Lakshadweep turns 100% literate
Why in news? Lakshadweep declared a 100% literate UT under ULLAS after all 1,113 identified adult non-literates cleared the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT).…
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Ensuring Equity amid India’s Educational Progress
Why in News? The Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2025-26 records improvements in enrolment, retention, teacher availability and school infrastructure. However, wide regional…
Education must change to account for AI
Context: Rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation and intelligent agents are transforming the nature of work. For India, this creates an urgent need to redesign…
NEET-UG 2026 Setback — Supreme Court Asks NTA About Post-Leak Reforms
The Supreme Court has questioned the National Testing Agency on the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 and the implementation status of reforms recommended by the Radhakrishnan Committee…
Skill Development for Bastar Youth Shows the Link Between Industry and Inclusion
Why in News? On 6 February 2026, Skill Development for Bastar Youth Shows the Link Between Industry and Inclusion emerged as an important current-affairs theme through…
Are cartoons in NCERT textbooks proper? Supreme Court asks retired judge panel to review
Why in News? The Supreme Court has asked a committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra to examine the use of cartoons in…
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP): Origin, Demands and the Jantar Mantar Protests
The Cockroach Janta Party began on 16 May 2026 after a remark by the Chief Justice of India and grew past 23 million followers. Full timeline,…
NEET 2026 Paper Leak: Why India’s Exam Governance Crisis Demands Structural Reform
The NEET 2026 paper leak has triggered the largest single-test crisis in India’s centralized examination history. With 22.79 lakh aspirants writing the National Eligibility cum Entrance…
Don’t be ‘self-centred’, RTE is for the benefit of children: Supreme Court tells teachers, States in TET review
Why in News? The Supreme Court recently heard review petitions filed by several States and teachers’ associations against its September 2025 judgment mandating that in-service teachers…
RTE Act 25% Quota: Supreme Court Ruling on Private Schools 2026
The Supreme Court’s April 2026 ruling on the RTE Act 25% quota has settled, at least at the level of doctrine, a fight that private schools…
UGC Equity Regulations 2026: Why Supreme Court Stayed Them
The Supreme Court on April 28, 2026 stayed the University Grants Commission’s “Promotion of Equity in Higher Educational Institutions Regulations, 2026,” and the order has reopened…
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Crisis: Missing Urgency around Learning
Why in News? India continues to face a deep learning crisis, as evidenced by the Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER). Barring marginal improvements in recent…