NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has unveiled the draft of its 2025 regulations, introducing some ground breaking changes like permitting candidates to teach based on their highest academic specialisation. For example, a candidate with a PhD in chemistry, despite holding a bachelor’s in mathematics and a master’s in physics, would now qualify to…
TOI correspondent from US: The state of Alabama approved new social studies standards last week, which will include Sikhi for the first time ever in the K-12 school curriculum. Since November 2023, the Sikh Coalition, an organisation that has worked for civil rights of Sikh Americans for over two decades; the Alabama Department of Education…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday issued a directive to the chief secretaries and administrators of all states and union territories. This directive concerns a report titled “Guardians of Faith or Oppressors of Rights: Constitutional Rights of Children vs madrasas.”The NCPCR’s report contains 11 chapters and discusses the…
