What’s Behind Sudden Cancellation Of 1800 MANUU Students’ Scholarships In Hyderabad?

‘MANUU Students Ki Kahani Unhi ki Zubani’ The Hyderabad based Maulana Azad Urdu University students protested for alleged sudden cancellation of their scholarship and demanded for immediate issuance. The students spoke to #KhabarLive and requested for justice with government agencies to save their studies. Here are some excerpts: ‘I have been receiving this national scholarship […]

Why Many Schools Stopped ‘Online Classes’ And Forcing Students To Attend Physical Classes In Hyderabad?

Several private schools in Hyderabad are forcing students to attend the physical classes and disconnected with online teaching to come to school with due fees. The parents are in dilemma to continue the education or not in view of Covid scare to their children. Many schools flouting the norms and not abiding the Covid SOPs […]

‍‍Many Old City Private Schools ‘Forced To Shut Down’, Jobless Teachers Starving In Hyderabad

Many private schools in old city areas of Hyderabad are shutti g down due to Covid scare and government restrictions. They are not getting proper fees to maintain the schools and pay to teaching staff.  This in turn, has put the future of teachers, school owners and children into jeopardy. Many teachers lost jobs and […]

‍3,750 Low Strength Govt Schools‍ At The Verge Of Closure In Telangana

The Telangana government is planning to close all 3,750 low strength government schools soon. The expert committe formed and the report is awaited in this regard. According to reliable sources, the Education Ministry has been consulting educational experts on shutting down government schools, which might lead to the closure of 3,750 schools in Telangana. The […]

Nightmare For Junior Colleges With ‘Mensurating Girls’ In Telugu States

Presuming menstruation is an excuse, most colleges commit human rights violations, and the government needs to step up. Around 13 years ago, Sowmya, who grew up in Kakinada, was a student at a junior college in Guntur. She was a teenager, studying intermediate (class 11 and 12) while staying at a hostel, away from her […]

Why Telangana ‘Labour Minister’s’ Colleges ‘Not Paying Teacher’s Salaries’ For Months In Pandemic?

A most heart-breaking situation cropped up in Telangana where many qualified, talented lecturers, professors in private professional colleges become unemployed due to pandemic slowdown and for their livelihood they are now on streets to do the small works like selling vegetables, selling tea on tea stall, working as ward-boy in hospitals on contract basis and […]

As Uncertainty Looms On Education, ‘Child Marriages’ On Rise In Telangana

Recently, Medchal district officials in Telangana received a distress call about a minor girl who was coerced into marrying a man aged around 30. The officials promptly stopped the illegal wedding, and after counselling, the girl was sent to a shelter. This is one of the over 200 cases of child marriage being stopped by […]

‘Corporate School’ Teachers Strugglling To Do ‘Anything’ To ‘Save The Job’ In Andhra Pradesh

Vexed with the attitude of private school managements through the COVID-19 lockdown, private school teachers have sought help from the government to save and secure thier jobs in Andhra Pradesh. Private school chains in Andhra Pradesh, often colloquially called “corporate schools”, have allegedly failed to pay full salaries to their teaching and non-teaching staff during […]

Why Indian Women In Their Early 30s Fret About Ageing?

Anxieties about sex, marriage and career suck the fun out the late 20s to mid-30s. The cake has been cut, the beer has been drunk, and by 2am all the guests have filed out of Nidhi’s JNU hostel room. A PhD scholar, she has just turned 27, but as she sits on the edge of […]

Why ‘Distressed Women’ Aren’t Aware Of ‘Sakhi Centres’ In Hyderabad?

The Sakhi centres in the state were established around 2015 to provide round-the-clock help to women in distress. A search for the Sakhi centre situated in Secunderabad, which promises 24X7 help to women in distress, will prove challenging for women in Hyderabad. Neither does the place show up on Google maps nor is it easy […]