Metrics to Minds: Restoring Purpose to Universities

17 Oct 2026

Context: Overdependence on standardised examinations: Exams such as NEET, JEE and UGC-NET use uniform, multiple-choice formats across diverse disciplines, often failing to adequately assess critical thinking, reasoning and subject-specific aptitude.C...

What Universities Need to Learn from IITs

14 Oct 2026

Context: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) demonstrate how talent, resources, governance and institutional culture can help build and sustain academic excellence. Indian universities can adapt these lessons to improve their global competitiv...

Bihar’s Higher-Education Experiment: Building an Ecosystem for the Young

07 Oct 2026

Context: Bihar is India’s youngest State, with a median age of about 26 years, giving it significant demographic potential.However, demographic advantage can translate into employment and economic growth only when young people have accessible, afford...

History Textbooks: What They Teach — and What They Omit

06 Oct 2026

Context: Recent revisions of NCERT history textbooks have generated debate not only over factual accuracy and interpretation but also over what historical themes and experiences are left out.The larger concern is whether school history adequately pre...

Step Up Regulation: Quality Concerns in AYUSH Medical Education

01 Sep 2026

ContextAYUSH medical education is expanding rapidly, with the private sector accounting for 86% of Ayurveda colleges and 85% of homoeopathy colleges in 2024.Between 2021 and 2024, permitted seats increased by 43%, while total admission capacity rose...