Gurugram's latest monsoon chaos is not proof that India has bad civil engineers, it is evidence of something more uncomfortable. A country that needs millions of engineers to build its future has still not figured out how to align engineering education, skills, jobs and public policy.
The Supreme Court, hearing petitions against CBSE's three-language rollout, questioned whether English can be considered indigenous to India. The remark has brought a long-unresolved legal and policy gap to the centre of the education debate.
One White House dinner, two of the world's most powerful women and a colour coincidence that Rahul Gandhi remembers 44 years later. Here's why...
The Bar Council of India briefly froze enrolment of NALSAR's 2026 graduates after students objected to inviting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant as convocation chief guest. The now-reversed order has revived questions over whether student discipline rests with universities or the legal regulator.
The spotlight may remain fixed on the UPSC, but it is India's State Public Service Commissions that recruit the officers citizens meet every day. As protests erupt over the Jharkhand PSC and controversies surface across states, a bigger question emerges. Who will restore trust in the system that hires the backbone of state governance?
The protests opened a rare window for change, and India's foremost educationists have identified reforms that cannot wait; better teachers, stronger schools, fairer exams and greater institutional autonomy. Can the new Education Minister deliver?
After weeks of protests over the NEET crisis, India's young citizens have achieved what generations of students across the world have often fought for... the power to make those in authority answer for their decisions.
Every qualification in India comes with a syllabus, an examination and a certificate. Except for one. The title of "expert mother" has no curriculum, no assessment and no end. Yet millions of women are expected to earn it before their professional achievements are deemed complete.
An NCERT textbook was considered the gold standard of Indian education. But after a year marked by textbook withdrawals, court interventions, repeated revisions and fresh controversies, educators are beginning to ask a difficult question. Is India's most trusted publisher facing a trust crisis?
The allegations against CBSE may or may not stand the test of scrutiny. The questions raised by students certainly deserve to. Until the board directly addresses them, the Coempt tender row will remain a story about transparency as much as procurement.
The CBSE Class 12 marksheet may no longer decide a student's entire future, but it remains powerful enough to trigger panic when trust in the process breaks down. As a mother of a 16-year-old headed for the 2027 boards, I have to ask, why does an exam we claim matters less still hold such a chokehold on us?
As complaints over CBSE's on-screen marking system mounted, positive endorsements from principals surfaced online. The contrast has sharpened questions over preparedness, transparency and who shapes the reform narrative. More importantly, why does the system need selling at all?
The NEET fallout and CBSE's Class 12 evaluation controversy have highlighted the escalating financial cost of exam failures. The episode has renewed questions over why authorities spend heavily on damage control instead of planning for prevention.
What began as CBSE's big digital overhaul has snowballed into a full-blown credibility crisis. From crashed portals and swapped answer sheets to hacking claims and millions of students demanding scanned copies, India's biggest school board now finds itself battling one question. Can students trust the system that decides their future?
If answer sheets are mismatched, how can CBSE guarantee the integrity of the results? We ask experts whether the board should consider a mass recheck, a return to manual verification, or even a wider retest to restore trust in the system?
One arm of the government says there was a "breach in the chain of command". Another says the paper was not leaked "through the system". Between those two explanations lies the trust crisis surrounding India's biggest entrance exam.
Parents are emptying savings on Rs 5–8 lakh in coaching and Rs 8–10 lakh as IIT fees, only to watch "average" offers flirt with Rs 26 LPA (IIT Bombay's recent placement report), before tax, before rent, before EMIs. If this is India's gold standard, why does this math look like a liability, not a launchpad?
The NEET scandal has exposed more than leaked papers and a broken exam system. It has revealed the frightening desperation simmering inside India's middle-class homes, where becoming a doctor is no longer just a dream, but a high-stakes family mission tied to status, security and survival.
Addressing a packed press conference today, the Education Minister finally dropped the bombshell. NEET-UG is ditching paper and going digital by 2027. But in a country where even "unhackable" exams have been compromised, is this a real fix or just a high-tech distraction? We ask experts to join the debate.
As NEET faces yet another credibility crisis, South Korea, apart from China, offers one of the world's most tightly managed exam systems, where even flights are paused during tests. Is this one lesson India should copy?
