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Uttar Pradesh: Public school enrolment has risen but the Yogi Adityanath government has left schools unprepared – there’s shortage of both resources and teachers.
IIM Ahmedabad, University of Manchester researchers studied data from ASER, IHDS, and NFHS 4 to understand why girls fare poorly in maths.
COVID-19: States spent higher on health during the pandemic, however, this came at the cost of budget cuts in education, nutrition.
Budget 2022: Only five of the 20 largest states received more than half the funds for a school system ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
DU is planning major changes to its undergraduate curriculum – BA, BSc, BCom – in line with NEP 2020. It has also adopted CUCET for DU admissions
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur have all struggled to keep students in school, enrol students in higher education.
At least three research schemes are stalled due to the education ministry stopping funds. In one case, UGC issued grants from its own funds.
Odisha: Budgets for schemes targeting children rose since 2017-18 till the pandemic period but actual spending was far lower.
Punjab: As the state withdrew funds, teacher appointments froze and private universities mushroomed, higher education grew more expensive in Punjab.
Budget 2022: Educationists also want to see higher allocation for schools, teacher training to close learning gaps left during the COVID-19 pandemic.
