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UNESCO Makes A Strong Case for Mother-Tongue Instruction

Context: UNESCO released its flagship report “Bhasha Matters: The State of the Education Report for India 2025”, strongly advocating mother-tongue based instruction in India. The report calls for a national mission on Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) to improve equity, learning outcomes and linguistic inclusion. About UNESCO Makes A Strong Case for Mother-Tongue Instruction: Key …

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Student Suicides India

Source:  FL Subject:  Mental health/Children’s Context: Student suicides have surged across India, with the recent death of 16-year-old Shourya Patil in Delhi highlighting systemic failures in school responses to bullying and distress. NCRB data shows a 65% rise in student suicides over a decade, exposing deep institutional gaps in mental-health protection. About Student Suicides India: …

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“Learning poverty is the silent driver of inter-generational inequality”. Assess India’s policy efforts to address foundational learning deficits.

Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Q3. “Learning poverty is the silent driver of inter-generational inequality”. Assess India’s policy efforts to address foundational learning deficits. (10 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: InsightsIAS Why the question Growing evidence from ASER, UNESCO and NAS highlights persistent early-grade learning gaps, …

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Digital Push in Education: Access, Equity, and Empathy at the Crossroads

Syllabus: Education Source:  IE Context: Recent reports have highlighted the increased integration of AI and digital devices in classrooms — including rural anganwadis — and the digitisation of administrative processes such as pension disbursement for army veterans. About Digital Push in Education: Access, Equity, and Empathy at the Crossroads: Background: Digital Transformation in Education: NEP …

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