Opinion
University Grants Commission’s draft regulations expand Centre’s role in VC-appointment, allow non-academics. VCs so recruited unlikely to be independent, argues academic.
The latest UDISEPlus reports show sharp drops in enrolment and total count of schools. Part of it could be due to the new approach to data collection, correcting previous ‘over-reporting’ but no explanation is provided by education ministry.
J&K must revise the new reservation policy into one that accounts for opportunities and aspirations of all communities, pushing for equity and togetherness, writes a final-year law student.
Australia has passed legislation to ban social media participation for children under 16; a Delhi-NCR school principal reflects on social media and Indian kids.
In the context of the conflict at IIT Kharagpur, a former IIT student and teacher argues that the IITs have a ‘serious governance crisis’ that goes beyond a single institute.
Global universities like Yale, Stanford and MIT wield massive endowments that dwarf Indian education budgets; raise questions about competing on international stage
Have sophisticated AI writing tools disrupted our understanding of originality in theses and dissertations? Academics suggest a way around these concerns.
Madhya Pradesh’s gender and child budgets have both grown. While it has reduced poverty, in nutrition, health, education, it’s in the ‘aspirational category’ on NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index.
Maheshwer Peri attended classes that were part of Ahmedabad University’s foundation programme to understand what interdisciplinary education means and why interest in liberal arts education is surging.
This year’s NEET exam debacle should have prompted a reconsideration of such mammoth, centralised exams in general. NEET UG retest tomorrow.
