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Elderly don school uniforms as controversial IAS officer launches literacy initiative in UP

Elderly don school uniforms as controversial IAS officer launches literacy initiative in UP

Published 59 days ago

NCERT trims Class 9 English syllabus, features texts by Sudha Murty, Tagore

The new Class 9 English textbook opens with a story taken from a 2004 book ‘How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories’ by Rajya Sabha MP and author Sudha Murthy. (HT File)

Updated 129 days ago

Ludhiana: From rags to rights, slum kids rewrite future with education

Children from slum areas attending a computer class being organised by an NGO in Ludhiana. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

Published 312 days ago

From read-alouds to lifelong learning

“Reading must not be seen merely as an academic exercise. It is an emotional and intellectual journey.” (HT Photo)

Published 389 days ago

How can financial literacy be taught & why it is important after class 12

Students who start investing early can eventually accumulate a fortune.

Updated 469 days ago

ASER 2024: 62% of children know how to block or report a profile on social media

In this year's report, older children aged 14-16 years were also surveyed about digital access and usage.

Published 534 days ago

Rajshri Deshpande: Education is the most important foundation which is missing

Rajshri Deshpande

Published 678 days ago

Libraries can force the case for liberty, justice

Students at the Bishop's University Library Learning Commons in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. (AFP)

Published 827 days ago

World Computer Literacy Day 2023: Date, history, significance

World Computer Literacy Day 2023: Date, history, significance

Published 959 days ago

Kerala State Literacy Mission's oldest student Karthyayani Amma passes away

Karthyayani Amma was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Learning for the promotion of distance education among 53 member countries.

Published 1010 days ago

Literacy beyond the classroom for lifelong learning and personal growth

Literacy (Representational Image)

Published 1022 days ago

Jammu and Kashmir's Karnah gears up for a Pahadi poetic symposium on Aug 24

Jammu and Kashmir's Karnah gears up for a Pahadi poetic symposium on Aug 24

Published 1064 days ago

Munshi Premchand Jayanti: 11 inspirational quotes by the prolific author

Munshi Premchand Jayanti: 11 inspirational quotes by the Indian Emperor of Novels on his birth anniversary

Published 1083 days ago

On a drinking safari through literary London

The Sherlock Holmes pub in St James’s, London (Breznay Andras/Wikimedia Commons)

Updated 1101 days ago

Invest in schools to help India’s children

The National Education Policy provides a much-needed direction by making universal foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) in primary schools by 2025 the goal.

Published 1127 days ago

Interview: David Wengrow, archaeologist and author - “All writing is a form of activism”

David Wengrow a the Kolkata Literary Meet (Courtesy the Kolkata Literary Meet)

Updated 1197 days ago

International Literacy Day 2022: What is it and why is it observed?

International Literacy Day 2022: What is it and why is it observed? | Representational image

Published 1409 days ago

Mother's Day quotes by famous poets, authors from Edgar Allan Poe to JK Rowling

Mother's Day quotes by famous poets, authors from Edgar Allan Poe to JK Rowling

Updated 1532 days ago

‘Great news for West Bengal’: Mamata after state tops literacy, numeracy index

Foundational Literacy Index

Published 1673 days ago

Early reading programs combo may help prepare kids for kindergarten: Study

Early reading programs combo may help prepare kids for kindergarten: Study

Updated 1868 days ago

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