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90 pc of Arunachal schools without headmasters
NEW DELHI, Jan 4 – Ninety per cent of the elementary schools in Arunachal Pradesh are functioning without headmasters, a study has revealed.
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- 05/01/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Education bill in 11th 5-year Plan
The Centre on Friday gave the go-ahead to the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan scheme, aimed at universalisation of access to and improvement of quality of education at secondary stage. The Union Cabinet on Friday allocated Rs 20,120 crores for the scheme in the 11th Five-Year Plan.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Tulsi garlands helping women fight poverty
An initiative for manufacturing and marketing of tulsi garlands in the remote Behtana village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan has ensured profitable monetary returns for nearly 150 women who were earlier waging a daily struggle against poverty.
- Date:
- 31/12/2008
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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65% elementary schools without headmasters: Study
Over 65 pe cent of elementary schools in Goa have no headmasters. This dubious distinction is also shared by our neighbouring states, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Others are even worse off. Over two-thirds of elementary schools in Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh function without headmasters, a study has revealed.
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- 26/12/2008
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- Herald (Panjim)
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No papers, no blackboards in this school
RAJKOT: Paperless schools where children don't need to lug heavy books on their thin frames, seemed like a thing of the future. But one school in Rajkot has taken the giant leap forward and made blackboards, notebooks, chalks and dusters redundant. The 1,000-odd students of Genius Schools will learn all their lessons digitally next month.
- Date:
- 11/12/2008
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Local politics, political institutions, and public resource allocation
This paper examines how political institutions and local power structures interact with and influence local public resource allocation in the Indian state of Karnataka. It use data from 80
village councils and 225 villages to examine how this local political economy influences the allocation of public resources. The empirical strategy exploits certain features of a policy that
- Date:
- Dec 2008
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- International Food Policy Research Institute
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93.94% pass out of Class V under SSA programme Teaching & learning
Priscilla Jebaraj
CHENNAI: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has tracked 8 lakh children in the State, who entered its programme in Class 1 in 2003. This May, 93.94 per cent successfully passed out of Class 5, having benefited from the improved infrastructure, additional teachers and activity-based learning brought about by the project.
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- 05/11/2008
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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Kerala tops primary education index
Delhi A Close Second, Followed By Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Kerala is ranked No. 1 among the 21 major states (large in geographical area) in the latest composite Education Development Index(EDI) prepared for the primary and upper primary levels of schooling for 2006-07.
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- 13/10/2008
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Right to recall legislators: The Chhattisgarh experiment
The recall election in June in three municipal bodies in Chhattisgarh marked a national first in the call to accountability of non-performing representatives of the people. However, it is possible to use this provision to settle political scores as has been alleged in the Chhattisgarh case.
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- Oct 2008
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 43 Issue: 40 pp: 15-16
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Gender, caste, and public goods provision in Indian village governments
This paper seeks to contribute to the literature on village governance and local public goods provision. Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, the paper examines whether the gender and caste of village government leaders influence village public goods provision.
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- Oct 2008
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- International Food Policy Research Institute
