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In the poorest district of Bihar, an open-air classroom teaching Indian Constitution

The roads of rural Kishanganj district in Bihar are lined with heaps of stubble -- fuel for cooking stoves for nearly six months. He says, “The people of this settlement have the right to education, to ration as well as healthcare but in the past two years that they have shifted here, they have not been able to access them.” …

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6 months ago

Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education

Associated Press

Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, according to the report released Monday by Gallup …

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8 months, 1 week ago

CPC advances discipline education campaign

China Daily

By Zhang Yi in Beijing, Yang Han in Hong Kong and Ren Qi in Moscow | China Daily | Updated: 2024-04-29 07:12 The ongoing Party-wide discipline education campaign, a longtime tradition of the Communist Party of China, will help the CPC build a united core to face new goals and challenges and keep the country on the right track, according …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Why good education cannot remain an afterthought or a political gimmick

Firstpost

Education is the foundation of civilization. Indian systems of education considered not merely individual material success, but helped a student find purpose, mental balance, physical health and helped navigate society. While the National Education Policy framework is a step forward, the way students learn remains unchanged. Communist revisionism of history must be addressed in order to ensure a coherent Indian …

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1 year, 9 months ago

PM hits out at political parties for not doing enough to support Indian languages

Deccan Chronicle

Chikkaballapura: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at political parties which "played a game" over languages without doing enough to support them, and alleged they did not want students from villages, the poor and those from backward class families to become doctors or engineers. Highlighting the challenges faced by youth from villages and poor families in joining the …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Political war over UP government's decision to survey unauthorised madrassas

India Today

All madrassas in Uttar Pradesh that are not recognized by the government will be surveyed and details of facilities available and information about students will be collected by officials. Speaking to India Today TV, UP’s Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Danish Ansari, said that the survey is an effort to understand the situation of unauthorised madrassas in the state. …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Hong Kong: A city that’s no longer home

Al Jazeera

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Darkus Yu had never considered leaving his home for almost half a century. The patriotic education equals brainwashing.” The Yus were unsettled by the Education Bureau’s decision in October 2020 to disqualify a teacher who had been accused of promoting Hong Kong independence. The Hong Kong government subsequently announced controversial changes, renaming the Liberal …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Former Obama education secretary forms political group

Associated Press

— A former U.S. education secretary and potential candidate for governor of Maryland in 2022 announced a new political group in the state on Monday that includes other alumni of former President Barack Obama’s administration. John King, Jr., who served as Obama’s education secretary in the last year of his presidency, said Strong Future Maryland will focus on helping Maryland …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Nepal Halts Distribution of New Text Book with Revised Map Incorporating Indian Areas

News 18

Nepal has stopped the distribution of a new text book that includes the country’s revised political map showing three strategically-important Indian areas as part of its territory, saying there were a number of factual errors in it, according to a media report on Tuesday. India has already termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of the territorial claims by Nepal after …

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4 years, 5 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Who draws up the Central Board of Secondary Education syllabus?

The Hindu

The story so far: With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping students out of classrooms, forcing schools into various modes of distance education and reducing teaching time, the Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to cut down its 2020-21 syllabus by 30%, for students from Classes 9-12. Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav, who is a former University Grants Commission member and …

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