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Empowering women has been held up as an answer to myriad global problems, starting with poverty.

Internet Saathi: Google empowers women in 100,000 villages

India has taken the lead to become the fastest growing Internet user market in the world.

3 Aug 2017 11:00 AM IST

The clause had said that the unaided schools that sought grant had to comply with all reservation policies to be eligible for getting grant.

School detentions: Who will it benefit?

We need a major change of perspective to understand the need for vocational training for those who may prefer a quicker...

8 Aug 2017 6:21 AM IST

The only time that India participated in PISA, it emerged in positions 72 and 73 of a total of 74 countries. (Photo: Representational Image)

India's learning crisis: It's time to act

Assessments done by Education Initiatives show that children are not performing well even in a sample of elite private...

25 Nov 2016 1:18 AM IST

It was found that 11 students in Panchgani, Satara district, developed skin ailments and another school in Palghar did not provide bath water to its students for 15 days. (Representational Image)

It's time we let our kids tinker'

Tinkering, which is defined as an attempt to repair or improve something, is the most natural way of learning.

23 Jan 2017 4:23 AM IST

Dr Abraham Thomas and his wife Sheeba Simon

Infusing HutK

HutK is Abraham's dream project and a tribute to his grandfather's selfless work.

16 July 2017 5:26 AM IST

Photo caption: Under it, C-GST will be levied by the Centre, S-GST by states and I-GST on inter-state supply of goods and services. (Representational Image)

Hostel fee charged by school, colleges free from GST: Finance Ministry

It was addressing fake reports claiming there is 18 per cent GST on fee charges by hostels under educational...

13 July 2017 4:53 PM IST

A volunteer poses with the schoolchildren

A teacher who is a class apart

Chandra Yonzon started a school for the under-privileged and has been running it over the years in a quiet Sikkim...

9 May 2017 3:21 AM IST

Milind Chandwani

Equipping the poor with skills

Milind Chandwani gave up his job in the IT industry to help the underprivileged students in govt schools by teaching...

5 May 2017 12:04 AM IST

Dongaria Kondh girls who passed the HSC exam.

9 tribal girls overcome odds, pass Odisha HSC exam

The rare achievement has given the girls the much needed impetus to go ahead with acquiring more knowledge by pursuing...

3 May 2017 12:53 AM IST

Women are now elbowing their way into political and civil society, and universities. Despite present cultural and political obstacles, they are finding opportunities to rise and to bring their societies up with them.

Muslim women: Crafting a new identity

Islam anticipates the demands of Western feminists by more than 1,000 years.

10 July 2017 1:20 AM IST

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia (Photo: PTI)

Govt's main focus is investment in human capital, says Manish Sisodia

AAP government has been unable to implement some of its own schemes.

19 Jan 2017 1:39 AM IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (Photo: PTI)

Talking bad about country is not good education: Manohar Parrikar

Education should impart values of patriotism and personality development, says Defence Minister.

16 Jan 2017 6:11 PM IST