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How Radio Dhimsa is helping Odisha's tribal students tide over digital divide

The station broadcasts educational content to over 2,000 students of classes 1-5 in 62 villages 

Gains lost: ILO flags rise in child labour — the first time this millennium

Globally, 9 million more children are at risk of child labour by the end of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

Unpopular opinion: Ranajit Guha and Subaltern Studies writers were ‘caste-blind’, says section of experts

They covered tribal and Dalit movements and yet never delved into issues of identity and autonomy, the experts told DTE  

Education for tribals: A student from Odisha shows the way

Lack of internet connectivity, regular electricity supply: Access to quality education has remained abysmal in the remote tribal pockets of …

Note-taking by hand: A powerful tool to support memory

Taking notes by hand involves cognitive engagement in summarising, paraphrasing, organising and concept mapping that leads to deeper understanding

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

India's Health Crisis

Insufficient allocation for the health sector pushing 7% of Indians below the poverty line and about 23% of the sick can't afford healthcare

Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence

Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn't make educational intervention pointless

Grasping the roots

Environmental literature plays an important role in moulding innocent minds to think and understand green.

Clinton proposes talks on jobs

Burdened by rising joblessness, US President Bill Clinton wants world leaders to meet to find a solution to the vexing problem

Blinded by figures

By 2010, the world's population will have gone up to 6 billion. But at the recent New York meeting on population and development, counting heads …

Who will help her learn?

Merely providing schools is not enough to educate the more than 197.34 million illiterate women in India. Far too often, girls have to drop out …

The wonderful life after Doordarshan

There are some rivetting science programmes on Star TV and BBC which should inspire Doordarshan to produce better programmes in this genre

Poor amenities

Basic services can work against poverty but are usually elusive, shows the latest World Development Report

The real bad news

The most prosperous regions and communities in India have a bias against the female sex. Religion-based data shows us the biggest development …

Back alley schools

Book>> The Beautiful Tree, A personal journey into how the poorest are educating themselves James Tooley Penguin Rs 499

Simply Put: Age of inequality

Maths, physics not compulsory to study engineering: Experts differ with AICTE

Some are critical, while others believe the idea is not a bad one

More than 39 billion school meals missed during COVID-19 pandemic: UN report

UN agencies urged governments to prioritise school reopening  

Marginal improvement in rural women’s education, finds NFHS-5

Social, cultural stigmas reasons for lack of improvement 

One in four children in conflict zones are out of school: report

South Sudan, Niger, Sudan and Afghanistan are worst affected

Oxford scorned

Letter>> Oxford University • the UK

Textbook cheats

Publishing>> Education • South Sudan/The UK

Projects galore