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How kids in a low-income country use laptops: lessons from Madagascar

Our findings suggest that developing countries like Madagascar have something in common with western nations when it comes to laptop use, such as …

Outlining their rights

Cartography provides the indigenous peoples of the world another way of asserting their rights

There will be 2 billion more people on Earth by 2050: UN report

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the next eight years, according to the United Nation’s The …

Rural vs. Urban: Measuring the inequality of opportunity

Just building infrastructure to bridge inequality in basic services like education is not the answer

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Two-thirds of poor countries slashed education budget due to COVID-19: World Bank, UNESCO

Cuts can last for a long time as the pandemic continues to cause economic losses and make fiscal positions worse, warns report  

International Women’s Day 2023: When mothers learn from daughters and begin anew

In a South Kolkata suburb, life comes a full circle as women take baby steps to fulfill lost dreams and rush to attend afternoon classes

COVID-19 has set in motion an educational crisis. Here is how to prevent it

Reopening schools at 50% capacity, involving teachers only in school work, collaboration with private players are some ways in which India can …

Poverty and emergencies keep children out of school

Every one in five children in the world are not in school, says the latest UNICEF report

Greening the syllabus

How community virtual classes can bridge learning gap, address inequality

A key advantage of CVCL is that self-learning and teacher / peer-guided modalities can be combined within the same model   

Despite intention, why Odisha villages are failing to keep their girls in school

Infrastructural improvement will need to follow laws passed to empower women, say experts

Odisha needs to make apposite effort to have toilets in all its school

Who cares for toilets in school? 34% of schoolchildren in Odisha do, finds new study

New alphabets: How kids in Rayagada, Kalahandi continued learning amid COVID-19

Children in two of India’s poorest districts continue their education as communities convert open spaces into schools, rope in youths as …

Centre overrules Supreme Court directive on combined medical entrance test

The latest Union government’s rule intends to allow the states to conduct their own medical entrance exams for the current academic year

The glitch in India's technical education

Less than half of the students pursuing technical education manage to get a job

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