Jharkhand's government schools have a massive teacher shortage, a survey by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand has found. The survey was conducted in 138 primary and upper primary schools between September and October 2022 to assess their condition after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jharkhand's school system was shut for two years, among the longest in the world. Teachers told the surveyors they felt that most students had forgotten how to read and...

-NDTV.com The survey focussed on government primary and upper-primary schools where at least 50% of the children enrolled come from scheduled caste (SC) or scheduled tribe (ST) families. New Delhi: Schools in Jharkhand are struggling with abysmal infrastructure, low attendance, a shortage of teachers, and inadequate funding after the Covid pandemic, a recent survey of 138 primary and upper-primary schools revealed. In a majority of these schools, teachers felt that "most" pupils...

-The Hindu Business Line Retailers’ Association of India pointed out that the impact of inflationary challenges on the discretionary segment was visible Retailers posted a 15 per cent growth in sales in November over pre-pandemic levels. According to the latest edition of Retail Business Survey released by the Retailers’ Association of India (RAI), this growth was led by segments such as footwear, sports goods and jewellery. The industry body, however, pointed out...

-Newsclick.in Labour force has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to CMIE. Latest estimates put the number of unemployed in India at over 5 crore. This is just short of the heights reached during 2020, the first year of the pandemic, which saw recurring lockdowns and a shutdown of the economy. These estimates, made by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), are drawn from periodic sample surveys carried out by...

-The Telegraph    Musahar community is among the most marginalised and backward communities and comes under the Scheduled Caste category Jamshedpur: The doorstep delivery campaign of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, held between October and November this year, has led to the musahar (rat-eating) community being linked with government welfare schemes for the first time in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district. Musahar community is among the most marginalised and backward communities and comes under...