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A wall mural by Rouble Nagi Art Foundation in Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai; and (R) educator and artist Rouble Nagi with Global Teacher Prize 2026. MUMBAI: For years, teacher and artist Rouble Nagi has used walls in slums for creation of murals to teach children who seldom make it to classrooms. On Thursday, that work was…
Picture: Instagram/ Rouble Nagi NEW DELHI: Indian teacher and activist Rouble Nagi was awarded the Global Teacher Prize on Thursday in Dubai, for helping children who have never attended school begin structured learning.Nagi’s foundation has set up more than 800 learning centres across India and also supports children who are already enrolled in school.Apart from…
As the Union Budget 2026–27 approaches, education stakeholders across schools, higher education, skilling, and edtech are calling for focused policy measures and financial support to strengthen learning outcomes, employability, and workforce readiness. These expectations come amid a steady rise in education allocations over the past few years and an increased emphasis on execution and infrastructure.The…
Image Credit: TOI (L) Victim Alok Kumar Singh MUMBAI: A new CCTV footage has surfaced showing the moment a college teacher was fatally stabbed inside a crowded Mumbai local train on Saturday evening.The footage, recorded at Malad station, shows a sudden argument on the platform before the accused pulls out a knife and attacks the…
MUMBAI: A CCTV footage showed a man panicking and fleeing across a foot overbridge at Malad railway station shortly after a college teacher was stabbed to death inside a crowded local train on Saturday evening. The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested the accused, identified as Omkar Eknath Shinde (27), a daily-wage labourer, within 12 hours…
(C) Alok Kumar Singh, Accused Omkar Shinde (L) MUMBAI: The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Sunday arrested a man in connection with the murder of a college teacher inside a local train at Malad station on Saturday evening.The accused has been identified as Omkar Shinde. Police said further inquiries are being conducted.The victim, Alok Kumar…
College teacher stabbed to death after tiff on Mumbai local MUMBAI: A college teacher was murdered over an argument about alighting from a local train compartment at Malad railway station on Saturday evening. Police said the victim, Alok Singh, 33, was stabbed in the stomach with a sharp object.The accused is an unidentified co-traveller and…
Pupil–teacher ratio should not exceed 30:1 in schools In a recent circular, CBSE has instructed its affiliated schools to put their staffing reality on record: upload and regularly update complete teacher details and related information on the school website under Mandatory Public Disclosure, in the prescribed format, by 15 February 2026.The compliance message is clear….
“I never imagined I would become famous,” says Shalini Singh, her voice carrying a quiet, childlike innocence. Sitting beside her husband, also her colleague, she recounts how an ordinary video, uploaded without any expectation, changed her life almost overnight. “I had recorded it only to share in the class parents’ WhatsApp group. Since I already…
Bangladesh police on Wednesday arrested former madrasa teacher Yasin Arafat, the prime accused in the killing of Hindu worker Dipu Chandra Das, according to local media reports.Yasin was arrested in Sarulia, within the Demra police station jurisdiction, with support from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.According to local media, Yasin, 25, son of Gazi Mia and a…
