Education

Eight Intelligences, One Report Card: The Flawed Machinery of Academic Merit

Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory challenges the obsession with grades, but India’s education system continues to reward a narrow definition of merit. As academic pressure grows, students face mounting expectations, anxiety and mental-health struggles, raising questions about how we define intelligence, success and failure

Low Honorariums, High Responsibilities: The Struggle of Bengal’s Unaided Madrasa Teachers

Raiganj: For some, teaching is a profession; for others, it is the means through which they support their...

A 4.5 Kg School Bag, A 10% Rule: Why Is India Still Overloading Children?

Kolkata: Imagine six-year-old children, barely out of kindergarten, bent forward under a bag weighing nearly a quarter of...

“I Was Branded Pakistani, Terrorist”: Hafiz Says Threats Began After Jantar Mantar Protest, Father Murdered

Kolkata: The father of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) member Sheikh Abdul Hafiz was murdered on August 15, two...

“Reclaim Your Ability to Think”: Neha Bora on Umar Khalid, Gen Z & Right-Wing Propaganda

“My loyalty is not to power. It is to the people,” says Neha Bora. “Parties can change, and those in power can change. But we have questioned those in power in every phase and faced repression from every government in power.”
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Now Islamic education, Ifta course is a click away

Jaipur: The Department of Ifta in the Jamea Tul Hidaya (University of Hidaya), Jaipur has been inaugurated with the commencement of one year Online...

Aliah University Reinstates Expelled and Suspended Students with Conditions

Kolkata: Considering the impact that suspension and expulsion could have on the academic careers of the five expelled and nine suspended students of Aliah...
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