The indefinite hunger strike against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in Chennai entered its seventh day on Saturday, August 8. The agitation, led by the Anti-NEET Federation and the Joint Movement Against NEET, is demanding not merely reforms to the examination but its complete abolition, along with greater state control over education. Chennai, August […]
The future of the CJP will ultimately depend on whether it can transform its momentary popularity into a sustained democratic movement capable of bringing meaningful changes to India’s education system. By Dr. Prantik Basak and Ayushiba Jadeja The sudden and unexpected resignation of the Education Minister of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, highlighted a […]
“As Prime Minister, ackowledge this failure, make a national apology and take immediate action”, Safai Karmachari Andolan said in a memorandum to the Prime Minister. New Delhi, August 4: Hundreds of sanitation workers from more than 10 states, families of those killed while cleaning sewers and septic tanks, Members of Parliament, students, writers, and […]
‘Compensation for victims’ families, no prosecution of protesters, and a public apology from the police for their brutality’—these were the demands the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) settled for, on oral assurances alone, when it called off the historic protest against corruption in India’s public education sector following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. A week after […]