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…
In 2025, artificial intelligence quietly became part of life on campuses across India. It did not happen with big announcements. Instead, AI steadily blended into daily academic work. By year-end, students and teachers were using AI nearly every day. The shift has been widely documented in a year-end review published by The Times of India,…
