By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 28, 2026: Jesuit Father Thomas V Kunnunkal, the founding chairperson of the largest open school in the world and former chairman of India’s Central Board of Secondary Education, died on January 28. The death occurred at 8:46 pm at the Jesuit Residence attached toContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 25, 2022: Recently the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has dropped from its course content chapters on ‘democracy and diversity.” The board has also dropped many other important topics from its course such as several chapters related to Mughal Empire and Islam. ‘Unity inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 13, 2021: Women in India on December 13 decried a “blatantly misogynistic” and regressive” question a national school board asked its tenth grade students. “The education ministry must seriously do an enquiry, and the one made the question/statement should be punished severely,” saysContinue Reading
Kolkata, July 8, 2020: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she is “shocked” by the federal government’s decision to drop subjects like democratic rights, federalism and secularism from school syllabus. These chapters are removed from the Economics and Political Science syllabuses of grades 9 to 12 in all schoolsContinue Reading
CBSE says teachers should discourage senior students from carrying heavy reference booksContinue Reading
