THE PERCENTAGE of students with pre-school experience when admitted to Class 1 has seen an uptick in recent years, hitting 80% in 2024-2025, says the Education Ministry’s latest UDISE+ report. Of the 1.92 crore students admitted to class 1 in 2024-25, 80% (1.54 crore students) had pre-school experience in the same school or another school […]
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School enrolment has dropped for the third consecutive year, with the government’s latest data showing a dip of 11 lakh in enrolment over 2023-24. The drop in enrolment is led by government and government-aided schools while enrolment in private schools went up in this period. The Education Ministry’s UDISE+ data — which tracks and monitors […]
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A few years ago, a doctoral student on the verge of dropping out was sent to Professor Arun Chakraborty at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur. Colleagues warned him that the youth may never finish his research. Within weeks, Chakraborty had turned the tide. The student began making progress, and soon enough, his first paper appeared […]
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At least four first-generation IITs have seen a post-pandemic rise in students seeking counselling — a shift driven not just by rising distress, but by these premier institutes’ growing investment in student well-being, with full-time psychiatrists, dedicated centres and expanded support teams, amid mounting concern over students’ mental health. Data accessed by The Indian Express […]
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has approved a proposal to integrate open-book assessments in Class 9 from the 2026-27 academic session, after a pilot study showed “teacher support” for such assessments. The CBSE’s Governing Body, the board’s highest decision-making authority, approved the proposal at a meeting held in June. According to the minutes […]
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Driven by interest in computer science and related fields, enrolment in BTech programmes hit an eight-year high in the 2024-25 academic session, with 12.53 lakh seats filled across the country — a 67% jump from 2017-18, according to data from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Vacancy rates dropped to just 16.36%. Computer science […]
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Lionel Messi’s slow-mo walk and victory pose, Korean finger hearts, fist bumps, the dab pose. By the end of a three-hour convocation ceremony, Professor Rajeev Ahuja, 60, had mastered many complex Gen Z moves and done the seemingly impossible task — of walking across the generational aisle and meeting his students where they are. On […]
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IN AN unusual move, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has sought a formal explanation from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit for skipping a recent conference of Central Universities’ Vice-Chancellors organised by the Centre in Gujarat, saying her absence was being “viewed seriously”, The Indian Express has learnt. In a letter sent to […]
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The new NCERT social science textbooks for classes 6 to 8 provide a “broad survey” of Indian civilisation from prehistoric times to Independence, and an “in-depth, detailed treatment of any period of India’s history is not only impossible, but undesirable,” according to Michel Danino, chairperson of the NCERT’s curricular area group for the new social […]
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After deciding to offer Science and Social Science at two levels – basic and advanced — at the secondary stage, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) plans to extend the model to STEM subjects at the higher secondary level, starting with Class 11, The Sunday Express has learnt. The CBSE currently offers Mathematics at […]
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