Education Stories
Teachers are on duty, but classroom is left waiting
From counting strays and drug addicts to SIR and Census work, govt school educators have ever-longer to-do lists
How artist Rouble Nagi built 800 learning centres for slum children
From slum classrooms in Mumbai to community learning centres across 21 states, artist Rouble Nagi’s education initiative has reached thousands of marginalised children. The work has now earned her the $1m Global Teacher Prize, recognising grassroots teaching impact
- Bhavika Jain
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why 70% of Hindu Americans have degrees — but only 35% of US adults do
Seven in 10 Hindu Americans hold college degrees. Only three in 10 US adults do. The gap seems to confirm a stereotype — until you look closer to understand that the real story isn’t about faith at all
- Rajesh SharmaDevyani Mohan
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
$22bn valuation to bankruptcy and missing $533mn: How Byju's unravelled across two continents
The edtech major’s fall hit a new inflection point in Dec 2025, when a US court issued a $1.07bn default judgment tied to the disputed $533mn Alpha funds, even as founder Byju Raveendran denies wrongdoing and battles insolvency and creditor claims across continents
- Supriya Roy
- TNN
‘Every Child Is Unique...And Learns At Her Own Pace’
Pariksha Pe Charcha has become a jan andolan, writes the education minister, because it makes students feel heard and understood. In an AI age, this is both more challenging and more necessary than ever
Why a London school barred a Hindu student from wearing ‘tilak-chandlo’
INSIGHT UK, an advocacy organisation representing the British Hindus and Indian community, has alleged discrimination, pointing out the school allows students to wear hijab and turbans
- Alka Dhupkar
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How the falling rupee is hitting Indian students' dreams of studying abroad
The rupee's slide and tighter visa rules are forcing a rethink on overseas education for many Indians
A mission in UP’s poorest blocks: Take welfare to every doorstep
Loopholes and gaps in govt services is a nationwide problem. UP decided to address the issue by appointing a ‘CM fellow’ to serve as the govt’s eyes and ears in each of the 108 most backward blocks of the state and ensure welfare schemes reach their intended beneficiaries
With National Testing Agency in crisis, should JEE, CUET, UGC-NET return to pen and paper examinations?
When a student ends her life because she was told she got 6 marks but actually scored 590, you know something’s seriously wrong. And if in one year, 5 out of 14 of the country’s biggest exams have serious issues, there’s clearly a serious credibility crisis with the agency that’s conducting them
- Devyani MohanRajesh Sharma
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
In govt schools, a playful app is closing early learning gap
An initiative in some Ghaziabad schools uses mobile phones to gamify education, boosting foundational skills in maths, Hindi, and English for early-grade students, mostly from underprivileged backgrounds
What They Don’t Teach You In B-Schools
Management curriculum focuses on efficiency, not imagination. But every current business needs managers who are at home with both process discipline & creative disorder
What They Don’t Teach You At Univs & Medical Colleges
Complexity science is absent from the curricula of India’s institutions of higher education. That’s scary because 21st century is proof that thinking that happens in static silos is often useless. Look at what Covid did
Can government schools win back parents? Kerala and Kashmir may have the answer
A state school in Srinagar is on its way to replicate the extraordinary transformation of a govt girls’ school in Nadakkavu, Kozhikode, now ranked the second best school in India. For this they visited Kerala to see first-hand what their school could eventually become
- Nidheesh MKHakeem Irfan Rashid
- THE ECONOMIC TIMES
Why is Delhi’s oldest school for blind facing closure? Where will its 80 students go?
A 78-year-old Delhi school for the visually impaired faces closure, leaving its students from across states and the teachers in limbo
Why the FAFO parenting method is going viral
The ‘F*** Around, Find Out’ approach puts consequences front and centre — but are children’s developing brains ready for it?
‘In Western Ghats, India’s next great story is quietly unfolding’
World-class innovation can thrive in non-metro India, writes Union education minister, and the model for it can be found in a tech hub headquartered in a small town
Will Indian students shun US colleges after Trump’s H-1B visa reset?
New visa rules mean fresh, foreign-born STEM graduates may lose access to the one US talent market where their education and skills are the most valued
- Andy Mukherjee
- Bloomberg
Why Indian students are ditching Harvard for Hanoi and Limerick
With traditional hubs for higher studies like the UK, the US and Canada tightening the screws on Indian students, learners chart a new route to higher education
- Kanika SaxenaNeil Ghai
- THE ECONOMIC TIMES
Are young people less dependable today than their parents were?
An American survey shows a crash in conscientiousness among younger people. Are they becoming harder to count on? Or are they just tired of playing nice? The big picture might not seem too distant from what you may find in your own country
Girls are a liability and goats and cows assets. This mindset is changing
TOI+ in conversation with Gayatri Nair Lobo, CEO of Educate Girls, the NGO that has won the Ramon Magsaysay award
- Alka Dhupkar
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM