A government-appointed advisory committee yesterday recommended scrapping the Primary Education Completion Examination and similar tests.

Government has to look into the decline of students

The government has made a fresh move to extend primary education up to class-VIII, six years after missing the original deadline set in the National Education Policy.

School feeding programmes act as a powerful incentive for families to enrol their children in school and keep them there, directly influencing educational outcomes and gender equality.

Just don’t expect too much from development NGOs in shifting the needle on the dial.