The introduction of an Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) ID by the Ministry of Education, to digitise the academic transcripts of every student, aims to ensure a “single source of truth” for all their records throughout their life in the academic ecosystem in India. Linked with Aadhaar, APAAR is far from the first such … Read more
State Budget logo The use of the Tamil letter ‘Ru ‘ in the promotional logo for the Tamil Nadu Budget is a minor issue when compared to the fierce controversy over the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the three-language policy (Page 1, March 14). The central government must climb down from its adamant stand … Read more
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‘The order to close down the only Gondi-medium school in Maharashtra raises important questions’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The order to close down the only Gondi-medium school in a village of Maharashtra raises important questions. The school was started in Mohgaon village in the Fifth Schedule area of the Gadchiroli district, in 2019, as … Read more
Even as the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu engages in a political discourse with the BJP-led regime at the Centre over the delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly constituencies and the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), its use of the Tamil letter ‘Roo’ (‘ரூ’) instead of the Indian currency symbol ‘₹’ in the … Read more
Across the world, there is broad agreement, including in the area of politics and diplomacy, that a strong leader can be useful. The term, no doubt, carries more than one interpretation, but is generally taken to mean a leader who concentrates a great deal of power in his hands and dominates both a wide swathe … Read more
The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Draft (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2025 purport to curb discrimination based on religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth and to promote equity within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). They, however, lack the necessarystrategic and operational interventionsmuch like a similar series of regulations in the past, … Read more
“Every bit of moral indignation on Malayalam social media these days is a pretext for political leaders and their cyber warriors to target journalists” | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In politics, the official version most often comes apart at the seams quickly. And when it unravels, often the first response of political parties is to … Read more
The National Education Policy, 2020, encourages students up to at least Class 5 to learn a regional language in addition to the local language or mother tongue and English. While the Central government asserts that the choice of the additional regional language is left to the States, the NEP’s strong pitch for the three-language formula … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mauritius this week, and his meeting with its newly elected Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, marked a decade since his last visit. His trip aimed to strengthen the India-Mauritius strategic partnership and launch new economic and development initiatives. While Mr. Ramgoolam’s previous tenure (2005–14) overlapped briefly with Mr. Modi’s, the … Read more