‍‍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 […]

‘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 […]

Will Telangana Schools Re-Open To Combat With Covid Pandemic?

Questions around the reopening of schools in Telangana are causing concerns among both parents as teachers, even as the state government’s Education Department remains silent on the opening date for schools or how they will manage physical distancing in the classroom amidst the pandemic. #KhabarLive discussed the issue with several teachers, educationists, parents and Education […]

How Rohith Vemula’s Mother Radhika Transformed Her Grief Into Resistance In Telangana?

Four years after her son’s death, as students across the country rise up once more, Radhika Vemula has become a symbol of inspiration and resistance. On 23 January 2016, Radhika Vemula was at Velivada, a bustling protest spot in University of Hyderabad. A week ago, her son Rohith Vemula had died by suicide after he […]

How NALSAR Hostels In Hyderabad Segregated On The Basis Of Caste And CLAT Scores?

Students belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/domicile category were given rooms on the upper floors of the NALSAR hostels in Hyderabad campus, while those belonging to the general category were given rooms on the ground floor for the first two years; the rationale being rooms allotted on the basis of marks. Eight years ago, I was […]

Frequent Road Mishaps Of School Children In Hyderabad With Careless Rash Driving And No Traffic Sense

Instances of young lives, which have hardly seen a few summers, being crushed to an end by speeding or erratically driven vehicles is on the rise in the city of Hyderabad. In fact, this January witnessed 11 children in the age group of 6 years to 10 years losing their lives in different road accidents. […]