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Mubadala acquires a stake in Nord Anglia Education for $600 million
The investment company joins a consortium that plans to expand the UK-based private school operator’s footprint across the Middle East.
17 Apr 2025
India declines to participate in PISA in 2025, yet again
For a country aspiring to be a superpower, with more than 250 million children in schools, India’s reluctance to participate in an international student assessment study is confounding.
08 Mar 2025
Should Aadhaar details be given to schools?
You are not bound to share Aadhaar details with schools but here is what that will entail.
18 Dec 2024
Why is Karnataka insisting on linking Aadhaar with student data?
A vague circular puts pressure on parents and schools to fall in line, unmindful of the law and concerns around the privacy of students.
19 May 2023
Subsidy or saanp-seedhi? The curious case of unspent government funds
Unspent funds highlight the difficulty in accessing government schemes, a lack of coordination between the Centre and states, and a general apathy that runs deep.
22 Mar 2022
Why India doesn’t want its students talking about caste
School textbooks largely steer clear of exploring casteism. Political compulsions, a misplaced pride in our traditions and the inability to atone for historical wrongs are to blame.
18 Sept 2021
Zishaan Hayath: Riding the hockey-stick curve
Edtech may be the flavour of the season but the Toppr CEO is all for treading with caution, wary of the speed at which the sector is growing
25 Sept 2020
Where do teachers, parents and schools go from here?
Six months into the pandemic, the school tinderbox is quite ready to explode and almost all stakeholders seem underprepared
04 Aug 2020
The cruel politics of textbooks
Our textbooks have mirrored successive governments’ visions and hopes—with teachers and students too often mere bystanders
17 Dec 2019