'Just because of my background and poor academic qualifications, most people disbelieve what I have done.' Pradip Shivaji Mohite, a Class 9 dropout who has built 9 helicopter models, speaks to IAF......
Appearing for class 10 and 12 board exams twice a year will not be mandatory and the concept is being introduced as an option to reduce students' stress caused by the fear of single opportunity,......
25 student suicides in 2023 at India's coaching hub Kota have revealed the mindboggling stress children confront every day, reports Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: Students at Bansal Classes in Kota. All......
Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the......
The suicides have involved more NEET aspirants than JEE.'It's a make-or-mar situation.''Either you get into a government medical college, where the fee is much lower than in private institutes, or......
Byju's, says Anita Kishore, has given the founders of the businesses it has acquired the independence to operate separately and maintain their core culture.Peerzada Abrar reports. Illustration:......
The stock-and-cash deal is the biggest in the education space. IMAGE: Byju’s founder and chief executive officer Byju Raveendran. Photograph: Sreeram Selvaraj As managing director of......
The move would enable it to take on top edtech companies such as Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu and traditional education institutes and tap country’s $180-billion education sector which......
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.Illustration: Dominic......
'Kids like something when it is interesting, focused, and offers scope for self-exploration.''We teach them how to learn, not force them,' Byju Raveendran tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra.Illustration:......
All India Rank achieves a fine balance of authenticity and sensitivity in the fine portrayals of its young actors and old, points out Sukanya Verma. I first saw Varun Grover's All India Rank at......
Kota Factory finds success in a winsome cast as they lend heart to its moods and mundanity, nots Sukanya Verma. Most fictional takes on student goals opt for a comforting tone, a romanticised......
'A jumbo mess of warped notions and random ambition, Why Cheat India trivialises education and shows sympathy for deceit,' says Sukanya Verma. Emraan Hashmi has the gift of the gab. He has made a......
'We had decided that if the audience liked Stree, then after two or three years we would plan a sequel.''Because of the kind of reaction we received for the film we have already started work on......
'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......