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 …
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to Rule 38-A (a)(2) of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Rules, 1975, which provides that any non-agriculturist seeking to acquire land in the hill State would need an essentiality certificate from the concerned department. An official spokesman said the amendments …
New districts to get focused attention: Bhalla JAMMU: Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today said that the Government was keen to make available all basic amenities to the people in each district of the State with focused attention on the newly created districts. The Minister was speaking at …
GUWAHATI, July 27 – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, who is also the Secretary, Union Department of Space, said today that the ISRO has been extending support to the remote sensing centres of the States. Dr Radhakrishnan, who was talking to this correspondent during his short …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Rural Development Department to give priority to sanitation measures in all schools and hostels. Naveen on Tuesday reviewed the implementation of total sanitation campaign (TSC) in the State. He directed that mainly schools and hostels meant for girls should have all sanitation …
Affirming the trend of migration of people from villages to big cities and towns, the provisional figures of Census 2011 reveal that for the first time, India has added more people in urban centres than in rural areas over a decade. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people living …
Corruption seems to have become a much maligned word of late. Rightly so. It’s not just fresh from the oven scams like those related to the Commonwealth Games, Indian Premier League (IPL) or 2G spectrum that are getting media attention. Old cases like those pertaining to the Bhopal gas tragedy …
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that it will set up the National School Sanitation Awards to reward schools for ensuring cleanliness in the institution premises and improving students
New Delhi: Now, schools will be rated and awarded for the sanitation they maintain. CBSE has asked its affiliated schools to promote good sanitation habits among children as part of the National School Sanitation Initiative launched by the ministries of human resource development and urban development. Schools will have to …
A total of 2.42 lakh children in the Capital are out of school, according to a 2009 survey by the Samajik Suvidha Sangam Society, and 71 per cent of Delhi's children go to school against the national figure of 94.5 per cent and 100 per cent for States like Tamil …
KOLKATA, 4 JULY: Sunderbans will get the country's first floating library meant for people residing on the fringes of the mangrove forest. A local NGO, in collaboration with the West Bengal Sarva Siksha Mission, is launching the first-of-its-kind floating library on a motorised boat. Initially, the library will cater to …
The MDG Report 2011, shining a spotlight on where progress is being made and where stronger efforts are urgently needed. The report presents the latest statistics on each of the Goals, globally and regionally, collected through more than 25 UN and international agencies. This year's report shows that the world …
JAMMU: Director School Education Gulzar Ahmed Qureshi today asked the Education Department functionaries to concentrate on improvement of education standards at elementary level to attain better results at the higher levels of schooling. He observed that the result percentage of 10th and 12th classes can show significant improvement only by …
The district primary education department has failed to utilise funds of Sarva Siksha Mission (SSM) in various circles of the district. Following a probe by the district administration it was found that nearly Rs 6 crore in 14 circles of the district are lying unutilised. The district administration placed a …
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday announced that syllabus in government schools will be changed next year to restore to agriculture the status it once enjoyed in Indian society. The change will be incorporated from Class II onwards by including practical aspects of agriculture to make it appealing to students. Justifying the …
The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for declaring the 12th Five Years Plan as Water Plan. It is inevitable to draw up a comprehensive plan for efficient water utilization to increase agricultural area, he added. The Chief Minister was addressing a conference organized by the Planning Commission of …
Urban centres like Delhi reluctant to even share basic information Classrooms give shelter to cows and buffaloes, while students sit outside in the compound. Children carry their own plates to school for mid-day meals and later rush back home on the pretext of washing the dishes, but never come back …
Gangtok: The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has approved projects to the tune of Rs 78.50 crore in the spheres of education, power and water resources in Sikkim. The costs of the projects will be met from the Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) fund administered …
Mamata finalises Annual Plan with Planning Commission The Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was on Wednesday finalised at Rs.22,214 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. At this level, the State Plan outlay for the current …
