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This article is authored by Kapil Khurana, associate director, Central Square Foundation, an NGO working on improving learning outcomes for children.

Education (HT File Photo for Representation)

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Published on Mar 06, 2025 01:40 PM IST

ByKapil Khurana

Free Education in India: Explore 5 government schemes that offer free education

Check these five government schemes that provide free education to all children.

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Updated on Jan 30, 2025 12:47 PM IST

ByPapri Chanda

Building the nation, delivering on promises

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nine years in office have been significant in many ways

PM Modi has taken the country on the path of progress with a leadership style that is not based on inheritance but on merit(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 19, 2023 12:22 AM IST

ByEknath Shinde

Now, Kasturba Gandhi schools in U.P. to have all-women staff

The move will hit over 1200 male teachers and non-teaching staff across state, some of them have been working for over 15 years

A male teacher taking a class at a Kasturba Gandhi school in Prayagraj. (HT file photo)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2023 09:07 PM IST

ByK Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj

Demanding a section of teachers be included into mainstream, Naga students to ban govt vehicles

The ban sought by Naga Students Federation (NSF) and Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF), two influential student organizations, has been supported by student bodies of most tribes in the state.

According to statements issued by various organizations, from Monday movement of vehicles bearing registration numbers beginning with NL-10 and NL-11, used by government vehicles, will be restricted.(TWITTER/@Dimapur Police.)

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Updated on Oct 12, 2020 01:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Guwahati | ByUtpal Parashar

Teachers to be honoured with 9 state awards, 5 commendation certificates today

On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, the education department will award nine state awards and five commendation certificates to teachers for their services during the pandemic on Saturday. The state awardees include Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 8, principal Ranjana Srivastava; Government Model High School (GMHS), Sector 36, headmistress Shakuntala; GMSSS, Sector 35 , English lecturer Manjeet Kaur Gill,GMSSS, Sector-16, chemistry lecturer Neeru Sofat; Government High School (GHS), Dadumajra, trained graduate teacher (TGT) for social studies Bharat Bhushan; GMSSS, Sector 35, director physical education Gurpreet Singh; GHS, Maloya, TGT for science Ravi Jaswal, GMSSS, Sector 26, physical education lecturer Raman Prashar; and Government Model Primary School, Sector 49D, junior basic teacher (JBT) Ritu Kalra.

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Updated on Sep 04, 2020 11:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times/Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

29,701 teachers working under SSA will get to work till 60 yrs: Assam minister

The Assam Education Minister further added that the 17 schools in which students were not able to pass the matriculation exam will be closed and their teachers will be transferred to other schools.

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Published on Jun 08, 2020 11:53 AM IST

Guwahati | ByAsian News International| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari

Punjab chief secretary to probe reduction of teachers’ salaries

The commission has given 15 days to the chief secretary to collect data and submit the action report.

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Updated on Nov 25, 2019 10:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Patiala

Four-fold rise in education funds in 10 years, but students’ learning levels down

Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, expenditure on primary education in Rajasthan increased by 4.58 times between 2008 and 2018, which was revealed by the state government in reply to a question raised in the assembly recently.

ASER is an annual survey that aims to provide reliable estimates of children’s enrolment and basic learning levels in India.

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Published on Sep 11, 2019 03:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByNikita Bishnoi

Govt begins process of regularising teachers of meritorious schools

The move comes after continuous protest by the teachers and their willingness to receive the same salary being provided to teachers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Meritorious schools have 240 teachers, who were recruited as contractual employees between 2014 and 2018, and are eligible for regularisation(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 09, 2019 11:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByJatinder Mahal

Increasing girls’ enrolment and transforming infrastructure, this teacher in UP is an inspiration

Dilapidated buildings, broken toilets, creaking furniture, no power supply -- these are some issues that plague many of our government schools. But making a way through this gloom are torchbearers like Sangeeta Sharma of Badaun and Sarvest Kumar of Basti -- two teachers who transformed their schools through determination.

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Updated on Sep 05, 2019 09:25 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRajeev Mullick, Lucknow

India’s growing regional inequality challenge

On many development parameters, India appears to be almost like a continent, with different states at vastly different stages of development.

At the beginning of the millennium, the per capita income of the five richest states (based on per capita income) in India was 145% higher than that of the bottom states.(Reuters Photo)

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Updated on Aug 28, 2019 05:36 PM IST

Livemint | ByNikita Kwatra, Pramit Bhattacharya

Delhi child rights panel rescues 4 siblings living under abuse and neglect

Three sisters — aged 14, eight and four years — and their toddler brother had been living on little food with untreated wounds and skin diseases for almost over year till they were rescued on March 6, said a member of DCPCR.

