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 …
Tarannum Manjul Even as the overflowing Ghaghra river is creating havoc for school going children in Bahraich, the district administration has ensured that children in the 219 flood affected villages do not miss their classes. In a novel initiative, the district administration has set up schools in specially created tents, …
India has 8.1 million children out of school, 41.6 per cent of its population lives below the poverty line, the maternal mortality rate is 450 per 1,00,000 live births and merely 16 per cent of its labour force has received formal education till the secondary level. This despite years of …
AGARTALA, Aug 24: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is on a mission to reach out to farmers in remote and far-flung areas with the latest global information on farming and agriculture, a senior university official said here on Monday.
Bangladesh has been ranked 88th among the 100 countries in the first-ever list of the world's best countries prepared by international newsmagazine, Newsweek in its latest issue. For this special survey, published in its August 23 & 30 issue, Newsweek chose five categories of national well-being such as education, health, …
The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the National Educational Tribunal Bill, a mechanism to ensure speedy resolution of education related disputes. One of the three legislations piloted by the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry towards reform in higher education, the Bill provides for a three-tier system, district, state and national …
BHUBANESWAR: Largescale irregularities in the implementation of different projects for the primitive tribal groups (PTGs) have led to further deterioration in their conditions due to absence of health care, education, housing and drinking water. In its latest report, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) maintained that the PTGs have low …
Developing Asia's rapidly expanding middle class is likely to assume the traditional role of the US and Europe as primary global consumers and help rebalance the global economy, says a report on Asia
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. However, with many states demanding a 90:10 …
This report examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the budgets of low-income countries, especially their spending to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
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. She was reacting to Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's statement in which he chided the …
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. …
The Eleventh Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12) sought to build on the gains achieved in the Tenth Plan and shift the economy to a path offaster and more inclusive growth. Inclusivenessa critical element in the strategy was to beachieved by ensuring that growth is broad-based and is combined with programmes aimedat …
P T Mohanan Pillai PATHANAMTHITTA: Hundreds of tribal children living in the tribal settlements in Sabarimala forests, particularly in the Chalakayam area, are denied basic education facilities. Barring an anganvadi, no other education facilities are available at Chalakayam tribal settlements where around 100 children in the age groups of five …
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: The initiative taken by the state panchayats and rural development department to form a new board to run the Sishu Siksha Kendras (SSK) and Madhyamik Siksha Kendra (MSK) has run into a rough weather after the Governor, Mr MK Narayanan has raised several questions over the Bill. …
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the School Chale Ham campaign will be extended to July 31 in order to enroll all eligible children in schools. He was reviewing activities of school education department here today. Minister for School Education Smt. Archana Chitnis, Principal Secretary School …
The District Human Development Report (DHDR) of South 24-Parganas released on 12th July 2010, says 15% of Sunderbans may be submerged by 2020. The report identifies the most pressing developmental constraints of the district. It explores the state of education, health-care, challenges of livelihood, standard of living index, and also …
BHUBANESWAR: Though the gender gap in literacy levels has been declining faster over the years, there are wide gaps in literacy levels across social groups and districts in the State. According to the Economic Survey-2009-10, the Scheduled Tribe communities are the least literate with literacy rates for STs and SCs …
As part of its plan to infuse about Rs 13,400 crore towards development in 35 districts worst hit by the Naxalite problem in nine states, the government plans to earmark about Rs 500 crore to create facilities to ensure deployment of personnel, like teachers and health workers among others, required …
