India’s Education Paradox by Debdas Banerjee examines regional inequalities in India’s education system and highlights how national averages can hide differences between states. The book explores school education, vocational training, higher education and NEP 2020, calling for more region-specific education planning. India now enrolls more children in education than at any time in the country’s…
Six years after India tore up a 34-year-old education framework, classrooms look genuinely different — but the policy’s own funding target, learning deadline, and language formula remain unresolved. On July 29, 2020, the Union cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020, based on recommendations from the Kasturirangan Committee, replacing a policy that has, for the…
New AISHE data by the Press Information Bureau show record growth in universities, enrolment and gender parity over the past decade — but faculty representation, caste and tribal proportionality, and disability access have not kept pace. India’s higher education system expanded faster in the decade to 2023-24 than in almost any comparable period since independence,…
On August 10, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stood at ICAR-IARI, Pusa, and released ₹21.35 crore to more than 6,000 agricultural students in a single sweep. The money moved through the National Scholarship Portal’s Direct Benefit Transfer mechanism, and students under various ICAR scholarship and fellowship schemes are now to receive their monthly installments,…
Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation has intensified the debate over India’s examination system. While political accountability matters, lasting public trust can only be restored through comprehensive institutional reforms and a stronger focus on learning outcomes.
In 2023-24, as many as 4.50 crore students enrolled in India’s higher education sector, as compared to 3.42 crore in 2014-15, as shown by the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) reports for 2022-23 and 2023-24 published on Sunday July 8, 2026 by the Union Ministry of Education. A total of 1,289 universities, 48,246…
For many years, education has been regarded as the most dependable route to success in India. Families have put their savings into schooling and higher education, believing that having a degree would assure them of stable employment, financial stability, and social advancement. However, this assurance is increasingly being challenged today. Throughout the country, countless young…
Rahul has a degree. He has sent 200 applications. He is twenty-three years old, and he is still at home in Indore, waiting for the market to catch up to what he was told he was worth. According to PLFS (2023-2024), India’s overall unemployment rate is 3.2%, which, by global standards, sounds like progress. But…
NEP 2020 is transforming India’s education system by focusing on foundational learning, flexible structures, and mother-tongue instruction. With digital platforms like DIKSHA and PM e-VIDYA, it is making quality education more accessible, inclusive, and future-ready. A System Built for a Different Era India’s education system was built for scale, not depth. Millions of children were…
The launch of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 for the fourth time in a row, by the Ministry of Education brought higher education back into focus in our country. But while this latest release of rankings, particularly in the “Overall” category, serves to enlighten students and their families, it also raises questions for those…
