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Poverty
When a state advertises a few hundred posts requiring basic literacy and receives applications from engineers, postgraduates and doctorate holders, it is not a quirky news story. It is the clearest available measure of what an Indian degree is now worth.
Poverty
India's entrance exams are formally free of tuition and effectively priced. The coaching economy that sits between a school syllabus and a rank list is the largest hidden education expense most families carry, and it decides outcomes before the exam begins.
Education
Weeks of youth led protest through June and July 2026 ended with a resignation. The five demands the movement put forward were far more specific than the coverage suggested, and four of them can be implemented without new legislation.
Education
The AISHE report released in July 2026 shows record enrolment, women ahead of men, and rising participation from every disadvantaged group. It also shows growth slowing, and says almost nothing about what a degree is now worth.
Education
For two decades India closed teacher shortages with contract, guest and para teachers on short renewable terms. It filled the vacancy column on paper and built a parallel workforce doing the same job for a fraction of the pay.
Education
India's 2026 school audit found that only 10 to 15 per cent of government school teachers score above 60 per cent in the subject they are paid to teach. That finding is about the system that trained them, not about them.
Gender Equality
India's 2026 school audit found close to 99,000 schools with no separate toilet for girls. That single missing facility explains more adolescent dropout than most education policy debates admit.
Poverty
Across 15 states, 41 recruitment exam leak cases hit about 1.4 crore applicants competing for just over one lakh posts. The leak is only part of it. The bigger loss is the years spent waiting between the advertisement and the appointment.
Education
India cancelled its national medical entrance exam on 12 May 2026 after a circulated guess paper matched the real one. Here is what that decision cost the families who sat it, and why the leak keeps happening.
Education
A government audit released in May 2026 counted more than one lakh Indian schools running on a single teacher, and about 99,000 without a girls' toilet. Here is what those numbers mean for the children inside them, and what would actually fix it.
India vs World
In 1948, Costa Rica did something no country had done before: it abolished its military and redirected defence spending to schools and hospitals. Seventy-six years later, it ranks as the happiest nation in the Americas, with a life expectancy of 81, a literacy rate of 97%, and a $4-billion ecotourism economy. India spends 2.4% of GDP on defence and only 2.1% on health. The math - and the lesson - deserve a hard look.
CMIE reported 45.4% youth unemployment for ages 15-24 in September 2023. See how it differs from PLFS data and why educated youth are hit hardest.
Education
ASER 2024 found that only 43 percent of Class 5 students in government schools can read a Class 2-level text. India has over 1.07 million vacant teaching posts in government schools. Kerala and Himachal Pradesh show what committed public investment can achieve. The Delhi AAP school model made real gains and real compromises. A Finland-level public education rebuild would cost roughly Rs 3.5 lakh crore per year. The political class whose children study abroad is the same class that controls the budget.
Education
Nearly 50 million Indian students drop out before reaching Class 10. This in-depth analysis examines the gender gap, rural-urban divide, poverty as the root driver, state-wise data, NEP 2020 solutions, bridge schools, and the concrete policy agenda India needs to reverse this crisis.
Forgotten Heroes
In 1848, Savitribai Phule opened India's first school for girls in Pune and became the country's first female teacher. Her story of defying caste and gender oppression - walking through stones and mud to teach every day - is one of India's most important and least told histories.
Education
How Indian EdTech companies, government programs like NEP 2020 and NIPUN Bharat, and grassroots innovators are bringing quality education to rural and remote communities through adaptive learning, offline-first tools, and mother-tongue content.
One State One Story
Kerala has the highest literacy in India, at 96.2 percent, and it began with an 1817 royal proclamation. This article traces the reforms and policies that built the state's education model.
India in Numbers
India ranks 105th of 127 on the 2024 Global Hunger Index despite being the 5th largest economy. This article explains what the index measures and why the gap exists.
Questions India Must Answer
India produces about 10 million graduates a year, but employability surveys find many are not job-ready. This article explains the numbers and why education and the job market do not match.
Nalanda was ancient India's largest university, drawing about 10,000 students from across Asia before Bakhtiyar Khilji's forces destroyed it in 1193 CE.
