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Representative image. The newly approved National Education Policy (NEP) was applauded by many. It took the government half a decade to develop the policy document. In December 2014, when Smriti Irani was Minister of Human Resources Development (HRD), the first media reports were published on the new education policy being developed by the government. Since …

There is an ongoing crisis in the education sector in India that has barely caught the attention of the media or the government. Children, some under the age of 10, are excluded from online classes at some of our fancy and prestigious schools as many parents struggle to afford tuition. Over the past two weeks, …