education
- India
Textbook shortage, app-based exams causing student stress: Panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has flagged a significant gap between curriculum design and implementation for classes 9 to 12, saying the non-availability of textbooks and application-based Board examination patterns are creating…
- India
73 pc students drop out before finishing higher secondary
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has flagged a “drastic decline” in the number of schools and students as education level rises, noting that nearly 73 per cent students drop out before finishing…
- Education and Career
AI vs Jobs: What Hyderabad youth think about the future
As the world marks International Youth Day on August 12, this year the United Nations is focusing on a simple reality: “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations.” Hyderabad is a city that embodies that…
- Opinions
Beyond the paper leak: Deadly price of India’s exam obsession
The NEET paper leak has rightly triggered nationwide outrage. Equally shocking, however, is the tragic loss of young lives that have followed in its wake. Reports indicate that about 20 students across…
- Hyderabad
How a school in Hyderabad’s Tolichowki is redefining education
In a time when many private schools feel more like businesses, Mount Mercy School in Tolichowki takes a different path. Founded in 1999 as a non-profit in Sabza Colony, the school now…
- India
Education most powerful foundation for society, nation: Dr Ahsan
Bhopal: Education is the most powerful foundation for the development of society and the nation, said Dr. Mohammad Ahsan, Regional Director, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Bhopal. Dr. Mohammad Ahsan was…
- India
Nandan Nilekani to prepare roadmap for exam reforms: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a task force on exam reforms under Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani. Prime Minister Modi said that the report of the…
- Opinions
Keep the bulldozers away from Jauhar University
While attending the first Round Table Conference in London in 1930, writer-poet and freedom fighter Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar boldly told the British Raj, “If you do not give us freedom in…
- India
Education reforms matter more than Pradhan’s exit: Mayawati
Lucknow: As the Centre and opposition sparred over the alleged NEET paper leak case amid the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) protest, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday, July 25, said…
- Middle East
Need an NRI certificate? Indian Consulate extends services in Dubai
Dubai: The Consulate General of India (CGI) in Dubai has announced the extension of emergency services for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) certificates to help students meet upcoming college admission deadlines in India. According…
- India
NTA rejects viral NEET-UG OMR claims, calls sheets AI-altered
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday, July 20 rejected a series of claims made by several NEET (UG) 2026 candidates regarding their OMR answer sheets and results, stating that…
- Offbeat
Man quits Rs 25,000 job to make Rs 60,000 as auto driver
A man has gone viral on social media after revealing that he quit his job in Gurugram to become an autorickshaw driver, claiming he now earns ₹60,000 a month. In a reel…
- Hyderabad
I’m proof success needs passion, not just facilities: Azharuddin
Hyderabad: Former India cricket captain and Telangana Minorities Minister Mohammed Azharuddin on Saturday, July 18, urged students to dream big, recalling how he had risen to lead the national cricket team despite growing…
- India
Increases students’ stress level: SC on CBSE’s 3rd language policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 16, voiced concern over the introduction of a third language in Class 9 under the CBSE curriculum, observing it would increase the stress level…
- Hyderabad
BR Ambedkar Open University gets UGC nod for five new courses
Hyderabad: The Dr BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) on Wednesday, July 15, got the University Grants Commission (UGC) approval to add five new academic courses to its curriculum. The approved courses are…
