The examination schedule that was halted in March due to the Corona virus pandemic is now slowly being put back on track. After Tamil Nadu that announced it will conduct class X exams […]
Andhra Pradesh announces Class X exams in July, Kerala in May
Tamil Nadu announces Class X exam dates. Will anxious parents send their wards?
If the Tamil Nadu government has its way, 9.5 lakh students of class 10 will have to appear for their pending Class 10 State Board in the first 12 days of June. […]
No English Medium in Andhra govt schools, says High court, sets aside GO
In the midst of its battle against the Corona virus pandemic, the Jaganmohan Reddy government has hit a legal barricade on one of its ambitious programmes. The Andhra Pradesh High court set […]
Harish Rao gets a reality check of Telangana school education
The Indian Institute of Technology’s Hyderabad campus is located in Kandi in Sangareddy district. But the presence of this institute of excellence has had nil effect on the educational system in Kandi. […]
Jagan’s novel and entertaining way to teach English
If there is one project most close to the heart of Jaganmohan Reddy and by extension, the Andhra Pradesh government, it is its objective to convert classes 1 to 6 in all […]
The Divya story brings sunshine to her government school
Exactly a month ago, Filter Kaapi had reported on how a six-year-old had secured admission to the Government Deval Jhamsingh Primary school in Navodaya colony in Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad. It was heartening […]
Jagan’s emphasis on school infrastructure and English medium is praiseworthy
It helps that National Education Day (birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) and Children’s Day (birth anniversary of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru) fall within three days of each other. The Andhra Pradesh government has […]
Telangana dumps Globarena after Intermediate Exam fiasco, trains counsellers
The Board of Intermediate Education has gone back to the Centre for Good Governance to provide it with the technical back-up for the conduct of the Intermediate exams. This was after the […]
English Medium controversy : Jagan refers to Pawan Kalyan’s three marriages
Ever since the YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh decided to introduce English medium in government schools, opposition parties have been raising a stink, terming it discrimination against the mother tongue, that is […]
Hunger drove Divya to a school everyday. This is what happened next
For the past many months, Divya would look forward to the mid-day meal during lunch time at the Government Deval Jhamsingh Primary school in Navodaya colony in Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad. No, Divya […]
After backlash, Jagan reverses decision to rename Kalam award after YSR
Jaganmohan Reddy has reversed the decision of the School Education department to rename the APJ Abdul Kalam Pratibha Puraskhar Award as YSR Vidya Puraskars. The awards are given to meritorious students who […]
In Jagan’s Andhra Pradesh, Education award named after Kalam makes way for YSR
In 2017, the then Chandrababu Naidu government decided to make the Andhra Pradesh Pratibha State level awards more prestigious by naming them after former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The […]
Why does the Telangana Education department act in an arbitrary manner?
Schools and colleges in Telangana were expected to open after the Dussehra break (that began on 28 September) on 14 October. But anticipating that the bus strike in the state would hamper […]
IIT Hyderabad student’s suicide note should trouble us all
On Tuesday afternoon, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad sent out a rather clinical media statement informing that a third year B.Tech student had passed away. Giving no details about how it was […]
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