Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid, study says

Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid, study says

Branwen Jeffreys Education editor Getty Images The poorest children are missing more school and falling further behind classmates, research shared with the BBC suggests. According to new analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) – which looked at pupil performance after the Covid-19 pandemic – children from the lowest income families are now up to … Read more

Emphasis on implementing Child Protection Policy in every school in Karnataka

Emphasis on implementing Child Protection Policy in every school in Karnataka

Member of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Shekhargouda Ramatnal speaking at a review meeting in Dharwad on February 13. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Member of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Shekhargouda Ramatnal has warned officials that any lapse in implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act of 2009 … Read more

Sexual assault of nine-year-old girl at Manapparai private school triggers tension

Sexual assault of nine-year-old girl at Manapparai private school triggers tension

Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi An alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl studying in a private CBSE school near Manapparai in Tiruchi district sparked protests in the late hours on Thursday (February 6, 2025) with a group of people vandalising a nearby matriculation school belonging to the same management and … Read more

Rising from the ashes: inside Bihar school run from cremation ground

Rising from the ashes: inside Bihar school run from cremation ground

A class under way on the premises of Mukti Dham, a crematorium at the Sikandarpur locality in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district.  | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari A 31-year-old teacher, Sumit Kumar, has been educating over 100 slum children at a cremation ground in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, since 2017. Mr. Kumar’s initiative, Appan Pathshala, has transformed the lives … Read more

The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: Over 250 artworks took over Lady Andal School campus in an exhibition titled Imprint

The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: Over 250 artworks took over Lady Andal School campus in an exhibition titled Imprint

A visitor taking pictures of the Imprint exhibition in Chennai on Saturday (January 18, 2025). M. Srinath/The Hindu From quirky clipboards to fraying sketchbooks and intricate sculptures, paper in its many forms were spread over the Lady Andal School campus at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025. Titled ‘Imprint’, the display was largely categorised into … Read more

31 students of residential school fall ill in Karimnagar

31 students of residential school fall ill in Karimnagar

As many as 31 students of Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Telangana BC Welfare Residential School and Junior College for girls at Sharmanagar in Karimnagar fell ill, allegedly after having dinner in their hostel mess on Monday night. They were admitted to the Government General Hospital in the town after they complained of vomiting and abdominal pain … Read more

School headmaster and two teachers found guilty of gagging children, transferred

School headmaster and two teachers found guilty of gagging children, transferred

Three teachers of an elementary school at Ayyampettai in Orathanadu tahluk were transferred to three schools after the conclusion of an internal inquiry conducted by the District Education Department. According to sources, the incident of three children being gagged in the elementary school at Ayyampettai was reported during the fourth week of October. The parents … Read more

Police recover ₹1.14 crore from private school in Ranchi

Police recover ₹1.14 crore from private school in Ranchi

Acting on a tip-off, the Ranchi Police on Wednesday recovered ₹1.14 crore in cash stashed at the G.D. Goenka school allegedly for the purpose of ongoing Assembly elections. The money was seized from the private school located in the Namkum area of the State capital. A police team conducted the raids at the school in … Read more