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Within a week, young people globally have rocked regimes, made history, and delivered a strong message to the world. It is not a fad but a pivot point that Gen Z will not forget as this Global Youth Uprising spread like wildfire, starting in Kathmandu and going all the way to Paris. But what happened and why it is important and how the Indian youths are at the centre of the next great transformation in the world?

The World is Erupting and The Youth is Leading

Nepal: Gen Z Forces a Government to Fall.

A social media ban in Nepal was the catalyst to huge student protests that used city squares as battlefields. With rage about corruption and special treatment of Nepo Kids, the youth organized country wide riots via online platforms- when the internet was shut down. In a historic first, Nepal’s Prime Minister and a number of ministers resigned and allegedly fled the country after confrontations on Thursday that claimed at least 19 lives and with several government buildings largely being gutted down into ashes including the parliament.

France: Students Resurrect the May Spirit

Student marches and building occupations were observed in French universities and high schools, reflecting the long-standing culture in the country of youth-centered demands of justice, climate action, and education reforms. Though not as violent as in Nepal, these protests attracted the attention of different layers of society and rekindled the discussion on democracy and youth authority. 

Serbia: Student Protests

Campus blockades and strikes have brought Serbian universities to their knees for months, with students seeking changes in the education system, governance, and political liberties. This protracted turmoil is placing a huge strain on the academic establishments revealing a long-standing discontent with the status quo.

The United States: An Activist Campus Takeover.

Student activism is on the increase throughout American college campuses, both on climate justice and other international policy criticisms. They have managed to influence university policy and provoke broader social debate, and represent the effectiveness of organised youth action in mature democracies. 

All the protests, though they had their own peculiarities, have one thing in common, young people want their voices to be heard and to have the right to influence the future. 

What Indian Youth Need to Know: Lessons from the World’s Protesting Generation

1. Gen Z is rewriting the rules

Students organized or amplified almost every protest worldwide through social media- a tool the Indian youth have weaponized during protests such as anti-CAA and climate strikes.

The Gen z Revolution in Nepal demonstrates how strong and dangerous digital activism can be, as social media can bring together voices, but governments can also attempt to suppress opposing voices by blocking access.

2. Activism by students leads to actual change

In Nepal, resignations on the top-most level demonstrate the relevance of youth-led action across the country. In foreign countries, marches by students have even compelled governments to re-examine laws, initiate inquiries or even resign.

In France and beyond, protests by youth and students have triggered international discussions about inequality, environment and democracy. 

3. India is being watched, and youth in India must watch the world.

Youth activism is not a new term in India, as we have seen in the anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare, and the Nirbhaya movement that transformed laws.

With the world outcrying in the streets, Indian Gen Z will be able to learn, not only how to bring positive change in a peaceful manner, but also the value of resiliency under crackdowns.

What Will this Mean to the Future of India?

• The Capable and Knowledgeable Youth: By exposing them to youth movements around the world, Indian students will have an added voice of strength as they will be made aware of their rights and methods of acting together.
• Digital Activism Caution: The tragedy of Nepal teaches us that digital protests may become perilous, and it is crucial that the youth in India is competent, tactical, and remain secure.
• Global Solidarity: These protests are new models of fear and caution as young Indians seek meaningful civic jobs. 

How Will This Shape India’s Future?

Each international demonstration is a lesson. The current generation-driven acts, resignations, and online movements demonstrate how a generation can be so powerful together. These stories can be used to make Indian students take positive action, in a peaceful, legal, and sure that their voices will be heard, both locally and internationally.

Want to become a changemaker? Youth all over the world have proved that it is possible to be…What then follows may begin with you. Because this unseriously serious generation is setting new rules for a better future. 

Adda Education, India's premier career-enabling ecosystem, today announced outstanding student performances in the CUET UG 2025 examination. With the introduction of official All India Ranks (AIRs) by the NTA this year, CUET Adda students secured five positions in the Top 20 -- AIR 2, 3, 7, 8, and 20. CUET Adda (app and offline) is a newly established Adda Education vertical that provides structured prep for CUET. In addition, the company is doubling down on offline expansion via 15+ CUET Adda centres across Delhi-NCR.

Though the count of 100 percentilers from around the nation is lesser this time, Adda247 still remains exceptional with toppers getting perfect scores on all important CUET UG subjects ranging from languages to science, commerce, and aptitude, which is a genuine indicator of the depth and breadth of our preparation courses. For 2025, CUET Adda launched several preparation instruments designed to simulate real exam environments and aid students throughout all the steps involved. These were a national-level open mock test, memory-based practice papers. response checker tool to assist students in guesstimating raw scores, and customized post-exam counselling for college admissions.

