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    SHRESHTA To Fund 3,000 ‘Meritorious’ Dalit Students

    SHRESTHA, meaning noble or great in Sanskrit, is being marketed as a ticket to a better life for meritorious Dalit students, a vote bank...
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    Child Rights

    PM CARES Releases Funds for Education of COVID-19 Orphans

    The Prime Minister said that the PM-CARES initiative has been made possible through the contributions of citizens across the country and added that the...
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    Education

    Girls’ Performance In Maths ‘Starting To Add Up To Boys’, Says UNESCO

    This year’s Global Education Monitoring Report brought out by UNESCO has documented an interesting, refreshingly new trend – of school-going girls covering the gender...
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    Child Labour

    ‘Decisive Steps’ Needed to Keep Boys in School, says UNESCO report

    The need to bring girls to school is as important as retaining boys in school. A UNESCO report attempts to answer why boys are...
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    Islamic Religious leaders Urge Taliban to Reopen all Girls’ Schools

    The conference was organised by the Mutahida Shariat Mahaz, a network of religious leaders and scholars from all Islamic sects from across the country...
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    SouthAsia Schools Stayed Shut 35 weeks, Says UNESCO

    School closures in SouthAsia have long-term implications for its learners. Current learners in South Asia could stand to lose near a trillion dollars in...
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    Afghanistan

    Hours after Reopening, Taliban Closes Afghan Girls’ Schools

    The Taliban has reneged on its pledge to allow secondary girls schools to reopen Wednesday, a day after Afghans ushered in Nowruz, of the...
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    Education: Budget cuts funds for minority education bodies

    Muslims and other religious minorities in India have been lagging behind on development indicators pertaining to educational attainment, gender equality and workforce participation.  Jawed A...
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