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BIG BUSINESSES are pushing school privatisation in Hyderabad in “flagrant violation” of Indian education law, teachers warned yesterday.
Union federation Education International (EI) warned that transnational companies such as Pearson and Bridge International Academies were ramping up their takeover of schools for the poor.
A report for the federation shows that more than 50 per cent of children are now enrolled in private schools in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, while in their shared capital city Hyderabad the figure is over 80 per cent.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Indian communist leader MA Baby considers the chilling escalation of violence against minorities and increasing impunity for their attackers under the Modi regime