The firm is also increasing its reach with the opening of 15+ CUET Adda centers in Delhi-NCR. This move has been made in reaction to repeated student feedback for formal, offline preparation that is specifically CUET-focused instead of generic language or general aptitude content. The centres will run parallel to CUET Adda's online offering, offering flexibility and depth to students opting for either mode.

Speaking on the same, Anil Nagar, Founder & CEO, Adda Education said, "We are extremely proud of our students achieving top ranks in CUET UG 2025 as a result of their hard work. We are committed to making quality preparation available both online and offline, accessible, affordable, and more importantly, meeting what's really important: getting each and every student to their college dream. The launch of new offline centers in Delhi-NCR is one step towards a larger goal, to bring organised, CUET coaching to students in every nook and corner of the nation.".

Since the launch of its CUET coaching program in 2022, CUET Adda has provided outstanding results repeatedly.

Adda Education is India's premier career-enablement ecosystem, crafted to enable learners from Bharat to construct better lives through impact-led learning and employability. As the corporate brand behind trusted consumer brands such as Adda247, StudyIQ, PrepInsta, Career247, CUET Adda, Career Power, Adda Education operates across the entire continuum from learning to livelihood. Established on the conviction that education is only the start, Adda Education believes in making employability accessible, comprehensive, and genuinely powerful for all learners across India. With a collective of over 50 million lives touched, Adda Education is redefining the future of career preparedness in Bharat.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister, has left for the UAE to boost India-UAE education and innovation ties. The two-day official trip aims to enhance bilateral cooperation in education, skills training, innovation, and youth empowerment and open new opportunities to students and professionals of the two countries.

As per the official sources, during the visit, Shri Pradhan will interact with senior UAE leadership, ministers, policy makers, academicians and Indian and UAE institution leaders. It will focus on fostering academic excellence, innovation ecosystem development, and greater knowledge dissemination to support the rising ambitions of young learners and professionals.

On September 10, the Minister will meet H.E. Ms. Sara Musallam, Chairperson of the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK). He will also travel to IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi Campus to open Atal Incubation Centre, the first foreign incubation centre in India, and new Ph.D. and B.Tech programmes. Students and faculty will be engaged with Shri Pradhan, enhancing the academic relationship between the two countries.

Later that day, he will visit the BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi and attend the First anniversary of the Dubai campus of Symbiosis University, which will strengthen the cultural and educational relationship between India and the UAE. 

Shri Pradhan will officially inaugurate the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad branch in Dubai on September 11, 2025, with his UAE counterpart, H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Higher Education, UAE. The ministers will deliberate on expanding current educational partnerships and seek new opportunities to strengthen the India-UAE partnership in higher education further. 

Moreover, subsequent activities would involve a round table conference of Indian higher education institutions in the UAE to increase the presence and influence of Indian academic institutions in the Gulf region. Also, Shri Pradhan will take part in the tree plantation campaign in Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam in the Indian Consulate in Dubai, meet the principals of CBSE schools on Teachers Day festivals and will inaugurate Atal Tinkering Labs in the Indian schools in the UAE.

The visit will also be characterised by engagement with the Indian diaspora in Dubai, focusing on the relationship between Indian overseas communities and India's initiative to increase education and innovation.

This official visit shows the strategic relationship of India and the UAE regarding education and youth empowerment as part of common objectives focusing on future generation creativity, innovations and excellence in teaching.  

In a gruesome incident, a 12-year-old boy student of a madrasa in Nayagarh was reportedly murdered after being sexually assaulted by five of his dorm mates, all children. The perpetrators threw the body of the victim into a septic tank of the facility after strangulating him.

The juvenile criminals are all in the age group of 14-15 and have been arrested. They were brought before the juvenile justice board at Nayagarh that sent them to a juvenile correction home at Angul for 13 days, said inspector-in-charge of Ranapur Asishdev Sahoo.

The victim, a Badamba resident of Cuttack district, had been studying at the madrasa for the past one year. On September 2, the authorities of the educational institution approached the police after they couldn't find the boy.

Police filed a case and started investigation and subsequently found the body of the boy from a deserted septic tank in the madrasa.

Investigation uncovered that a 15-year-old boy had unnatural sex with the victim for almost a year. Recently, when the victim complained and threatened to tell his parents, the 15 year-old molested and beat him up.

On 31st August, police stated, the 15-year-old, along with four inmates, pulled the victim to the septic tank and pushed him inside it. But the victim survived, albeit with injuries. Two days later, the primary offender, along with some others, attempted unnatural sex with the victim. When the victim fought back, they choked him and threw the body into the septic tank. In the late afternoon, they reported absence of the victim to the headmaster.

