 era

The Hindu  

When someone in the family falls sick, all normal routines and arrangements are affected. Peripheral concern Children’s education and health are two major domains in which welfare policies of the modern state are expected to support and enhance the family’s role. Restoring children’s innate desire to relate to the world physically and socially surrounding them will constitute a major step …

More than Half of Students in Govt Schools Lack Parental Support for Studies: ASER Report
3 years, 1 month ago

More than Half of Students in Govt Schools Lack Parental Support for Studies: ASER Report

News 18  

As many as 57.5 per cent of students studying in government schools lack parental support in their studies, reveals the 16th Annual Status of Education Report 2021. Read | Covid-19 Pushes Kids Out of Schools, Parents Still Willing to Pay for Tuition: ASER Report In Jharkhand, as compared to 2020, more textbooks were provided to students this year. As per …

Private body urges Jharkhand CM to reopen schools
3 years, 1 month ago

Private body urges Jharkhand CM to reopen schools

India Today  

Private Schools and Children Welfare Association has asked Chief Minister Hemant Soren to reopen schools for the education of children. Further steps before schools reopen State President of PSCWA Alok Kumar Dubey said that despite all the difficulties during the Covid-19 period, the teachers continued the work of providing education to the children through the online medium. Applications sought from …

How Covid-19 has forced the dropout rate to shoot up in India and what we can do
3 years, 1 month ago

How Covid-19 has forced the dropout rate to shoot up in India and what we can do

India Today  

Sabin, a primary school student from Delhi slums, had to drop out of school because her parents could no longer educate three children on their pandemic-affected meager income. Unemployment has been rising since the Covid-19 pandemic started in early 2020, which has pushed parents to prioritize survival over children’s education, especially fees in private schools. How to prevent further dropouts …

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