The UDISE Plus report for 2020-21, released last week, shows a further dip by 521 to 1,032,049, the relatively smaller decline presumably owing to a slowdown in school mergers amid the pandemic. Whil...

Government schools are doing worse than private schools — in Assam at least. The chief minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, prophesied a bleak future for government schools when speaking at D...

A government school teachers’ association has written to chief minister Mamata Banerjee to reconsider the decision to introduce a common colour code for school uniforms as each uniform reflects ...

The colour of school uniforms may for primary, middle and high school students ...

The colour of the students’ uniform from pre-primary to Class VIII in all government, government-aided and government-sponsored schools will be navy blue and white and the shirt and the kameez w...

How affirmative is affirmative action? The question is pertinent in a society as layered and intricate as India’s. The government has decided to conduct tests for Dalit students who have passed ...

A day after announcing the launching of a multi-activity center for elderly persons, the Bokaro district administration today decided to hold a Parents Teachers Meeting (PTM) in all government sc...

Appearances can be deceptive. On the face of it, education has been allotted Rs 1,04,278 crore — a rise of Rs 11,054 crore from 2021-2022 — in this year’s budget. However, this still...

The Economic Survey for 2021-22 has recommended augmenting investments in school education infrastructure at a time children are switching from private to government schools amid a dip in parental inc...

Government schools and higher education institutions can resume physical sessions from February 3, and daily flights connecting Calcutta with Delhi and Mumbai can operate, according to a series of rel...