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  Number of school teachers crossed 1 crore mark for first time in 2024–25: Ministry of Education

  Education | August 28, 2025 17:53 IST

  The Ministry of Education said the student retention rate in schools, Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) increased during 2024-25 session. In the report, the ministry said school dropout rates saw notable reduction during 2024-25 across preparatory, middle and secondary levels.

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  Mobile internet suspended as protests erupt in Haryana's Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri over teacher's death

  Haryana | August 19, 2025 18:03 IST

  Protests in Haryana's Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri continue over the suspicious death of a 19-year-old teacher, prompting mobile internet suspensions and calls for a transparent police investigation.

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  Mumbai shocker: Teacher burns 8-year-old's hand over 'poor handwriting', arrested for child abuse

  Maharashtra | July 31, 2025 8:24 IST

  Mumbai: Alarmed and upset, the child’s father hurried him to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Kandivali for medical care. He subsequently lodged an official complaint at Kurar Police Station. Acting on his report, the police booked the teacher under applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code.

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  Mamata vows to support sacked Bengal govt teachers, says 'ready to go to jail'

  April 07, 2025 14:18 IST

  The Supreme Court on April 3 invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and staffers in state-run and aided schools in Bengal, calling the entire recruitment process "vitiated and tainted".

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  Rajasthan: Govt school trashes 5-year-old girl teacher dislocating shoulder, arrested

  Rajasthan | February 25, 2024 14:49 IST

  The teacher has been booked under the Indian Penal Code and SC/ST Act after the child's father lodged a complaint with the police. Meanwhile, the police have launched an investigation into the matter.

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  Karnataka BJP MLA demands action against school teacher for 'anti-Hindu' remark

  Karnataka | February 12, 2024 21:30 IST

  The BJP MLA alleged that schools that banned girls from wearing bangles and spotting bindis on the forehead following Hindu traditions are now spreading hatred against Ram Mandir.

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  Karnataka: On camera, school teacher in Hassan kidnapped

  Karnataka | November 30, 2023 18:17 IST

  Arpita was abducted while she was on her way to school at around 8 am today when the three kidnappers forced her into a Toyota Innova. Her family claims their relative Ramu was responsible for the kidnapping, in retaliation for them rejecting his marriage proposal.

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  Karnataka: School teacher tells two students in Shivamogga, ‘Go to Pakistan’

  Karnataka | September 03, 2023 14:25 IST

  Karnataka news: The teacher was irritated after two Class 5 students were quarreling creating noise in the class. When the students continued their quarrel even after she reprimanded them, she got angry and asked the students ‘to go to Pakistan’.

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  School teacher suspended for taking part in 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani

  India | December 03, 2022 19:02 IST

  Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rajesh Kannoje, a teacher with a govt primary school under the state's Tribal Affairs Dept in Kanasya, was suspended on November 25 but the issue came to light after his suspension order surfaced on social media.

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  School teacher's farewell leaves people on internet emotional | Check video

  India | July 15, 2022 16:13 IST

  Shivendra Singh, a primary school teacher in Raigarh Primary School in Chandauli, was recently transferred to another school.

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  J&K: Teacher beats girl student for wearing tilak in Rajouri school, suspended

  India | April 06, 2022 12:29 IST

  The family of the Hindu girl alleged that their minor daughter was thrashed by her teacher Nisar Ahmed after she arrived at the school with tilak on her forehead during the ongoing Navratri.

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  North, East Delhi municipal school teachers urge L-G to intervene in non-payment of salaries

  Education | November 10, 2021 14:16 IST

  In a letter to the L-G, the Nagar Nigam Shikshak Sangh -- an umbrella body of municipal school teachers -- said that without salaries of September and October, school teachers of the two civic bodies are finding it hard to manage even basic expenses

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  Chhattisgarh teacher beats students for keeping fast on Janmashtami, uses objectionable language

  India | September 02, 2021 19:58 IST

  The teacher Charan Markam, is not only accused of beating up students but also made objectionable comments against a Hindu god. He has been suspended with immediate effect.

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  School Innovation Ambassador Training Program launched for 50,000 school teachers

  Education | July 17, 2021 0:16 IST

  The School Innovation Ambassador Training Program will train 50,000 school teachers from CBSE and Eklavya Model Residential Schools.

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  Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks, CDC says

  World | July 09, 2021 21:59 IST

  The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.

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  IDFC First Bank MD gifts Rs 30 lakh shares to his former school teacher

  Business | September 30, 2020 21:49 IST

  As a token of gratitude to his former school teacher, IDFC First Bank MD and CEO V Vaidyanathan has transferred one lakh equity shares worth around Rs 30 lakh without any consideration to Gurdial Saroop Saini. 

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  In this virtual classroom, Spiderman is the class teacher and warm-up begins with Zumba dance

  Good News | June 14, 2020 12:16 IST

  Have you ever wondered about attending a school where Spiderman is your class teacher? What if your class begins with a Zumba-style dance? You got to believe this. A Bolivian school teacher has made this possible. Sometimes, Jorge Manolo Villarroel is Spiderman. Sometimes, he’s the Flash, or the Green Lantern.

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  UP govt order high-level probe in school teacher's mysterious job, Rs 1 crore pay

  India | June 07, 2020 18:09 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh government may hand over the case involving a school teacher, who allegedly worked simultaneously in 25 schools and earned over Rs 1 crore as salary in 13 months, to the UP police Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

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  Viral photo: Spanish school teacher shows up wearing organ bodysuit, leaves student stunned

  World | December 25, 2019 10:16 IST

  A Spanish school teacher wore a anatomy bodysuit with internal human body party printed on it to teach students in a biology class about human body.

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  33 govt school teachers dismissed for submitting fake documents in Mathura

  India | December 12, 2019 23:58 IST

  It found 4,704 teachers in the state guilty of getting the job on the basis of fake B.ED degrees, of which 59 cases were reported in Mathura.