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 main objectives of the evaluation study were to assess the coverage of children under CMDM, availability of infrastructure for implementation of CMDM, improvement in attendance, retention and nutritional status of children and to assess the extent to which CMDM has succeeded in achieving the objectives. The study tried to …
In a general meeting held in the Nagar Panchayat office, Nagar Panchayat Babai passed the annual budget for the year 2010-11, which also includes the mention of profit worth Rs 25 thousand. Those present in the meeting included Nagar Panchayat president Vinod Acharya Mamu, vice president Kasturibai Patel, Chief Municipality …
In 1860, two young women held a long discussion on their career prospects in the small southern English town of Hitchens. “I must devote myself to securing the higher education while you open the medical profession to women,” Emily Davies told Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. Five years later Anderson started practising …
- District plan brings together schools, anganwadis, NGOs to aid tribals of Bagoder block Giridih, April 28: Six-year-old Pinki and her friends Phul Kumari (10), Suraj (13) and Damni (14) are ready for the big day
Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group. Both the governments …
Shashikant Trivedi / Bhopal April 21, 2010, 0:52 IST Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for …
Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group. The most contested, …
This Himalayan hill state with meagre resources, harsh terrain, climate and other constraints, is all set to overtake Kerala and Mizoram to become the country
Asha P Nair | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Gen Next students can be bound to classrooms only through innovative learning techniques and new teaching strategies. Realising this, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has begun thinking out of the box, to bring about a change in the way teaching happens in a classroom. …
With the Right to Education Act coming into force in April last, the onus is on the Executive to enforce it. Sangeetha Neeraja lists a few challenges before the State government We very much want our children to go to school despite poverty. At least the next generation shouldn't suffer …
We live in a world that is more interconnected - and more vulnerable - than ever before. The fallout from the banking crisis was worldwide. Concerns about infectious diseases have risen and fallen in the public's consciousness, and while no catastrophic pandemic has yet hit us, it is clear that …
Assam is set to become a model State in healthcare in India with one of the best performances under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and passing a Bill guaranteeing the right to healthcare for all, says Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. "Just like the Right to Education (RTE) Act …
Underlining financial implications as a major hurdle in implementing the Right to Education Act, Delhi Government has initiated the process for implementation of the Act in the schools of the national Capital. Insiders say that Delhi Government needs over Rs 1,150 crore to implement the scheme proposed by the Union …
LUCKNOW: Within the corridors of the primary education department in Uttar Pradesh, a deafening silence echoes each time one mentions the contentious Right To Education Act. With the initial furore over funds and the politicking over, the Act (and its implementation), according to senior government officials, has practically been put …
Massive Improvement In Edu, Health Has Had Little To Do With Globalization: Report Economic growth seems to have little to do with human development. On the other hand, the empowerment of women may have a lot more to do with an entire country
After winning kudos, the Manmohan Singh government is facing demands from several states to pick up bulk of the multi-billion tab for implementing the landmark Right to Education Act for which teacher shortage and infrastructure are other key challenges. A reality check has shown that that almost all state governments …
The social sector agenda is now getting onerous This has to be the ultimate irony. Barely a few weeks after a Supreme Court committee comes out with a verdict that the public distribution system is bust and needs a drastic overhaul, the government clears a food security bill that seeks …
Devika Banerji / New Delhi April 5, 2010, 0:40 IST It is time, says the Planning Commission in its mid-term Plan appraisal, to address the continued slippage in spending on health and edcuation. Though the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has constantly termed these two sectors as priorities, the spending …
There could not have been a better gift for 40,000 girls studying in 454 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) in Uttar Pradesh. A Swedish company, Ikea
