Kolkata School Snakebite: 7-Year-Old Discharged, Mother Seeks Assurance

A seven-year-old Class I student of Mitra Institution in Bhawanipore, Kolkata, has been discharged from SSKM Hospital, three days after a snakebite on the school premises left him in intensive care. But while the child is recovering, his mother is asking a question that goes beyond her own son: how safe are children inside the […]

4,133 Empty Schools: Bengal’s Education Crisis Exposed

The school education system in West Bengal has revealed a striking imbalance, with 4,133 schools reporting zero student enrolment despite having 19,502 teachers, while another 6,769 schools have only one teacher serving a combined 2,29,569 students, according to the Union government’s UDISE+ 2025-26 report. The statistics,  published in July and uploaded to the Union Education […]

No Attendance, Full Pay? Now comes the Recovery

West Bengal’s Higher Education Department has ordered action against employees of Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra Mahavidyalaya following allegations that some non-teaching staff remained absent from the college for prolonged periods while continuing to receive salaries. The department has reportedly directed the recovery of salaries paid during the alleged period of unauthorised absence, bringing the college’s […]