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Off to school no more: Homeschooling
Some Indian families are taking on the responsibility of providing better education to their children at home. It goes beyond signing them up for new hobbies or skill-learning classes. How relevant is this new system, and is it here to stay?
Private school body urges CBSE to reduce weightage of term one exams
Alleging that many schools adopted "unfair means and malpractices" while marking students during Term 1 examinations, some private schools have urged the Central Board of Secondary Education to reduce the weightage of the Term I examination for the 2021-2022 session.
‘Accept us as we are’: Muslim girls from Delhi open up about the Hijab row
At Shaheen Bagh, a few women have come out in solidarity with those who prefer to drape themselves in hijab or burqa while stepping out of the house The hijab controversy in Udupi, Karnataka, is finding an echo at Shaheen Bagh – once notorious for the anti-CAA protests. Women are coming out at the protest […]
Fed up of online classes, kids want to return to school
The baffling lack of application of mind to the reopening of Delhi’s schools, both public and private, has riled the entire city. While the AAP government project the success of Delhi schools in other states, there is dismay in the capital about the neglect of this sector on the pretext of pollution and Covid-19 […]
COVID-19: Delhi govt to seek feedback from teachers, parents about reopening of schools
The Delhi government is seeking feedback from teachers and parents of students about the reopening of schools considering the Covid situation is under control, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Tuesday. During an online briefing, he said that students, parents and teachers can mail their suggestions to delhischools21@gmail.com on how the process of reopening […]
Kids just wanna have fun
Schools are closed but holiday homework has now to be completed. Despite the efforts teachers make to engage students, they tend to shy away from the tasks assigned The month of June may be equivalent to a hot sauna bath (with dabs of powdery dust) in most parts of India but it comes with the […]
Against all odds
First generation learners, whose parents never had the benefit of an education, are enthusiastically attending school despite so many disadvantages Of the many factors that define India as a ‘developing country’, one of the most marked and significant changes has been that of underprivileged children being exposed to education. There seems to have been a […]