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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Faizan Ahmed’s Counsel Reminds SIT to Conduct Narco Analysis and Truth Serum Tests on Accused

Kolkata: As the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe the murder of IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed, has been directed by the Calcutta...

আইআইটিিয়ান ফয়জান আহমেদ হত্যা মামলায় অগ্রগতির অভাবের জন্য IIT এবং তদন্তকারী সংস্থার সমালোচনা করল কলকাতা হাইকোর্ট।

কলকাতা: ভারতের শীর্ষ শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানের মধ্যে একজন প্রতিভাবান ছাত্রের নৃশংস হত্যাকাণ্ডের সাথে জড়িত একটি মামলায়, কলকাতা হাইকোর্ট তদন্ত সংস্থার অগ্রগতি প্রতিবেদনে বিরক্তি প্রকাশ করেছে। ইন্ডিয়ান...

Calcutta High Court Criticises IIT and Investigative Agency for Lack of Progress in IITian Faizan Ahmed Murder Case

Kolkata: In a case involving the brutal murder of a genius student inside one of India's top educational institutes, the Calcutta High Court expressed...

VC Advocates for Justice and Sympathy in IITian Faizan Ahmed Case; Highlights University’s Future Plans

Kolkata: For the first time, a vice-chancellor level authority has expressed concern that Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur authorities did not stand with...

Faizan Ahmed murder case moves at a snail’s pace, another student dies at IIT Kharagpur

Kolkata: The murder case of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed has been progressing at snail’s pace. The Bengal government's representative did...

IIT’s Unusual Stand: Refusing Support in Faizan Ahmed Murder Investigation

Kolkata: It should be disposed off, my lord," interrupted Anindya Mitra, representing the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in the murder case of Faizan...
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