The CBSE has encouraged teaching in the mother tongue. But most CBSE schools are private and loath to abandon their English-medium tags.
Over a third of refugees in India are children. For many, the requirement of Aadhaar for admission and other benefits is a barrier to education.
The CBSE board has grown stricter with dummy schools, seeks to standardise teaching practices and plans to expand abroad.
The private Delhi publisher set up a psychology department, launched mental health books in response to cases of depression during the pandemic.
Netherlands plans to convert all English-taught bachelor's degree programmes to Dutch; asks universities to work on international students’ retention.
The second-year MTech student has a strong academic record and a job. 2024 had already seen suicides in IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT BHU.