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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Recognizing the Roots: Teachers Who Nurtured Kolkata’s Future Felicitated

A celebration of 80 unsung educators who served without recognition in Bengal. A kolkta based trust Asma Memorial Trust felicitates them

A Belgian Teacher, a Second Chance and the Classroom That Gave India An IAS

The author recalls his school days and The Teacher: I had stood fourth in class! My parents were overjoyed, my friends pinched me, but nobody realized what it did to my confidence. The next surprise was a ‘first’ in Arithmetic. Coming from the Science stream to Humanities, it was not too difficult to score, and I had learned to dream

From Libraries to Universities: How Giridih Sheds Its Educationally Backward Tag

Ranchi: No more educationally backward tag for Giridih district. Since its inception, education has not been a focal point for the leaders of Jharkhand. However,...

Ghetto Tech Wizards: How Ijma International is Revolutionizing Education

Kolkata: When you first see 8-year-old Mohammed Ashfaque or 7-year-old Mariam Adil, along with other students assembling robotic cars, understanding the processes to build...

फोरेंसिक विशेषज्ञ के निष्कर्षों ने आईआईटी केजीपी हत्याकांड में सीबीआई जांच की मांग

कोलकाता: असम के मुख्यमंत्री हिमंत बिस्वा सरमा ने आईआईटियन फैजान अहमद की मौत के मामले में ताजा फोरेंसिक निष्कर्षों के बाद सीबीआई जांच के...

Forensic Expert’s Findings Spur CBI Inquiry Request in IIT KGP Murder Case

Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for CBI inquiry after the fresh forensic findings in IITian...
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