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In India, less than 20% of kids were able to attend school due to the epidemic, and learning deteriorated as a result.

Approximately 140 million rural Indians move seasonally in search of jobs. These migrants, who make up a large portion of India’s unorganised labour, which is believed to number over 350 million people, migrate back and forth doing a variety of odd jobs in construction, manufacturing, services, and agriculture. In their rural homes and workplaces, they […]

For African educators, burnout is a genuine occurrence

Governments and universities in Africa must work together to develop suitable academic and professional environments with service conditions that allow university teachers to execute their jobs and contribute to knowledge generation. At the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022), entitled ‘Reinventing Higher Education for a Sustainable Future,’ held in Barcelona, Spain from 18 to 20 […]

IIT Delhi Study Reveals Mechanisms Driving SARS-CoV-2 Evolution In Humans

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have revealed the mechanisms driving the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in humans which can help in better understanding of COVID-19’s pathogenesis, immune evasion and emergence of variants of concern. According to the seven-member research team, CpG (a cytosine followed by a guanine) numbers in virus genomes have been […]

The first Indian to win the International Booker Prize is Geetanjali Shree.

Geetanjali Shree has won the International Booker Prize for the first time, making her the first Indian writer to do so. Her work Tomb of Sand, a family drama set in the aftermath of India’s partition, follows an 80-year-old lady after her husband’s death. It was the first Hindi-language novel to make the £50,000 shortlist. […]

The education shortfall: The drop in performance in the upper grades is a wake-up call for the federal government and the states

The findings of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 demonstrate the magnitude of the learning loss caused by Covid-19-induced school closures. Pupils in classes 3, 5, 8, and 10 (part of the survey sample) showed a significant drop in performance, with average mathematics scores for class 3 students decreasing 15 points from 2017 and for […]