Sahoo added that police took in CCTV recordings and questioned others at the madrasa and this led the police to 15 year-old boy. The recordings indicated the six, including the victim, heading for the septic tank but only five came back.

More questioning unraveled the horrific crime and the five also confessed to the crime. On September 3, the victim's body was recovered from the septic tank and a murder case was registered.

On Saturday, the five accused were produced in front of the juvenile justice board. The father of the victim had arrived at the madrasa on September 2 when his son was found missing. He asked to inspect the CCTV footage but was not assisted by the authorities. Sahoo added that the further investigation is underway to dig out the facts.

The government of Madhya Pradesh has announced an initiative of offering Indian language courses including Tamil,  Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, in 17 universities this academic year. Against the backdrop of rising language tension in states like Karnataka and Maharashtra, the government came up with this solution. This step by the government aims at giving young people an opportunity to come together via language knowledge and chances.

What Is the New Language Course Plan?

Seventeen state-run universities in Madhya Pradesh will offer the certificate, diploma or credit courses in major Indian languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sindhi and Gujarati. The Higher Education Department authorised these courses making them available to students as part of the general university curriculum with hopes that the state will become a "centre of linguistic unity.”

Why This Move Now?

India has seen the problem of language-based tensions that create regional conflicts and misunderstandings. It is common to find students and Madhya Pradesh professionals who want to take up employment or further education outside of the state experiencing the language barrier. The goal of the government is to disseminate the barriers to communication by educating the people on popular Indian languages so as to foster respect for diversity and provide useful skills to young people in pursuit of opportunity within their country.

Key Benefits for Students

• The young people will be taught to talk and comprehend key languages used in different parts of India and ease relocation or work beyond Madhya Pradesh. 
• Courses will create cultural awareness and increase employment opportunities to those students who will pursue all India careers. 
• The project is expected to trigger national integration which will be emulated by other states.

Political Reactions and Social Reactions

Although the government led by the BJP termed the move necessary to instil unity and empower the youth, the opposition Congress party branded it as a mere publicity gimmick as it questioned the true effectiveness of the move. Opponents point out that not many fruits were achieved in the past initiatives such as Hindi-medium schemes, and question whether this new scheme will produce more than paper work.

How Will It Work?

The university vice-chancellors will develop the syllabus and process of these language courses, drawing up an action plan to implement the instruction during the current academic session. This list can be extended to 12 or 15 languages, with a majority of the major regional languages of India spoken in the rest of the country. 

Madhya Pradesh Indian Language Initiative

To conclude, such a radical action by the MP government can soon transform the state into a national centre of linguistic diversity and establish new guidelines on how the Indian young generation will be ready to meet the demands of the future. Thus, MP being the mini India that promotes diversity and unity in all ways possible, is coming forward to teach the country that language is a bridge not a barrier. 

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Nagaland is introducing sweeping education reforms to tackle the serious gap between academic achievement and employment requirements, with School Education & SCERT Advisor Kekhrielhoulie Yhome declaring the 'SOAR mission' scheme to kick off on September 5.

The program is an extension of the National Education Policy 2020's focus on incorporating vocational subjects within school curriculum, with the aim of equipping the student with particular job-ready skills rather than pure theoretical knowledge.

Yhome disclosed a disturbing fact about the wage structure of the state, highlighting the fact that Nagaland has the lowest minimum wages in the country for all three categories - unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled labour - under the Nagaland Minimum Wage Act 2025. He emphasized making exhaustive schedule lists and pay scales for employment according to sectoral categories and employment trades.

The advisor stressed that young people must analyze labor market needs within the country and abroad, and they should go out to learn the best practices and then come back to improve entrepreneurial and financial literacy in the state.

Transport and Technical Education Advisor Temjenmenba pointed out the capabilities of departments such as IT, Industries & Commerce, Employment & Skill Development, and Technical Education to generate skilled workers through collaborative efforts.

SOAR mission is an organized way to upscaling delivery of vocational curriculum. Yhome suggested the creation of a single system that will onboard all departments and institutions offering vocational training for enhancing certification procedures and accreditation systems.

In spite of aggressive capacity-building initiatives initiated throughout the state, response has been lukewarm owing to poor financial incentives, Industries & Commerce Advisor Hekani Jakhalu said. She emphasized the need for upskilling through internship and apprenticeship schemes along with technological adaptation training.

The education reform plan seeks to synchronize school and college courses in line with national and global standards so that Nagaland's youth become employable not only at the state level but nationwide and globally. Officials stressed going beyond the traditional white-collar job aspirations to usher in the dignity of labour in all industries.

The wide-ranging strategy involves the enhancement of fundamental infrastructure such as power supply and internet connectivity to facilitate contemporary modes of educational delivery and encourage private sector investment in skill development initiatives.