The eldest of the four siblings, a 14-year-old girl, told the child rights panel that she had been repeatedly abused by her landlord and his son since her mother died a year ago.(Representative Image)

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Updated on Mar 14, 2019 10:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVatsala Shrangi

Notification to regularise services of 13,728 teachers issued: Punjab education minister

Services of 7,356 teachers recruited under the SSA, 1,194 under the RMSA and 5,178 teachers recruited under the Pendu Sahyogi Teacher Scheme will be regularised.

Punjab education minister OP Soni(HT File)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2019 09:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent

5178 Punjab teachers, 850 nurses to be regularised

Of the 5,178 teachers, 5,078 were recruited in the master’s cadre and 100 as classical and vernacular teachers by the education department in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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Updated on Mar 07, 2019 08:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Budget 2019 : National Education Mission gets ₹38,572 crore

Budget 2019 : The government on Friday announced a budget of ₹38,572 crore for its National Education Mission which comprises the Centrally sponsored schemes for education under which it allocates funds to the states and union territories.

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Updated on Feb 01, 2019 04:19 PM IST

IANS, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

ASER 2018: In UP, 50% students still go to pvt schools

Nearly 50% children (aged 6-14 years) in UP are enrolled in private schools whereas Pan India only 31% students go to private institutions, according to 13th Annual Status of Education Report (Rural)-2018 released on Tuesday.

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Updated on Jan 16, 2019 05:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByRajeev Mullick

In UP, 50% students still go to private schools: ASER 2018

Report: Attendance sees improvement from 56% in 2016 to about 60% in 2018

Till 2016, private school enrollment was increasing in the state, but in 2018 the figures show a decline.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 16, 2019 12:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByRajeev Mullick, Lucknow

HT Explainer: Why schoolteachers are up in arms in Punjab?

Thousands of schoolteachers have been protesting in chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s hometown of Patiala for the past three weeks to demand regularisation with full pay. Navneet Sharma dissects the issue

Members of Sanjha Morcha Teachers union holding a protest IN front of Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib on October 29.(Bharat Bhushan/HT)

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Updated on Oct 30, 2018 03:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByNavneet Sharma

Will fight this battle of survival till last breath, say protesting Punjab teachers

Teachers have been staging a dharna in Patiala for the past 23 days against Punjab government over a cut in their salaries in lieu of regularisation.

Sixteen protesting women teachers in Patiala got ‘Punjab Sarkar Murdabad’ written on their hands with ‘heena’ on the occasion of ‘Karwa Chauth’ as their protest for regularisation of their jobs without a pay cut entered its 21st day on Saturday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 30, 2018 11:39 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Patiala | ByNavrajdeep Singh, Patiala

Textbook referring to Shivaji’s son Sambhaji as an alcoholic barred in Maharashtra

The opposition in Maharashtra demanded withdrawal of the book and an apology from the Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde.

A statue of the Maratha king Shivaji(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 14, 2018 10:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByMusab Qazi

No rethink on regularisation of contractual teachers: OP Soni

The minister said the cabinet had approved the regularisation of their services only after the teacher unions agreed, but they have now gone back on their word.

The cabinet approved the regularisation proposal with the condition that the teachers would be paid <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,300 per month along with a monthly allowance of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5,000 for three years, and their services will be regularised on completion of three years.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 09, 2018 10:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Implement education scheme in state homes for special kids: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to ensure that the key education scheme `Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ is implemented in state-run homes for children with mental deficiency.

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Updated on Oct 07, 2018 04:03 PM IST

PTI, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

In leaking govt school in UP, students learn with umbrellas in hand

One of the teachers of the government school in Uttar Pradesh’s Banki says the leakage has also caused a drop in attendance.

Students of the government school in Uttar Pradesh’s Banki block say that the ceiling of their classroom leaks every time it rains.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 03, 2018 01:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByRajeev Mullick, Lucknow

Vajpayee’s achievements to be included in school textbooks in Rajasthan

Milestones achieved during the regime of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be included in school textbooks in Rajasthan from the next academic session, Education Minister Vasudev Devnani said.

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani pays tribute to the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at an all party condolence meeting organised for him, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.(PTI)

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Updated on Aug 23, 2018 03:04 PM IST

PTI, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Srinagar teachers hold protest to demand implementation of 7th pay commission, detained

The protesting employees were demanding implementation of the seventh pay commission, an official said.

