The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Experts recommend use of green technologies including cold mix to expedite road construction Gangtok: Sikkim’s Green Mission Programme started in 2006 has catapulted the State as among the most clean and green in the country. This has been possible due to the various innovative environment-friendly initiatives taken by the Green …
Closing down unrecognised schools, which produce better results than state-run ones, will be a disaster. In analysing the Supreme Court judgment upholding the Right to Education (RTE) Act, television channels have focused too much on the 25% reservation of seats in private schools — including famous elite schools — for …
It is matter of pride and great achievement for Madhya Pradesh that its strategy for primary education will be implemented in eight populous countries of the world including China. This historic decision was taken at an international level workshop of UNESCO held at New Delhi the other day. General Quality …
Agartala: Tripura will launch a disaster management programme in its schools to enhance the State’s preparedness in an event of a natural calamity striking it, an official said here on Monday. “The government has launched an ambitious School Disaster Management Planning (SDMP) project from this academic session. Under it, teachers …
Neenv — a network of grass-roots non-governmental organisations working for children under six in urban poor settlements in Delhi — has sought more clarity on restructuring of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) under the government's Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy. The proposed ECCE refers to programmes for …
The Centre has granted chief minister Prithviraj Chavan a whopping Rs12,300 crore to implement various mega projects in the state. Using the personal rapport that he shares with union ministers and the prime minister’s office, Chavan pushed for maximum funds. His argument: Mumbai, the financial capital of India, deserves a …
Representatives of People For Animals (PFA) on Tuesday conducted a raid at Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, and recovered prohibited animals, including turtles, cobra, frogs and lizards, from the biology lab of the school. PFA wildlife officer Saurav Gupta told Chandigarh Newsline the raid was conducted after a tip-off was …
Mumbai: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has banned the use of live animals in dissection and other experiments in educational and research institutions. But scientists conducting new molecular research will be exempted from the ban. Based on the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1960), the MoEF …
Tells Schools To Immediately Admit Students From Backward Classes New Delhi: The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, on Thursday and directed every school, including privatelyrun ones, to immediately give free education to students of socially and economically backward …
Both communist China and democratic India are witnessing a similar syndrome; a widening rich-poor gap, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Gini coefficient –– a key measure of inequality –– increased in China to 43 from 32 and in India to 37 from 33 …
New Delhi Illiteracy is costing Indian economy more than $ 53 billion a year, a report has estimated. According to the report titled 'Economic and Social Cost of Illiteracy'by World Literacy Foundation, illiteracy costs India an estimated $ 53.56 billion. The losses to China are pegged higher at $ 135.60 …
LUCKNOW: The higher education directorate on Wednesday circulated government of India advisory on discouraging consumption of junk food among students in higher education institutions. The circular was issued to all state universities in UP asking them to ensure that the advisory is implemented not only on campuses but also in …
The professional divide on Tendulkar’s estimation goes a long way back A committee is being set up to devise yet another methodology to estimate poverty in India. The step has led to some unhappiness among economists and experts that it amounts to junking the services and competence of an expert …
KENDRAPARA: The Maguragandapatana primary school in Maguragandapatana village here has just one classroom for 90 students. Worse, it has no walls and looks more like a cowshed. While all the students are packed into this room, other basic amenities in the school are non-existent. There is no furniture for the …
BANGALORE: Karnataka can boast of 9,000 'environment-friendly schools' by the end of this financial year. They will grow their own vegetables, plant medicinal plants in their school's backyard and be high on the green awareness quotient. Being coordinated by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), state education department officials …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which took up cudgels against the health hazards due to junk food has hailed the UP governments decision to put an immediate ban on its sale within the premises and outside ICSE, CBSE and UP Board schools. “It is a significant and laudable …
The India Human Development Report 2011 undertakes a disaggregated analysis of a large set of indicators and is unhesitating in its criticism of our failures in human development outcomes even while recognising that there is empirical evidence of achievement in many dimensions. The main fi ndings of the report point …
The Budget provides proof of the United Progressive Alliance government having forgotten the importance of its own “flagship schemes”. BUDGET 2012-13 provides conclusive proof that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has lost its way. It has managed the remarkable feat of upsetting almost everyone and making no one happy. …
