Across the IITs, National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), there have been 61 suicides in this period.
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How Karnataka’s ‘Preventive Protocol’ Could Help in Retaining All Children in School
The state's RTE protocol on out-of-school children is the first in the country. It has incorporated the provisions of the Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights …

Teachers’ Pay Parity Row Leads to Demands for Central University Status for Panjab University
Teaching and non-teaching staff, as well as other stakeholders, are divided vis-a-vis the move, however, most agree that the Punjab government should increase the retirement age of teachers and …

Drop in Learning Outcomes Across Grades, Subjects, Finds Education Ministry Survey
The National Achievement Survey, conducted in November last year, found that the national average of scores in all subjects evaluated fell from the last iteration of the survey in …