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9 hours ago
- Politics
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Rush Hour: 3 arrested in Kolkata gangrape case, Trump hints at trade deal with India and more
We're building a brand-new studio to bring you bold ground reports, sharp interviews, hard-hitting podcasts, explainers and more. Support Scroll's studio fund today. Three men have been arrested for the alleged gangrape of a student inside a law college in Kolkata. The student was allegedly raped inside the campus of the South Calcutta Law College on Wednesday. Among those arrested, one is a former student while the rest were studying at the college. They were held based on the student's complaint and remanded to four days of police custody on Friday. Read on. The toll from a flash flood near a hydroelectric project site in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district has risen to five. On Wednesday, about 15 to 20 workers at a labour colony near the Indira Priyadarshini Hydroelectric project site at Khaniyara near Dharamshala were feared to have been swept away. The incident occurred after a surge in the water level of the Manuni river. Search and rescue operations were ongoing for the remaining missing workers. Himachal Pradesh witnessed three cloudbursts, nine flash floods and three landslides over the past 24 hours. Read on. United States President Donald Trump has said that India could sign a 'very big' trade deal with Washington. This came days before the suspension of tariffs announced by Trump expires on July 9. Trump had imposed so-called reciprocal tariffs on several countries, including a 26% 'discounted' levy on India on April 9. Hours later, he reduced the rates of imports from most countries to 10% for 90 days to provide time for trade negotiations. New Delhi has said that it was in talks with Washington to finalise a bilateral trade agreement between September and November. Read on. Students in Jharkhand's single-teacher schools are being deprived of their fundamental right to elementary education, owing to absenteeism and a lack of engagement from educators, according to a new study. A single-teacher school is a violation of the Right to Education Act, which mandates at least two educators for a primary school. In about 87.5% of such schools in Latehar's Manika block, no active teaching was taking place when surveyors made unannounced visits to the institutes between January and March, showed the study prepared by the NREGA Sahayata Kendra. It said that absenteeism among teachers was a 'persistent issue', which left the students without 'proper guidance and supervision'. Even when the teachers are present, they are often occupied with administrative work, the study pointed out. Read on.
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13 hours ago
- General
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Jharkhand: Students missing, educators overburdened in single-teacher schools, finds study
Struggling with absenteeism and a lack of engagement from educators, the single-teacher schools in Jharkhand's Latehar district are depriving students of their fundamental right to elementary education, according to findings of a study published on Friday. The study, prepared by the NREGA Sahayata Kendra in Latehar's Manika block, found that in about 87.5% of such schools, no active teaching was taking place when surveyors made unannounced visits to the institutes. A report on the findings of the study pointed out that 84% of the students in the schools come from the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe communities. NREGA Sahayata Kendras in Jharkhand are help centres run by independent facilitators to guide residents in accessing entitlements under welfare programmes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The survey was conducted between January and March to assess the functionality of single-teacher schools against the norms of the Right to Education Act. It covered 40 of the 55 single-teacher schools in the Manika block. A single-teacher school is a violation of the Right to Education Act, which mandates at least two educators for a primary school and one teacher for every 30 students. Nearly 8,000, or one-third of all government primary schools in Jharkhand, only have one teacher, said the report. 'Even with the best of intentions, it is very difficult for single teachers to teach when they face large numbers of children (59 on average, in these 40 schools) from multiple classes on their own,' said the report. 'The burden of record-keeping and other non-teaching duties, and the absence of basic facilities, further demotivates them.' The study found that 35 out of 40 educators in the single-teacher schools are on contract and not permanent employees. Pointing out that contractual employment 'often comes with poor training, job insecurity, lower salaries and fewer benefits', the report said this further adversely impacts the quality of teaching. The survey also showed that only six out of the 40 teachers are women, which 'can impact the learning environment, particularly for female students who may have a reduced sense of safety and comfort'. Thirty-one out of the 40 teachers are above the age of 40, which highlights a lack of recent appointments, according to the report. Further, it said that absenteeism among teachers was a 'persistent issue', which left the students without 'proper guidance and supervision'. Even when the teachers are present, they are often occupied with administrative work, the report added. It highlighted that the teachers spend an average 10 hours per week on record-keeping. 'This creates a poor learning environment where students receive no structured education,' said the report. 'This lack of engagement affects their academic performance and learning.' Poor infrastructure and a lack of basic facilities in the single-teacher schools are becoming additional barriers to education, the report said. It mentioned that only 17.5% of the schools have functional toilets.
