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Teachers: The missing link in personalised learning

Personalised learning depends not just on the technology schools buy, but on the teachers they empower to use it

How rankings such as NIRF do more harm than good

Rankings change an institution's internal functioning because it distorts which activities are emphasised

UGC-NET results for re-exam of English, commerce, sociology announced

The NTA had last month announced the retest for the three papers of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination following complaints about several errors in these papers

India’s defence start-up boom is outrunning its talent pipeline

Without targeted skilling, 40-45% of roles in the sector could remain unfilled by 2030, a gap that risks bottlenecking aircraft development, unmanned systems, naval projects and secure communications networks

NPTEL survey proposing ‘charge’ for access to free learning modules creates discontent

NPTEL later clarified that it had gone ahead with the survey for taking learners’ feedback

What does ‘grifter’ mean?

Australia moves to reduce net migration with new restrictions on student family members and “visa hopping”

In a speech at the National Press Club on 17 September, Australian Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced a package of new reforms that will affect incoming and current international students. The new rules will: Of the restriction on secondary visa applicants, Keri Ramirez, mana...

How can we tell the story of international education?

In Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States – all federal systems where power is divided between a central government and regional or local governments – the central government makes and enforces immigration laws, including those affecting international students. This sometimes cr...

Building the public AI rails for Indian education

BodhanAI, India’s Centre of Excellence in AI for Education, led by Professor Mitesh Khapra, has released foundational AI models, developed in partnership with AI4Bharat, for 22 Indian languages

Navodaya schools case: Supreme Court asks Tamil Nadu to drop anti-Hindi ‘mindset’; State says language is a fundamental right

‘Chennai should not alienate Delhi, and vice versa, too,’ Justice Nagarathna, heading a Bench comprising Justice A.G. Masih, addressed both governments

The Right Is Now Showing the Same Intolerance as the ‘Woke’

The Right Is Now Showing the Same Intolerance as the ‘Woke’ sara.custer@in… Thu, 09/17/2026 - 02:02 PM The application of Kentucky’s DEI ban shows the danger of misinterpretation and overcompliance. Byline(s) Letters to the Editor

Supreme Court asks CBSE to consider implementing 3-language policy for Class 6 from next year

The law officer said that the CBSE would consider the suggestion and come back with a fresh note on the issue