Atul Krishna is a senior correspondent for the web and the magazine. He largely writes on schools and universities. Over the past five years, he has covered a wide range of issues on education, research, and employment. He writes on central and state education policies, school and higher education reform, teaching and teacher training, curriculum and textbooks, equity, access and more. Based in Thrissur, he closely tracks developments in the southern states. He can be reached at atul.krishna@careers360.com. You can follow him here: https://twitter.com/atulkrishna
In fourth year of NEP 2020, Rs 1,000 crore cut from minority scholarship funds, Rs 500 crore college scholarships; 40% cut in research.
Over 270 Kerala schools have set up weather stations to teach Classes 9-12 geography as a science, and to track local weather for forecasts.
The CBSE has encouraged teaching in the mother tongue. But most CBSE schools are private and loath to abandon their English-medium tags.
The private Delhi publisher set up a psychology department, launched mental health books in response to cases of depression during the pandemic.
Assam Budget 2024-25: State to pay Rs 10,000 to each girl joining Class 9; Rs 15,000 to those taking up PG
Chhattisgarh Budget 2024:Education sector has seen an increase of almost 16% in allocation. School education gets Rs 21,489 crore.