A 16-YO & His Brilliant Idea Help Delhi’s Underprivileged Kids Access Free Tutors

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Ten-year-old Prince Singh’s excitement is unmissable as the clock strikes 2 pm, signalling the end of the school day at SDMC Pratibha Vidyalaya in Delhi’s Defence Colony. His favourite part of the day is just about to begin — the after-school maths lesson.  What fuels this love for a subject that is often dreaded by […]

Ex-Journalist Opens Free Boarding School in India’s Highest Village

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Trigger warning: This story contains mentions of depression and anxiety. The fondest memory that Portia Putatunda has of her departed father is of him playing and singing nursery rhymes with children. “He was very fond of children. I always observed how he engaged them. During playtime, he would recite tables and rhymes to teach them. […]

Karnataka issues strict guidelines for private school admissions 2025–26: CBSE and ICSE schools under scanner

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Karnataka education department cracks down on unfair private school admissions for 2025-26: No interviews, no capitation fees BENGALURU: The Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of Karnataka, has reiterated key rules and regulations governing the admission process in private unaided and aided schools across all curricula for the academic year 2025–26. In a recent […]

A Peak Inside India’s DIY, Sustainable Playgrounds

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This article was published in collaboration with EkStep Foundation. When Pooja Rai was a student of architecture at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, she would volunteer at Disha Seema Care Centre, a school for underprivileged children located on campus. During one visit, she observed a few girls playing on broken cement pipes while […]

AP SSC results 2025: Expected release date, time, how to check, and more details

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AP SSC results 2025: Expected release date, how to check, and post-result options AP SSC results 2025: Expected release date, how to check, and post-result options AP SSC results 2025: Expected release date, how to check, and post-result options AP SSC results 2025: Expected release date, how to check, and post-result options AP SSC results […]

Why We Need to Reclaim & Build Spaces for Our Kids 

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This article was published in collaboration with EkStep Foundation. When Anthill Creations, a Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation building low cost and sustainable playgrounds around the country, began their operations in 2017, the discourse around playgrounds and the infrastructure required to build them wasn’t very advanced.  “When we started out, there was a lack of awareness around […]

UPSC CSE result 2024 expected to release soon: Check where and how to download scorecards

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यूपीएससी रिजर्व लिस्ट रिजल्ट 2023, (फाइल फोटो) UPSC CSE result 2024: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is expected to declare the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2024 final results soon on its official website — upsc.gov.in. The result will include the roll numbers, names, All India Ranks (AIR), categories, and final marks of the […]

Could Inclusive Education Transform Indian Classrooms?

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This article has been published in partnership with EkStep Foundation. In the late 1800s, when Dr Maria Montessori was working at a psychiatric clinic in Rome, she would often visit asylums for children with intellectual disabilities (then referred to as “mental disorders”). It was here that she observed that these children needed a more stimulating […]