Education Policy & Technology

Most institutions do not decide to keep a legacy system. They simply never decide to retire it. The records module installed years before the current deans arrived, the examination tool only one clerk can operate, the library database nobody can query, the fee register living in a spreadsheet - each survives because replacing it feels riskier than tolerating it. That instinct is not unreasonable - a migration touches records the institution is accountable for, the cost lands in one difficult term, and the savings trickle in afterwards. But “we have always managed” is not the same as “this is still safe”. ...

A new EdTech contract rarely feels like a data decision. It arrives as a tool that solves a scheduling or admissions problem. But the moment a vendor’s platform holds applicant records, internal marks, guardian contacts, hostel allocations or staff documents, your institution has handed part of its record-keeping to a third party. Under India’s data protection framework, that does not transfer the responsibility. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) places its obligations on the Data Fiduciary - the institution that decides why and how personal data is processed. The vendor, acting on your instructions, is a Data Processor. When something goes wrong, the questions arrive at the institution, not at the vendor. ...

A CBSE Class 9 year used to feel like a waiting room: the same subjects, the same tests, the board exam still two years away. From this session that is no longer quite true. CBSE has begun running Class IX on the scheme of studies recommended in the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) 2023, and several of those recommendations touch your child directly. Here is what changed, what did not, and what is worth asking your school. Everything below is current as of 28 September 2026 and drawn from CBSE’s own documents - the Secondary Curriculum 2026-27 for Classes IX - X and Circular Acad-14/2026 dated 1 April 2026. Policy moves, so treat the CBSE Academic portal as the authority over any summary, including this one. ...

Reviewed against official sources on 4 September 2026. This is an evidence-led operating guide, not a procurement, compliance, privacy or pedagogical-effectiveness guarantee. Check current board, state and programme requirements before deploying a tool. Technology in Indian schools is best understood as infrastructure, content, teacher capability and operating practice - not as a list of devices or vendors. Public data confirms progress as well as constraints: Table 2.5 of the Ministry of Education’s UDISE+ 2024-25 NEP Structure report records 1,471,473 schools, of which 951,868 reported a computer facility and 933,987 reported internet facility. Access the official UDISE+ statistics page. The report does not establish whether every device, connection or digital lesson is usable in every classroom. ...

Reviewed against official sources on 4 September 2026. This is a decision framework, not affiliation, admissions, fee, or legal advice. Board rules, school availability and university entry requirements change; confirm the current requirements with the relevant authority and the specific school or university. Choosing a board is a fit decision, not a league table. A school founder must test legal recognition, affiliation conditions, staffing, facilities and the educational proposition it can sustain. A family should test the individual school’s teaching, support, language environment, subjects and transfer or admissions pathway. Those are related questions, but they are not the same question. ...

Reviewed against official sources on 4 September 2026. This article explains national frameworks and public data; it does not determine a school’s affiliation, curriculum, examination eligibility or compliance. Those must be checked with the relevant board and state or Union Territory authority. India’s school system is large and decentralised. Table 1 of the Ministry of Education’s UDISE+ 2024-25 NEP Structure report records 14.71 lakh schools, 1.01 crore teachers and 24.69 crore students from foundational to secondary levels. It also notes that its pre-primary enrolment does not include Anganwadi centres and private kindergartens, an important limitation when interpreting nationwide totals. Access the official UDISE+ statistics page. ...