Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern over the fact that despite the progress made by the country

Guwahati, Oct.

The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the National Educational Tribunal Bill, a mechanism to ensure speedy resolution of education related disputes.

The Rs 2,31,000 crore price tag of the Right to Education Act has reportedly been cleared by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) and a 65:35 funding formula between the Centre and the states agreed upon, putting to rest the hugely contentious funding issue.

Chief Minister Mayawati said the Union government was in the habit of formulating unrealistic policies and then away from its responsibilities when it came to their implementation, putting the onus on the state government.

The details of mid-day meal (MDM) scheme being implemented in each government and government-aided school of the country ~ considered to be the largest such scheme in the world ~ will now be just a click away.

KOLKATA, 25 JULY: Despite implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme nine years back, more than 50 per cent of the students who get enrolled in class I in the state drop out before reaching even class IX. This has been revealed by the Assembly Standing Committee on School Education.

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Spelling out zero tolerance for disruption and delay in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has written to all state governments asking them to set up a grievance redressal mechanism to keep a tab on the programme.

Akshaya Mukul & Nitin Sethi | TNN