The children were allegedly served rice with water and turmeric during mid-day meal at a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur. A video of the incident, which took place at the upper primary/primary school in Gehrauli Khurd, has surfaced online. The footage raised concerns over the quality of food served under the scheme.

Students were caught sitting in groups and cheating during PGDCA examination at Vishwa Bharati College in Rajasthan's Sikar. The incident came to light when flying squad came for inspection. The university scrapped the exam for all candidates who appeared at that particular centre. The inspection also led to recovery of cheating materials and printed sheets containing answers from students.

Officers from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) visited - 'raided' - a protest site in Calgary where international graduates have been demonstrating, with participants reporting that officials checked their immigration documents. The protest involves more than 1,000 international graduates, most of them Indian students from Punjab.

Jharkhand Police have filed an FIR against around 100 identified and 500 unidentified protesters after they reportedly clashed with police during a march to the Jharkhand Assembly against alleged irregularities in exams. Police have alleged obstruction in government work, altercations with police, misbehaviour, and assault in FIRs. According to police, at least 14 police personnel were injured.

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh faced a protest by students at Punjabi University in Patiala over the deteriorating financial condition of the institution. The protesters demanded that the government waive the university's debt of around ₹150 crore. They confronted him over a hike in tuition and hostel fees, poor condition of classrooms and hostel rooms and lack of basic amenities.

Prem Nayak, who has been on hunger strike for the last 11 days over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand exams, vowed to continue the strike till the demands of the students are met. "We feel that staying alive under these circumstances serves no purpose," he stated. Nayak added that the government is making concerted efforts to dismantle the protest.

A parliamentary panel flagged a "drastic decline" in the number of schools and students as education levels rise, and said nearly 73% of the students drop out before finishing higher secondary. The committee noted that out of over 1 million government schools, the majority are only primary schools. It also pointed to a major shortfall in facilities for Divyang students.