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 …
Neonatal mortality rate in Bangladesh is 37 per 1000 live births on an average; in some areas this is even much higher. Over the past few decades we have observed under 5 mortality coming down gradually whereas, on the contrary levels of newborn mortality is still beyond the acceptable limit. …
Govt. of Delhi has initiated the process to prepare the framework of development planning for the national Capital Territory of Delhi for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17). Within the approach for people's participation in development process, Government has decided to invite suggestions from the Citizens of Delhi, NGOs Voluntary …
This report presents initial findings from Round 3 of the Young Lives survey of children and poverty carried out in Andhra Pradesh in late 2009, supplemented by information from more in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the children in 2008 and 2010. The main objectives of the report are to …
India has unacceptable levels of rural poverty, estimated at 42%. In some of the northern and north‐eastern states, there is an even higher level of rural poverty. Government of India has been deeply concerned about rural poverty in India. To eradicate rural poverty, National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) has been …
The UK-based Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay £11.3 million (US $18 million) for “unlawful conduct” related to its education division in East and West Africa. A London court passed the order after UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) began an inquiry last year following a report from the World …
Melbourne has edged out long-time front-runner Vancouver to be rated the world's most liveable city, a world-wide survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit said Tuesday. The Australian metropolis topped the Global Liveability Survey's ranking of 140 cities world-wide, ahead of Canada's Vancouver which dominated the rankings for almost a decade …
The world’s largest nuclear power plant being built at Jaitapur has claimed its first victim: a 1,000-acre education hub that was to come up in Nate village just 15 km away. Last month, education township promoter Copper Beech Infrastructure Pvt Ltd applied for aborting the project and repatriating the FDI …
Students in some rural areas of Karnataka used to literally burn oil, with no electricity at home. No longer. They can carry a few watts from school. Selco Labs, the innovation and incubation arm of Selco Solar Pvt Ltd, is behind a pilot initiative at some rural schools in the …
ITANAGAR: Even as there is a hue and cry over the pathetic condition of roads in the State capital caused by incessant rainfall this monsoon, the State Government today released Rs 17 crore non-plan grant for their repair and maintenance. Finance and Planning Minister Kalikho Pul today while announcing the …
PM's announcement in I-Day address went unnoticed in public focus on corruption Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement on Monday on setting up a commission “to make suggestions for improvements at all levels of education” has largely gone unnoticed amid the public focus on corruption. Even though his Independence Day address …
Jamshedpur, Aug. 14: It’s never too late to learn. Shivani Mukhi (58) will agree. The sweeper, referred to as “angootha chhap” till now, had her first brush with the English alphabet, thanks to ADLS Sunshine School’s adult education initiative for its illiterate or semi-literate support staff. Like Shivani, 12 other …
From August schoolchildren in the US state Indiana will not be required to learn joined-up, or cursive, writing. They will have to learn basic typing skills, which education officials say are more useful in the modern employment world. The move is part of the US Common Core State Standards Initiative, …
A master plan prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for implementing various schemes proposed to improve the basic infrastructure facilities in the 11 endosulfan-hit panchayats in the district was submitted to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday. A team from the district led by Kasaragod …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Bihar government for its inability to provide potable drinking water in the state’s schools, a “basic facility”. “If you cannot provide even drinking water in schools, what kind of a state are you running?” a Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and …
The 66th round National Sample Survey Organisation data (2009-10) on the employment situation paints a grim picture of a limited creation of jobs between 2004-05 and 2009-10, widespread withdrawal from the labour force (especially by women) and slow growth of employment in the non-agricultural sector. The shift to education among …
SRINAGAR : Reviewing the progress on various projects under implementation in the State under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme (PMRP), Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked the implementing agencies to expedite the work for completion within the earmarked timeline. The Chief Minister said that mega projects in the sectors of …
About one third (31) of the top 100 companies in India report on corporate responsibility (CR) performance and 52 percent of these reporters provide reference to their sustainability strategy, KPMG has found in a survey. The survey included the top 100 listed companies in India by revenue. KPMG examined information …
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2011 (Key Indicators 2011), the 42nd edition of this series, is a statistical data book presenting economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This issue of the Key Indicators presents in Part …
The UNESCO and the UNEP have released a publication titled “Climate Change Starter’s Guidebook,” which is intended to serve as a starting point for mainstreaming climate change education into curricula lesson plans and programs. Aimed towards education planners and practitioners, the Guidebook is intended to provide support in developing the …
This draft report by the Planning Commission, which presents an approach to the twelfth five year plan among other things outlines some of the challenges related to agriculture, natural resources management and water resources management.