Government employees were detained in Srinagar on Tuesday as police foiled their protest march towards the official residence of governor N N Vohra.(Representative Image/AP Photo)

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Published on Jul 17, 2018 03:01 PM IST

Srinagar | ByPress Trust of India

Appoint special educators in all schools, provide scholarship to each special child: HC

The HC also directed all educational institutions in the state to provide amanuensis — a person whose job is to write on behalf of another person — to visually challenged students within three months

Teacher Namita Bhagat, in class with the students at M C Primary School Dilshad Garden, O Block Delhi(Hindustan Times Media)

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Published on Jul 11, 2018 10:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Nainital | ByNeeraj Santoshi

Only 560 aided madarsas to get free NCERT books

The state government decided to make NCERT books mandatory in madarsas. However, a number of madarsas complained that even as the academic session was underway, the free books were still to arrive.

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Published on Jul 07, 2018 03:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByOliver Fredrick, Lucknow

Paid maternity leave for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan teachers increased to 26 weeks

The order will cover all teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan with effect from April 1, 2017; about 500 teachers to benefit in UT

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Updated on Jun 27, 2018 03:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByParina Sood, Chandigarh

Centre to set up pre-school educational units: Union school education secretary Anil Swarup

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is coming out with a curriculum in this regard by 2018 end, Anil Swarup said on the sidelines of a session on pre-school policy organised by the ASSOCHAM.

Swarup said the HRD ministry will come out with a guideline by June 30 relating to the Central government’s financial assistance to the proposed pre-school units to be set up by the school education department.(Getty Images)

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Updated on Jun 06, 2018 11:17 AM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India

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This article is authored by Kapil Khurana, associate director, Central Square Foundation, an NGO working on improving learning outcomes for children.

Check these five government schemes that provide free education to all children.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nine years in office have been significant in many ways

The move will hit over 1200 male teachers and non-teaching staff across state, some of them have been working for over 15 years

The ban sought by Naga Students Federation (NSF) and Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF), two influential student organizations, has been supported by student bodies of most tribes in the state.

The Assam Education Minister further added that the 17 schools in which students were not able to pass the matriculation exam will be closed and their teachers will be transferred to other schools.

The commission has given 15 days to the chief secretary to collect data and submit the action report.

Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, expenditure on primary education in Rajasthan increased by 4.58 times between 2008 and 2018, which was revealed by the state government in reply to a question raised in the assembly recently.

The move comes after continuous protest by the teachers and their willingness to receive the same salary being provided to teachers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

On many development parameters, India appears to be almost like a continent, with different states at vastly different stages of development.

Three sisters — aged 14, eight and four years — and their toddler brother had been living on little food with untreated wounds and skin diseases for almost over year till they were rescued on March 6, said a member of DCPCR.

Services of 7,356 teachers recruited under the SSA, 1,194 under the RMSA and 5,178 teachers recruited under the Pendu Sahyogi Teacher Scheme will be regularised.

Of the 5,178 teachers, 5,078 were recruited in the master’s cadre and 100 as classical and vernacular teachers by the education department in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Budget 2019 : The government on Friday announced a budget of ₹38,572 crore for its National Education Mission which comprises the Centrally sponsored schemes for education under which it allocates funds to the states and union territories.

Nearly 50% children (aged 6-14 years) in UP are enrolled in private schools whereas Pan India only 31% students go to private institutions, according to 13th Annual Status of Education Report (Rural)-2018 released on Tuesday.

Report: Attendance sees improvement from 56% in 2016 to about 60% in 2018

Thousands of schoolteachers have been protesting in chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s hometown of Patiala for the past three weeks to demand regularisation with full pay. Navneet Sharma dissects the issue

Teachers have been staging a dharna in Patiala for the past 23 days against Punjab government over a cut in their salaries in lieu of regularisation.

The opposition in Maharashtra demanded withdrawal of the book and an apology from the Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde.

The minister said the cabinet had approved the regularisation of their services only after the teacher unions agreed, but they have now gone back on their word.

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to ensure that the key education scheme `Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ is implemented in state-run homes for children with mental deficiency.

One of the teachers of the government school in Uttar Pradesh’s Banki says the leakage has also caused a drop in attendance.

Milestones achieved during the regime of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be included in school textbooks in Rajasthan from the next academic session, Education Minister Vasudev Devnani said.

The protesting employees were demanding implementation of the seventh pay commission, an official said.

The HC also directed all educational institutions in the state to provide amanuensis — a person whose job is to write on behalf of another person — to visually challenged students within three months

The state government decided to make NCERT books mandatory in madarsas. However, a number of madarsas complained that even as the academic session was underway, the free books were still to arrive.

The order will cover all teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan with effect from April 1, 2017; about 500 teachers to benefit in UT

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is coming out with a curriculum in this regard by 2018 end, Anil Swarup said on the sidelines of a session on pre-school policy organised by the ASSOCHAM.

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