In the grammar school where I teach, the vast majority of pupils are tutored – not just for the highly competitive 11-plus entrance exam, but often throughout their school career and sometimes even beyond. Places at my school are seen as the golden ticket to success. Primary pupils are ferried back and forth to tuition […]
Read more >NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented judgment, a school principal and its director have been found guilty of cruelty and causing mental trauma to a class III student by stopping her from entering the classroom. The court said the act of not allowing the child to sit in the classroom amounted to willful neglect. “The child […]
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Duxbury, Vt. — At 8:00 on a chilly spring morning in this rural Vermont town, while most kids his age are filing into classrooms and preparing for a day of school, 17-year-old Silas Woods rolls up the sleeves of his plaid button-down shirt and hoists a tire up to a mini Cooper, suspended a few […]
Read more >Samyuktha had scored 95 per cent in class 12 exams and joined a leading coaching institute in Hyderabad three months ago to get through the national medical exam. She wanted to be a doctor. On Monday, she killed herself, leaving behind a note that talked about her inability to cope with her studies. In the […]
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Students of a private school in Hyderabad protested in front of their school on Saturday, alleging long study hours which they said resulted in stress and lack of sleep. The students at Gowtham Model School said they had to attend classes from as early as 6:30 am and stay back till 7:30 in the evening. […]
Read more >NEW DELHI: Every time her client hangs up, the young woman from Hyderabad goes to the washroom and weeps. Then she dries her eyes and returns to her desk — to pick up her phone and her fake American identity and drawl once again. She is one of the many workers in call centres who […]
Read more >Feeling unsafe at school may hamper a student’s learning potential and also contribute to more emotional problems Feeling unsafe at school may hamper a student’s learning potential and also contribute to more emotional problems, warns new research. “We found that students who felt safer were more attentive and efficient in the classroom. These students also […]
Read more >A 16-year-old boy, missing since the murder of his mother and sister near Delhi earlier this week, was picked up from Varanasi on Tuesday night and has confessed to killing them with scissors and a pizza cutter because he was scolded and beaten up at home, a senior police officer said. The juvenile, who was […]
Read more >Every student in schools run by the Delhi government will gain the basic ability to read by November 14, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said Saturday, while unveiling the road map of the Delhi government’s ‘Chunauti Scheme’. The movement was launched by the AAP government to improve the learning ability of students, after a recent […]
Read more >On the rare occasion that the staff in our English department surface from their marking pile long enough to enjoy a cup of tea together, I’ll ask everybody what they’re reading. The answer is usually the same: nothing. Teachers only read the bits of books they have to teach – and even then it’s often […]
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