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Opinion | Gender-neutral classrooms

Gender awareness among pre-adolescents is a matter of social conditioning, and to that extent, the role of teachers is limited

1 min read17 Oct 2019
Opinion

Machine Learning can transform education

India needs a massification and vocationalization of higher education at a cost that only online learning can do. This needs machine learning

4 min read26 Mar 2018
Education

Kerala plans to make public school classrooms high-tech by April

The Kerala govt is expanding the use of computers and internet in state-run schools after scoring early success with a project to introduce technology in schools

2 min read25 Sep 2017
Education

New chapter begins as kids get lessons on gender inequality in schools

The two-year programme may not be enough to turnaround deep-rooted views over the lower status of women, but may plant seeds of change in next generation

4 min read23 Mar 2015
News

Trash-filled classrooms have Pakistanis racing to private school

One in three students now attends a privately run school as a failing public system produces one of the world's highest truancy rates

5 min read9 Dec 2014
Opinion

Unhappy labour

Any country where children are found working and not in classrooms is in danger of being classed as uncivilized. India is one such country

1 min read11 Nov 2014
Opinion

Union Budget 2014: Makings of a true ‘Digital India’

From digital classrooms, introduction of e-visas to broadband penetration, the Narendra Modi-led govt appears to be charting a road map for a Digital India

4 min read11 Jul 2014
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Creating virtual classrooms

Schools in Mumbai are using technology to teach kids through virtual classrooms. But experts believe there is still a long way to go. Mint's Zahra Khan explains

17 Jul 2013
Opinion

Challenges to primary education

Increasing the supply of inputs such as infra or teachers in India's primary education system can ensure 'schooling for all' but not 'learning for all'

9 min read21 May 2013
Opinion

Education for creativity

Education for creativity

4 min read15 Dec 2011
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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