The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
In early July 2026, a major controversy erupted in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) when books supplied to government school libraries under the centrally sponsored Samagra Shiksha scheme were found to contain content glorifying convicted
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For centuries, Afghanistan’s educational institutions stood at the crossroads of faith, scholarship, and intellectual inquiry, producing generations of jurists, poets, philosophers, scientists, and religious scholars whose influence reached far beyond the country’s
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In a narrative of resistance and uncertainty, Harvard University has emerged from a tense confrontation with the administration of President Donald Trump with a partial legal victory, but without clarity on what
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A report examining book censorship in the United States alleges that the removal of books from public schools and libraries has evolved into a coordinated and institutionalized effort driven by political organizations,
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In the history of modern science, few figures embody the intersection of discovery, identity and institutional struggle as profoundly as Abdus Salam. Born on January 29, 1926, and remembered for his groundbreaking
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When Charlotte Buttercase’s phone rang at 2am, the final-year medical student at the University of Manchester answered because she believed there could be an emergency. The call came from an unidentified number,
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India has temporarily blocked access to the Telegram messaging application until June 22, citing allegations that the platform was used by groups attempting to defraud candidates in a national medical entrance examination,
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India is deploying military aircraft to transport national examination papers as part of an emergency effort to restore confidence in its education system following a series of exam scandals that have triggered
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Some time ago, I received an invitation from my Sri Lankan friend Ramani to join a WhatsApp group of Sri Lankans, who had studied Russian at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow at
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The following essay is based on the speech delivered by the author at a ceremony held in his honour by the Alumni Organisation of the University of Colombo on 2 June 2026
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